_Curantotti_, a plant about a palm in height, from the root of which is prepared a decoction said to be useful in the gout, cough, gonorrhœa, flatulency, and feverish affections. This decoction must be mixed with sugar and milk. _Ellacalli_, Lat. _Euphorbium_, spurge; a very sharp and powerful medicine, which properly ought to be prohibited. _Ciangupusham._ The root and leaves of this plant are used as a decoction for the gout, cholic, and poison. _Calumba_, a yellow root, known as a certain remedy for the tertian fever, pain of the stomach, and poison. It promotes also the menses and parturition. It has an exceedingly bitter taste, and is given in wine. I suspect it to be the same root as that called _Vallìcàgnaram_. _Cumbula_, a large tree, the root of which expels the gout, and carries off bile. _Ciaca_, the largest of all the fruits produced on the earth, for one of them is almost more than a man can carry. It grows on the _Plava_ tree, the wood of which is in the inside yellow. It has been described by Gemelli Careri and other authors. The raw Seeds of this fruit have a strong aromatic smell, and are called _Ciacacuru_: a decoction of them excites venery. _Trigolpaconna_ is the Malabar name of a detergent kind of _Turbith_. _Cagnaravera_ is the root of the tree _Solor_. _Parutti_ is the name given to that tree which produces cotton. _Caruppa_ is the name of opium. _Umana_, Lat. _Datura_, Port. _Dutro_, is a plant with a dark blue flower, containing a seed, which, if given to any person to drink in wine or water, excites involuntary laughter, clouds the understanding, occasions dimness of sight, and at last brings on sleep. Female libertines are accustomed to give this beverage to their husbands or lovers, that while these guardians of their chastity are lost in stupor, they may gratify their scandalous passions at freedom and without restraint. This plant has been described by Father Schott, in the Appendix to the second part of his _Physica Curiosa_, which is entitled _De Mirabilibus Miscellaneis_. I was acquainted with a Frenchman at Cochin, who, having been imprisoned and condemned to the gallows, swallowed some of these seeds with a view to avoid the shame of his punishment. The consequence was, that he lost his senses, and fell into a deep sleep, which in three days carried him into eternity. This event may serve as a proof that too strong a dose of these seeds proves mortal. _Tettamperel_ is a fruit of the size and figure of hare’s dung. When put into a vessel which contains muddy water, it purifies it in such a manner that all the unclean slimy particles instantly deposit themselves at the bottom, and the water becomes clear and bright. The same effect is produced when a branch of the tree is put into a pool or muddy well. I should have doubted the truth of this circumstance, had I not several times seen it with my own eyes. I have still in my possession one of these fruit, and can perform the experiment when I please.