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Itiftke a fine appearance. The pods are fwelling, and 

 about five inches long, each containing five or fix 

 roundilh comprcffed feeds. ' ^ 



The third fort grows naturally in both Indies, where 

 it rifes with feveral pretty ttrong, upright, fmooth 

 ftems, fending out many fiendcr branches, garnilhed 

 •with oval leaves, deeply divided into two lobes. The 

 leaves come out without order, and have long^ foot- 

 ftalks, but are nmuch thinner thanthofe of the fpecies 

 before-mentioned. The flowers come cut at tlie 

 e^vti-emity of the branches, three or four in a lopfe 

 bunch; the petals are red, or ftriped with white, 

 ocliers are plain upon the fame branch •, the ftamina 

 and %Ie are white, and ftand out beyond the petals, 

 l^hefe flowers are fucceeded by long flat pods of a 

 dark brown colour, each containing five or fix 

 roundifh comprefTed feeds. The wood of this tree 

 is very hard, and veined with black, from whence 

 the inhabitants of America call it Mountain Ebony. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, from 

 whence I received the feeds. This rifes to the height 

 of twenty feet, with a fmooth ftem, dividing into 

 many fmall branches, garniflied with oblong heart- 

 Ihaped leaves, having two pointed parallel lobes, 

 w^hich have each three longitudinal veins. The leaves 

 are placed alternately on the branches, which are 

 terminated by loofe bunches of wfiite flowers; thefe 

 arc fucceeded by very long narrow comprefTed pods, 

 which have eight or ten comprefTed roundifh feeds 

 in each- ^ .■ . : . .■ ' ' v 



5 T]ie fifth fort was fen t me from Carthagena, in New 



. Spain, where it grows in plenty. This feldom rifes 



'] more than ten feet high, dividing into many irregular 



. branches, armed with fhort crooked fpines ; the 



leaves grow alternate, are heart-fhaped, and have two 

 . roundiili lobes ; they are woolly on their under fide, 



and have fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers o;row at the 

 .-extremity of the branches, two or three together; 



thefe are large, and of a dirty white colour, and are 



fucceeded by Ihort flat pods, each containing two or 



three feeds. . 



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• The fixth fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz. 

 This rifes to the lieight of twenty-five, or thirty fcet^ 

 with many irregular ftems, which divide into many 

 fiender branches ; garnilhed with heart-fhaped leaves, 

 having two roundifh lobes. The flowers come out 

 in loofe fpilces at every joint from the wings of the 

 leaves, with naked foot-ftalks, and are of a dirty 

 w^hite colour, and are fucceeded by oblong com- 

 prefi^ed pods, which are broadefl: at their extremity, 

 where they are rounded, each containing three or four 

 compreflTed feeds. , 



The feventh fort grows naturally at Carthagena, in 

 New' Spain. This rifes twenty feet high, with a ftrong 

 upright ftem, which fends out many branches toward 

 the top ; armed with fpines growing by pairs, which 

 are fl;rong and crooked. The leaves are heart-fhaped 

 ^ and grow alternately, having two rounded lobes. 

 The flowers are large and white, coming out thinly 

 at the ends of the branches. The petals of thefe are 

 near two inches long, and fpread open wide ; the fla- 

 niina and ftyle are nearly of the fame length. The 

 flowers are fucceeded by long flat pods, which are 

 narrow, each containing five or fix feeds. 

 The eighth fort grows naturally in both Indies, This 

 . rifes with a ftrong ftem, upward of twenty feet high, 

 dividing into many ttrong branches, garniflied with 

 heart-fhaped leaves, having obtufe lobes which clofe 

 together. The flowers are large and grow in loofe 

 , I panicles ; at the extremity of the branches, of a 

 I purplifli red colour, rnarked with white, and have a 

 yellow bottom'. Thefe have a very agreeable fcent. 

