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The ninth fort will not thrive in England, unlcfs it 

 h prefcrved in the bark-ftove ; this plant will not bear 

 tranfplanting, for I railed Icvcral from feeds which 

 ilirove pretty well while they continued in the pot 

 where they were fown, but when they were tranf- 



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Cannabina. 



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planted, they all decayed. 

 DAT ISC A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 

 Tourn. Cor. 52. Ballard Hemp. 



The Characters are. 

 It is male and feynale in different plants \ the male f,o-:v- 

 ers have an empakment compofed cf Jive narrow acute 

 leaves •, thefe have no petals^ a)iJ fcarce any vifible fta- 

 mina^ but have ten fumnits which are much longer than 

 the empakment. The female flowers have no petals^ but 

 the empakment s are the fame as the male^ having an cb- 

 Icng pervious germen^ fupporting th'ee ffyles^ crowned by 

 fingle fligmas \ the empakment afterward becomes an ob- 

 long triangular capfule^ opening with three valves^ having 

 one cell filled with fmallfeeds:, adhering to the three fides 



of the capfule. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth fedion 



of Linn^us's twenty-fecond clafs, intitled Dioecia 

 Dodecandria/from the male and female flowers grow- 

 ing in feparate plants, and the male flowers having 



ten flamina. 



The Species are, 

 %, Datisca {Cannabina) caule l^vi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



1037. Datifca with a fmooth flalk, Cannabina Cretica 



florifera & fruftifera. Tourn. Cor.. 52- 

 2. Datisca (///r/^) caule hirfuto. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1037. 



Datifca with a rough Jialk. -■ "<^ :■ * 



The firft fort grows naturally in Crete, and fome 

 other eaftern countries. This hath a perennial root, 

 from which arife feveral herbaceous fl:alks, about 

 four feet high, garnilhcd with winged leaves placed 

 alternately, each being compofed of three pair of 

 lobes, terminated by an odd one ; thefe are two 

 inches long and half an inch broad, ending in acute 

 points, and are deeply fawed on their edges, of a 

 light green. The flowers come out in long loofe 

 ^^ikes from the upper part of the fl:alks at the wings 

 of the leaves, but having no petals, make but a poor 

 appearance. The fummits of the male flowers being 

 pretty long, and of a bright yellow colour, are the 

 only vifible parts of the flowers to be difcerned at any 



diftance. 



The flowers on the female plants are fucceeded by 

 oblong three-cornered capfules, filled with fmall 

 feeds, which adhere to the three valves. The plants 

 flower in June, and the feeds ripen in September. 

 Theftalks decay in autumn and new arife in fpring. 

 This fort rnay be propagated by parting the roots, 

 which fhould be performed in autumn when the 

 ftalks decay, (which is the beft time to tranfplant the 

 roots), but they mull not be parted too fmall ; they 

 may be planted in any open beds, where they are not 

 under the drip of trees, and will require no other 

 culture but to keep them clean from weeds. 

 It may alfo be propagated by Jeeds, but thefe fhould 

 be taken from fuch plants as grew in the neighbour- 

 hood of male plants, otherwife they will not fucceed ; 

 and if tlie feeds are not fown in autumn, they feldom 

 grow the firft year. The feedling plants when they 

 rife, will require no other care but to keep them clean 

 from weeds till autumn, when they may be tranf- 

 planted where they are to grow. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Canada, and other 

 parts of North America. This differs from the for- 

 mer, in having hairy flalks, which grow taller ; the 

 leaves are larger, and do not fland fo near each other 

 upon the ftalks. It is equally hardy with the firft 

 fort, and may be propagated in the fame manner, but 

 fliould have a more fhady fituation and a moifter foil. 

 DATURA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 218. Stramonium. 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 118. Thorn Apple. 



The Characters are, 

 The flower is of one petal which is funneUJhapedy having 

 a long cylindrical tube^ fpreading open at the top^ which 



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five flamina, which are as long as the emp.ilcmcnt, termi- 

 nated by oblong comprcffed fummits ; it hath an oval ^cr^ 

 men, fupporting an upright flyk, a-owned by a thuk ob- 

 tufefiigma, The germen afterward becomes' an oval c.iv- 

 fide, divided into four cells by a crcfs intermediate pani- 

 tion, which are filled with kidntyfhaped feds adhering to 

 the partition. 



This genus of plants is rangcJ in tlic f.rR feftion of 

 Linnreus's fifth clals, intitled Pcntandria Mono^'vni;i, 

 the flower having five ftainina and one ftylc. 

