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fiowers, v/hich are. fucceeded by oblong channelled 

 feeds, having a thin membrane or wing on their 

 border. It flowers in Auguft, but hath not produced 

 feeds in England. When any part of the plant is 

 broken, there iffues out a little thin milk of a cream 

 colour, which hath a ftrong fcent of Galbanum. 

 The fourth fort rife.s with a ligneous ftalk about two 

 feet hio-h, garnifhed with leaves at each joint, which 

 branch out like the former ; but the fmall leaves or 

 lobes are narrow and indented, like thofe of Baftard 

 Hemlock: The ftalk is terminated by a large um- 

 bel of fmall white flowers, which are fucceeded by 

 feeds like thofe of the former fort: 

 Thefc plants are both natives of Africa. They are 

 propagated by feeds, which Ihould be fown in pots 

 filled with light loamy earth, as foon as they arrive ; 

 which, if it happens tov/ard autumn, ftiould be 

 plunged into a bed of tanners bark, where the heat 

 is gone, and fcreened from froft in winter. In the 

 fpring the plants will come up, and by the middle of 

 April will be fit to remove, v/hen they fhould be 

 carefully jhaken out of the pots, being careful not to 

 tear off their roots, and plant them each into a fe- 

 paratc fmall pot, filled with the fame earth as before; 

 then plunge the pots into the tan again, and water 

 them to fettle the earth to the roots of the plants, and 

 fhade them from the fun in the day time, until they 

 have taken new root 3 after this they muft be inured 

 gradually to bear the open air; into which they fhould 



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tefoens foliis conjiigatis & ferratis florib'Js fpicatis lu- 

 teis. Houft. MSS. . '. 



2. BuDDLEjA {Occidentdis) foliis lariceolatis acuminati.^ 

 integerrim>s oppofitis, fpicis imerruptis. Buddlejawitb 

 pointed fpear-Jfjciped leaves "which arc entire^ placed 

 cppoftte^ and trokcn f pikes of flower s.^ Buddleja fru- 



, tefcens foliis oblongis nuicronatir, floribus Ipicatis 

 albis. Houft, MSS. 



The firft fort groWs_ naturally in Jamaica, arid moft 

 of the other iflands in America, where it rifes to the 

 height of ten or twelve feet, with a thick woody 

 ftem, covered with a grey bark; this fends out many 

 branches toward the top, which come out oppofite ; 

 as are alfo the leaves fo placed, which are Oval, and 

 covered, with a brown hairy down. At the end of 

 the branches the flowers are produced in long clofe 

 fpikes, branching out in clufters, which are yellow, 

 confifting of one leaf, cut into four fegments; thefc 

 are fucceeded by oblong capfules, filled with fmall 

 feeds. This was fent me by Dr. Houftoun, from Ja- 

 maica, in 1730, under the title Verbafci folio minor 

 ^rbor, floribus fpicatis luteis tetrapetalis feminibus 

 fingulis oblongj's in fingulis vafcuHs ficcis. Sloan. Cat. 

 Jam. 139. But as this was a vague title, the 

 aoftor afterward conftituted a new genu^, and gave 

 it the title of Buddleja, in memory of Mr. Buddie, 

 ail eminent Englifti botanift. 



The fecond fort the fame gentleman fent rne frorri 

 Carthagena, where it grows naturally. This is the 



be removed in June, and placed with other exotic | Ophioxylon Americanum, foliis cblongis mucroriatis, 

 plants in a flieltered fituation, where they may remain 



leviter ferratis bardan^e inftar, fubtus laniiginofis. 



till autumn, when they muft be removed into the j Pluk. Aim. 270. tab. 210. fig. s. and was by Plukenet 



green-houfe, and placed where they may enjoy as j fuppofed to be the fame with the former^ vfhich 



much of the fuii arid air as poflible, but defended from | was denied by Sir Hans Sloane In his Hiftory of Ja- 

 froft. 



maica. 



