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The Species are, ' 

 I. BoNTiA. {Baphncides.) Lin. Sp. Plant. Barhadoes JViU 

 Olive. Bontia arborcfcens thymcl^se facie. Plum. 



Nov. Gen. 32. 

 1. Bontia {Geminans) foliis oppofitis, pedunculis fpi- 

 catis. Lin. Sp. Plane. 891. Bontia with leaves growing 

 oppofite, and fpiked foot-Jlalks of flowers. Avic'ennia. 



Flor. Zeyl. 57. 



The firlt fort is greatly cultivated in the gardens at 

 Barbadoes, for making of hedges, than which there is 

 not a more proper plant for thofe hot countries, it be- 

 ing an Evergreen, and of (juick growth. I have been 

 informed, that from cuttings (planted in the rainy 

 feafon, wlien they have immediately taken root) there 

 has been a complete hedge, four or five feet high, in 

 eighteen months. And as this will very well bear 

 cutting, it is formed into a very clofe thick hed^e, 

 which makes a beautiful appearance. In England it 

 is preferved in ftoves, with feveral curious plants of 

 the fame country. It may be raifed from feeds, which 



■ fl-iould befown on a hot-bed early in the fpring (that 

 .. the'plants may acquire ftrength before winter.) When 



thfc planes are come up,^ they muft be' tranfplanted 

 .' out each jnto a feparate half-penny pot filled with 



- light frefh earth, and plunged into a moderate hot- 

 bed of tanners bark, obferving to water and fliade 

 them until -:hey have taken root ; after which they 

 mull have a large fhare of air in warm weather, and 

 be often refreilied with water, rn^wihtcr they muft 

 be placed in the flx)ve, where they fhould have a mo- 

 derate degree of warmth, and but little water during 

 that feafon. In fummer they muft have a great fiiarc 

 of air, but will not do well if expofed abroad, efpe- 



- daily in cold fummers;"fo that they fhould remain 



■ in the Hove among plants which recjuire a great fhare 

 of air, which may be admitted by opening the glafies 

 in very hot weather. With this management, thefe 



* plants will produce flowers and fruit in three or four 

 years from feed. They may alfo be propagated by 

 cuttings, which fhould be planted in the fummer. 



' They mull be put into pots filled with light rich 

 earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, obferv- 



" ing to water and fhade them until they have taken 

 * root ; after which they rnufl be treated as hath been 

 direfted for the feedling plants. Thefe plants being 

 evergreen, and growing in a pyramidal form, make 

 a pretty variety in the flove amongft other exotic 

 plants- 



The fecond fort is fuppofed to be the Anacardium 

 Orientale j but whether this is the true fort, I cannot 

 determine, having feen only the feeds of that plant, 

 which are frequently brought to Europe for marking 

 nuts ; and thofe have been too old to grow, fb I 

 cannot take upon me to determine how far Mr. Jac- 

 quin is right. 



BONUS HENRICUS. See Chenopodium. 



B O R B O N I A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 764. 

 The Characters are, 

 It hath a turbinated empalement of one haf^ cut at the 

 top into five acute fegmentSy which are Jiiff^ pungent^ and 

 about half the length of the petals. The fio-wer hath five 

 leaves, and is of the butterfly fijcpe, The ftandard is 

 cbtuje and refl.cxed. The wings are heart floaped andfhorter 

 than iheftandard. The keel hath obtufe lunulated leaves. 

 It hath nine ft amina joined in a cylinder, and one upper 

 flanding ftngle, turning up its point. . Thefe have fmall 

 fummits. In the center isfttuated an awl-flaped germen, 

 fupporting afhortflyk, crowyied by an obtufe indented ft ig- 

 ma. The gennen afterward becQtnes a round pointed pod 

 terminated with a fpine, having one cell, inclofing a kid- 

 ney-ftjapcd feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third order of 

 Linna^us's feventeenth clafs, intitled Diacjelphia De- 

 ca'ndria, the flower having ten ftamina, nine of which 

 are joined, and the other Hands feparate. 

 The Species are, 

 I. BoRBONiA {Lanceolata) foliis lanceolatis multinerviis 



07. Bcrbcnia with en- 

 tire fpear-fhaped leaves havingmany nerves. Gcnifta A- 

 fricana frutcfcens rufci nervofis foliis. Raii Hift. 3. 