 The SpEcii-s are, 



1. Datura (5/rrf;;;cmft;?;)pcricarpiis fpinofis creftis ova- 

 tis, foliisovatis glabris. Hort. Cliff. 55. Daturawitb 

 an oval erctl fruit having a prickly cover. Stramonium 

 fru6lu fpinofo rotundo, flore albo firnplici. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 118. Thorn Apple with a round prickly 

 fruit, and afingle white flower. 



2. Datura ifl'atula) pericarpiis fpinofis ereftis ovatis, 

 foliis cordatis glabris dcntatis. Lin. Sp. 256. Datum 

 with an ere£f oval fruit with a prickly cover, andfmocthy 

 heart-fljapcd, indented leaves. Stramonium fruclu fui- 

 nofo oblongo, flore violaceo. Tourn. Init. R. H. i u). 

 Thorn Apple with an oblong prickly fruity and a Violet- 

 coloured flower, 



3. Datura {Mete!) pericarpiis fpinofis nutantibus glo- 

 bofis, foliis cordatis fubintecrris pubefcentibus. Hort^ 

 Cliff, r^^. Datura with a globular nodding fruit having 

 a prickly cover, and hecrt-floaped, entire^ hairy leaves. 

 Datura alba. Rump. 5. p. 242. 



Datura (Ferox) pericarpiis fpinofis crcftis ovatis, 

 fpinis fupremis maximis convergentibus. Amoen. A- 

 cad. 3. p. 403. Datura with an oval ere£i fruit, whofe 

 upper fpines are largefl^ and converge together, Stramo- 

 monium fcrox. Bocc. 50. RcughThorn Apple, 



5. Datura {Inoxia) pericarpiis fpinofis inoxiis ovatis pro-- 

 pendentibus,fofiis cordatis pubefcentibus. Datura with 

 an oval hanging fruit, whofe cover is befet with harm- 

 lefs fpines, and heart-fljapcd hairy leaves. Stramonium 

 folio hyofcyami, flore toto candido, fruftu propen- 

 dente rotundo, fpinis inoxiis ornato. Boerh. Ind. alt. Ia 



6. Datura (Fafluofa) pericarpiis tubcrculofis nutantibus 

 globofis, foliis lasvibus. Lin. Sp. 256. Daturawitb 

 a globular nodding fruit, whofe cover is fet with tuber-^ 

 cles and foft leaves. Stramonium ^gyptiacum flore 

 pleno, intus albo, foris violaceo. Tourn. Inft. no. 

 Egyptian Thorn Apple with a double flower^ white ''on 

 the inftde,, and Violet-coloured on thcoutjide. 



7. Datura {Arborea) pericarpiis inermibus nutantibus^ 

 caule arboreo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 179. Datura with a 

 nodding fruit having an unarmed cover ^ and a tree-like 

 flalk. Stramonioides arboreum, oblongb & Integra 

 folio, fru6tu IsBvi, vulgo. Flori pondio. Feuil. tab. 46. 

 The firft fort here enumerated is the mbft common 

 Thorn Apple in Europe, and was probably firft intro- 

 duced from Italy or Spain, where it naturally grows ; 

 but it is now become fo common about London, and 

 near other great towns in England, as to appear like 



a native plant ^ for there are tew gardens or dunghills 

 without this plant in fummer, though it is only near 

 fuch places, where the plants may have been culti- 

 vated firft in the gardens •, and wherever any of thefe 

 plants are permitted to feed, they will furnilh a fup* 

 ply of the plants for fome years to come, as they pro- 

 duce a vaft quantity of feeds, fome of which will lie 

 years in the ground, and when they are turned up to 

 the air will vegetate. 



This fort feldom grows much more than two feet 

 high, dividing into many ftrong irregular branches 

 which are hollow, garnilhed with large fmooth leaves 

 divided into irregular angles, and emit a foetid odour. 

 The flowers come out firft from the forks or divifionsof 

 the branches, and afterward near the extremities of the 

 branches ; they have long fwelling tubes, which are 

 dilated at the top into large pentagonal brims, each 

 angle ending in along point or ligula^ thefe ftand 

 in long, green, five-cornered empalemcnts, and are 

 fucceeded by large roundifii feed-velfcls, covered 

 with ftrong thorns, divided by four furrows, to 



in Jo}ne fpecics is pentangular^ each angle Mng pointed \ I which adhere the partitions, which feparate the four 

 the empakment of the flower is permanent, fwelling in \ cells, filled with black kidney-fliaped feeds. It flowers 

 the middle^ flvc^conhrcdy and tubulous -, the flower hath ' in July, Auguft, and September, and the feeds ripen 



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