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The Characters are, 

 q'he flower hath an empalement of one leafj cut at thelrim 

 into four Jhort fegmentSy which are ere£l. It hath one 

 petaU which is tubulousy and divided into four parts at 

 tbehrim^ which fpread open. It hatb foul^flender fian- 



In the center isfituated a roundijh 



mtts^ which are longer than the pctaly terminated by ob- 

 long yellow fummits. 

 ' fermeUy fupporting a flender flyle^ crozvned by a thick cb- 

 tufeflig^na. The germen afterward becomes a fmooth glo- 

 bular berry ^ indqfmg four hard oblong feeds. 

 Dr. LinnsEUS ranges this genus of plants in the firft 

 feftion of his fourth clafs, intitled Tetrandria Mono- 

 ffvnia, which includes the plants whofe flowers have 

 four ftamina and one ftyle. As the feeds of this plant 

 were fcnt me from Carolina by the late Dr. Dale with 

 this tide, in the year 1739, and with them the cha- 

 fafters of the genus, which was before it was men- 

 tioned by Dr. Linnasus, I have continued it under the 



" Doftor's title. 



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



JoHNSONiA {Americana) floribus verticillatis feflilibus, 



_ foliis ovato lanceolatis oppofitis, caule fruticofo. Dale. 



Shrubby John foni a with oval fpear-fJoaped leaves placed op- 



pofite^ and flowers growing in whorls fitting clofe to the 



Jialks. Callicarpa. Aft. Upfal. 1741. Mr, Catefby, 



in his Hiftory of Carolina, has figured it under the 



followins title, Frutexbacciferverticillatus, foliis fca- 



bris latis dentatis & conjugatis, baccis purpureis den 



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turned out of the pots, fo as not to break their rooti J 

 and part of them may be planted hi fmall pots filled 

 with light earth, and the others into a nurfery-btd 

 in a warm fituation, at about four or five inches afua- 

 der ; thofe in the pots fhould be plunged into a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, which will forward their takin 



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 .the woods near 



congeftis, vol. n.. p. 47. 

 This ihrub grows" plentifully in 

 Charles-town* in South Carolina. It rifes from four 

 ^ofix feet high, fending out many branches from the 

 ^. root, which are woolly when younsr, like thofe of the 



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armg-tree, garnifhed with oval fpear-fliaped leaves 

 ■ placed oppofite,'ltandihg on fhort foot-ftalks ; they are 

 r i about three inches long, and one inch and a quarter 

 ^ ^foad in the middle, growing narrow at both ends, 

 '; and a little indented on their edges, their furface 

 , rough, and a little hoary. , The flowers come out hi 

 .7 whorls round the ftalks, fitting very clofe to the 



but afterward muft be hardened to bear the open air 

 as before ; thefe plants in the pots lliould be fhel- 

 tered under a frame in winter for three or four years, 

 till they have obtained ftrength ; then they may be 

 turned out of the pots, and planted in a warm fitu- 

 ation, where they will live in the open air in cornmon 

 winters ; but in fevere froft they are in danger of be- 

 ing killed, if they are not Ilieltered -, therefore the 

 furface of the ground about tlieir roots fhould be co- 

 vered with old tan to keep out the froft, and their 

 tops covered with Straw, Peas-haulm, or Fern, which 

 will proteft them. 



Thole plants in the beds fliould alfo be covered v/ich 

 mats, or Straw, in frofty weather, and after they have 

 obtained ftrength, they may be tranfplanted into a 

 warm fituation, and treated every winter in the fame 

 manner as the other.' " . . ^r" 



The leaves "of this fhrub were often ufcd by Dr. 

 Dalcj in dropfical cafes, with very good fuccefs. A 



.. particular account of the virtues of this, and many 

 other plants of Carolina, was fent me with dried fam- 



' . ples'of each, by the Doctor, during the laft war •, but 



!J as thefliips were taken in their paflage, they were all 

 loft, and the Doftor dying foon after, I could never 

 recover them. 



JONTHLASPL 



JONQ^UIL. 



IPOMOEA. 



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See Clvpeola.' 





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See Narcissus. 

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Gen. Plant; fgg.' Quamoclit. 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. ii6. tab. 39. §uamOclity or Scar- 

 let Convolvulus. ■ '■ '■"■■ '^)^(-h.^ru'^^ 



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. The Characters are, 



U he flower hath a fmall permanent cmpatcmenty cut into 



Jive parts at the top, The petal is funnel-floaped^ having 



a long cylindrical tube^ whofe brim is flve-poinud, fpread- 



, ing open flat. It hath five awl-fhaped ftarnina^ nearly the 



length of the petal, terminated by roiindifh fummitsl " In 



. the bottom of the tube isfituated a round germen^ fupport- 



tng a Jlender ftyle^ crowned by a romtdifh ftigmar The 



turn firft to a bright red colour, but aftenyard cliange I ^fgermen afterward becomes a foundifh capfule mth three 



5; to fludeep purple when ripe, and inclofp fpur hard ob- I cells^ incloftng three oblong feeds. 



^^ branches at the foot-ftalks of the leaves; they are 

 .^^fmall, tubulous, cut into four obtufe fegments at the 



top, which expand, and are of a deep purple colour; 



thefe arc fucceeded by foft fucculent berries, which 



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; This genus of plants is ranged in the firft icSbibn of 



: lone feeds. 



