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ifcaly, and the feeds having no down, occ^fions its 

 being here placed. The flowers appear in July and 

 Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 

 Thrs is propagated by feeds, which, if fown in the au- 

 tumn, loon after they are ripe, will more certainly 

 fucceed than when fown in the fpring -, thcj^ fhould 

 be fown in the full ground, and when the plants are 



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fit to remove, if they are planted in the borders of the 

 fiower-garden, they will continue fome years without 

 proteftion, and annunlly produce flowers and feeds. 

 MATTED ROOTS arc fuch as are entangled or 



plaited together. 

 MAUDLIN. See Achillea. 

 MAUROCENIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. Edit. 2. 289. 



Frangula. Hort. Elth. 121. The Hottentot Cherry, 



vulgo. 



The Characters are, 



fegm. 



of the flower is of one leaf 



fpread 



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five ft. 



fummits. In the center isfttuated a rcundifh 



ftyle^ crowVied by a ttifldftig 



by obtufe 

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terward turns to an oval berry with one or two veils ^ each 

 containing a Jingle oval feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fe£tion of 

 Linnicus's fifth clafs, which includes the plants whofe 

 flowers have five ftamina and three fl:yles or fl:igmas •, 

 and in the laft edition of his Genera, he has joined it 

 to the Cafline, making them the fame ; but as the 

 flower of Cafline has but one petal, and the flower 

 of thefe have five ; and the berries of the former 

 three cells, and thofe of this but one or two, there- 

 fore 1 have feparated them. 



The Species are, 

 Maurocenia {^Frangula) foliis fubovatis 

 rimis, flcribus confertis lateralibus. Maurocenia 

 entire leaves which are almoft oifual, and fit 



mteger- 



•lufters on theftdes of 



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pervirens, folio rigido fubrotundo. Hort. Elth. 146. 

 tab. T 2 1 . Evergrem berry-bearing Alder with a romdijh 

 .fiiff leafy commonly called Hottentot Cherry, ^y-, .-;.-" 

 2. MAURocENfA {Pbillyrea) foliis obverse ovatis fer- 

 ■/ ratis, floribug. cprymbofis alaribus & terminalibus. 

 Maurocenia with obverfe^ ovaU flawed leaves^ and flowers 

 growing in a coryrnbus at theftdes and ends of the branches, 

 !/Phillyrea'capenfis, folio celaftri. Hort. Elth. 315. 

 - tab. 236. Phillyrea of the Cape with a ^taff-tree leaf 

 hy the Dutch called Leplehout, : 



, Maurocenia {Cerafus) foliis cvatis nervofis inte- 

 gerrimis. Maurocenia with oval veined leaves^ which 

 are entire. Cerafus Hottentotorum. Pluk. Almag. 94. 

 The flmaller Hottentot Cherry, 



. Maurocenia {Americana) foliis obverse ovatis emar- 



ginatis, floribus folitariis alaribus. Maurocenia with 



obverfle oval leaves which are indented at the edges^ and 



flowers griming fingly from the Jides of the branches, 



Frangula folio fubrotundo rigido fubius ferrugineo. 



MSS. Berry-bearing Alder with a roundijb ftiff 



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The firft fort grows naturally at tte Cape of Good 

 Hope, where it rifes to a corifiderable height, but here 

 they are rarely more than five or fix feet high, ,|The 

 ftalk is ftrong, woody, and covered, with a purplifli 

 baric, fending out many ftiflP branches, garnifhed 

 J i; with very thick leaves, almoft oval, ftanding for the 

 .^v jmoft part bppofite ; they are about two Inches long, 



'-.:-:^and almoft as much in breadth, of a dark green 

 colour, and entire. The flowers come out from the 



, -:;: fide of the old branches, m clufl:ers, three, four, 

 or five, ftanding upon one common foot-ftalk, 

 ivhich is flender, compofed of five plain equal pe- 

 tals^ ending in acute points 5 they are firft of a green- 

 ilh yellow colour, but afterward change to white, 

 Iprcading wide open. In the center is fituated the 

 ovcl germen^ crowned by the trifid ftigma, and be- 

 tween (each petal is fituated a ftamina ; thefe fpread 

 oyen in the fame manner as the petals, and are ter- 





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turns to an oval pulpy berry, fome having but one 

 and others two cells i in eacJi of thefe is Judged on' 

 oval feed. The berries change to a dark purple 

 when they are npe. This plant flowers in July and 

 Auguft:, and the berries ripen in winter. 

