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It feldom rifcs more tlian four feet high in this coun- 

 try, dividing into many (lender branches near the 

 o-ronnd, which are o-arniflied with two oval leaves 

 placed oppofitc at every joint, which are entire ; theie 

 have fliort foot-ftalks •, 



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the flowers grow fingle at the 



extremity of the foot-ftalk, which comes out from 

 the win^s of the leaver, ; they have two feries of nar- 

 row thick petals, which Ipread open, and turn inward 

 at the top, like thofc of the Starry Anemone, or the 

 Virgin's Bower : thefe are of a fullen purple colour, 

 and have a difagreeable fcent •, they appear in May. 



The embryo fits beneatli the flower, and fupports five 

 ftigma ; this afterward appears to have five cells, but 

 it never comes to perfe6i:ion in this country, therefore 

 I can only give a defcription of it from an imperfect 

 rudiment, which a few years paft, was fairer than any 

 I had before feen. The bark of this flirub is brown, 

 and has a very ftrong aromatic fcent ; from whence 

 the inhabitants of Carolina gave it the title of All- 

 fpice, by which it is generally known in the nuiieries 

 near London. ' 



This flirub will thrive in the open air in England, if 

 it is planted in a warm fituatlon and a dry foil. It is 

 propagated by laying down the young branches, which 

 will take root in one year, and may then be taken 

 from the mother plant, and planted where they are 

 defigned to remain, for they do not bear tranfplanting 



Jh^prd, wnkjed and rejlexcd, hit in others rctnidijh and 

 conccsje : it hath t^n H^^niitm <TMh;rU ^^^ ^r ..^-.^..^i k — ,;,. 



fi 



none. 



ve : tt hath tenftamina^ which are cf 

 of thefe arc croii'ned by o'valfummits, 



flender declining fi 



fits upon thefoot-Jialk.fup 



by an obtufe fiign, 



effed fe 



iofMg a row of 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedioh of 

 Linna^us's tenth clafs, entitled DecandriaMonogynia> 

 the flower having ten ftamina and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, 



1. Eauhin'ia {Actdeata) caule aculeate. Hort. Cliffl 

 156. Bauhinia zvith a prickly fialh Bauhinia aculcata 

 folio rotundo emarginato. Plum. Nov. Gen. 23. 



2. Bauhimia ifTomentofa) foliis cordalis, lobis femior- 

 biculatis tomentofis. Lin. Sp. ^^S. Bauhinia 'with 

 heart-JJjaped leaves^ nnd femtorbicular woolly lobes, Bau- 

 hinia florc iuteo fpicato folio fubrotundo bicornL 

 Houft. 



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3. Bauhinia ^Acuminata) foliis ovatis lobls acuminatis 

 femi-ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant, i^j^, Bauhi^ii a zvith oval 



half 



Bauhi- 



nia non acukata folio ampliori & bicorni. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen, 2 J. 



4. Bauhinia {Ungulata) foliis, lobis parallciis. Lin. Sp; 



5 



whoft 



well, after they are grown to any fize. When the j Bauhinia non aculcata folio nervofo bicorni, floribus 

 layers are tranfplanted, the furface of the ground 



albicantibus. Houfu 



fhould be covered with mulch, to prevent the drying 

 winds from penetrating the ground to their roots \ 

 and if the feafon proves dry, they muft be v/atered 

 once a week, but lliould not have too much wet, for 

 that will rot their tender fibres. 

 The beft: tinie for laying down the branches, is in the 

 autumn, but they Ihould not be tranfplanted till the 

 fpting twelve months after, for the fpring is the fafefl: 

 time to remove thefe plants. After the branches are 

 laid down, there fliould be fome old tanners bark 

 laid upon the furface of the ground, to keep out the 

 frofl:, whiCih fliould alfo be done every winter, while 

 the plants are young, which will prevent the frofl: 

 from penetrating to their root, and thereby fecure 

 them. 



This plant was very fcarce in England, till within a 

 few years pafl:, that many of them have been brought 

 from Carolina, where they have been greatly increafed 



- in the crardens near Charles Town. 

 Dr. Kempfer has given a figure and defcription of a 

 plant, in his Amoenitates Exoticarum, which feems 

 to be of this genus ; but he mentions the fruit to be 

 compofed of eight cells \ whereas, fo far as I have 

 been able to examine this, it appears to have but five •, 

 however, the flov/er and general ftrufture of the 

 plant, agrees very v/ell with this, but I fuppofe it to 

 be a diflinft fpecies, the leaves of this being much 

 longer, and the flowers fl:and upon naked foot-ftalks \ 

 whereas thofe of our fort have commonly two fmall 

 leaves, which are narrower, and more pointed than 

 thofe upon the branches : but I find Dr. Linnaeus and 

 Monfieur Du Hamelj both fuppofe they are the fame 

 plant. 



