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tranfphndng aftef the plants arc tv/o years old. 



It is propagated by feeds, which lliould be treated 

 in the manner diredcd for the former. Thefe 

 flower the latter end of July and in Auguft; and 

 in warm fcalbns^ fometimes ripen their feeds in Eng- 

 land. Neither of thefe plants will live' long in pots, 

 for which reafon I have recommended their being 

 planted in the full ground ; but they flaould have a 

 warm firuation. - 



The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth forts grow 

 naturally at the Cape of Good Hope. 1 have alfo 

 received feeds of the thirteenth fort from Alexandria i 

 and Mr. Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. gave me fome feeds 

 of it, which were fent him from Minorca j but it is 

 not certain that it grows naturally there, but may have 

 been carried thither from Africa. 



Thefe rife with upright Ihrubby ftems to the height 



of feven or eight feet, and divide into many branches ; 

 thofe of the twelfth fort are garniflied their whole 

 length with long, narrow, fmooth leaves, ending In 

 a point", from the wings of the leaves the umbels 

 of flowers are produced, upon long foot-fl;aIks j the 

 flowers are w^hite, and grow loofely on the umbel ; 

 thefe are frequently fucceeded by fliort, thick, fwelling 

 ods, ending in a point, which are thick fet with 

 airs, and filled with compreflied feeds, crowned with 

 a foft down. This flowers from June to Oftober, and 

 the feeds ripen in winter. . , 



The thirteenth fort differs from the twelfth, in having 

 much broader leaves, which are of a darker green -, 

 the umbels of flowers are fmaller, grow upon fhorter 

 foot-fl:alks, and the fingle flowers are larger. This 

 flowers at the fame time with the former. 

 The fourteenth fort doth not rife fo high as either of 

 the former, and the branches grow at a much greater 

 difl:ance j the leaves are fliorter, and are covered on 

 both fides with fliort hairs. The flowers grow In 

 fmall loofe umbels, and are white ; thefe appear in the 

 fame feafon with the former. 



Thefe are propagated by feeds, which may be fown 

 in April on a bed of light earth in the open air, and 

 when the plants are three or four inches high, they 

 Ihould be each planted in a fmall pot filled with light 

 earth, and fliaded until they have taken new root, 

 then they may be placed with other exotic plants in 

 a fliekered fituation till Odlober, when they mufl: be 

 removed into the green-houfe, and during the winter 

 fliould have but little water-, for as they abound with 

 a milky juice, much wet will rot them. The only 

 care thefe will require, is to fliift them Into larger 

 pots as they advance in their grow^th; but care flaould 

 be taken not to put them in pots too large, and in the 

 fummer to place them abroad with other plants from 

 the fame country. 



Thefe three forts may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 

 which if planted in July or Auguft, in afliady border, 

 will foon take root, and may Toon after be taken up 

 and planted in pots, and managed as the feedling 

 plants. The thirteenth fort hath lived in the open 

 air in mild winters in the Chelfea garden, but in cold 



winters they are confl:antly defl:royed. 

 The fifteenth fort grows with an upright ftimbby 

 ftalk to the hciglit of fix or feven feet, dividiog to- 

 ward the top into three or four branches, garniflaed 



their whole length with fliiff roundifli leaves, which 

 clofely embrace them. ^Toward the upper part, the 

 flowers are produced on their fides, growing in fliort 

 compaft umbels, Thefe are of an herbaceous colour, 

 fo make but little appearance ; they come out chiefly 

 in autumn and winter. This grows naturally at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and requires the fame culture 

 as the former ibrts. There is a variety of this with 

 deep green leaves, which fome have fuppofcd to be a 

 difierent fpecles, but I haveraifed itfromthe fame feeds. 

 The fixteenth fort grows naturally in the warm parts 

 of America, the feeds were fent me from La Vera 

 Cruz. This rifes with fingle fl:alks four feet high, 

 garniflied with fmooth fpear-fliapcd leaves, ending 

 in a point J toward the top of the ftalk the umbels of 

 flowers are prodviced from the wings of die leaves. 



which are white, and fland erecl ; tl>efe are fuccecdc j 

 by oblong pointed pods, filled wichcomprejfcd f< 





crowned widi foft down. It flowers in June and July, 

 and the feeds ripen in 0<5lobcr. 



