AND 



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Auguft and September, foon after wjiich the plants j fruUfuk loofe /pikes, cytindricalflo^^ers, ani 



\vill decay. 



T\vz fccond fort grows naturally in China, and alfo at 

 La Vera Cruz in New Spain, wliere it rifes twelve or 

 fourteen feet highi the branches are garnifhed with 

 fpear-ihaped, pointed, fmooth leaves, under which the 

 foot-ftalk of the flowers are produced \ thefe are pretty 

 long and hang downward: the flowers are fmall, of an 

 herbaceous white colour, fome of which are male, and 

 others female, but when the latter are fituated at too 

 great diflance from the former, there is rarely any 

 feeds within their covers j though they feem very fair 

 to fight, yet upon being opened there will no feeds 

 be found in them \ whereby feveral perfons have been 

 deceived, who have fown them, without raifing a 



Will 



fingle plant. 



Houflon, growing naturally at Campeachy ; this has 

 a ftrong woody ftem, which rifes more than twenty 

 feet high, fending out branches on every fide, which 

 are garnifhed with oval blunt leaves, hoary on their 

 under-fide, and having pretty deep furrows on their 

 upper, placed alternately on the branches : the flow- 

 ers I have not feen, for the plant which rofe from the 

 feeds in the phyfic garden did not produce any, tho' 

 it grew upward of fourteen feet high ■, nor were there 

 any flowers upon the trees at Campeachy, at the time 

 Dr. Houfton was there, the feeds being then ripe ; of 

 thefe the doftor fent many to Europe which appeared 

 very fair, but on being opened, no kernels were found 



within them, fo that but one plant was raifed from 

 all the feeds. 



Thefe two forts are very tender plants, fo that when 

 good feeds can be obtained, they fhould be planted 

 in pots, plunging them into a hot-bed of tanners bark, 

 obferving to water them as the earth becomes dry in 

 the pots i and when the plants come up, and are fit 

 to remove, they fhould be each planted in a fmall 

 bot, plunged into a tan-bed, fhading them until they 

 have taken frefli root, after which they fhould have 

 free air admitted to them in warm weather, but muit 

 be conflantly kept in the bark-ltove. 

 There is alfD another fort which I have raifed from 

 feeds, fent me from Jamaica ; the whole form of the 

 feeds agree widi tliofe of the third fort, as do alfo 

 the plants, but the leaves arc fomewhat like thofe of 

 the Laurel, but are much larger ; this hath not as yet 

 flowered in FAirope. 



N D R O M E D A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 485. We have 

 no Englifli name for this plant. 





The Characters are, 



hcll-fiapcd^ and divided intofi 



five fmall acute fegments 

 Theflozver is of one leaf 



cflexcd. 



l-fh. 





hich 



are 



fhorter than the petals to which they are fixed-, theft 



adding f I 



In the 



crowned 



of the fewer is fituated a tound germen^ fupp 

 ndrical fiylc, which is longer than the fiamind 





hlunt Jiigma . The germen af 



effel having fi^ 



filled with fmall round feeds 

 This genus of plants is ranged by Dr. LinnS^us in the 

 firft divifiofi of his tenth clafs, entitled Decandria 

 Monogynia, the flow 



o 



germen. 



The Species are, 

 I. Andromeda {Polifolia) pedunculis aggregatis, co- 

 rollis ovatis, foliis alternis lanceolatis revolutis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 393. Andromeda with aggregate foot -ft alks^ 

 cval petals^ and fpear-fhaped leaves growing alternately. 

 Polifolia. Buxb. Aft. 2. p. 345.' 



c. Andromeda {Mariana) pedunculis aggregatis corol- 

 lis cylindricis foliis alternis ovatis integerrimis. Lin. 



r,atch\ 



f' 



foot-ftalks. 



3. Andromeda {Panictddt'a) racemls fecundis hudispa- 

 niculatis, corollis fubcylindricis foliis alternis oblongis 

 crenulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda with naked. 



nated leaves placed alternately. Vitis id;Ea AmerFca^i^ 

 longion mucronato & crenato folio, floribus urceolatis 

 racemofis. Pluk. Aim. 391. 



