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for tranfpbnting ; then t!;cy fi-iOUrJ be carefully taken 

 o'jt of the feed-pots, lb a^ to prelcrv^e their roots as 

 entire as poflible, and each planted in ieparate fmall 

 ^ots filled with light earth, and plunged into a new 

 .;o:-bedof tanners bark, where they mull be fliaded 

 from the fun till they have tnkcn frelh root ; then they 

 rnvifi be treated in the fame manner as other tender 

 exotic plants from warm countries, admitting a large 

 fhare of free air to them when the weather is warm : 

 they v/ill require to be frequently refrefhed with water 

 in warm weather, but it muft be given them with cau- 

 tion, for too much v;et will infallibly defbroy them. 

 While the plants are young, they may be kept during 

 the f^unmer feafon in a hot-bed of tanners bark un- 

 der a frame; but in the autumn they muft be re- 

 moved into the bark-ftove, and plunged into the hot- 

 bed of tan, where they fhould conftantly remain, and 

 muft be treated in the fame manner as other tender 



- plants, being careful not to give them too much wa- 

 ter in the winter, when it is very prejudicial to them, 

 and in fummer they fhould have a large fliare of free 

 air admitted to them every day. With this treatment 

 the plants will thrive very well, but they are plants of 

 flow growth in their own country, fo cannot be ex- 

 pefted to make great progrefs in Europe. 

 The fecond fort has many fmall leaves placed along 

 the midrib by pairs, v/hich are rounded and obtufe 

 at their ends, but narrow at their bafe : they are of 



. the fame confiftence with thofe of the former fort, 

 but of a darker green colour; the flowers are pro- 



. duced in loofe bunches toward the end of the 

 briinches, which are of a fine blue colour, and their 

 petals are fringed on their edges. This is called in 

 Ibme of the iflands Baftard Lignum Vit^ j I received 

 it from Antigua by that title. It requires the fame 



. treatnnent as the firft fort, and is propagated by feeds 



-J in the fame way: 



'''I have alfo received fpecimens from the idand of 



.-'Barbuda of one, which feems different from either of 



^'; thofe before-mentioned : the branches have the fame 

 .'appearance with thofe of the firft fort, but the leaves 



.' are larcrer and indented at their extremities, and are 



>- placed 

 ■ • ftalks ; 



J 



u 



a ccnve:^ pifure cv the npfcr fide ; it is fivellifig arJ cok. 

 prejTed^ baling oue tcH. 



fep 



i;::iUiitj:g c\:al baf'J feeds ^ 



ii:h:rh 



I'his genus of pLint,^ i:^ ransed in the firft feftion of 

 Linn.Tus^s tenth cLiis, in wluch he includes the planrs 

 whofe fiov/ers have ten ilamina and one ftvle. 



The Sfecies ai 





1. GuiLAXDiNA (Bcvdiw) aculeata pinnis ovatls folioi!.9 

 aculeis folitariis. Lin. Sp. 545. Prickly Guilai:diua-.ri:h 

 cva!~winged leaves^ ^ucdjcfe frnall' leaves are armed ^-u^ith 



f^ngle fpines, Bonduc vulgare niajus polyphyilum. 

 Plum. Nov. Gen. 25. Coynmon greater Bondiie^ hewing 

 many leaves^ called yellow Nickar, 



2. GuILANDI^^\ {Bcnduceila) aculeata, pinnis oblonc-o- 

 ovatis foliolis aculeis geminis, Lin. Sp. 545. Frickr; 

 Guilandina with chlong oval leaves^ having [fines hy pairs-, 

 Bonduc vulgare niinus polyphyllum. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. 25. Smaller ccnimon Bonduc^ or Nitkar-tree having- 

 many leaves^ e ailed gray Nicke^r. 



Guilandina {Glabra) inermis foliis bipinnatis, foli- 

 olis ovatis acutis alternis. Smooth Guilandina with don- 



3 



4 



Me winged leaves^ whofe 

 alternate, 



Guilandina {Moringa) inermis, foliis fubpinnatis, 

 foliolis inferioribus ternatis. Flor. ZeyL 155. Smooth 

 Guilandina with zvinged leaves^ whofe under finall leaves 

 are trifoliate. Moringa Zcylanica, foliorum pinnis 

 pinnatis, flore majore, fruftu angulofo. Burm. Zeyh 

 162. tab. jc^, Morunga of Ceylon^ vnth douhle-winged 

 leaves^ a larger flower^ and an angular fruit. 

 5. Guilandina {Dioica) inermis foliis bipinnatis bafi 

 apicequefimpliciter pinnatis. Lin. Sp. 546. Guilandina 



fmooth branches y doubly winged leaves^ whofe 





fmgl 



Bonduc Canadenfe poly- 



phyllum, non fpinofum, mas&fcemina. DuHamel..' 