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5. BoJtBbNiA (Cordata) foliis Cordatis mukinCrviis inte^ 

 gerrlmis". Lin. Sp. Plant. 737. Borbonia with entire 

 beart'fhaped leaves having many nerves. ' Spartiuni A- 

 fricanum frutefcens rufci folio cauleni amplexanie. 

 Com. Hoft. Amfl:. 2. 195. 



3. Borbonia [Trincrvia) foliis Ir.nceolatis trinerviis in- 

 tegerrimis. Lin. Sp. Plant, yoj, Borbonia with entire 

 fpear-floaped leaves, having three, veins. 

 , Thefe plants grow naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence I received their feeds. In the 

 natural place of their growth, they rife to the height 

 often or twelve feet ; out in Europe they feldoni arc 

 more than four or five, .having flender flcms di- 

 • vided into feveral branches, which are garniflied with 

 fliff leaves, placed alternately ; thofe of the firft fort 

 are narrow, long, iand end in a fharp point. The 

 flowers come out from between the leaves at the end 

 of the branches in fmall clufters ; thefe are yellow, 

 and fhaped like thofe of the Broom'. It flowers in 

 Auguft and September, but doth not perfe(9b feeds 



in England. 



The fecond fort hath broader leaves than the firft: 



' the flalks of this are flender, covered with white bark. 

 The leaves embrace thefe at their bafe, where they 

 are broadefl, and are terminated by fharp points like 

 thofe of Kneeholm, or Butchers Broom. l^]:c flowers 

 are produced in fmall clufters at the end of the 

 branches, which are the fame fhape and colour as 

 thofe of the former, but larger. This flowers at the 

 fam.etime with tlie former, but never produces feeds 



' here. 

 The third fort hath ftronger fl:alks than either of the 

 former, garnilhcd almoft their whole length, as are 



-alfo the branches with ftiff^ fpear-fhaped leaves, hav- 

 ing' three longitudinal nerves on each; thefe are 

 placed clofer together than thofe of the other fpccies. 

 The flowers are produced at the extremity of the 

 branches, each ftanding on a feparate foot-fl:alk : 

 they are of the fame fhape and colour with the for- 

 mer, but laro;er. ' ' . " , 

 As thefe plants do not perfeft their feeds in this 

 country, they are with difficulty propagated liere. 

 , The only method by which I have yet fucceedcd, 

 hath been by laying down their young fhoots ; but 

 thefe arc commonly two years before they put out 

 roots fit to be feparated from^ the old plant. In lay- 

 ing of thefe down, the joint which is laid in the 

 ground flaould be flit upward, as is pradrifed in lay- 

 ing Carnations, and the bark of the tongue at bottom 

 taken off. The beft time to lay thefe down, is in 

 the beginning of September; and the fhoots moft 

 proper for this purpofe, are thofe which come out 

 immediately, or very near the root, and are of the 

 fame year's growth, not only from their fituation be- 

 ing near the ground, and thereby better adapted for 

 laying, but thefe are alfo more apt to put out rooti 

 than any of the upper branches. 

 But where good feeds can be procured, that is the 

 more eligible method of propagating the plants ; for 

 thofe railed from the feeds make the fl:raiteft plants, 

 and are quicker of growth. When good feeds are' 

 obtained, they fliould be fown in pots filled with light 

 loamy earth, as foon as they are received ; which, if 

 it happens in the autumn, the pots fliould be plunged 

 into an old bed of tanners bark, under a frame, where 

 they may remain all tlie winter, being careful tliac 

 they are fecured from froft, and liave not much wet. 

 In the fpring, the pots fhould be plunged into a hot- 

 bed, which will bring up the plants in five or fix 

 weeks. When thefe are fit to remove, they fliould 

 be each planted into a feparate fmall pot, filled with 

 the like loamy earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 hot-bed, obferving to fhade them until they have 

 taken frefli root, as alfo to refrefla tliem with water, 

 as they may require it. After this they muft by de- 

 grees be inured tofhe open air, into which they fliould 

 be removed in June, and placed in a flickered fitua- 

 tion, where they may remain till autumn, wlicn tlicy 

 muft be rem.oved into the green-houfe, and placed 

 where they may enjoy the air and fun ; during tlie' 



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