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The Species are, 



I. H/EMAN'THus {Cccctneus) foliis llnguifonnibus planis 

 lasvibus.Prod.Leyd. 42. Blood-jlcwer ivith plain.^ tofigue- 

 JJjafed^ fmoGth leaves, Hasmanthus Africanus. H. L. 

 Bar. African Bleed-flower^ or Cape Tulip. 



2; H^MANTHus {Cannatus) foliis longioribus carinatis. 



■ ■ Blocd'fiower with longer keel-fljaped leaves, 



3. H^MANTHus (Pumceus) foliis lanceolato ovatis un- 

 dulatiseredis. Hort. Cliff. 127. BlGod'flozverzvitbfpcar' 

 Jhaped, waved^ ereS leaves. Hxmanchus colchici fo- 

 liis perianthio herbaceo. Hort. Elth. 167. Blood-flower 

 zviib Meadow Saffron leaves., and an herbaceous involii- 



. * crum. Dracunculoides. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2.226. Baflard 



Dragon. 



The firft fort has been many years in feveral curious 



^ gardens in Europe, where it hath feldom flowered. 



This hath a large bulbous root, from which in the 



autumn comes out two broad flat leaves, of a fiefliy 



confiftence, fhaped like a tongue, which turn back- 



.ward on each fide, and fpread flat on the ground, fo 



. ' have a Angular appearance all the winter ^ and in the 



fpring thefe leaves decay, fo that frotn the end of May 



to the beginning of Augufl",they are defl:itute of leaves: 



■'when thefe produce their flowers, it is always in the 



autumn, juft before the new leaves come out. In the 



'. books where this plant is figured, the flowers are re- 



: '^prefented growing upon a ftrong upright foot-fl:alk ; 



' ^but all thofe which I have feen in flower, never have 



." 'rifen more than two or three inches from the bulb, 

 ''with a large clufter of bright red flowers, inclofed in 



V^a common leafy-coloured empalement 5 thefe were 



'■ ■ tubiilous, with one petal cut into fix parts, each having 



fix long ftamina, fl:anding out beyond the petal, and 



- -in the center appears the germen fitting under the 

 flower, fupporting afingle fl:yle, crowned with a flrig- 

 ma. The germen never ripens to a feed in England, 

 but decays 



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tecay's with the flower, and then the green leaves 

 and Ipread on the ground/; i^^i::^:?-:^>!if;^ | 



' -The jfecorid fort fiatli a large BulBous'^fobt like the' 



firfl:, which fends out three or fdur leaved,' that grow 



* a foot long or more ; thefe are not flat like thofe of 



J.; the other, but are hollowed lilce'^tlle keel of V boat, 



''^■arid Itand more ereft tfiSn tliofe "of the former fort, 



h\xi aTre not quite fo broad -, the flowers of this are like 



/jhofe of the firft, but are of a paler red ; this is cer- 



'^^^ tainly different from tlie otKel-"'"! received the roots 



^f of this from Dr. Van Royen, profeffor of botany at 



'", The third fort hath roots compofed of many thick 

 'fiefliy tubers, which join at the top, where they form 

 "'a head, out of which arifes a flefliy fpotted fl:alk, 

 like that of the dragon, which fpreads oiit at the top 

 into feveral fpear-fliaped leaves, which are waved on 

 their edges. The ftalksgrow about afoot high, and 

 the leaves are fix or eight inches long, and two broad 

 in the middle \ from the fide' of this ft:alk near the 

 ground, breaks out a ftrong flelhy foot-ftalk, about 

 fix or eight inches long, fuftaining at the top a large 

 clufter of flowers, included in one common empale- 

 ment or covering, which is permanent*, the flowers 

 are Ihaped like thofe of the other forts, but are of a 

 yellowifli red colour, Thefe appear in May, June, 

 or July, and are fucceeded by berries which are ofa 

 beautiful red colour when ripe. ' ^ 



The two firft forts are with difficulty propagated in 

 Europe, for their roots put out offsets but fparingly, fo 

 :the gardens in Holland are fupplied with them from 

 ithe Cape of Good Hope, where they naturally o-row, 

 andproduce feeds-, theplants are too tender to thrive in 

 this country in winter in the open air, therefore the 

 •Toots murt be planted in pots filled with light loamy* 

 '■'^eartfr/^' andi"' in the winter, placed in a dry glafs- 

 -'^-^fieafe,' where, during that feafon, the leaves will be 

 ^-^'^Hn.fuU vigour, fo will make a pretty appearance,' 

