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1:h€ hfteenth fort was fent me from La Verl Cruz, 



in New Spain, by the late Dr. Houftoun. This rifes 



with a ftrong upright trunk, to the height of twenty- 



:five, or thirty feet, dividing into many branches, 



■wtii.ch are covered widian Alh-coloured bark,garnifhed 



v/ith winged leaves, having long foot-ftalks; each 



^ being compofed of two pair of oblong oval lobes, 



- .four inches long, and near two broad, which are 



fniooth, of a dark green on their upper fide, but j 



paler underneath. The flowers are produced fome- 



- ^ times from the fide of the ftalks, where they are few 



and fcattering, but the ends of the branches have large 



'round bunches of flowers, which branch out from 



one center ; they are of a deep yellow, inclining to 



' an Orange colour. Thefe are fucceeded by compreflTed 



pbds, near nine inches long, having a border on each 



' fide, and contain one row of oval, fmooth, compreflTed 



V feeds. 



This fort maybe propagated by feeds, which fhould 



'.^ t? Town on a hot-bed in the fpringi and when the 



plants come up, they will require the fame treatment 



as' the feventh fort; with which 'management the 



plants will thrive, and produce their flowers in a few 



years. 



yhe fixteerith fort hath very flender trailihg ftalks, 



about two feet long, garnifhed with winged leaves, 

 fitting clofe to the branches, compofed of many 

 narrow pinnae, like thofe of the Senfitive Plant ; the 

 flowers come out Angle from the fide of the ftalk, 

 upon long flender foot-ftalks, which are fmall, of a 

 bright yellow colour, fliaped like thofe of the other 

 fpecies; they are fucceeded by fliort flat pods, con- 

 taining two or three feeds. This grows naturally in 

 .Jamaica. It is a biennial plant, and requires the ftme 

 treatment as the flrfl: fort- - ' . . 



The feventeenth fort was fent me by the late Dr. 

 Houfl:oun from La Vera Cruz, wJ^ere he found it 

 growing naturally. . This rifes with feveral ftirubby 

 trailing ftalks, which are two feet long, fending out 



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■ many fide branches, clofely garniflaed with winged 



. leaves, compofed of feveral pair of very narrow pin- 

 nae, fmaller than thofe of the fenfltiye Plant. The 

 flowers are pr.oduced Angle from the fide of the 

 branches, on very fliort foot-ftalks ; they are large, 

 bf adeep Orange colour, and are fucceeded by fliort, 



- ^jiarrow, fmooth pods. This plant diff'ers much from 

 the Chamae crifta pavonis major, of Breynius, in 



\ V haying a flirubby trailing ftalk ; the leaves are much 

 lliorter, having but half the number of plnnte, 



' which are alfo narrower and fliorter, the flower is alfo 



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larger. ^ ■^. : 



This plant will continue two or three years, and pro- 

 ^ • duce flowers annually, but it muft be treated in the 



fame manner as the other tender forts ; for it will not 



'thrive unlefs it is preferved in a warm ftove, where 

 ...it will perfedt feeds the fecond year. It flowers in July 

 ., and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in autumn. . t 



THe eighteenth fort was fent me fr6m Caimpeachy, 



by the late Dr. Houftoun. This rifes with a ftirubby 



, (lender ftalk about two feet high, dividing upward 



^ into feveral branches, which are thinly garniflied with 



^ V. winged leaves, compofed of three pair of oval lobes, 



^the upper being thelargeft; thefe ftand upon long 



r~foot-ftalks, from the bafe of which comes out the 



> .'flower, ftanding Angle on a fliort foot-ftalk, of a pale 



yellow colour, and is fucceeded by a bending pod, 



near four inches long, having five longitudinal wings. 



_ m a point. 



■It is a biennial plant, which if brought forward in the 

 §)ring, will flower the fame fummer, and fometimes 

 perfed feeds in autumn ; but if the plants are placed 

 in a warm ftove, they will live through the winter, 

 and the following fcafon will flower earlier, and good 

 feeds may then be obtained. 