Canada Ni char- tree having many leaves^ which have 7to 

 fpineSj and are male and female in different plants. 

 The firft and fecond forta grow naturally in moft of 

 the iflands in the Weft-Indies, where they twine their 

 ftalks about any neighbouring fupport, and rife to the. 



The leaves of the 



and are 



height of twelve or fourteen feet. 



firft fort are near a foot and a half long, 



all rbund the branches, on very ftiort foot- I compofed of fix or feven pair of pinnit^, or wings, 

 the flowers were broken off", fo I cannot de- I each of v/hich has as many pair of lobes, or fmall 

 termine the difference between them, but by all ap- I leaves fet along the midrib •, thcfe arc oval and en- 

 tire; the foot-ftalk or principal midrib of the leaf, 

 is armed with ftiort, crooked, fingle thorns, which are 

 placed irregularly ; the ftalks are clofely arnied with 

 the like thorns, which are larger.- T'he ftalks at firft 



.'i pearance they feem to be of the fame genus. 

 /. The third fort has been long an inhabitant in fome 

 ^~of the' curious gardens in England and Holland, but 

 ;'feldbm produces flowers in Europe. This grows na- 

 turally at the Cape of Good Hope, from whence the [ grow ereft, but afterward they twine about the neigh- 



, feeds ,vere brought firft to Holland, where it pafled 



bouring trees or fhrubs, being too weak to ftand with- 

 out fupport : the flowers come out In long ipikes 



- which, by die account given of them by the late Dr. from the wings of the ftalk -, they are compofed of 

 :•. Eoerhaave, were of the butterfly kind; but whether J fiv^e concave yellow petals," which are equals in the 

 : 'Dr. Linnaeus has feen the flowers or not, I cannot fay ; j center is fituated the oblong germen, furrounded by 

 /however, he has removed it from that clafs of plants, | ten ftamina. After the flower is paft, the germicn 

 ^-^* and has added it to this genus ; and as I have not yet 

 - . feen the flowers, fo I do not know if it is rightly placed. 

 ' T^^P^^^^^ retain their leaves all the year, and will live 



- in a good green-houfe in winter, but in fummer muft 

 .': be placed abroad with other green-houfe plants. It is 

 "' of flow growth, and is with difiiculty propagated by 



layers. ^j. . : . 



J 



A.VA. SeePsiDiuM. :■.-■ " - . 



GUANABANUS. See Annona. 

 GUAZUMA. SeeTHEOBROMA. ■: 

 GUIDONIA. SeeSAMYDA. -i 

 GUILANDINA, Lin. Gen. Plant. 464. Bonduc. 

 ' I'lum. Nov..Gen. 2-5. tab. 39. The Nickar-tree. 

 ' The Chahacters are, • f • 



■ 7he empahnent of the fio'xir is of one leaf, is bell-fh 



_ -I 



^asjive concave Jp 



five equal fegments : the fli 



lofe to the empaleynent^ into which they are inferted, 

 it hath ten awl-fljaped fiamina which are ercEl^ and in- 

 Jerted in the empalement\ being alternately fJoorter than 

 ^cich other^ and terminated by obtufe fummits. In the 

 center is fituated an oblong germen^ fuppcrting a fiender 

 ftyle the length of the fiamina^ crowned by a fingle fitg- 

 ^5. Tm germen afterward becomes a rhomboid pody with 



becomes a broad thick pod, about three inches long 

 and tv/o broad, clofely armed with (lender fpines, 

 opening with two valves, each inclofingtwo hard feeds 

 about the fize of children's marbles, of a yellowilh 

 colour, -^ ^ •.. ^ ■ 



The fecond fort differs from the firft*, in having 

 miichfmaller leaves, which are fetclofe together j and 

 below each pair of lobes are fituated two fliort ftiff 

 crooked fpines, which are placed oppofite •, the flow- 

 ers are of a deeper yellow colour than thofe of the firft 

 fort, and the feeds are of an Afti-colour. ' 

 The third fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Hou- 

 ftoun at Campeachy, from whence he fent the dried 

 famples to England, but there was no fruit on the 

 trees at the time when he was there ; but he mentions 

 that this fort had an upright ftem, which was of a large 

 fize, dividing into many branches ; thefe are garniftied 

 with double win";ed leaves, which are fmooth ; th 



wings come out altenrnate, each leaf being compofed 



of four pair, but the lobes are placed oppofite upoa 



the middle rib ; they are oval, but end in a point, 



and arc of alight green colour. ' \ 



The fourth fort grows naturally in the ifland oif 



Ceylon, and in feveral places on the Malabar coaft, 



frooi 



