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Tht fecund fort has alfo bcefi fome years in the Eng- 



we had not that fort with male 



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they are of a grayifh colour 

 The flowers come out from the joints, 



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lifli gardens, wher 



flowers till lately, when I was flivoured with one 



by my learned friend Dr. Job Baiter, of Zirkzee in 



Holland. 



Tlie firtl fort rifes with a llirubby ftalk to die height 



of fix or eight feet, putting out many fide branches 



which grow ered j thefe are garnilhed with fmall, 



linear, fpear-fhaped leaves, placed alternate, fitting 



<;lofe to the branches : " 



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and entire. 



at the fetting on of the leaves : toward the upper 

 part of the branches thefe are fmall and of a greenilh 

 white ', they appear in June, July, and Auguft, but 

 Wing fmall make no great appearance. 

 The fecond fort riles about the fame height with the 

 firft, but hath a ftronger ftem -, the branches are gar- 

 nilhed with oval leaves, which are much larger than 

 thofe of the firll fort, Handing upon foot-ftalks which 

 are an inch long i they are of a fea green, and entire ; 

 the flowers are like thole of the firft fort in Ihape and 

 colour, but thofe on the male plants are fmaller, and 

 grow clofer together than thofe of the female, but both 

 are fuft^ined upon fhort foot-ftalks. Thefe flowers 

 appear at the fame time as thofe of the firft fort, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn. I have raifed feveral of 

 thefe plants from feeds, which liave all proved fe- 

 male, the fame as the parent plant. 

 Thefe plants are eafily propagated by cuttings during 

 any of the fummer months ;„if the cuttings are plant- 

 ed in fmall pots, and phinged, into a very moderate 

 hot-bed, and Ihaded from the heat of the fun in the 

 middle of the day, they will foon take root, and 

 Ihould then be inured to the open air, otherwife they 

 will draw up very weak : afterward thefe plants may 

 te each put into a feparate fmall pot, and placed in 

 a fheltered fituation, where they may remain until the 

 middle of Oftober, or later, if the weather continues 

 mild, when they fhould be removed into the green- 

 houfe, and placed where they may have the free air 

 in mild weather, for they only require to be protected 

 from froft, therefore require no warmth in winter •, 

 but if the green-houfe is Ihut up too clofe, or the 

 plants are much fliaded by others, the tender Ihoots 

 are fubjedl to grow mouldy, which deftroys more of 

 thefe plants dian the cold. In fummer they muft be 

 placed abroad in a flieltered fituation, with other 



hardy exotic plants. 



As thefe plants are always green, they look well in 

 the green-houfe during the winter feafon ; and in fum- 

 mer, when they are placed in the open air with other 

 exotic plants, they make a pretty variety. 

 The third fort grows naturally in India, from whence 



This riles with an upright 

 flirubby ftalk, not more than three or four feet high 

 in England ; but in the places v/here it grows natu- 

 rally. It rifes upward of twenty fctt high, and fends 

 out many branches at the top, fo as to form a large 

 fpreading head: the branches are garniflied with 

 leaves, fliaped like thofe of the black Poplar, which 

 are of a lucid green, and are placed alternate (landing 

 upon flcnder toot-ftalks. As thefe plants have not 

 yet flowered in England, I can give no account of 



, them, but the fecd-vefl^els are veiy hke thofe of the 

 fccond fort, - 



This plant will live through the winter in an airy 

 glafs-cafe, without artificial heat v but in that fitua- 



, tion theyfliould have very little water, for the plants 

 abound with a milky juice like the Euphorbia, fo 

 muft at no feafon of the year have too much wet. 

 If thefe plants, when young, arc placed in a very 

 moderate warmth in winter, it will greatly forward 

 their growth, but they muft not haye too much heat, 

 for. that will force them too much ; and when the 

 plants have obtained ftrengtii, they may be treated 

 more hardily. This fort may be propagated by cut- 

 tings during the fummer feafon ; but the cuttings 

 ihould be laid in a dry place for a few days, when 

 they are taken from the old plants, that their wounded 

 parts may dry and be healed over before they are 



the feeds were brought. 



