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Sp. Flari't. §'33. //?i^/ 'j^rimony with oval faived leaves^ 

 tl^ekzver ones growing oppoftU^ hut the upper having three 

 lobes, the middle ofzvhicb is. thelargejl. , Cryfanthemum 



■ cohyzoides'nodiflorumfemineroftratobidente. Sloan. 



t. J^tp. 126., " ' "' \."- 



e firft fort grows naturally in Virginia, Maryland, 

 an^ Canada, where it is often a troublefome weed. 

 It rifes about three feet high, fending out many ho- 



garnifhed with trifoliate leaves, 

 deeply fawed on 'their edges; the flowers are pro- 

 duced at the end of the branches in fmall clutters, 

 which are yellow, and fuccceded by oblong fquare 

 feeds, having two crooked horns, by which they fallen 

 thcmfelves to the clothes of thofe who pafs near them. 

 There are two forts of this, oiie whofe flowers have a 

 fhortempaleiT:ent;wliich is Tournefort's broad-leaved 

 Canada Bidens v the other hath a leafy empalemcnt, 

 and is byjuffieu'diflinguifhed by the title of Capite 

 fbliofo. But I am hot very fure of „ their being, dif- 

 tlna fpecies, though I have many years cultivated 

 both ;, for their feeds when ripe fpread fo far, that in 

 *a fmall gai^den they cannot be kept feparate. _It is 

 eafdy propagated by feeds fown in the fpring, in an 

 open fituation, where, if the' feecis are permitted to 

 fcatter, the plants will come up the following fpring, 

 aiid two or three of them may be tranfplanted where 

 they are to grow, and after they are rooted, will re- 

 Guire no farther care.. This is^an annual plant, fo 

 decays foon after the feeds are npe. .,/ 

 The fecond fort grows hatuVally- in warm countries. 

 This is an aniiualplaht,''\yhich rifes near three fe 



■ high, dividing upward into fevefal branches, which 

 are garnifhed ^yith pblong entire leaves ; the 'HoWers 

 come ouVilngFat the diyifipm of A^ fit- 

 tirK? clofe ; thefe are white, and fucceeded by fmooth 

 feeds. 





\l i'his fort inufl: be fown upon a moderate hot-bed in 

 ", the fpring, and afterward treated like other hardy an- 

 , . riual plants, planting them Into ttie full ground the 

 ^. feter end of May. They will flower in June, and 

 " rUieif feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the 



. plants will decay. '' '' . . . , . .^ ' 



The diird fort grows naturally in South CaroTina, and 



,.,alfo at Campeachy. This is alfo an annual plant, 



which rIfes three feet high, dividing upward into 



- many flender Branches, whofe joints are far afUiider > 

 the leaves come out by pairs at each joint upon long 

 flender fbot-ftalks, which are oval, ending in a point. 

 The flowers grow at the extremity of the branches in 

 fmall globular heads, which are veiy wjiite, ft:anding 

 upon very long foot-fl:alks, and are fucceeded by 

 fmooth feeds. This mufl: be fown upon a libt-bed, 



. and treated as the former. It flowers. and feeds about 

 the fame time. . . ' " 



The fourth fort rifes with a flirubby fl:alk to the 

 li'eight of fix or feven feet, dividing into many 

 branches, whofe joints are very diftant, at each of 

 which are pTaced two oval leaves, flightly fawed on 

 their ed^es- and have fliortfoot-ftalks. The flowers 

 are p/oduced at the end of the branches in fmall cluf- 

 ters, each ftanding upon a long naked foot-fl:alk ; 

 thefe are fucceeded by flat feeds, having tw^o fhort 

 teeth at their extremity. I received the feeds of this 

 fort from Carthagena in New Spain. ■ This is propa- 

 gated by feeds, which Ihould be fown on a hot-bed 

 in the fpring ; and when the plants are fit to remove, 

 they mull be each planted into a feparate fmall pot, 

 and plunged into a frefli hot-bed, and treated as "other 

 •tender plants from the fame countries, and in au- 



■^ tumn placed in theftove: the following fummerthey 

 will abide fome yc^lrs with proper trianagement. 



-The fifth fort rifes with a climbing flender ftalk to 



iitTie height often feet, dividing into many branches, 

 .;garnilhed with trifoliate fawed leaves; t"he "flowers 

 grow jn large panicles at the end of the branches ; 

 * they are yellow, and are fucceeded by flat feeds hav- 

 ing two teeth. This plant grows" naturally in Jamai- 

 ca, frorn whence I received the feeds. It mufl: be 

 . treated in the fame manner as the former fort, and 

 will continue two or three years. 



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', The fixtlifort is annual. This rifes' about t\vo fei 

 high, and fends, out feveral lateral flioors, which at 

 the bottom have oval leaves placed by pairs at th c 



joints, but'upv/ard they are trifoliate, the middle lobe 

 being very large, and the pfo frde ones fmall ^ the 

 flowers are produced at the wings of the leaves upon 

 fhort leafy foot-fi:alks, and are yellow, but very fmall. 

