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plain, and do not grow fo large, i^or v/ill they refill 



the cold lb well. But as this is llippofed to be a na- 

 tive of a d'rFerent country, and by all the writers who 

 have mentioned it fuppofcd to be different, I have 

 enumerated it among the fpecies. 

 The two ibrts ofBambu are of great fervice to the 

 inhabitants of India, who make moft of their common 

 utenfds of the ilems of thefe canes, which grow to 

 a prodigious magnitude in thofe countries. 

 We have plants of the fourth fort in the Englifh gar- 

 dens, which are more than twenty feet high ; and if 



the ftoves in which they are kept were high enough 

 to admit them, they would, according to appearance, 

 rife to twice that height. The fhoots of this plant 

 are of quicker growth than any other yet knov/n, 

 which rifes v;lth an upright ftalk ; for a ftrong llioot 

 . from the root v/ill rife to twenty feet in five or fix 

 v/ecks, as I have for feveral years obferved. 

 of thefe ftems are as large as a m.an's wrift, but in 

 general as big as walking-fticks, and when dried are 

 as fit for that purpofe as thofe which are imported. 

 The leaves of this fort are much broader than thofe of 

 the fifth, particularly at their bafe ; thefe leaves are 

 generally put round the teacheflis in their package, 

 and arc faitened tog-ether fo as to form a kind of 



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The fifth fort is more rare at prefent in F.urope, tho' 

 it is the mof: common on the coaft of Malabar. 

 They are both tender plants, io will not live in this 

 country, unlefs they are preferved in a warm ftove j 

 and as their roots fpread very wide, they fhould 

 not be confined : therefore to have them produce 

 ftrong ftems, they mull; be planted in large tubs, filled 

 with rich earth, and plunged into the hot-bed in the 

 bark-ftove •, and as they naturally grow in marfliy low 

 places, they require plenty of water, efpecially 

 when die roots have filled the tubs in which they were 

 planted. When the tubs decay, the boards may be 

 removed, and the plants permitted to root into the 

 tan, which will encourage them to grow to a larger 

 fize ; but then tliere mull be care taken when the bed 

 is refrefhed with new tan, to leave a fufHcient quan- 

 tity of tiie old tan about the roots of the plants ; for 

 if they are too much bared, and the new tan laid 

 r tliem, when that heats, it will fcorch their roots 

 fo that the plants are fometimes deftroyedby it. Both 

 forts are propagated by flips from the roots, which 

 fliould be taken off in the fpring, that they may be 

 Aveli cilablinied before the winter. 

 The fixth fort is what the Turks make their v/rlting 

 pens witlial ■, tliis grows in a valley near niount 

 Athos, as alfo on the banks of the river Jordan, but 

 there are none of the plants in England. This fort 

 may be managed as the Bambu. 



ARUNDO SACCHARIFERA. See Sacha- 



RUM. 



A S A R I N A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 171. tab. 76. Baf- 



tard Afarum, 



The Characters are, 



The empalement is of one leaf^ which is cut into jive equal 

 fcg:mnts ahnoft to the bottom. The flo'vucr is of one leaf 

 of the grining kind^ having a long cylindrical tuhe^ di- 

 vided at tlx top into two lips^ the upper one being divided 

 into tzvoparts^ whofe edges are rcfl-exed. The lower lip is 

 Jlightly cut into three parts which are abtufe ; the two lips 

 join clofe together^ fo as to form a kind of fnout. It hath 

 fourflamina^ two of which are longer than the other ; in 

 the center is placed a round germenfuppor ting a Jingle fly le^ 

 crowned by an obtufe fligma. The germen afterward turns 

 to a round hujk^ divided into two cells^ which are full of 



rcundif}) feeds. 



7'his genus of plants is by Dr. Linnaeus joined to his 

 genus of Antirrhinum, which is ranged in the fecond 

 feftion of hie fourteenth clafs, titled Didynamia An- 

 giofpermia, the flowers liaving tv/o long and two 

 lliortcr Iramina, and the feeds having a capfule. 

 The Spi:ciEs are. 



I. Ar-AaiN'A {Frocumbens) caulc decumbente foliis op- 

 pofids reniform.ibuS crenatis. Baflard Afar urn with a 

 irciliag falky and kidney -floapcd leaves growing oppcfitc^ 



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which are indented on their edges, Afurina Iiederula 

 faxatilis. Lob. Icon. 601. Afarina, or Rock Ground- 

 ivy. 



