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will fall away from their roots, and v/hen this Hap- 

 pens, the plants leldom furvive it ; therefore in break- 

 ing of the pots, the fame caution muft be had not to 

 dilturb tht^ earth more than can be avoided •, then the 

 plant, with the ball of earth to its roots, Ihould be 

 put into a pot one fize larger than that in which it 

 had before grown, filFing up the pot with light fandy 

 earth, and plunge the pots again into the hot-bed. 

 Thefe plants ihould not be removed oftener than once 

 a year, nor fliiGuld they be put into large pots, for 

 unlefs their roots are confined, they will not thrive. 

 With this management I have kept thefe plants fe- 

 veral years, but they are of flow growth after the firft 

 feafon, fo that I have not raifed any of them more 

 than two feet and a half high, and it is very rare to 

 fee them in England more than half that height, 

 though I have feen two of them in flower, one in the 

 late Sir Charles Wager's garden at Parfons-green, and 

 the other in Chelfea warden. 



The pulpy fruit, to whofe apex this nut grows^ is 

 as large as an Orange, and is full of an acid juice, 

 which is frequently mixed in the making of punch in 

 America. Many of thefe fruit have been brought to 

 England, in calks of rum for the fame purpofe. 

 The nut is of the flze and fliape of a hare's kidney, 

 but is much larger at the end which is next the fruit, 

 than at tlie other. The outer fliell is of an Afli colour, 

 and very fmooth ; under this is another which covers 

 the kernel, between thefe there is a thick black in- 

 flammable oil, which is very caufl:ic ; this will raife 

 blifters on the fl<.in, and has often been very trouble- 

 fome to thofe who have incautioufly put the nuts into 

 their mouths to break the fliell. 

 The milky juice of this tree will fl:ain linen of a deep 

 black, which cannot be waflied out again ; but whether 

 this has the fame property v/ith that of the eafliern 

 Anacardium, has not yet been fully experimented ; 

 for the infpiifated juice of that tree is the beft: fort of 

 lac, which is ufed for Raining of black in China and 

 Japan. 



Dr. Grew mentions the juice being ufed for fliaining 

 of cottons, but it is doubtful which of the fpecies he 

 means ; ^ though Sir Hans Sloane fuppofes it to be of 

 the Acajou here mentioned. However, it may be very 

 well worth the trial •, if the inhabitants of the Britifli 

 iflands in America would tap a few of the trees in 

 the bleedhig fe;ifon, and coUedt the juice in earthen 

 pots, keeping it in a place free from dufl:, or covering 

 the pots over with a linen cloth, to prevent dufl: from 

 mixing with it, and when it is of a proper confift:ence, 

 fome trials may be made with it, to fee if it has the 

 fame property with the Japan lac, which if it has, 

 may prove a valuable commodity. 



ANACYCLUS. Lin. Gen. Plant 86g. 



noides. Vail. Acad. Scien. 

 The Characters are. 

 It bath cGmpound flowers, confifting of female and he 

 maphrodite florets, included in one common fcaly empUi 

 ment ■, the rays or borders being formed of the female florei 



ftretched out in the form of 



Santoli- 



tonguc beyond the empalemcnt. 



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fe the difk, are funnel-flo aped, quinquefid.^ 

 fpreadopCH'^ thefe have each five fknder ftamina^ which 

 are crowned with cylindrical fummits \ in the center is 



ejfcd germen, fupporting a flender 



Jtyle, crowned with bifid ftig 



The female fli. 



flender reflexedft. 



flender ftyh 



T. 



dite florets are fucceedcd by one oblong comprefled feed. The 

 female florets are fucceedcd by afingle oblong feed with broad 

 borders or wivgs, which are indented at the top ^ thefe are 

 placed on a convex receptacle. 



This §enus of plants is ranged by Dr. Linnxus in the 

 third fedlion of his nineteenth clafs, entitled Syno-e- 

 nefia Polygamia fuperflua. The plants of this divifion 

 have female and hermaphrodite flowers included in 

 the fame common empalem*ent. 