After I had given a figure of this plant, in plate LX. 

 of my Figures of Plants, I received Monfieur Du Ha- 

 mcFs book of the trees and flirubs, which will grow 

 in the open air about Paris, in which he has given a 

 bad figure of this plant, under the title of Butneria ; 

 but as my plate v/as firft publiflied, and I was not ap- 

 prifed of his title, I have continued my title to it ; 

 not from any attachment to it, as being my own, but 

 rather to avoid confufion, wliich muft attend the fre- 

 quent alteration of the names of plants, wliich is too 

 much in faihion at prefent. • * 



B A U H I N I A, Mountain Ebony, %ndgo. This plant 

 was fo named by father Plumier, in honour of the 



5. Bauhinia {Emarginata) caule aculeato, foliis corda- 

 tis lobis orbiculatis, fubtus tomentofis. Bauhinia zvitb 



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a prickly flalk-f and hcart-flonped leaves with round lobcs^ 

 zvhich are woolly on their undet Jide. Batihirila acuf- 



leata folio rotundo emarginato flore magno aibo, 

 Houft. 



A, 



6. Bauhinia {Purpurea) folio fubcordatis b'partitis fo- 

 tundatis, fubtus tomentofis. Lin. Sp. ^36. Bauhinia 

 with ahnojt heart-foaped leaves divided in two roundifi 



' lobes woolly on their under fide, Bauhinia non acvileata 

 folio fubrotundo bicorni, floribus albis. Houft* 



7. Bauhinia {Rotundata) foliis fubcordatis bipaftitis ro- 

 tundatis caule aculeato, floribus fparfis. Bakhtniawilh 

 heart-fhaped^ bifida rounded leaves,^ a prickly ftalk^ and 

 flowers growing fpar fly. Bauhinia aculeata foliis fubro- 

 tundis bicornis flore magno albo. Houft. 



8. Bauhinia (FjhV^^/^) foliis cordatis lobis coadunatis 

 obtufis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 375. Bauhinia with heart- 



- floaped leaves,, and obtufe lobes which join together, Cho-^ 

 vanna-mandaru. Hort. Mai. i. p. ^7' 



9. Bauhinia (5c^;ji^^;^j-) caule cirrhifero. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 374. Bauhinia with a ftalk having tendrils^ 



10. Bauhinia {Divaricata) foliis ovatis lobis divarlca- 

 tis. Lin. Sp, Plant. 374. Bauhinia with oval leaves^ 

 whofe lobes fpread different ways, Bauhinia foliis quin- 

 quenerviis laciniis actiminatis remotifllmis. Hort. 

 Cliff. 156. - . / ; 



The firft fort grows plentifully In Jamaica, and the 

 other fugar iflands in Americ'a, where it rifes to the 

 height of fixtecn or eighteen feet, with a crooked 

 ftem, and divides into many irregular branches, armed 



Ihe Characthr.3 are, 

 T'he empalement of ike flower is permanent^ ttthdoui 

 one leaf^ and cut into five parts at the top.\ ihe fli 



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offi- 



r. 



wkh fliort ftrong fpincs, garniihed with compound 

 \vlnged leaves, each having two or three pair cf 

 lobes, ending with an odd one, which are oblique, 

 bl\nit, and indented at the top. The ftalks are ter- 

 minated by fevcral long fpikes of yellow flowers, 

 which are fucceeded by bordered pods, about tliree 

 inches long, which contain two or three fwelling feeds. 

 Thefe pods are glutinous, and have a ftrong bal- 

 famic fcent, as have alfo the leaves when bruifed. 

 It is called in America, the Indian Savin-trce, from 

 its ftrong odour, fomewhat refembling the common 



Savin. ^ 



The fccond fort was fent me from Campeachy, in 

 1730, by the late Dr. Ploufton, where he found it 

 growing naturally. This rifes to the height of twelve? 

 or fourteen feet, with a fmooth ftem, dividing into 

 many branches, garniflied with heart-fliaped leaves^ 

 having two fmooth-pointed lobes ; the extremity of 

 every branch is terminated by a long fpike of yellow 



- flowers, fo that when thefe trees are in flower, they 



make 



