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The"' tentlk fort groves' in the' Bahama iflands, from 

 whence I feceived the feeds. This fends out many 

 flender ftalks from the root, which rife near three feet 



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• nign, garnnaea wuii luiig, narrow, tliick, fucculent 

 leaves, which are very hoary, growing oppofite, em- 

 bracing the ftalk at their bafe j the tlowers are yel- 

 low, and" are produced at the end of thb fhoots, hav- 

 ing very Hiort foot-lValks. Thefe appear at the fame 

 time with thb?e of the ninth fort. 

 As thefe three forts do not perfeft their feeds m this 

 countrv, they are pmpagated by cuttings. They 

 Iliould be' planted in July, when the plants have been 



' for ibme time expofed to the open air, wliereby their 

 flio'ots will behardened and better prepared to take 

 root, than when they firft come abroad. The cut- 

 ting's fhould be planted in fmVJ pots filled with light 

 loamy edrth,"^nd pfiihged into a very gentle warmth,^ 



■ obferving fo fhade them from the fun in the heat of 

 tjic day, and gently refrefh them with water, but it 

 muft be given to them fparirigly, for ihiith ^et 

 will' rot them. Ih about fix weeks thefe will have 

 taken root, when they muft be gradually inured to 

 bear the open air> andfoon after they fhould be eich 



■ planted in a feparate ffiiall jib't filled with light loamy 

 earth, and placed in the fhade until they have taTcen 

 frefli root •, after which they may be removed to a fhel- 

 tered fituation, where tliey may remain till the middle 



' of Oclober, whtH they muft be removed m the 



green-houfe. 'f he eigla'th fort being hardier than either 



' of the other, may be placH ' in a common green- 



■ Koufe ; 'biit'the other tAVo will thrive better in a warm 



' glafs-cafe; where thej will receive more fun, and 



■ have a drier air. During the winter, they fliould have 

 but little'mbiftufe, aAd in very mild weather they 



[\ ^ould have frefH air admitted to them. In the fum- 



■ ' mer they muft 1^^ placed abroad in i fheltered fitu- 

 : 'ation^' arid trealed in the fame manner as other ex- 



,-. otic plants. ■ ■ ' 

 BUPLEUROIDES. See Phyllis; 



BUPLEURUM [fo called, from Bouj, .%>.and 

 TO:XfupJi/, coJiay_ latus,, becaufe it is cornmohly belfeved, 

 that if cows eat of it, it will burft their bellies.] Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 291. Plafe's-ear. ' '. ■ . ; 



The Characters^ are, 

 it is a plant with an imhcllateZ jTower j the rays of the 

 principal umtel are thin-, cohftfting &f tenjmaller umbels^ 

 which are mil. and fpread. The jrtvolucrum of the great 

 tmbel is ccmpofed of many oval pointed leaves, thofe of 



^ 'tfjefmall have five: The flower hath five Jmall hehrt- 

 Jhaped petals, which are thfl'exed\ it bath fiyefiender fta- 

 niina^which are terminated by roundifh fummits. Theger- 

 men'is fttuated below the fiower, fupporting 'two fmalt re- 



' flexed ftylc)\'^ crowned by a flnall fligma. The gerifienaf- 

 teYtjard becomes _, a foundifh compreffed fruit which is 

 channelled^ 'dividing in two parts, containing two oblong 

 ch'anneHe^Jeeds, convex on one fide, and plain on the other. 

 This genus'of plants is ranged in the fecond fedtion 

 of Linnasus's fifth clafs, entitled Pentandria Digynia, 



twoftyles. 



I. 



ear. 



The Species are. 



:uRUM (Rotundifc 

 tiis, foliis perfoli; 

 ^ote ^greater ilmbe 



involucns univerfali- ' 



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flalks growing through the leaves, Perfoliata vulgatif- 

 _ ftma five arvenfis. C. B. P. 277. . ,. . 



2. ^UPLEURUM {Angulofum) invblucellis'^p'entaphyllis or- 

 biculatis, univerfali triphyllo ovato, fohis amplexi- " 

 cauhbus cordato-lanceolatis. Lin. Sp, Pl^nt. 236.! 

 llaris-ear with the fmall involucrum compofed of five or- 



. ^icular leaves, the larger of thred , oval onesy dhd heart ' 

 fpear-fkaped leaves embracing theflalk. Perfoliata Al- 

 pina anguftifolia major folio angulofo. C. B. P. " 



3. BuPLEURUM (Odontitis) involucellis pentdphyllis acu- 

 tis, univerfali triphyllo, flofculo centrali alciore, ra- 

 pis divarlcatrs. Lin. Sp. Plant. 237. Hare' s-ear with 



fmaller invoXucrti, Vompofed of five pointed leaves which 

 are acute, thofe of the larger three-leaved, the flower in 

 the center taller, and the branches fpreading from each 



Perfoliata minor anguftifolia, Bupleuri folio. 



olner. 