4. Andromeda {Arborea) racemis fecundis nudis co- 

 ■ rollis rotundo-ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda 



with naked fruitful fpikes, and oval roundiflj flowers. 

 Frutex foliis oblongis acuminatis floribus fpicatis uno 

 verfu difpofitis. Catefb. Carolin. i. p. 71. commonly 

 called Sorrel-tree in Carolina. 



5. Andromeda {Caliculata)^ racemis fecundis foliaceis 

 corollis fubcylindricis, foliis alternis lanceolatis obtufis 

 punftatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda with leafy 

 fruitful fpikes, cyhidrical flowers^ and ohtufe fpear-fhaped 

 leaves, with punHures placed alternately. Cham^edaphne. 

 Buxb. Aft. I. p. 241. 



The firil fort is a low plant which grows naturally on 

 bogs in the northern countries, but is with difficulty 

 preferved in gardens; and having little beauty, is 

 feldom cultivated except in botanic gardens. I re- 

 ceived the feeds from Peterfburgh, which came up in 

 the Chelfea garden, but did not continue more than 

 one year. 



The fecorid fort grows naturally in North America: 

 this is a low flirub, which fends out many woody 

 ftalks from the root, garnilhed with oval leaves placed 

 alternately; the flowers are collefted in fmall bunches: 

 thefe are fliaped like thofe of the Strawberry-tree, 

 and are of an herbaceous colour. They appear in 

 June and July, and fometimes are fucceeded by fruit, 

 which feldom ripen in England^ 

 The third fort is alfo a native of Northt America. 

 This fhrub grows about four feet high, fending out 

 feveral branches, which are clothed with oblong leaves 

 placed alternately • the: floWers grow in loofe fpikes 

 from the ei\ds of the branches; they are of the pitcher 

 fhape, like thofe of the Arbutus, but are a little 

 lotiger, and appear in July, but do hot produce feeds 

 ta this country. , 



The fourth fort gt-oWs hdtiirally in Virginia and Ca- 

 rolina ; in the latter it is milch larger than in the for- 

 mer, the cliftriate being warmer ;, fo many of the trees 

 ' and Hirubs grow to a much greater height there. In 

 Virginia, it is a fhrub growing ten or twelve feet 

 high, but in Carolina it riles twenty feet. The branches 

 are very flender, bending downward ; thefe are gar- 

 nilhed with leaves placed alternately, which are oblong 

 and pointed : the flowers grow in long naked fpikes, . 

 coming out from the fides of the branches, which are 

 ,of an herbaceous colour, and are ranged on one 

 fide of the flalk j they are oval, and Ihaped like a 

 pitcher. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Siberia, and alfo in 

 North America ; it is a low flirub which grows on 

 moflTy land, fo is very difficult to keep in gardens. 

 The leaves are fliaped like thofe of the Box-tree, and 

 are of the like confiftence, having feveratl fmall punc- 

 tures on them ; the flowers grow in fhort fpikes from 

 the extremity of the branches : thefe afe produced 

 fingle between two leaves, they are white and of a 

 cylindrical pitcher fhape. 



All the forts, except the fourth, are very hardy plants, 

 which delight in moift: ground ; they increafe by their 

 creeping roots, which put up fuckers at a diflance, 

 and may be taken off with roots, and tranfplanted 



where they are deflgned to remain, for they do not 

 ' hear to be often removed. 

 The fourth fort requires to be fheltered from hard 

 frofl: in winter, but in the fummer fhould be fre- 

 quently watered. It is a difficult plant to keep in gar- 

 dens, as it grows naturally on boggy places, and re- 

 quires a greater heat than that of this climate. It may 

 be propagated by feeds, which Ihould be procured 

 from America, where it is known by the name of 

 Sorrel-tre6. 

 A N D R O S A C E. We have no Englifli name for 

 this plant. 



The Characters are. 



/' 



Each flower hath afi' 



pakmeiif 



