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leaves, which end in acute points, Tawed on their 

 rd^es, a littje woolly on their under lide -, the flowers 

 arc produced on the fide of the branches, on fhorter 

 foot-rtalks than the former -, they avt compofed of five 

 petals, and the ftyle in the center, which is ftrait. 

 uprif^ht, and not half fo long as the other i the 

 fruit'^is thicker, not an inch long, but twilled in the 

 Cin:e manner. 



The third fort rifcs with a flrong woody ftalk twelve 

 or fourteen feet high, fending out many ligneous 

 branches, which are clofely covered with hairy down, 

 carniihed with large hearc-fliaped leaves, which arc 

 crenated on their edges, ha-ying large veins run- 

 nino- from the midrib to the fides •, they are of a 

 light yellowifli green, and woolly on their under 

 fide: the flowers are produced from the fide of 

 the branches, they are of a yellowifli white colour, 

 and larger than thofe of the other forts. The fl:yle 

 is near four inches long, curved like that of the firfl; 

 fort ; the fruit is oval, about one inch long, very 

 thick at the bottom, and clofely covered with hairy 

 down. This fort was i^ent me by Mr. Robert Millar, 

 from Carthagena. 



Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which m.ufl: 

 be fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 

 plants are come up flrong enough to remove, they 

 Ihould be each planted in a feparate fmall pot, filled 

 with light eartji, and plunged into a moderate hot- 

 bed of tan, obferving to fliade them from the fun 

 till they have taken new root ; then they fliould be 

 treated in the fame way as other tender plants from 

 hot countries, raifing the glafl^es every day in propor- 

 tion to the weather, that the plants may enjoy frefli 

 air, which will ftrqngthen them, and prevent their 

 .drawing up weak. In the fummer the plants may 

 . * remain under the frames, if there is fufficicnt height 

 *.. for them to grow-, but in autumn they m.ufl: be 

 plunged into the tan- bed in the fl:ove, where they 

 .: ihould always remain, being careful to ftiift them 

 V -. into larger pots when they require it, and not give 

 ■' > them too much wee m the winter; but in fummer 



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ral lateral brunches loA-ru the 

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ed";es, 



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cs full of veins, 



cop, garn:i:icd wiJi 



lawcu o:\ th<r:r 

 tilery have foot- 



cnjing m ucuk- po::ni, ; 

 Iblks three inched !l-»-, wliidi ibnd obliauc u tiie 

 leaves, and arc pLccd ..hcrr.uie ; the tlowctsarc pro- 

 duced at die ciici of tiic flioots, in bruncljin^> clu!k-r.s -, 

 they are of a ycUov/ifh p;rccn, and arc fuv:a:cded b ' 

 flat coinpreflird fced-vcflcis of an oval ih:\\K\ whofe 

 borders arc clofely fet w'llh threads repivlcntino- ravs 



ing in a point. 



This plant is propagated by feeds, which mufl be 

 fown upon a hut-btd in the fpring ; and when tiie 

 plants are fit to remove, they fiiould be each planted 

 in a feparate iniall pot filled v/ith light kitchen-garden 

 arth, andd plunged into a hot-bed, treating them in 



m warm wea- 



\ they fliould have a large fliare of 



v.t ther, and require to be often refreftied with water : 



the fecond year from the feeds thefe plants have often 



-' flowered in the Chdfea garden, and the feeds have 



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- ' veral years with proper management 

 HELIOCARPOS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 533. Mon- 



the fime v/ay as other tender plants, which will nut 

 bear tlie open air in this country at any fe^afon of the 

 year ; and while the plants arc youngs they require to 

 be plunged in the tan-bed, but after they have ac- 

 quired flrength, they v/ill thrive in the dry ftove. 

 In v/inter they ihould have but little water, and mull 

 be kept warm-, but in fummer they fliould have 

 plenty of frefli air in mild weather, and mufl: be fre- 

 quently refrcflied with v.'arer. With this manage- 

 ment the plants will flower the third year, and pro- 

 duce good feeds, but rnay be preferved feveral years 

 "with proper care. 



I have fowed the feeds of this plant which had been 

 kept ten years, and came up as well as if it had been 

 favedthe former year; though from the appearance 

 of the feeds, it feems as unlike to grow after the firlt 

 year as any which I knov/. ■ 



HELIOPHILA. Lin, Gen. 816. 



