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The ninth fort grows naturally in rtlofl of the Iflands 

 in the Weft Indies ; it hath a ftrong woody ftem, 

 twenty-five or thirty feet high, dividing into many 

 branches, covered with an Afh-coloured bark, and 

 aarnifhed with oblong oval leaves, downy on their 

 '■■ Snder fide, but fmooth on their upper, placed with- 

 out order i the flowers are produced in loofe panicles 

 at the extremity of the branches ; thefe confift of four 

 pretty large concave petals, of a purple colour, in- 

 cluding eight long purple ftamina, with a veiy long 

 ftyle crowned by an obtufe ftigma -, the germen af- 

 terward turns to an oblong flefhy pod, containing four 



or five feeds. 



The tenth fort hath fiender fhrubby ftalks, which 



rife feven or eight feet high, fending out many lig- 

 ■^ neous branches, garnifhed with very long, nervous, 

 - • fpear-fhaped leaves. The flowers come out at the 



end of the branches, three ftanding upon each foot- 

 . . ftalk ; thefe are fmall, white, and are fucceeded by 



: oval fruit. 

 Thefe laft nine forts are natives of warm countries, 



fo will not live through the winter in England, with- 

 out the afllftance of a ftove. They are propagated by 

 feeds, which muft be procured from the countries 



tao. 1 5. Laprana 'with alternate leaves, and foot'jlc'Jki 

 with two flowers. Capraria Curaffiivica. Par. Bat." no. 

 Ihis plant grows nicurally in the warm parf^ of 

 America, whereit is often a troublcforne weed in the 

 plantations ; it nfes with an an.rrular preen ftalk 



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.r ^.^^where they grow naturally, for they do not produce 



'• ^/"''any in England-, thefe muft be fown in fmall pots, 



:''! -,^ filled with light fandy earth, and plunged into a hot- 



'"^ V bc(J of tanners bark ; which fhould be now and then 



refrefhed with water, but by no means {hould have 



. It" given in too great plenty : thefe feeds frequently 



. . remain in the ground a year before they vegetate, 



■ tHerefore the pots in which they are fown (hould be 



• prbtedted in winter •, and the fpring following muft 



* \t plunged into a frefti hot-bed of tanners bark, 



. ' ' which will bring up the plants if the feeds were good ; 



' when the plants appear they muft have but little wet, 



\ and a good ftiare of air in warm weather j but when 



• they are large enough to remove, they muft be each 

 ^ tranfplanted into a leparate fmall pot, filled with the 

 . fame earth, and then plunged into the hot-bed again, 



obferving to fhade them untilthey have taken frefh 



* root ; after which they fhould have frefti air admitted 

 to them every day, in proportion to the warmth of 

 the feafon. In the autumn they muft be removed into 



a foot and a half high, fending out branches at every 

 jomt, which fometunes come out by pairs oopofice 

 but generally there are tliree at ajoint ftandini round 

 the ftalk J the leaves are :ilfo placed round tl^e 

 branches by threes ; thefe ftand upon Hiort foot-ftalks, 

 are oval, hairy, and a little indented on their ed^^es! 

 The flowers are produced at the wiiigs of i\\t leaves, 

 coming out on each fide the ftalk, each foot-ftalk 

 luftaining two flowers ^ they are white, and fucceeded 

 by conical capfules comprefled at the top, openin<^ 

 in two parts, and filled with fmall feeds. "^ 



This plant ispreferved in botanic gardens for the fake 

 of variety i^ but as it hath no great beauty, fo is 

 feldom admitted into other gardens. 

 It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown upon 

 i hot-bed in the fpring of the year, and the plants 

 muft be brought forv/ard by planting them upon a 

 fecond hot-bed % and about the middle or latter end 

 of June they may be tranfplanted either into pots of 



. rich earth, or a warm border, and may then be ex- 

 pofcd to the open air, v/here they will perfeft their 



' feeds in autumn. 



CAPREOLATE plants [of capreolus, Lat, the 

 tendril of a Vine,] fuch plants as twift and climb upon 

 others, by means of tendrils. 



C A P R I F O L I U M. See Periclymenum. 



CAPSICUM. Lin. Gen. Plant, 225. [takes its name 

 ofcapfa, £^/. acheft; becaufe the feeds of this plant 

 are mcluded, as it were, in a little cheft j or elfe of 

 xa7r7w, to bite, becaufe it is a burning pungent plant.] 

 Guinea Pepper; in French, Toivre d'Inde ou de 



Guinee. 



The Characters are, 

 "The flower hath a permanent empalement cf one leaf. 



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It hath but one: 



l-fljaped^ having a very fl: 



fpread open above ^ and divided into fi 

 five fmall ftamina^ terminated by oblong ft 



the ftbve, and plunged into the bark-bed, where ftyle^ longer than the ft 



fupporting a fit 



they fhould conftantly remain, and will require the 

 ^ ■ fame treatment as other tender exotic plants from the 

 •V fame countries •, with this difference only, that they 

 -: require butlitde water, efpecially during the winter, 



for the roots of thefe plants are very fubject to rot 



with wet. 

 ' If the feeds are brought over in their capfules, they 



■ will keep much better than without them ; but thefe 

 fhould be fecured from infefts, by wrapping them in 



« Tobacco leaves which are v/ell dried •, without this 

 precaution, the feeds will be deftroyed before they 



" arrive. 



C A P E R [B E A N.] See Zygophyllum. 



ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a foft fruity or 

 capfule^ of an indeterminate figure^ having tzvo or 7nore 

 cells^ divided by intermediate partitions^ to which adhere 

 many compreffed kidney-fhaped feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fecT:ion of 

 Linn^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Mcnogynia, 

 the flower having five ftamina and but one ftyle. 

 The Species are, 

 I. Capsicum {Annnum) caule herbaceo, frudtu oblono-o 



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The Characters are. 



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gis propendcntibus. Tourn. Inft. 152. 

 2. Capsicum [Cordiforme) caule herbaceo, frudu cor- 



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floiver is bellfijaped-^ of one leaf^ divided at the 

 five equal parts^ the two upper ftanding ere cl \ 

 four ftamina^ which are inferted in the bafe of 



half fo long^ two of 



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other^ and terminated by 



heaYt-fhapedfummits\ it hath a conical germen fupp 



fender ftyle ^ long n than the ft. 



-fioaped ft 



fterward 



capfule^ ccmprefted at the pointy 



: having two cells^ divided by a partition filled with roundiftj 

 \ feeds. 



' This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



■ of Linnaeus's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 



Angiofpermia, the flower having two long and two 



Ihort ftamina, and the feeds being included in a cap- 

 ' fule. 



ftjaped fruit, I'his is tJie Capficum filiqua propen- 

 dente oblonga & cordiformi. Tourn. Inft. 152. 



3. Capsicum (T'£?/r^^(?;7//;;2) caule herbaceo, fruftu max- 

 imo angulofo obtulb. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk, 

 and a large angular obtufe fruit, Capficum frudu 

 longo, ventre tumido, per fummum tetragono. Tourn. 

 Inft. 153. Bell Pepper. 



4. Capsicum {Angtdofum) caule herbaceo, frudu cor- 

 diformi angulofo. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk^ 

 and an angular heartfhaped fruit. Capficum filiquis 

 furredis cordiformibus angulatis. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 



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rafitforme) caule herbaceo, fruc 

 Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk 





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forma. Tourn. Inft. 153. 



Capsicum {Oliv^forme) caule herbaceo, frudu o^ 

 Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk^ and an oval-ft: 

 fruit, Capficum filiqua olivas fornia. Tourn. 



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