^ The feeds of this plant were fent me by Mr. Cateft)y, Lmnseus s fifth clafs, mtitled Pentandna Monogynia, 



. iroth Carolina, m 1724; and many or the plants were 



^ then railed in feveral curious gardens in En '*^''' * 



'ti. 



which I 



iciudes tEofe plants whofe flowers have five 



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iv.JE59A> if not all all of theip were afterward planted in 

 ;. the opeji air, where they flourilhe^ very well for fome 

 ^years, and feveral oi the plants produced flowers in 

 /the Chellea garden for four or five years, but thefe 

 ^TRTcre no? Fucceeded by fruit ; Trid in the^ fevere froft 

 .iQj[740, they were *mdff of them deftroyed,'^ as, 'were 

 ^ alfo. the youno; plants which were raifed from Dr. 

 » Dales feeds the year before, which were only Ihelter- 

 d under a frame ; fo that until tlie Doftor fent a frefh 



'; Xb? Species are,'. 

 Ipomoea 





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^ ftanriina and one ftyle: . . .,.....^.. . . ^.^ 



I. ippMOEA (^amoclit) foiils pinfSti&^ lincariBus, 



Kioribus fubfolitariis. Hort. Clifi\ 60. [Ipomoea with 



^ vefy narrow many-pointed leaves ., dnd folitary flowers. 



Quariioclit foliis tenuiterincifis&"perinatis. Tofirn.Inft. 



R.H, n6. 



- i'f 'vri* -*'*■ ''■ 



- u^upply or feeds in 1 744, there were fcarce any of the plants 

 X^iiying in the Englifh gardens ; but Iince then, there 



lias beeo quandties of theTeeds brought to Eiigland/ 

 .^j^Q^^s olW-i rifes. eafily from feeds, if they arc fown in 

 ; a^moderate Kot-bed v the beft way is to low the feeds 

 ,^inpots, and plunge tnem into a tan-bed of a moderate 

 Ut^rmth ; and when tHe^plants come upj^nd have ob- 



I plained fome ftrengtK,"'they fhould be'graHually inured 

 .to the • • ^ •• • ■ " '' ' 



^ampclii with narrgWyCUt^ winged Im't^es. 



2. Ipomo^a (Co|:^i;;^<?)^.f9liis cordatis 'acuminatiSj l^ft' 



-. anp;utatis,'peduncuns rhultifloris. Hort. Upfal. 39. 



^Ipomoea with heart-Jhaped pointed leaves^ angular at tbi 



iafe^ and many flowers oH aftdk:i jQuimocYit Ame- 



;;)ricana folio hederas flore coccineo.. Com. Rar.^Plant. 



' 2i: 'Jmetican 9uamoclit with an Ivy leaf and affcarlet 



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air, into which they fhould.be re^lioved 

 1."^'^ J^ne, and placed in a fheltered fity^tipn, wljere 



:\tney may remain till autumn; durinsr which 



.or whlC 



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time 



.,^hey muft be kept'clear from 'weeds, an3^ gently Ve- 

 frelhed with water in clry weather ; Kut as thefe young 

 . I%^Fs ?re tender, they fhould be placed under a frame 

 ' before^ the early froft comes on ; for a froft in au- 

 iutumn will kiU the ten4er part of their fhoots, which 

 niQiteh caufes their ftalks to decay moft part of tlieir 

 .tjbngth before th'eTpring.- During the winter feafon 

 • they fhoiild be fcreened from froft. Hut in mild wea- 



^ flowery commonly called Scarlet Convolvulus.^ ^ 



3. Ipomoea (Solanifolia) foliis cordatis acutls Integerrl- 

 -■■\ mis, floribus folitaris. Frod. Lcyd. j^^onpomoeawitb 

 \^ acute, heart-JSaped, entire' ' leaves) md folitary pwgrs. 

 ^ :'C^amocirt Amenca^^^ folani folio, flore rofco, Pliim. 



Cat. 2. ''American Qu'amoclif with a Nightfhade leaf, ^cnd 



"a Rofe-coloured tower. ..:-: r'^*"'^^'-.';^'' ^ r^'^'b^. 



4. hoMO^A (P^iplacea) fohis cordatis integcfnmiS, Hbri- 

 bus confertis corollis indivifis. Sa'uVV Monfp. 114. 



^omoea^with heart-floaped enti(ejeaves, flowers growing 



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jn ciujters, ana unaivia^a p^K^ii' Qy^^oclit folus am- 

 'plilTimis cordiformibus.^Plum. Cat. 4. ^ayncclit with 



\ large becirtrpaped leaves. ' \ :^^ :^^^. 

 \. Ipomoea {Tuberofd) foliis pam 



>f.; 



palniatis, lobis feptenis 



lanceolatis integerrimis pedunciilis trifloris. HorL Up 

 1 fal. ^gt Ipomoea with band-Jhnpedleayes^ compofed offeven ._ 

 ther thcy,.rx)jaft enjoy the free air," otheTwife their fhoots ) " fpear-floaped entire lobe's^ ' and fcot-ftalks having thre^ 



flowers. Convolvulus major heptaphyllus, flore ful- 

 phureo.odorato/ Sloan. Cat. S5^ Greater ftven-leavcd 



will turn mouldy apddecay,^:^ The following fpring, 

 ; juft before tKe plants ftioot, tticy fhould be careflilJy 



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