In winteir thefe plants fhould have but little water j This fort rifes much taller than the firft, and divides 



given them, for much wet is very injurious to, them: j into a great number of flender branches, which ard 



in fummer, when they are expofed to the open air, i covered with a ruflfet hairy bark, garniflied with long 



they muft be frequently refrelhed with water in dry | fpear-ftiaped leaves, ending in Iharp points : thefe 

 '. weather J but at no time fliould have too much wejt, 

 for that will rot their roots. 



every 



at the end of the 



branching 



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Thefeplantsmakeapretty variety In the green-houfe I flowers^ growing in, whorls round the ftalks, with 



in winter^ and when they are placed abroad in the I fmall fpaces between each. ' It hath long, narrow, 



fummer with other green-houfe plants, they have a I fpear-ftiaped leaves growing between the fpike 



good efleft, efpecially when they are grown to a large I whereas thofe of the other fort are naked. The leaves 



fize. They generally flower the third year from feeds, I of this are much thinner than thofe of the firft fort, 

 but their flowers are produced fo late in fummer, j " and havie fcarce any down on their under fide ; the 



that the feeds have feldomtime to form before the cold j fpikes of flowers grow more ere6t, fo form a large 



coir>cs on in tlie autumn \ at leaft for fome years paft, loofe fpike at the end of eveiy branch, 



as the feaforis have been cold and moift ; but in warm I The plants grow naturally in gullies or other low 



. fummers, the fourth fort will perfed feeds, if they 

 ftand in a warm Iheltered fituation. 

 The Galbanum of the ftiops is fuppofed to be pro- 

 cured from the third fort, for upon breaking the 

 leaves, the juice which flovv^s out from the wound, 



hadi a ftrong odour of the Galbanum, which is a con- 

 firmation of it. 



BUCKSIIORN, or HARTSHORN. See 



Plantago. 

 BUDDING. See Inoculatin-g. 

 BUDDLEJA. Houft. MSS. Lin. Gen. Plant, i^i. 



The Char/cters are, 

 It hath a fmall permanent empakmcnt, zvhkh is fligMy 

 cut at the top into five acute parts. '7' ht flower is of one 

 Icaf^ bcll-fhaped^ and quadrifld, the petal king ftretched 

 cut beyond the e/mpalement y it haih four fljvrt ftamina^ 

 'which are placed at the divifior.s of the petals terminated 

 hy flyort fiimmis. Hoe oUor.g germen is Jitiiatcd in the 

 center^ fupporthig afljortflylc^ crowned hy an obtufeflig- 

 ina\ the germ en nj'terwardbecon^es an oblong capfule^ having 

 two ceils filled with fen all feeds. . 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn^us's fourth dais, inritled Tetrandria Monogy- 



nia, the flov/er having four ilamina and but one 

 ftyle. 



The Spfxiks are, 



1. Buddleja {Americana) foliis ovatis ferratis oppofitis 



floribus fpicatis racemofis, caule fruticofo. Buddleja 



"with oval favocd leaves^ grovolng oppofi.te^ flowers grorwlng 



in branching fpikes^ and afijrubhyftalL .Buddleja fru- 



grbv^. 



. b 

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, , Weft 



being too tender to refift the force of ftrong winds, fa 



are rarely feen in open fituations. 

 They are propagated by feeds, which ftiould be ob- 

 tained from the countries where they naturally grow^ 

 for they do not perfe6l theiVi in England. Thefe 

 fhould be brought over in their capfules or pods, for 

 thofe which are taken out before they are fent felddhi 



They fliould be fown in fmall pots, filled 

 with rich li^ht earth, and very lightly covered witli 

 the fame % for as thefe feeds are very fmall, fo if they 

 are buried deep in the ground, they perifti. I\he 

 pots ftiould be plunged into a moderate hot-bed, and 

 milft be every third or fourth day gently watered, 

 being very careful not to wafti the feeds out of the 

 ground, by too hafty watering them. If the feeds are 

 frefti and good, the plants will come up in about fix 

 weeks, provided they are fown in the fpring ; and if 

 they grow kindly, will be large enough to tranfplant 

 in about two months after, Tliefi they ftiould be 

 tarefully feparated, and each planted into a fmall p^r, 

 filled with light rich earth, and plunged into the 

 hot^bed again, obferving to fliade them from the k'Si 

 until they have taken new roof, as alio to refrefti 

 them with water when they require it. After the 

 plants have taken frefli root m the pots, there fnould 

 be frefh air admitted to them every day, in pror 

 portion to the warmth of the feafon • they muft aJfo 

 be frequently, but moderately, refreiried with wat'.r. 

 If the plants thrive well, they will ha\-c filled thefe 



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