The Species are, 

 AxACYCLus {Cretlais) foliis decompofitis lineanbus 

 laciniis divifls planis. Hort, Clifl: 417. Anacyclus 



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<hofe divifh 



plain, Cotula cretica minima chamaemeli folio capite 

 infiexo. Tourn. Cor. 37. ' 



2. Anacyclus {Orientalis) foliis compofitis fctaceisacu- 

 tisredtis. Hort. Cliff. 417. Anacyclus with compound^ 

 brifily, upright, pointed leaves, Cham^melum Orientals 

 foliis pinnatis. Tourn. Cor. 37. 



3. Anacyclus {Valentinus) foliis decompofitis linearibus 

 laciniis divifis tretiufculis acutis floribus flofculofis. 

 Hort. Cliff. 417. Anacyclus with decompounded narrow 



fi^ 



whofe diviftons are taper and pointed^ andflofcular 



Cluf Hifl:. 



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P- 332i 



The two firfl: forts grow naturally in the iflands of 

 tlie Archipelago, from whence Dr. Tournefort fent 

 their feeds to the roval garden at Paris. I have alfo 

 received the feeds of both thefe plants from Portugal, 

 fo that it may alfo grow naturally there, as do many 

 'of thofe plants which were difcovered by Tournefort 

 in the Levant. Thefe are low plants, whofe branches 

 trail on the ground. The firfl: fort has fine cut leaves 

 like thofe of Chamomile ; the flowers are fmall, white^ 

 and grow fingle, with their heads declining ; thefe 

 are like thofe of the common Mayweed. The fecond 

 hath winged leaves like thofe of the Ox-eye ; the flow- 

 ers are white, and like thofe of Chamomile. 

 The third fort grows naturally in Spain, from whence 

 I have received the feeds. This grows a foot and 

 half high, fending out many fide branches ; the leaves 

 are finely divided like thofe of Chamomile, and are 

 hairy : the flowers grow fingle at the extremity of the 

 branches, and are of a bright yellow colour, with a 

 filvery fcaly empalement. Thefe are as large as thofe 

 of the Ox-eye. 



All thefe plants are annual : the feeds fliould be fown 

 eariy in the fpring in a border of light earth, where 

 they are defigned to remain, and require no other 

 care but to keep them clean from weeds, and thin 

 the plants where they are too clofe. As thefe have 

 no great beauty, a few plants only may be left for 



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and their feeds ripen in September. 



July 



ANAGALLIS. Lin. Sp. Plant. 189. Pimpernel. 



The Characters are, ' 



into five fharp fegment. 



fingle ft 



re hollow. The flower is of one leaf fpread 

 flve parts at the brim ; it hath five ered ftamina 

 fhorter than the petals^ and are crowned with 



In the center is placed the globular ger- 



hlunt flign 

 effel with 



fupporting a flender inclining flyl 



zfterward 



feveral angular feeds. 



This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnseus ranged in the 



firfl; divifion of his fifth clafs, enritlcd Pentandria 



Monogynia, the flowers having five flramina and one 



ftyle. 



The Species are, 



1. Anagallis {Arvenfts) foliis indivifis cauk procum- 

 bente. Lin. Gen. Plant. 148. Pimpernel with un- 

 divided leaves and a trailing ftalL Anagallis Phcenicio 

 fiore. C. B. P* 252. 



2. Anagallis (Fcemina) foliis indivifis glaucis caule 

 procumbente flore c^ruleo. Pimpernel with undivided 



flalk, and blue fl{ 



gallis c^ruleo flore. C. B. P. 252. 



Ana- 



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App. 



ant. 148. Pimpernel with an undivided leaf and 

 t flalL Anagallis tenuifolia Monclli. Cluf. 



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ALLis {Latifolid) foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus, 

 caulibus compreffis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 149. Pimpernel 

 with heart-fhaped leaves^ embracing theflalks which are 



comprefled. Anagallis Hifpanica latifolio fiore Cicruleo. 

 Horteg. ' . 



The firfl; fort is very common in fields, and other 

 cultivated places, in mofl: parts of England. The 

 fecond fort is fometimes found wild in the fields, but 

 is lefs common than the firfl: in England. This is 

 fuppofed to be only a variety of the firfl:, but from 



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