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h-r' {^at fccd-vefil'h near three inches long, ending in [ This genus of plants is ranged in tlie firfl" fedlor; of 



Linnxus's fifth clafs, inticlcd Pcntandna Monogynio, 

 the flower having five ilamina and one ftyle. ' ' 



two horns ; thcic open in two cells, which are filled 

 with finrdl angular Iceds, 

 l"he feeds of the feventh fort were fent me from Bar- 

 badocs, v.'here the plant grows naturally, for I have 

 alfo had it rife in the earth which came over from 

 thence in tubs with growing plants : this rifes about 

 the fame height as the fixth, fending out feveral weak 





fide branchd's, garnilhed with long narrow leaves, 

 which are rough, and fawed on their edges, fitting 

 clofc to the branches ; between the larger leaves come 

 out feveral fmall ones, which are placed irregularly 

 on tlie branches. The flov/ers are fmall, of a. pale 

 yellow, and come out on the fide of the branches 

 oppofice to the leaves ; thefe are fucceeded by very 

 narrov/ comprefTcd pods two inches long, open- 

 ing with two valves, and filled with fmall angular 

 feeds. It flowers and feeds at the fame dme with the 



former. 



The eighth fort grows naturally In Jamaica ; this rifes 

 with a fiuubby flialk four feet high, dividing into a 

 great number of finall branches, which are clofely 

 garniflied with finall, oval, fawed leaves, fitting clofe 

 to the branches ; between thefe are many very fmall 

 leaves, placed without order : the flowers' are pro- 

 duced on the fide of the branches on very ftiort foot- 

 llalks ; thefe are fmall, and the petals ibon fall off, 

 fo that it has been fuppofed to have no petals. The 

 flowers are fucceeded by comprefiTed feed-veflTels three 

 inches lono;, wiuch are rounded at their points, and 



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The Species are, 



CoRDiA {Sebejlina) foliis oblongo-ovads, repandi.-^, 

 fcabris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 190. Ccrdiazvith ohlcng^ ova^^ 

 rough leaves^ turning backward. Caryophyllus fpurius 

 inodorus, folio fubrotundo, fcabro, flore racemofo, 

 hexapetaloide, coccineo. Sloan. Cat. 136. Comr/icnly 

 called Lignum Aloes, 



CoRDiA {Myxa) foliis tomentofis, corymbis laterali- 

 bus, calycibus decemftriatis. Lin. Sp. 273. Cordla 



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with oval woolly leaves^ flowers growing in a corymbus 

 frora the fide of the branches^ and empaleraents with ten 

 Jlripes. Sebeftina domefl:ica five Myxa. Com. Hort. 

 Amft. I. 139. 7he cidtivated Sebefien, 

 CoRDiA {Macrophylla) foliis ovatis, villofis fefquipe- 

 dalibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 274. Cordia zvith oval woolly 

 leaves half a foot long. Prunus raccmofa, foliis ob- 

 longis hirfutis maximis, fruclu rubro. Sloan. Cat. 

 Jam. 184. 



The firft: fort grows naturally in feveral ifiands in the 

 Wefi:-Indies : this rifes with feveral fiirubby italks 

 eight or nine feet hig;h, which are earnifiied toward 

 the top with oblong, oval, rough leaver, (landing al- 

 ternate on fhort foot-ftalks •, they are of a deep green 

 on their upper fide. The flowers terminate the 

 branches, growing in large _clufl:ers upon branching 

 foot-flralks, fome fjfl:aining one, others two, and 

 fome have three flowers, which are large, funnel- 

 open with two valves at the top, containing a great j fliaped, having long tubes, which fpread open at 





number of fmall angular feeds. This plant hath a 

 perennial fl:a]k, fo may be preferved through the win- 

 ter in a moderate llove, and the fecond year will 

 flower in June, and produce ripe feeds in autuifih -, 

 but when the plants are brought forward fo as to 

 flower the firfl: year, they feldom perfed: their feeds, 

 and thefe plants cannot" be fo >jell preferved as tliofe 



the top, where it is divided into five obtufe fcgm-cntsj 

 they are of a beautiful fcarlet, fo n^ake a fine ap- 





■which ai-e treated hardily in the fumoier.. 