 It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn; 

 the feeds of this mufl: be fown upon a hot-bed, and 

 treated as the fecond fort. ' ' ■■ 



B I F O L I U M, Twyblade. - See Ophrys. 

 BIGNONIA. Tourn. Infl:. 164. Lin. Gen. Plant; 

 6yj. [M. Tournefort called this plant Bignonia, in 

 memory of abbot Bigpoh, librarian to Lewis XIV, 

 king of France, he being a great encourager of learn- 

 ing.] The Trumpet Flower, or Scarlet Jafmine; 



The Characters are, ' 

 'The enipakmnct is cup-paped^ qtlt77guefid^ and of one 

 leaf. The flower is of the ringent, or grinning kind^ tu- 



'' bulous^ with long chaps, which are fwelling, and bell- 

 ffmped, divided into five parts at the tof\ the two upper 

 fegments are refexed, and the under fpread open \ it hath 

 four awl-fljaped ftamina fhorter than the petal, two longer ^ 



\ than the other, having oblong reflexed fumtnits: '' In the 

 center is an oblong germen, ftipporting s fender ftyle, 

 crowned by a roundifh fligma, Thegertneii afterward bc~ 



■ comes a bivalve pod, with two teVs, filled with compref- 

 fed winged feeds, lying over each other ixbricatim; 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond divi- 

 fion of Linnius's fourteenth clafs, intitkd Didyna- 

 mia Angiofpermia, the flower having two long and 



• two fhort ftamina, and the feeds included in a cap- 

 fule. '■ '■ ' . .' 



The Species are, - 



I. Bignonia (Radicans) foliis pinnatis, foliolis incifis, 



' caiile geniculis radicatis. Lin. Hort, Cliff. 217. Big- 



. nonia tvith winged leaves,^ which are cut on their edges, 



and roots coming out at the joints ofthejialk. Bignonia 



AmericanaFraxini folio flore amplo Phoenicio. Tourn. 



Infl. 164. 



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2. Bignonia (Catalpa) foliis fimplicibus cordatis, caule 

 eredto, floribus diandris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 622; Big- 



ncnid is:ith fingle heart-fhaped leaves, an upright ftalk, 

 and flowers with two ftamina,' Bignonia UriKU foliis, 

 flore fordide albo, intus maculis purpureis & luteis 

 adfperfo, fiiiqua longiffima & angilifliflTima. Catefl^. 

 Carol. I. p. 49. 



3. Bignonia {Frutefcens^ foliis pinnatis, foliolis lanceo- 

 latis aciltls fcrratis, caule "erefto, floribus paniculatis 



' eredis. Bignonia with winged leaves, having acute fawed 

 lobes, an upright ftalk, ana flowers growing in panicks 

 ere5l, Bignonia arbor flore luteoFraxini folio. Plum. 



-Sp. Plant. 5. 



4. Bignonia [fPubefcens) foliis conjugatis cirrhofis folio- 

 lis cordato-lanceolatis foliis imis fimplicibus. Vir. 

 Cliff. 59. Bignonia with conjugated leaves having ten- 

 drils, the leaves fpear-fljaped, and the lower leaves fingL\ 

 Bignonia Americana Capreolis donata fiiiqua breviorc. 

 Brcyn. Ic. 33. " -/^ ■ ^ 



5. Bignonia {Unguis Cati) foliis conjugatis, cirrho bre- 

 viflimo arcuato tripartito, Lin. Sp. Plant. 623. Big- 

 nonia with conjugated leaves, and fhort arched tendrils, 



, divided into three parts. Bignonia Americana capre- 

 olis aduncis donata, fiiiqua lon^iflima, Tourn. Inft. 



104. 



6. Bignonia {MquinoBialis) foliis conjugatis cirrhofis, 

 foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, pedunculis bifloris filiquiis 

 liriearibus. Lin. Sp. 869. Bignonia with conjugated 

 leaves, having tendrils, wbofe lobes are oval, fpearfloap- 

 ed, and linear pods. 



7. Bignonia (5^;72/>^r'u/r^;/j) foliis fimplicibus lanceolatis 

 caule volubili. Lin. Sp. Plant. 623. Bignonia with 



Jingle fpear-fhaped leaves, and a ttoining ftalL Gelfe- 

 minum five Jafminum luteum odoratum Virginia- 

 num fcandens & fempervirens. Park. Catefl:). i. 



8. Bignonia (jPentaphylla) foliis digitatis foliolis inte- 

 " gerrirrils obovatis. Hort. Cliffy 4517. Bignonia with fin- 

 gered leaves, whofe lobes are entire, Bignonia arbor pen- 



taphylla flore rofco.- Plum." Sp, Plant. 5. 



9. Bigko- 



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