Tfvhite, and have an agreeable odour, but tht pod I 

 have not feen. 



The plants mud be preferved in the bark-flove, and 

 treated as tlie fourth fort. It is propagated by feeds, 

 and will alfo take root from cuttings in the fummer, 

 if they arc planted in pots, and plunged into a bark- 

 bed. It has flowered fcveral years in the Chelfea 

 garden. In Auguft. 



I'he tenth fort was fcnt me from La Vera Cruz, by 

 the late Dr. Houftoun-, this rifes with ligneous ftalks, 

 v/hich put out tendrils at the joints, whereby they 

 faften themfelves to the neighbouring plants; the 

 leaves come out on each fide the branches, upon 

 pretty long foot-ftalks, two at each joint oppo- 

 fite, which are heart-flaaped and entire, having a fine 

 hairy down on their under fide. The fiowers grow 

 in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches, which 

 are tubulous, and do not fpread much at the top \ 

 they are of a Violet colour, and fmell very fweet. 

 Thefe in their native country are fucceeded bj oval, 

 hard, ligneous feed-veffels^ which open in four parts, 

 and are full of compreffed winged feeds. 

 This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 

 on a hot-bed, and the plants muft be treated in the 

 fame manner as the third fort, for they will not 

 thrive in this country unlefs they are placed in the 

 bark-ftove. 



The eleventh fort grows naturally in the Bahama 

 Illands, from whence Mr. Catefby fent the feeds in 



•1724, and many of the plants were raifed in the gar- 

 dens near London. This, in the country where it 

 grows naturally, rifes to the height of twenty feet, 

 ■ fending out many lateral branches^ garnilhed with 

 compound winged leaves, t?,c\\ having eleven alter- 

 nate wings, with fpear-fliaped fmall lobes, which grow 

 alternate, and are entire \ at the ends of the branches 

 the flowers are produced in very loofe panicles ; the 

 foot-fl:alIcs branching into three or four, each fufliain- 

 ing a fingle blue flower, with a long fwelling tube, 

 cut into five unequal fegments at the top, where it 

 fpreads open. The flowers are fucceeded by oval feed- 

 veflels, which open in two parts, and are filled with 



fiat winged feeds. 

 The twelfth fort 



hath a woody ftem.. 



fending 



out many branches, which have four narrow borders 

 or wings running longitudinally, fo as to refemble a 

 fquare llalk •, the leaves are produced by pairs, 



are heart-fnaped, 



have 



on each fide the branches ; thcv 



fmooth, and have fliort foot-ilalks ; thcfe 



tendrils 



coming out by their foot-ftalks, which 

 fatten themfelves to the plants which grow near them, 

 and thereby rife to a great height. The flowers arc 

 roduced in fmall cluft:ers from the wings of the 

 eaves, which have pretty long tubes, fpread open 

 at the top, and are of a pale yellow colour-, thefe are 

 fucceeded by flat pods a foot in length, which have 

 two rows of flat winged feeds, joined to the inter- 

 mediate partition. 



This fort was fent me from Campcachy, where it na- 

 turally grows, and rifes to the tops of the tallefl; 

 trees, to whofe branches thefe plants fafl:en themfelves 

 by tlieir tendrils or clafpers, and are thereby fup- 

 ported. This is propagated by feeds, whicli muft 

 be fov/n on a hot-bed, and the plants treated in the 

 lame manner as the fourth fort ■, for they will not 

 thrive in this country, unlefs they have a warm ftove, 

 ■ w^here the branches will rife to the height of twenty 



a great diftance. 



and 



It has flowered in the garden at 



Chelfea, but doth not produce pods in England. 

 The thirteenth fort was fent me from Campeachy, 



Mr. Robert M 



rife to a great height, climbing on the trees whicli 



■ 



grow near it, fafl:ening themfelves to their branches 

 by its clafpers, and fending out many ligneous branches, 

 which are garniflied with oval heart-fliaped leaves, 

 by fours, two on each fide, growing oppofite at the 

 joints ; thefe are covered on their under fide with a 

 foft hairy down, of a yellowilh colour. The flowers 

 arw^ produced iu loofe panicles at the end of the 



:K 



hich are lliaped liice thofe of" 



glove, and are of a. pale yellow colour, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by flat pods a foot long, having a border oil 

 each fide, and contairi two rov/s of flat winged feeds. 

