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vide; As all the plants of this fort which I have fcen 

 fiower were male, I cannot give any particular de- 

 fcription of their frufrincation. ^ . ■ ^ _ 



This plant is commonly propagated here by heads, 

 which lomctntrcs ieparate from th^ main root \ if thefe 

 are carefully taken off with fibres and planted, they 

 will grow \ but the plants fo raifecl are not io good 

 as thofe which are produced frofn feeds \ lb' that If 



good feeds can be procured, 'thi^tis ^y much the ^|t\ 

 ter way to propagate them. The ifeeds IhouIJ be 

 fown in fmall pots filled with light Tandy earthy and 

 plunged into a 'm'dderate hot-bed of tanners ^a;ri^ i 

 thefe muft b6 ' rtfrcllaed now .'and then with water.. 



. ^ ants will come up m two 



months i thefe. rife with a fmgle' long-pointed leaf. 

 When they appear they jpiuft be now and then'fe- 

 frefjied with Water, but they rriuft not have U^ia job 

 great plenty/ If the plants are not too dole to each 

 other in the pots, they will not require "to be tranf- 

 planted the iiril year ; therefore they, il^yld^ ^i^nif in 

 in the tan-bed all the fummer, byt^ in warm weather 

 ^' they mufl have plenty of air adniitle3 to theiti.^^ In 



■ autumn the pots lliould be removed into the Il(jve, 

 and, if they are plunj:red into, jhe bark-bed the firft 



■ winter, it will greatly forv,\'ird the growth of the 

 ^ pldnts. The following fpring tlie plants fhould be 

 ^ carefully turned out of the ppjtsi \0 2kio preferve 



their roots entire ; for all the forts of Palms have ten- 

 der roots, which, if they are cut off or broken, fre- 

 quently kill the" plants: then they fliould breach 

 , planted into 2 fepa>ate fm^llpot filled with light, f^n- 



■ dy, tindungcd earth, and plunged into a frelH Kot- 

 bed to. encourage their" taking root; the following 



^ fuitilfldftReynidiild be gradually hardened, by^ raid- 

 ing the glafies pretty high, fo as to admit a large 



• ihare of air to tliem, but they Ihould not yet be wlioUy 



' ex'pofed to the open air. The auWfnh following the 

 plants may be placed in a dry ftove \ but as the plants 

 advance and get Ilrengtli, they may be treated more 



"Hardily, and in fummer pTaced in the open air in a 

 warm fituatibn, and in winter may be prefervcd in a 

 v/arm green-houfe without artificial heat ■ ~ . ^- j 

 As the plants advance in growth, they ttibuld be put 

 into lar'ger pors ;*but when this is done, there rti'uft 

 be great care taken, that thejr roots are not cut or 

 broken, nor fiiould they nave pot's too large. ^/Tn 

 winter they muft have but little water, and if they 

 are expofed to the c^en air in fummer, they will not 

 require much, unlels the feafon proves very warm and 

 dry, in which cafe they may be Iparingly watered 

 two or three times a week. ' - ^ 



The fecond fort grows naturally in the Well Indies, 

 where it never rifes with a ftem; the foot-ftalks of 





The Characters are, . -. - . 



// hath a four-leaved mriprejfed empalcnimt -, the tzCf> 

 outer ieavds are fivelling at their ha fe. The jlciver haih 

 four petals placed 171 for ni cf a crcfs ; thefe are idnger than 

 the empakment. It hath ftx parallel Jtarmnay ivbich are 

 the length of the empakment^ two of which are betzveeu 

 - Ue fwelling kavesofth'eenifalemcnt^theothcfarea little 



fhorttf^ and are terminated hy erctf N/sd/umpf/tSy which 



I are rejexedat the top. /t hath a four-cornered prif?2a/jc 



' germen as Ung as tf^ f(draina^ fupporllng a very fhcrt 



. xomprejfed Jlyle^ crowned "Jultb' a'ii oblojtg ' divided fiignwy 



■ ' '^johtth is reflexed aiidpermaneitt, 'the germen afterward 



becomes a long comprejfed pod with two cells^ opening with 



two valves^ filled with compYeJfed feeds, \ ' 



This genus of plants is* tanp-ed in the fecond feftion 

 of Linna^us's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetrandynanua 

 ■'■ filiqitofaj the floweVs having two-long and four fl;ortf r 

 ■ ftamina,'and thefe^ds kfe lodged in long pods. 

 '■ The SvECiEs are. 



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the leaves are rounder than thole of the former, "and 



have no fpines on their fides. . When the plants are 

 old their leaves are three or four feet long, and up- 

 ward of two broad ; thefe are folded in the fame man- 

 ner as thofe of the firlt, but the folds are broader, 

 and the leaves are of a darker green ; fome of thefe 

 plants have put out Hender bunches of male flowers 

 m England, which were too imperfedt to form a de- 

 fcription. 



This fort rifes freely from feeds, which maybe eafily 



procured from the iflands in America ; thcle muft be 



Ibwn in the fame manner as the former, and the plants 



treated in the fame way ; but as they are natives cf 



a warmer climate, they fiiould be conftantly kept in 



the bark-ftove, where, if they are carefully managed, 



they will make good progrefs. . 