This plant is tender, fo niuil: be railed in a hot-bed, 

 and tranfplanted into pot*; filled vvith rich earth, and 



. plunged uKo the tan-bed in the ftove. h muft have 

 but little water, and conftantly remain in the ftovc, 

 otherwife the plants wiU not thrive here. 

 Thefevcnteenth fort is aUba native of the warm parts 

 of America, the roots of which have been fent to 

 England for Ipecacuana, from which it may beeafily 

 difliinguiflied by its form, this being cumpofcd of a 



, great number of .fmall fibres ^ whereas the true Ipe- 

 cacuana hath jointed roots, which run deep into the 

 ground, and are flefliy. There have been may ac- 

 counts of the bad effefts of the ufe of thefe roots, as 

 alfo of the poifonous quality of the plant ; fo that the 

 public fliould be cautioned not to make ufe of it, and 

 alfo to be careful not to let the milky juice of the 

 plant mix with any thing which is taken inwardly. 

 This plant rifes five or fix feet high, with uprieht 

 fl:ems, garniflied with fmooth oblong leaves, placed 

 oppofite i toward the top of the branches the umbels 

 of flowers come out, which are fingle, and grow ereft ; 

 the" petals of the flowers are of a fcarlet colour •, 

 and the horny neftarii in the middle are of a bright 

 Saffron colour, which make a pretty appearance i 

 there Is commonly a fucceffion of thefe flowers on 

 the fame plant from June to Oflober. The flowers 

 are fucceeded by long taper pods filled with feeds 

 crowned by a foft down, which ripen late m the au- 

 tumn. 



It is propagated by feeds, which mufl: be fown on a 

 hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants Ihould be treated 

 in the fame manner as is before directed for the 

 former fort •, the roots of this may be continued three 

 or four years, but after the fecond year the plants 

 grow naked, and do not produce fo many flowers as 

 before j fo that it is much better to raife young plants 

 to fucceed the other, efpecially as they produce plenty 

 of feeds in England. 



The eighteenth fort rifes with upright ftems fix or 

 feven feet high, which are garnilVed with thick oval 

 leaves placed oppofite. The umbels of flowers arc 

 fino;le-, the flowers are white,' of a ftar figure, havinor 

 five points; the pods of this fort are ver)', large, in 

 fliape like an ox's tefticles, and are filled with ^\\x. 

 feeds, lying over each other like tiles on a houfe. I 

 received the feeds of this fort from the Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Northumberland, who procured it from 

 India. 



This plant is tender, fo muft be preferved conftantly 

 in the ftove, and treated in the lame manner as the 



two former forts, and fliould have very little wet, efpe- 

 cially in the winter. 



The nineteenth fort I received from Carthagena ; this 

 hath climbing ftalks, which faften themfelves to the 

 neighbouring plants, and rife to the height often or 

 twelve feet -, the joints of the ftalks are pretty diftant 

 from each other ; at each are produced two oblong, 

 fpear-fliaped, hairy leaves, grov/ing oppofite, upon 

 very fliort foot-ftalks i the umbels of flowers come 

 out from the wings of the leaves, which are very 

 compaft, and the flowers are of a fulphur colour. 

 ■ Thefe appear in Auguft, but have not been fucceeded 

 by feeds in England. 



This plant is tender, fo muft be conftantly preferv^ed 

 in the ftove, and treated in the fame way as is direct- 

 ed for the former forts. 

 ASCYRUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 737. Plypericoides. 



Plum. Nov. Gen. 51. tab. 7. St. Peterfworc. 



The Characters arc, 



ne empalement is four leaved^ the two outer hein^ ^lar- 



rcw and oppofite^ the t^vjo inner are hroad^ heart-Jhopcdy 



and creul\ ihe jloi^er hath four oval petals^ the t'-jjo 



outer are large and placed cppofde^ the two inner are 



fmalL ■ In the center is fituated an oblcng gcrmen^ with a 



very JJjort Jtyle^ crowned by a Jingle fiigyna. ^his is at- 



tended by a great nwnhcr of IrijHy Jlanmiay which are 



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