•The nineteenth fort rifes with a flirubby ftalk to the 

 height of ten or twelve feet, dividing upward into 

 many branches, garniflied with winged leaves, com- 



^pofed of five pair of ftifl^ fpear-fliaped lobes; the 

 flowers come out from the fide of the branches, on 



-long branching foot-ftalks, coUeded into large looie 



thefe 





fpikes ; thefe are of a deep Orange colour, large, aM 

 fliaped like thofe of the other ipccies, and are fuc~ 

 ceeded by flat brown pods, about four inches lon^, 

 containing one row of fiat, fmooth, oval feeds. Thts 

 fort was fent me from Carthagena, by the late Mr 

 Robert Millar. 



This fort is propagated by feeds in the lame manner 

 as the other fpecics, and requires a warm ftove to 

 preferve it, where it will thrive and produce flov/ers 

 annually. 



The twentieth fort v/as fent me from La Vera Cruz 

 by the late Dr. Flouftoun. This hath feveral trailin ' 

 herbaceous ftalks, about two feet long, garniihcd 

 with winged leaves, having long foot-ftalks, which 

 are placed at a conAderable diftance from each other-, 

 they have two pair of oval fmooth lobes. The flovv- 

 ers come out Angle from the Ade of the branches, 

 which are of a pale yellow colour, and are fucceeded 



by fliort, flat, hairy pods, containing one row of flat 

 feeds. 



This Is an annual plant, which muft be raifed on a 

 hot-bed early in the fpring, and treated in the fame 

 manner as the other annual forts before-mentioned. 

 It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The tv;enty-firft fort grows common in all the iflands 

 of the Weft-Indies, This rifes with a flender ftalk 

 about tv/o feet high. Tending out a few Ade branches 

 upward, garniflied with winged leaves, compofed of 

 many pairs of narrow pinn^, like thofe of the Senfi- 

 tive Hant. The flowers come out upon fliort foot- 

 ftalks from the Ade of the branches, each foot-ftalk 

 fuftaining two or three yellow flowers, of the fame 

 form with the other fpecies of this genus -, tkefe are 

 fucceeded by fliort flat pods, containing thfee or four 

 flat feeds in each. 



This is an annual plant, and requires the fame treat- 

 ment as the laft ; but as the ftalks of this grow up- 

 right, they will be too tall to remain under a frame 

 all the fummer i therefore when the plants are ad-^ 

 vanced fo high as to be near the glaflTes, they ftiould 

 be removed into the ftove, or a glafs cafe, where they 

 may have room to grow, and be fcreened from the 

 cold, but in warm weather fliould have a good fliare 

 of air admitted to them,; with this management they 

 'Will flower in July, and perfe6l their feeds 



perfe6l 

 autumn. 



Thefe plants are frequently preferved in the gardens 

 •of feveral curious perfons, therefore I have enume- 

 rated them here, though feveral of them have not 

 much beauty to recommend them, but are chiefly 

 kept for the fake of variety. The moft beautiful are 

 the fourth, the eighth, tenth, eleventh, fifteenth, 

 and nineteenth forts-, thefe all make a good appear- 

 ance in the ftove, efpecially when they are in flower; 

 and as they retain their leaves all the year, they 

 make an agreeable variety in the winter fcafon, when 

 intermixed with other plants from the fame countries. 

 All the fpecies of this genus contraft their leaves 

 every evening as the fun declines, and open them 

 again with the rifing fun in the morning -, which is 



alfo common to many other plants, fome of which 



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turn their upper furfacc outward, but all thofe of 

 this genus turn their under furface outward, the 

 upper being very clofely folded together. Thefe are 

 what LinniEUs titles fleeping plants. It muft alfo be 

 obferved that moft of thofe plants, whofe under fur- 

 face is turned outward, are fuch as grow upon dry 

 fandy land, 'where their roots do not find a fupply of 

 moifture, fo that the lower furface of their leaves 

 being generally covered with a fliort foft down, or 

 hairs, detain the nightly dews, wliich are inhaled by 

 the leaves, and furnifli part of their nourifliment ; 

 whereas the other, whofe upper furface is turned 

 outward, do not ftand in need of this fupply ; being 

 fmooth, the moifture is caft off, and not Imbibed by 



them. 



CAS SID A [i. e. an helmet,] Scull-cap. See Scu- 

 tellaria. 



C ASSI NE. Lin. Gen. Plant. 333. The Caflioberry 

 Bufli, and South-Sea Thea. 



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