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forts are very hardy^ and may be 



propagated by feeds, which ftiould be fown in au- 

 tumn ; for thofe fown in the fpring, often lie a 

 year in the ground before they vegetate ; when the 



they muft be kept clean from 



clofci The 



plants come up, 



«r^/*Hc and thinned where ttiev are too 



following autumn they fhould be tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain, and the plants will flower in 

 fummer, and produce feeds, but the roots will abide 

 fome years. 



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t hath been a great dlfpute amongft modern wri- 

 ters, whether _ the Hyffop now commonly known is 

 the fame which is mentioned in fcripture -, about 

 which there is great room to doubt, there being very 

 little grounds to afcertain that plant, though it is 

 moft "*"" "* ^" '- ' ' 



_ . _ Wintc. 



which plant is now in great requeft amongft the in- 

 habitants of the eaftern countries, for outward wafh- 

 ings or purification. 



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ACE A. See CENTAUREAi 



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JACOB-iE A.- See Senecio and OthOnma. 



JACQUINIA. Lin. Gen. 254. 

 The Characters are, 

 ^k empa^nieni of the flower is compofid of five round- 

 ijb concave^ leaves, and is permanent. The flower has 

 one belUfhaped petal, which is bellied, cut into ten feg- 

 ^tnts. It hath five awl-Jhaped ftamina arifing from the 

 feceptacle, terminated by hatbert-fhaped fummits, and an 

 fOalgermen fuppdrting aflyle the length of theflamina, 

 frowned by a headed ftigma. The germen afterward be- 

 ib^es a i'oundifb berry with one cell, containing one feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftioii of 

 Linnseus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 

 the flowers having five ftamina and one ftyle. 

 ' The Species are, ^ 



1. Jacquinia {Rufcifolia) foliis lanceolatis acuminatis. 



Lin. Sp. 271. Jatquinia with fpear- 



Fruticulus foliis rufci ftel- 



Jacq. Amcr. 15. 

 fbaped acute-pointed leaves. 

 latis. Hoit. Elth. 

 2, lACQiJimA {Jrmillaris) foliis obtufis cum acumine. 

 Jact[. Amen 15. Lin. Sp* 272. Jacquinia with blunt 

 leaves ending in acute points. Chryfophyllum Barbafco. 



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Loefl. it- 204. 



3. Jacquinia {iJnearis) foliis linearibus acuminatis. 



^ Jacq. Amef. 15, Lin. Sp. 272. Jacquinia with linear 

 Jhdrf-piotntedleaves.'\'' ■■'■' \i.\..,./. : \ : -, ^ 

 The firft fort grows natijrally in the ifland of Cuba, 

 and in fome other warm parts of America ; it rifes 

 with a fhrubby ftalk about a foot high, whicK is 

 ligneous at the bottom, and about the fize'of a 



fwan's'quill, covereiJ with a" dark brown bark, fend- 



ing out a few flender 



garnilh^d at inteV- 



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yajs with hand-fhaped ftifF leaves, placed in whorls 

 round them; thefe are ftiS" like^thofe of Butc|ier'$ 

 Broom, ending with fliarp points, of a" deep green 

 oft' their upper fide, but pale oh their under ; the 

 flowers are (according to Plumier's figure) produced 

 frprp between the leaves on the top of the branches ; 

 but haying feen no flowers in England, fo I can give 



no fartjier account of them. , , ." ■ 



The fccond /ort grows naturally at Carthagena, Mar- 

 tinico, ahd other parts of South America, where it 

 rifes with a ftirubby ftalk four or five feet high, di- 

 viding toward the top into four branches, which are 

 fituated in whorls round the principal ftalk, garniftied 

 ■With oblong blunt leaves, placed alfo in whorls, having 

 a fh6rt fiender apex/ The flowers are produced in a 

 racemus on the end of the branches, each containing I 





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have a fcent like Jafmine flowers, which they retain after 

 they decay, fo are worn by the ladies of thofe countries 

 for ornament. >.- t .. 



The third fortgrows naturally on the borders of thefea, 

 in the ifland of Dominica -, this is an under-lhru6, of a 

 very low growth, rarely rifing about tvvo feet high, di- 

 viding into feveral branches, garnifhed with linear ftifF 

 leaves, ending with a thorn ; thefe are placed in whorls 

 round the branches, and from the middle of the whorls 

 come out the foot-ftalks of the flowers, each being ter- 

 minated by one fmall white floWer without fcent. 

 As tl>efe plants are natives of hot countries, fo they 

 will not live in England, unlefs they are placed in a 

 warm ftove, and treated in the manner direded for 

 Other plants from the fame countries, giving them 

 little water in winter, and in warm weather plenty of 

 frefh air. They are raifed from feeds, when the/ 

 can be procured from the countries where they natu- 

 turally grow ; which muft be fown on a hot- bed, 

 ahd may afterward be propagated by cuttings, though 





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root 

 J A L A P A. See Mirabilis. ;f:t' :-^ 

 J A S I O N E. Lin. Gen. I^Iant. 89^.' f Kis is the Ra- 



punculus fcabiofsB capitulp coeruleo. C^ B. P. 22* 



- Rampions with Scabious heads. This plant grows 



; naturally on fterile ground in moft parts of England, 



5 and is rarely admittedinto gardens. 



J A S M I NO I DES. See Gestrum and Lyciuk'. 



JASMINUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 597;' tab: ^6^. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 1 7. [This name is Arabic] The 



. Jafmine, or JeflTamine-tree j in French, Jafmn. 



The Characters are. 

 The flower hath a tubulous empalement of one teaf^ 



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which are ereSl. 



fivefegm^ 



flower is of 



long cylindrical tube^ cut into five fegmetits at the top, 

 ■ which fpread open. It hath two fhort ftamina, which 

 are terminated by fmall fummits, and are fituated withift 

 the tube of the petal In the tenter is fituated a round- 

 ifb germen, fupporting a flender fly le, crowned by a bifid 

 fligma. The germen afterward turns to an oval berry, with 

 a foft fkin inclofing ttvo feeds, xvhich are fiat on thofe fides 

 which join, and convex on the other. 

 This genus of plants' is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnasus's fecond clafs, intitled Diandria Monogy* 

 nia, in which he ranges thofe plants whofe flowers have 

 two ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are. 



five or fix white flowers of a thick confifterice, \?hich 1 gJis 



Jasminum (Offii 



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