 'wlien intermixed with other plants in the ftove; and 

 -though they feldom flower here, yet are they worthy 

 * • of a place . in every garden where there is conveni- 

 ■ency of keeping them. - The foots may be taken 

 up v/hen their leaves are decayed, and kept *out of 

 fhe ground till Auguft, when they fliould be new pot- 



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ted, and may remain abroad till the end cf Sco- 

 tcmbcr, at which time they may be removed iiuo the 

 glaf:>-cafc ^ and during the time they are gro\viii*/ 

 will require to have frequent waterings, bucicmiut 

 not be given to them in large quantities. 

 If a border is made either againll the front cf the 

 grecn-houfe or ftoves, which may be contrived fo 

 as to be covered with glaffes in winter, in which thdc 

 roots, with the African Gladiolus's, Ixia's, Pcrfian 

 Cyclamens, &c. are planted in the full ground, they 

 will flower more conftantly, and the foot-ftalks will 

 rife much higher than thofe kept in pots. 

 The third fort is alfo a native oi the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence it v/as firft brought to Holland 

 where it has been propagated and dilpericd over Eu- 

 rope ; this may be propagated by parting of the roots- 

 the beft time for this is in the fpring, before theplants 

 put out new ftalks, which is alfo a riglit time to Ihifc 

 and new-pot them ; but as the roots do not multiply 

 very faft in offsets, the beft way is to propagate them 

 from feeds, which they ripen plentifully in Enf^land • 

 thefe fliould be fown foon after they are ripe, in pots 

 filled with light earth, and kept in the ftove all the 

 winter ; if thefe pots are plunged into the tan-bed in 

 the bark-ftove, in the vacancies between the plants 

 - the earth will be kept warm, and will not dry ib fafl: 

 as when they are placed in a dry ftove, fo the feeds 

 will be fooner prepared to vegetate ; in the fpring the 

 - pots may be taken out of the ftove, and plunged into 

 a hot-bed, which will bring up the plants ; thefe mud 

 have air admitted to them every day in mild weather 

 to prevent their drawing up weak ; and when they 

 are fit to remove, they may be each planted in a fepa- 

 rate fmall pot filled with liffht earth, and pluno-ed into 

 [^ the hot-bed again, to promote their taking new root; 

 \'- then they muft be gradually hardened, and afterward 

 "^■^Imay be removed into ijhe dry ftove, where they fliould 

 ■ conftantly remain, otherwife the plants will not thrive 

 ' and flower m this country. In the winter feafon they 

 muft not have too much wet, for ais their roots are 

 -fiefliy and fucculent, fo they are^apt to rot with 

 . moifture. In the fummer they muft have a large * 

 fiiafe of air in warm weatKer^ aiid require to be fre- 

 ■ quently watered, efpecially during the time of their 

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oodwood. Logwood, or Campeachy Wood ^ 

 ■Ihc Characters are, 



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flve oval fegments. It hath 

 are equals and larger than the empalement.^ and ten awl- 



jhapedft. 



by fmall ft 



indented ft 



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ht the center is fituated an oblong 



effed obtufe capfule 



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rowned by a thick 





itb . two 

 fljcpedfeeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn^eus's tenth clafs, intitled Decandria Monogy- 

 nia, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers have 

 „- ten ftamina and one ftyle. 



i We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 HiEMATOXYLUM [Campechianum), Hort. Cliff, i^i. 



'* Logwoody Lignum Campechianum, fpecies quae- 

 dam. Sloan. Cat. Jam 213. Campeachy Wood, 

 This tree grows naturally in the Bav of Campeachy, 

 at Honduras, and other parts of the Spanifli Weft- 

 Indies, where it rifes from fixteen to twenty-four feet 

 high. The ftems*^are generally crooked, and vtvj 

 deformed, and are feldom thicker than a man's thigh. 



, rThe branches come out.on 'eyeQi fidel they are 

 : .^.crooked, irregiilar, and armed with ftrong thorns, 



' garniftied with winged leaves, compofed of three pr 

 four pair of lobes, which are obtufe, and indented at 

 the top. The flowers come out in a racemus from the 

 wings of the leaves, ftanding erccl ; they are of a 



. pale yellowifla colour, with a purple empalement, 



>■ and are fucceeded by flat oblong pods, each containing 



->two^or three kldney-fl^aped feeds, -^ ,■ 







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