The Characters are, 

 It hath a fotir-kdvcl empalemgnt^ zvhofe hraers have 

 membranes ; the iwo outer have fmall Madders at their 

 bafe. The flower has four roundifJj plain petals^ placed 

 in forra of a crofs^ and tivo neElariurns^ which are re- 

 curved toward the bladders of the empalement. It hath 



fix flamina^ four of which are longer than the other ^ ter- 

 minated. by oblcng ere^ fummits •, and a cylindrical germen 



fupporting a fJjort ftyle^ crowned by an obtufe ftigma ; the 



fome years ripened there, but the plants will live fe-^ 'germen afterward becomes a taper pod^ with two cells filled 



with feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 



tia. Houft. Gen. We have no title in Englifli for I Linna;us's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia Sili- 



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this plant. ' . ; '^ : ' t 



"- The Characters arc, / • ': > 



^he flower bath one petal which is tubuhus at the bottom^ 

 and cut into five fegments which expand. It hath an 



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impalement of one leafy which is cut into five parts 

 fpreading open.,^ In the center isjituated axQundifh ger- 

 men^ fupporting two ereSiflyleSy crowned by acute fiigmas 

 'which Jiand apart -, thefe afe attended by twelve jtamina^ 



quofa, the flower having four long and tv/6 fliorc 



ftamina, and the feeds being included in lone pods. 

 The Species are, ' -.../r; "'' - - -. ^ 



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I, Heliophila {Integrifolia) foliis lahceolatis indivifis. 



N. Bufman, HeliophilcT with fpear-fh'aped undivided 



leaves^ -Leucoium'"Africanum, ^ cceruleo flore, latifo- 



. lium. H. L. 364. African Gilliflower with a broad leaf 



.and a blue flower, - . 



which are of the fame length with the ftylesy terminated \ 2, Heliophila {Coronopi folia) foVns linearibus pinna- 



"" tifidis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 927. Heliophila with linear 



hy narrow twin fummits which are profirate. The ger- 

 -;"*■ men afterward becomes an oval compreffed capfule^ about 

 ' three lines long and two broad^ with a tranfverfe parti- 



tion dividing it in two cells y ea^b containing a Jingle round- 



'■ tion cuvtmngtttn two cettSy ea^p coMo^mng ajtn^ 

 ■•^''ifh feed ending in a point \ thebqrjers of tbe^ci 



are 



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fet with hairs^ refembling rays. 

 "r This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedtion 



of Linnaius's elevehtli clafs, intitled Dodecandria Di- 



; ^' gynla, which includes the plants whofe flowers have 



*■-' twelve ftaniina and two fl:yles. 



vvav .\V"e have but one Species of this plant, viz. , 



Heliocarpos (Jmcricana.) Hort. Cliff. 211. tab. 16, 



Montia arborefcens mori folio fruftu racemofo. 



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Houfl:. MSS. l^ree Montia with a Mulberry leaf and 



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 wing-pointed leaves. Leucoium Africahum, cberiileo 



flore, angufto coronopi folio majus. H. L. 364. Afri- 

 can Gilliflower y with narrozv Hartfhorn . leaves and blue 



flowers. 



Theie are both annual plants, which grow naturally 



at the Cape of Good Hope \ the firft rifes with an 



ereft flralk about four or five inches high, fending out 



two or three fide branches, garniflied with long,' nar- 



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branching fruit. 



,,This plant was difcovered by the late Dr. Houflioun, 

 growing naturally about Old La Vera Cruz in New 

 Spain, frona whence he fent the feeds to England, I The feeds of both forts m^ay be fown in the fprino: on 



row, entire green leaves, and terminated by a loofe 

 bunch of blue fiov/ers without fcent, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by taper pods near three inches long, having 

 a double row of flat feeds, ' • . 



The fecond fort grows about the fame height, but 

 branches more ; the leaves are cut into many winr- 

 pointed divifions, and the flowers are like thofe of the 

 other fort. 



which fucceeded in the Chelfea garden, where the 

 plants have produced flowers, and ripened feeds fe- 

 veral years. It rifes with a thick, foft, woody fl:alk, 

 from fifteen to eighteen feet high, fending out feve- 



a fouth border, and when the plants come up, if they 

 are thinned and kept clean from weeds, it is all the 

 culture they require, 



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