 All thefe forts are too tender to thrive in England in 

 r thVopen air, therefore their feeds mufl: be fown on a 

 ." Tiot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are come 

 lip fit to remove, they fhould be tranfplanted on a 

 frefh hot-bed to bring the plants forward, otherwife 

 they will not ripen feeds. After the plants are rooted 

 in the new hot-bed, they muft: have free air admitted 

 to them every day, in proportion to the warmth of 

 the leafon, for they mufl: not be drawn up v\^eak \ 

 w^hcn tlie plants have obtained ftrength, they fiiould 

 be tranfplanted each into a feparate pot, and plunged 

 into a hot-bed, obferving to fl:iade them from the 

 fun till they have taken root; then they mufl: have a 

 large Ihareof air everyday, and fliould be frequently 

 refreflied with water ; and in June they fliould be 

 gradually inured to the open air, and part of them 

 may be fiiaken out of the pots, and planted in a warm 

 border, where, if the feafon proves warm, they will 

 flower and perfed their feeds ; but as thefe v/ill fome- 

 times fail, it will be proper to put one or two plants 

 of each fort into pots, which fliould be placed in a 

 glafs-cafe, where they may be fcreened from bad 

 weather, and from thefe good feeds may always be 

 obtaincxk .The lafl: fort may alfo be treated in the 

 fame nianner during the fummer feafon, but in au- 

 tum.n they muft be removed into the fl:ove, and pluno-- 

 ed into the bark-bed,' and thefe will flower early the 

 fecond year, and ripen feeds. 

 CORDI A. Tlum. Nov. Gen. 13. tab. 14, S£befl:ena. 

 Dillen. Hort. Elth. 225. Sebefl:en. ^ 



The Characters are, ' 



7 he flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf in- 

 dented in three parts. It hath one funnel-fhaped petaU 

 whofe tube is the length of the eynpalcmenty and the top is 

 divided into four., five., or fix parts., which are oltufeand 

 cre3f, 'It hath five awl-fhaped ftamina., terminated by 

 long fummltSy and in the center a roundiflj pointed germcn., 

 fupporting a bifid flyle, crowned by two obtufe ftigmas. 

 The germen afterward becomes a dry berry., which is glo- 

 luhr and pointed., f aft ened to th& empalement, and in- 

 • defies a furrowed nut with four cells,. 



pearance . ^ . ... 



,The fecond fort is by mofl; botanifl:s believed to be 

 the Myxa of Ca^falpinus, which is the befl: Sebeftcn 

 ' of the fiiops'i the fruit of which 'was formerly ufed in 

 . medicine, but of late years has been feldom brought 

 to England, therefore is rarely ordered. ,This is called 

 Aflyrian Plum, from the country where it naturally 

 grows. It rifes to the height of our common Plum- 

 trees, but was very rare in this country till the 

 year 1762, when there was fome of the fruit fenc 

 from Egypt, by thofe perfons who w^ere fent to tra- 

 vel at the king of Denmark's experice, from which 

 fruit fome plants have been raifed in the Cheilea 

 garden. 



The third fort was difcovered by father Plumier, in 

 fome of the French iflands of America-, and fmce 

 was found in the bay of Campcachy, by Mr. Robert 

 Millar, who fent the feeds to England : this fort 

 grows to the height of eighteen or twenty ictt in the 

 natural places where it is found wild j it hath winged 

 leaves, which are large, entire, and fmooth ; but it 

 hath not as yet flowered in England, fo I can give no 

 farther account of it. 



Thefe plants, being natives of warm countries, are 

 too tender to live through the winter in this country, 

 imlefs they are preferved in a fl:ove : they are all pro- 

 pagated by feeds, which mufl: be procured from the 

 countries of their natural growth ; thefe feeds mud be 

 fown in fmall pots, which muft be plunged into a 

 good hot-bed of tanners bark in the fpring; and if 

 the feeds are frefli and good, the plants will begin to 

 appear in fix or eight weeks after. Thefe muft: be 

 brought forward in the hot-bed, by being treated as 

 other tender exotic plants, obferving frequently to 

 v/ater them in fummer ; ' and in July, if the plants 

 have made much advance, they lliould be gradually 

 hardened, otherwife they will growfo weak as net to 

 be eafily preferved through the winter. As thcfeplants 

 obtain ftrength, they will become more hardy; but 

 during the two firfl: winters, it will be proper to phinge 

 them into the tan-bed in the ftove ; but vv hen they 

 begin to liave woody ftems, they may be placed on 

 flielves, in a dry ftovc ; where, if they are kept in a 

 moderate degree of heat, they may be preferved very 

 well (efpecially die firfl: fort) which is Ibmewhat har- 

 dier than the o ' 

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ation, in the beginning of July, where 



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