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planted. Thefe muft be planted in fjiiall pots filled 

 with light fandy earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 hot-bed of tanners bark -, and if the feafon is very 

 v/arm, the glaflTes fliould be fhaded in the heat of the 

 day, and raifed up to admit frefla air to the cuttiup-s 

 every day ; thefe muft befparingly watered. When 

 they have taken root, and begin to flioot, they mult 

 have a greater fl^are of air, and by degrees be inured 

 to the open air ; and when their roots have filled the 

 pots, they fhould be carefully parted, and eacli 

 planted in a feparate pot of the fame light fandy 

 earth ; then they ftiould be placed on the back part 

 of the ftove, behind the other plants, where they 

 may be fcreened from the fun till they have taken 

 freili root, after which they may be brought forward 

 and expofed gradually to the open air. In the fum- 

 mer they fhould have free air conftantly in warm 



* weather, but they muft be fcreened from heavy rain • 

 and in winter placed in an airy glafs-cafe, where they 

 may enjoy the fun, and during that feafon have very 

 little wet. . ^ ■ 



CLYPEOLA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 723. Jonthlafpi, 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. tab. 99. Treacle Muftard. 

 The Characters are, 

 ye fio'voer bath a permanent empalement^ compofed of 



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form of a crofsj and fix Jii 



fi- 



ne 



Jhorter than the petals^ two of which jlandin 

 are fljorter than the other ^ terminated by Jingle 

 In the center isjituated a roundijh comprejfedgei 

 porting afmglefiyle^ croivned by an obtufejiig 

 germen afterward becomes an orbicular pod^ which is 

 comprejfed^ ere^j and indented at the top^ with a lonn- 

 tudinal fijfure^ opening in two cells^ containing roioid com- 

 prejfcd feeds, - 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feclion of 

 Linnjeus's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia fili- 

 culofa, the ftower having four long and two Ihorter 



ort pods. 



ftamina, and the feeds growing in 

 The Species are, 



1. Clypeola {Jonthlafpi) fUiculis unilocularibus mo- 

 nofpermis. Hort. Cliff". 329. Clypeola with pods ^ hav- 

 ing but one cell and afingle feed. Jonthlafpi minimum 

 fpicatum lunatum. Col. Ecp. i. Leaji Buckler Muf 

 tard with fpikedjlowersn 



2. Clypeola {Maritima) filiculis bilocularibus ovatis 

 difpermis, Sauv. Monfp. 71. Clypeola with oval pods 

 having two cells and two feeds, Thlalpi AlyfFon dic- 

 tum maritimum. C. B, P. 107. 



This genus of plants was named Jonthlafpi by Fa- 

 bius Columna, and the fame title was conrinued by 

 Dr. Tournefort, and other late writers on botany be- 

 fore Dr. Linnseus, who has altered the name to this 

 of Clypeola. 



The firil fort is a low annual plant, which feldom 

 , rifes more than four inches high 5 the (lender branches 

 commonly lie proftrate on the ground > thefe are gar- 

 niflied with fmall leaves, narrow at their bafe, but 

 are broader at their ends, where they are obtufe. 

 The flowers are produced in fhort clofc fpikes at the 

 extremity of the branches, which are fmall, yellow, 

 and compofed of four petals, placed in form of a 

 crofs ; thefe are fucceeded by orbicular comprefled 

 feed-veflrls, each having one cell, containing a fingle 



ripen in autumn. 

 The fecond fort 



June and July 



This fends out 



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is perennial, 

 from the root feveral flender branches, wliich di- 

 vide again into many fmaller, that lie proftrate, 

 garniihed with very narrow hoary leaves, fitting dole 

 to the branches. The flowers are produced in fpikes 

 at the end of the branches •, thefe are fmall, yellow, 

 and fiiapcd like thofe of the other fort, butthelpikcs 

 terminate in a roundifti bunch. It flowers in June, 

 and the feeds ripen in autumn. 



Thefe two forts are low plants, which grow naturally 

 in the Ibuth of France, Spain, and Italy, and are 

 preferved in botanic gardens for the fake of variety, 

 but have little beauty ; their leaves and ftalks arc 



of a hoary white, which is much lighter in the warm 



countries 