C\B.P.277. 



I 



4. Bo^LEURUM (Rigid^m) caule dichotomo fubnudo, In- 

 volucris minimis acutis. Lin. Sp. Plant'. 238. Hare's- 

 ear' with ftalks growing from the diviJiisH of the branches, 

 which have no leaves below, and a very fmall pointed in- 

 volucrum, Bupleurum folio rigido. C. B. P. 278. 



5. Bupleurum {TenuifiUmum) umbellis fimplicibus akcrnis 

 pentaphyllis fubtrifioris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 238. Hare's- 

 ear with ftngle umbels growing alternate^ and five leaves 

 under each three flowers. Bupleurum anguftiffimb fo- 

 lio. C. B. P. 278. ■ 



6. Bupleurum {Fruticofum) frutefcens, foliis obova 

 iritegerrimis. Lin. Sp, Plant. 238. Shrubby Hare's-ear 

 with oblong oval leaves which are entire. Bupleurum ar- 

 borefcens falicis folio. Tourn. Inft. 310. Sefeli ^- 

 thiopicum frutex, Dod. Pempt. 312. Shrubby Hart- 

 wort of ^Ethiopia. 



Bupleurum {Diffome) frutefcens; foliis vernalibus 

 decompofitis planis incifis, asftivalibus filiformibus 

 angulatis trifidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 238. Shrubby Hare's- 

 ear, whofe fpring leaves are decompbiinded, plain, and cut, 

 and the furhmer leaves are ridrfd^, angular y and. trifid, 

 Bupleurum frutefcens foliis ex ^uno punfto plurimis 

 juhceis tetragonis, Burmari; Afr. i '^5, tab; 7 1 . 



fol. I. 



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The firft fort grows naturally upon chalky land 

 among wheat, in feveral parts of England, fo is fel-r 

 dbm admitted into gardens. The leaved and feeds 

 of this plant are ufed in medicine ; the herb is efteem- 

 ed' good for dilTolving fcrophulous tumours, and is 

 by fome ufed foi- internal ailinents, rup!lH-es, and 

 bruifes from a fall. It is called Thoroughwa^t in 

 EnglifK.^ 



The fecond, third, fouftli, and fifth fort^ are annual. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally in federal parts of Eng- 

 land, the others are natives of the Alps and Pyrenees ; 

 thefe are feldoWfcultivaKd but in bbtanic gardens for 

 the fake of variety-'^ Thofe who Hfe defirous to have 

 any of thefe Ipecies m their gardens, fhould fow their 

 feeds Th autumn, where die plants are defigned to 

 remain, for they do not bear tranfplahtirig well ; and 

 keep the plants clean from weeds, which is all the 

 culture they require. They flower in June and July, 

 and their feeds ripen in September." -- ■ ' if ■ ^ 

 The ,fixth fort hath a woody fteni, which fends but 

 •rfiany branches, fo as to form a large head or bufh, 

 covered with a puiplifh bark, and garniflied with ob- 

 long, Qval, ftiff leaves, which ai'e very fmobth, of a 

 Tea-green colour ^ the ends of the branches are ter- 

 minated by umbels of yellow flowers fomewhat like 

 thofe of Fennel. - Thefe bdme but in Auguft, but 

 arefeldom fucceede^i by perfeft feeds in England. 

 It grows naturally in the fouth of France and Italy, 

 hear the borders of tKe Tea. 



It is commonly known anidh^g gardeners by the title 

 of Shrubby Ethiopian Hartwort, and is now pro- 

 pagated in the nurfery-garJens for fale. This grows 

 five or fix feet high, formrrig a large regular bufh, 

 the leaves continuing green through the year render 

 it more valuable.^ It is hardy, fo will thrive in the 

 open air, ahd may l^e ihWmixed with other ever- 

 green fhrubs of the falmc'gfbwtTi, in the front of taller 

 trees, where their ftems are defigned to be excluded 

 from fight. It is propagated by cuttings, which 

 Ihould be phrited in pots filled with frefh loamy earth, 

 and in winter fheltered under a hot-bed frame ; in 

 the fpring the cuttings will put out roots, but they 

 will not be fit to'tran^lant till the autumn following ; 

 fo the pots fhould be placed in a^fliady fituation^n 

 fummer, andin dry weather they muft be refreflacd 

 With water. The young plants may be planted in a 

 nurfery-bed at two feet diffahde for a year or two to 



get ftrength, and then tranfplanted where they are to 

 remain. ' < 



The feVenth fdit grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence it was introduced to the gardens 

 in Holland. 'This Hfes with a fhrubby ftalk to the 

 height of five 'or Tix 'feel:, fending out fome fide 

 branches, which in the fpring have their lower parts 

 'garniftied with leaves compofed of many fmall plain 

 Idbds, "*vvhich are finely cut like thofe of Coriander, 



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