2. AsARiNA {Ere^a)^ caule ereclo foliis lanceolatis am- 

 plexicaulibus panicula dichotoma. Upright Bafiard 

 Afarum with fpear-ffjaped leaves which embrace the fialks, 

 and fpikes cf flowers coming cut from the divifion of the 

 branches, Penfl:emon. Mitch. Gen. 14. 

 The firft fort is a low trailing annual plant, the 

 branches extend little more than a foot each way, and 

 are weak, fo that unlefs they are fupportcd, they lie 

 upon the ground ; thefe are garniftied with leaves like 

 thofe of Ground-ivy, which grow by pairs •, at the 

 wings of the leaves the flowers come out fingly on 

 each fide tiie ft;alk, which are fliaped like thofe of 

 Snap-dragon, but have a long tube ; they are of a 

 worn-out purple colour at the top, but below of an 

 herbaceous colour. Thefe come out in June, and the 

 feeds ripen in September, which fliould be fown foon 

 after, or permitted to fcatter, for when they are fown 

 in the fpring they feldom grow. The plants ftioiild 

 remain where they are fown, and require no other 

 care but to keep them clean from weeds, and thin 

 them wliere they grow too clofe. As tliere is not 

 much beauty in this plant, two or three of them 

 will be enough in a garden, for the fake of variety. 

 It grows naturally in Italy and the fouth of France. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in North America. 

 This plant hath upright fl:aiks, which grow a foot 

 and a half high, and put out feveral fide branches, 

 garnilhed with oblong fpear-fliaped leaves ending in 

 a point, which grow oppofite, and embrace the ftalks 

 at their bafe; the flowers come out in fliort loofe 

 fpikes from the divifions of the ftalks, which are 

 fhaped like thofe of the former, but are lefs, and of 

 a purple colour. They appear in June and July, and 

 their feeds ripen in September. 

 The feeds of this fort fliould be fown in the autumn,' 

 for thofe which are fown in the fpring, feldom grow 

 the fame year, but remain in the ground till the fol- 

 lowing fpring. When the plants are grown flrong 

 enough to remove, they fhould be tranfplanted into 

 a fhady border, which will prevent their flowering the 

 fame year •, and in the autumn they may be planted 

 in the borders of the flower-garden, where they will 

 add to the variety. The roots feldomi lafl: above two 

 or three year's, fo that young plants fhould be annually 

 raifed. 



A S A R U M [from a privative, and (at'^w, Gr, to adorn, 

 as much as to fay, a plant not fit for ornament,] 

 Afarabacca. 



The Characters are. 

 The flowers hath a thick bell-fhaped empalement of one leaf^ 

 which is coloured^ and fiigbtly cut at the brim into three 

 partSy which are reflexed. It hath no petals, but twelve 

 fliort awl-fhaped ftamina, crowned by oblong fummitSy 

 which are faftened in the middle to the fiamina ; at the 

 bottom of the empalement is inclofed a thick germen^ fup- 



fhort cylindrical flyle.^ crowned by a reflexed 



fligma, cut into fi 



zfterward 



feeds 



ipfule having fix cells^ containing feveral 



This genus of plants Is ranged in Linnasus's eleventh 

 clafs, entitled Dodecandria Monogynia, the flowers 

 having twelve fiamina and one flyle. 

 The Species are, 



1. As arum {Europceum) foliis reniformibus obtufis binis. 

 Lin. Sp. PI. 442. Afarabacca with kidney 'fl:>aped Icavesy 

 which have two blunt points, Afarum. C. B. P. 107. 

 Common Afarabacca. 



2. AsARiJM iCanadenfe) foliis reniformibus mucronatis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 442. Afarabacca with kidney -floaped 

 leaves ending in a point. Afarum Canadenfe. Cornut. 

 Canad. 24. Canada Afarabacca. 



3. AsAKiTM (Firginicum) foliis cordatis obtufis glabris 



' with fin 00 thy 

 ^Iks. Afarum 



pctiolatis. Flor. Virg. 



-floaped leaves having foot-ft 



Virginianum pifcolochiac foliis fubrotundis cyclaminis 



more m.aculatis. Piuk. Aim. ^'^. _, 



The 