 -1 he flowers are fucceeded by compreflcd pods, about 

 fix inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad, 

 containing three or four comprefTed feeds in each. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally in both Indies, where 

 it rifes with many flender ftalks, which put out ten- 

 drils, and faftcn themfelves to the neighbouring trees, 

 whereby they rife to a great height ; the leaves come 

 out alternately, are heart-fliaped, ftanding upon long 



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foot-ftaIk§ ; thefe are fix inches long, and three inches 

 and a half broad in the middle, and are deeply cut 

 into two pointed lobes, each having three prominent 

 ribs running longitudinally. This hatli not produced 

 - flowers in England, nor had I any account of them 

 . with the feeds, which were Tent me from Cam- 

 peachy, 



The tenth fort grov/s naturally in great plenty on tlie 



north fide of the ifland of Jamaica. This is a low 



' fhrub, feldom rifing more than five or fix feet high, 



' but divides into feveral branches, garnifbed with oval 



; leaves, divided into two lobes, which fpread from 



-, each other- The flowers gVow in loofe panicles at 



the end of the branches, which are white, ar^d have 



a very agreeable fcent. , Thefe appear the grcatelt 



. part of fummer, fo is one of the great beauties of the 



■ hot-houfe. , The flowers are fucceeded by taper 



pods, about four inches long, each containing four 



or five roundifh comprefTed feeds, of a dark colour.- 



All thefe plants are natives of the warm countries, 



. fo will not thrive in England, unlefs they are kept ia 



a warm ftove. They are propagated by feeds, which 



muft be procured from the countries where they 



grow naturally, for they do not perfect their feeds 



in England- 



The laft fort has feveral times produced pods, in the 

 Chelfea garden, but they have never come to ma- 

 turity. The feeds fhould be brought over in their 

 pods, which will preferve them good* Thefe mult 

 be fov/n in pots filled with light frefh earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners-bark -, if 

 the feeds are good, the plants will come up in about 

 fix weeks, and in a month after, will be fit to tranf- 

 plant, wlien they fhould be carefully fhaken out of 

 the feed pot, fo as not to tear off the roots, and each 

 planted into a feparate fmall pot filled with light 

 loamy earth, and plunged into the hot-bed again, 

 being careful to Ihade them until they have taken 

 frefh root, after which they Ihould have frefh air 

 admitted to them every day in warm weather, la 

 the autumn they muft be placed in the bark-ftove, 

 and treated in the fame way as other tender exotics, 

 giving them but little water in winter. As thefe 

 plants frequently flower, they are worthy of a place 

 in the ftove. , ■ 



B A Y. See Laurus. . 



BEANS. See Faba. ■ • 



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BEANS,(KIDNEYorFRENCH.) SccPha^ 



SEOLUS. 



B E A N-T R E F O I L. See Cytisus. 



BEAR's-EAR. See Auricula. 



B E A RVE A R S A N I C L E. See Vereascum. 



BEAR's-FOOT. 



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BECABUNGA, or Brook-lime. 



This is a fort of Veronica, or Water Speedwell ; of 

 which there are two forts, one with a long leaf, and 

 the other round; they are both very common in 

 ditches, and watery places, almoft every where in 

 England; the fecond fort is ufed in medicine. 



BEE, or GNAT-FLOWER. See Orchis. 

 BEECH-TREE. See Fagus. 

 BELLADONA. See Atropa. 



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See Campanula. 



B E L L I S [is fo called Bellus, LaL pretty, handfome, 

 &c.] the Daify. 



The Characters are. 

 It bath a radiated difcous flower^ eompofed of many her- 

 7naphrodite florets in the dijk^ and female florets in the 



of fmall leaves of 



double ft 

 ^he hermaphrodite 

 florets in the difk^ are funnel-fhaped^ and cut into fhc 

 parts at the brim ; the female florets are tcngue-fhapedj 

 and make the border -^ thefe have no flamina^ but an oval 

 germen fupporting a flender flyle^ crowned by two fpr end- 

 ing ftigma ; the hermaphrodite florets have an cvalgerme'n, 

 fupporting a fimple flyle^ crowned by a bordered ftigma, 

 This is attended by five fhort ftamina^ crotvnedby tubular 

 cylindrical fummits, The germen afterward becomes afingk 

 naked feed placed vertically, . 



This 