 This plant is tender, fo muft be conilantly kept in 

 the bark-ftov^, a;id treated in the fame manner as th^ 

 fourth fort. It Js propagated by feeds, which muft 

 be obtained fromtlie country where it grows naturally, 

 for it doth not produce any in England. 

 The fourteentlx fort w^as fent me from La Vera Cry 

 in New Spain, by the late Dr. Houfton. This hat 

 a woody ftem covered with aix Afli-coloured bark, 

 which rifes to the height of ten feet, fending out 

 many fide branches, garnifiied with trifoliate leaves, 

 placed oppofite at eacli joints which are very fmooth, 

 oval, and ending in points. The flowers coiiie out 

 at the extremity of the. branches in loofe panicles, 

 and are of a dirty white colour.. Tliefe are fucceeded 



winged feeds. 



contaanina: two rows of flat 



by 



on a hot-bed, and the plants aftenvard treated as the 

 fourth Ibrt, and muft conflantly remain in the bark- 

 ilove. 



BIHAI. 



M 



BINDWEED. 

 B I R C H-T R E 



•eC 



See Betula, 



OXVOLVULUS* 



BISCUTELLA. Lin. Gen, Plant. 724. Thlafpi- 



Buckler* 



tab 



loi 



Muftard, or Ballard Mithri date Muftard 



The Characters are. 



^/ 



poinkd. Tbeflo'user hath four petals^ placed in form, of 



ofi 





Jiamina^ four long and two ^crt^ placed cDpcfit 



fi- 



fingh ft 



fi' 



ejfed germeriy. fiipporling a fiitgk permanent fty 

 with an obtufe ftigmay tJ:e germen aftervoara 

 plain^ compreffed^ ereU capfule^ with tz 

 having two cells^ terniifrnted by the^rigia 



the fide of 



[fed feed, 



rigid fiyk^ which is 



each cell containing one 



This geiius of plants is i^anged in the firft feftion of 

 Linna:us's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia Sili- 

 culofa, the flower havlrtg four long, and two fhort 

 fi;amina, and are fucceeded by very fliort pods* 

 The Sf ECiES are, 



1, BiscuTELLA {A:iriculata) calycibus ne£tario utrinque 

 ^ibbis, filiculis inllylum coeuntibus. Lin. Hort. Clifi^. 

 329. Buckler Mufiard^ with the cup of the ne5larium 

 fwelling on each fide^ and fmall pods joined to the ftyle. 

 Thlafpidium hirfutum calyce tioris auriculato. Infl* 



R. H. 214. 



2, BiscuTELLA (Didyma) filiculis orbiculato-didymis a 

 ftylo divergentibus. Hort. Cliff. 329. Buckler Mufiardy 

 with a double orbicular pod diverging frcm the ftyle, 

 Thlafpidium Monlpelicnfe hieracii folio hirfuto. 



Tourn. Infl;. 214. 



■It 



femiamplexicaullbus floribus fpicatis fl:ylo breviore. 

 Hairy Buckler Muflard^ with oblong indented leaves which 

 half embrace the ftalk^ fiowers growing in fpikes^ and a 



fhorterftyle. Thlalpidium Apulum fpicatum. Tourn. 

 Inft. 214. 



The firft fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 and Italy, where it rifes about a foot high -, but in a 

 garden generally grov/s near two feet high, dividing 

 into fev^eral branches; and at every joint there is one 

 oblong entire leaf a little indented, thofe on the 

 low'er part of the fi:alk being broader and more ob- 

 tufe than thofe on the upper. Tlie flowers are pro- 

 duced at the ends of the branches in loofe panicles, 

 which are compofed of four obtufe petals of a pale 

 yellow colour ; thele are fucceeded by double, round, 

 compreiled feed-vefiels, fwelling in the middle, where 

 is lodged a fmglc, round, flat ieed, the ftylc of the 

 flower ftanding upright between the two fmall veflt;ls, 

 joined to their borders. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in the fouth of 

 P'rance, Italy, and Germany, from whence I received 



M m tht 



