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The thirteenth fort grows naturally In the fame coun- 

 try as the lafl: mentioned, arid was fent me by the 

 fame gentleman *, this rifes with a Ihrubby ftalk eight 

 .or ten feet high, dividing into many long (lender 

 branches, garniihed with fpear-fhaped leaves, three 

 inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad in 

 the middle, ending in acute points-, the fmaller 

 branches are fet with very narrow, oblong, pointed 

 leaves, which grow clofe to the ftalks ; and at each 

 joint is produced one pretty large white flower, 

 with a purple empalement ; thefe flowers come out 

 the whole length of the fmall branches, fitting clofe 

 to the bafe of the leaves, fo that the plants make a 

 pretty appearance in flower. This may be propa- 

 gated in the fame way as the fourth, and with that 

 management it hath flowered very well, but it doth 

 not produce feeds in England. 



The fourteenth fort was fent me from Carthagcna by 

 the before-mentioned gentleman, who found it grow- 

 ing there in great plenty. This hath a fl:rong woody 

 llem, rifing ten or twelve feet high, divided upward 



Ihort ligneous branches, whofe joints are 

 to each other. The leaves come out al- 

 every fide the branches, to which they fit 

 very clofe j they are fmooth, one inch long, and half 

 an inch broad, ending in acute points, having three 

 longitudinal veins. The flowers are white, and pro- 

 duced in fhort clofe fpikes, which come out from the 

 fide of the branches, and are fucceeded by oblong fiat 

 feeds, crowned with down. 



This is a tender plant, fo requires the fame treatment 

 as the fourth fort, with which it hath flowered very 

 well, but hach not produced feeds in England.^'j' { ' 

 The fifteenth fort rifes with a flirubby ftem to" the 

 height of fix or feven feet, 

 branches, which have a dark brown bark, and are. 

 clofe ly garnifhed with oval, fpear-fhaped, fmooth 

 . leaves, having three longitudinal veins. Handing on 

 fliort foot-ftalks, placed alternate on every fide the 

 • branches. ' The flowers are produced on long' naked 

 - foot-ftalks, which extend five or fix inches beyond 

 ' tBe end of the branches ; thefe are purple, and form 

 a kind of round bunch : the empalement of the 

 flower Is compofed of fliort chaffy fcales. 

 This grows naturally at Campeachy, from whence the 

 feeds were fent me by Mr. Robert Millar. It is a ten- 

 der plant, fo mufl: be treated in the fame way as is di- 

 refted for the fourth fort, with which it hath flowered, 

 but hath not produced feeds in this country. 

 The fixteenth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, 

 from whence I received the feeds ^ tliis rifes with a 

 fhrubby ftalk to the height of ten or twelve feet, 

 fending out many ftrong ligneous branches, covered 

 with a dark-coloured bark, garniflied with oblong, 

 oval, blunt leaves, fawed on their edges, and half 

 embrace the ftalks with their bafe : the flowers are 

 purple, growing in round bunches at the end of the 

 branches, and are fucceeded by flat feeds, crowned 

 with down. 



This is alfo a tender plant, and requires the fame 

 treatment as the fourth fort, with which it hath flow- 

 ered, but 'doth not produce feeds in England. • 

 If the feeds of thefe plants are fown in autumn foon 

 after they are ripe, 



carrying ; but as thefe are moft of them brought from 



abroad, they do not arrive here in good time, fo the 



plants rarely come up the firft year ; therefore the 



feeds ftiould be fown in pots, that they may be pre- 



ferved through the winter, and the following fpring 

 the plants will come up. 



The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica ; 

 this rifes with a flirubby branching ftalk about four 

 or five feet high. The lower branches and ftalk are 

 garniflied with fpear-fliaped leaves about four inches 

 long, and one broad in the middle ; they are fawed 

 on their edges, and have fliort^ foot-ftalks ; the leaves 

 on the upper branches are much narrower, and end 

 in acute points. The flowers are purple, and arc 

 produded in round bunches at the end of the branches, 

 and are fucceeded by downy feeds like the- other fpe- 



there is no danger of their mif- 



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cles. This is tender, and requires the funic calturc 

 as the fourth fort. ' .* { 



The feventeenth fort grows naturally in China :' tins 

 is a biennial plant, which periflies foon after the feeds 

 are ripe. The ftalks are hairy, rifing about two feet 

 high, garniflied with oblong oval leaves, whichare 

 entire, rough on their upper fide, but have many 

 ftrong pale hairs on their under, placed alternately 

 on the branches. The flowers arc purple, comiiio;' 

 out from the fide of the branches in oblong fpikes. 