I have received feeds from Carolina of a Dwarf Palm, 



which is very like this, if not the fame ^ but the plants 



do not make fo good progrefs here, as thofe which 



came from Jamaica ■, the berries were fo like, that I 



could not diftinguiih them j but as the plants ad- 



nce, if they arc different, it will appear, 



CHAM^RUBUS. See Rueus. 

 C H A M ^ S Y C E. See Euphorbia. 



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1. Cheiranthus {Eryfimoides) foliis lineari-Ianceolatis 

 ' dentatis'c!aule refto, filiquis tetragonis; Cheiranthus 



" with narrow^ indented^ fpear-flmpcd lec^ves^ an upright 

 ■" Jialk^'fand four-cornered pods. Hcfperis leucoii foljo 

 "^ ferrato, filiquaquadrangula. Tcurn. Inft. R. H. 22^. 



Dames Violet with a faived Wall-flower leaf and a qua- 



drannddlrpod, ''.•■•.'' 



2. Cheiranthus (hte^errimis) fohis lanccolati 



' gerrimis, cauleerefto, filiquis tetragonis. Cheiranthus 



] with fpiar-paped entire leaves^ an upright ft alk^ and qiia- 



dr angular pods. Ilefperis leucoii folio non ferrato, 



filiqua quadrangula. Tourn. Inft. ft: H. 223. Barnes 

 Violet with a Wall-fiozver leaf not flawed^ a?ui a auadran- 

 gularpol ._ ^ ,. ..,.,... , . . 



Cheiranthus (Chelri) foliis lanccolatis, acutis, pb- 

 bris farms angulatiS. ^^ Hort. Cliff. 334.. Cheiranthus 

 with fpear-ftjaped^ 'f>oint^dy finocth iea^^es. Leucojum 

 Tuteum vulgare. C. B. P. Common jello\v Leucojum. or 



WoM-flower, '' • -'^^'^ ?^^^ ■: ^ - ■ ' ■ 



4. Cheiranthus {AnguftifoUum) foliis linearibus, un- 

 guibus petalorum calyce longioribu>.' Cheiranthus 

 with narrow leaves, and the necks cf the petals longer 

 than the empalement', ' Leucojum anguftifolium Alpi- 

 nurnHore lulphurco. H. R. Pah Na&ow-tedved TVa!!^ 

 flower of the Alps,, with a fulphur-ccloured flcip'ef. 

 Cheiranthus {Annuus) foliis lanccolatis, fubdenta- 

 tis, obtufis, incani^, fili^uis cylindricis apice acutis, 

 caule herbaceo. Lin. Sp, Plant. 662. Cheiranthus with 

 fpear-fljaped leaves foniewhat indentedj chtufe^'and hoary 

 cylindrical pods^ wilh 'acute points ana an herbaceous fl-alk. 

 Leucojum incanum minus. C B. ' P. 200. Leffcr 

 hoary Stock GilUflower^ commonly called the Ten Weeks 

 Stock, , '- ' ~ " ' - 



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CHEIRANTHUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 730. Leu- 

 cojum. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 220. tab, 107. Stock Gil- 

 liSower and Wall-flower, in French Giroffdcr c^u Viglicr. 



Cheiranthus {Incanus) foliis lanccolatis, integcrri- 

 mis, obtufis, incanis, filiquis apice truncatis, com- 



preffis, caule lufFruticofo. Hort. Upfal, 



ranthus with very entire fpear-fhaped leaves^ which are 

 cbtufe and hoary ^ compreffed pods with truncated points^ 

 and a flrruhhy ftalh Leucojum incanum majus, 

 C. B. P. 200. Greater hoary Stock (ftlltflower^ comniGnly 

 called the j^ieot^s Stock Gilliflower. 

 Cheiranthus {Coccincus) foliis lanccolatis undatis, 

 caule erefto indivifo. Cheiranthus with waved fpear- 

 fhaped leaves^ and an upright undivided ftalk. Leuco- 

 jum incanum majus Coccineum. Mor. Hift. 2. 240. 

 Greater hoary Stock Gillifl.owcr with a fcariet flower^ com- 

 monly called the Brcmpton Stock Gilliflower, 



8. Cheiranthus (Alius) foliis lanccolatis, 

 mis, obtufis, incanis, ramis fiorifcris axillaribus, caule 

 fuffruticofo. Cheiranthus with hoary ^ entire^ fpear^ 

 flmpedy ohttife leaves^ flower branches proceeding from the 



fules^ and a fhrubby ftalk, 'Leucojum album five pur- 

 pureum five violaceum. Ger. ihe white^ purple^ or 

 Violet Stock Gilliflower. 



9. Cheiranthus {Glabrus) foliis lanccolatis, acutis, pe- 

 tiolatis, viridibus, caule fuffruticofo. Cheiranthus with 

 fpcar-flmpcd acute leaves^ which are grecn^ having foct- 

 ftalks, and a florubhy ft.alk. Leucojum album cdora- 



tifiimum, folio viridi. C. B. P. 2. 102. Swectcft white 



Stock Gilliflower with a green leaf, commonly called white 



_ JVallftower. 



integcrn- 



10, Cheiran- 