 This fort is propagated by feeds, which fiiould- be 

 , fown in pots in the autumn, if they can be procured 

 at that feafon •, but the pots fliould be placed in a o-^r- 

 den-frame in winter, to prevent the feeds fufiering by 

 cold and wet. If the feeds are fown in the fpring, 

 the plants rarely come up the fame year, therefore 

 it will be proper to fcreen this in winter •, when this 

 is obferved, the plants wdl rile the follov/ing fprina;. 

 Whefi the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be 

 each planted in a feparate pot, and placed into a very 

 moderate hot-bed, where they rnuft be fcreened fi-orn 

 the fun until they have taken root j after which they 

 fliould be gradually hardened to bear the open air, 

 into Vv'hich they fliould be removed the beginning of 



'• June, placing them in a flieitered- fituation, wiicre 

 the fecond feafon they will flower, and. if the fumraer 

 is good, thev v/ill ripen their feeds. . 



C O N S E RV AT O R Y. See Gree>j-House. 



CONVAL LIEY. See Coxvallaria. 



C O P A I F E R A, the baliani of Capevh 

 The Characters are,^ 



,^ // k^ih no empalement •, the fower ccnjijis of five kaz-^Si 

 -- which expands in form of a Rofe ; it hath ten fI?Drt fia~ 

 mina^ crowned by long furmnits. : T'he point al is fixed in 

 , ^ thexmtey of the floiver^ which afterward becomes a pod^ 

 - '; in which are contained one or two feeds^ which are fur- 

 rounded with a pulp of a yellow colour. 





"yV^e know but one fort of this tree, which is. 



CoPAiFERA(0^a;7j/7j)foliis pinnatis. ThebdfamofCapcvi. 

 This tree grows near a village called Ayapel, in the 

 province of Antiochi, in the Spanifli Weft-Indies ; 

 this is about ten days journey from Carthagena. There 

 are great numbers of thefe trees in the woods about 

 this village, which grow to the heiglit of fifty orfixty 

 feet. Some of thefe trees do not yield any of the 

 balfam, thofe which do are diftinguiflied by a ridge 

 which runs along their trunks ; the trees are woynded 

 in their center, and they place calabafli fliells, or feme 

 other vefl^els to the wounded part to receive the bal- 

 fam, which will all flow out in a fliort tinie. One of 

 thefe trees will yield five or fix gallons of the balfam; 

 but though thefe trees will thrive well after being 

 tapped, yet they never afford any more balfam. - 

 As this balfam is ufed in medicine, it deferves our 



■ application to procure the trees, and cultivate them in 

 fome of the Englifli colonies of America ; for as the 

 Englifli are poflefled of lands in fo many different la- 

 titudes, they might cultivate moft kinds of trees and 

 plants from the different parts of the world, which 



' are ufeful in medicine, dyeing, or for any other purpofe 

 of life. . ■ . - 



The feeds of ;:his tree were brought from the coun- 



■ try of their growth by Mr. Robert Millar, furgeon, 

 who fowed a part of them in Jamaica, which he in- 

 formed me had fucceeded very well ; fo that we may 

 hope to have thefe trees propagated in great plenty 

 in a few years, in fome of the Englifli colonies, if the 



. .flothfulnefs of the inhabitants doth not ftuTer them to 

 perifti, as they have the Cinnamon-tree, and fome 

 other uieful plants, which have been carried thither 

 by curious perfons. 



There are not at prefent any of thefe trees in Eu- 

 rope, that I can learn ; for thofe feeds which Mr. 

 Millar fent over to England, were all deftroyed by 

 infefts in their paflage, fo that not one fucceeded in 

 the feveral places where they were fown ; but could 

 frefti feeds be procured, the plants might beraifed in 

 England, and preferved in the bark-ftoves very well i 



. for the country of their growth is much more tempe- 



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