 The fecond Ibrt is a native of the Cape of Good Hone- 

 this hath a woody ftalk, which in this country feldorn 

 rifes more than five or fix feet high, fending out ma 

 ny branches, covered with a dark purplilh bark and 

 garnifhed with pretty fl:ifr leaves, which are obvcrfely 

 oval, and fawed on their edges, ftandiiig oppoficc. 

 they are about an inch and a half long, and a litde 

 more in breadth, of a light green, having fliort 

 foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced in roundifh 

 bunches from the fide, and at the end of the branches- 

 they are white, and have five fmail petals which 

 fpread open ; between thefe are fituated the ftamina, 

 which fpread in the fame manner •, thefe are termi- 

 nated by obtufe fummits. In the center Ls fituated 

 .the roundifli germen, which is crowned fomedmesby 

 a bifid, and at others by a trifid ftigma. The fiowei^ 

 appear in July and Auguft, but are not fucceeded by 

 berries in England. 



The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; this rifes with a woody ftalk about the fame 

 height as the former, dividing into many branches 

 which are garniflied with ftiff^ oval leaves about two 



and nearly as riiuch in breadth, of a 

 lucid green colour, and entire, having three lon- 



thefe arefcmctimes placed oppofitc, 

 and at others they are alternate, having a ftrong mar- 

 ..gin, or border, furrounding them. This fort haih pro- 

 duced its flowers in England, and I am fully con- 

 vinced that the charafters of tlie flowed are the fame 

 with the others. . 



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, The fourth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun, Rowing naturally at the Palifadoes in Jamaica, 

 from whence he fent the feeds to Europe ^ this rifes 

 with a woody ftalk frorn fifteen to twenty icn high, 

 covered with a rough browg^rk, and divides into 

 r'many branches, which afe'garnifhed with ftiff leaves, 

 placed alternately j they are about an inch and a half 

 /long, and a little more in breadth, indented at the 

 ' top, witha^ftjff reflexed border, of a gray colour 

 :^^"-,^li^^J upper "fide, but of a rufty, iron colour on 

 ^ their'under, ftanding uponf&ort foot-ftalks. , The 

 flowers corhediit fingly ^dhg the fide of the branches; 

 .they have five fmall white petals, which end an acute 

 points, and five flender ftamina, which fpread open, 

 and are terminated by obtufe fummits. In the center 

 is fituated a roundifli germen, fupporting a long bi- 

 fid ftigma, which is permanent. The germen after- 

 ward turns to a round berry^ with one or two cells, 

 each having one oblong feed. l^ Xy^^,y<- 



The firft fort is too tender to live abroad in England, 

 but as it requires no artificial heat, fo may be preserved 

 through the winter in 'a good greeri-houfe, where it 

 deferyes a place for the beauty of its leaves, which 



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appearance from every other plants, this may be pro- 

 pagated by laying do\yn thofe flioots which are pro- 

 duced near the root, Tjut they are long zn'putting out 

 /oots, ^The Ihoots iLould be twifted in the part which 

 is laid, to facilitate their putting out: roots i if thefe 

 ;;^are laid down in the autumn;^ they wiUpV^ out roots 

 , fufficient to rcinqve by ^the following autumn •, it may 

 , alfo be propagated by cuttings," but tiiis is a tedious 

 method, as they are feldorii rooted enough to tranf- 

 . plant inlefs than two years. ...When this ispr^difed, 

 . the young ftioots, of the former year fhould be cut off, 

 w^ith a fmall piece of the old wood at the bottom, in 

 the fpring, and planted in pots filled with loamy cartn, 

 and plunged into a*moderate 'hot -TDcd, covering the 

 * with slafl^cs,' which ftiould be clofe llopped 



pots 



be 



down to exclude the external air ; they fhouid 

 pretty well watered at the time they arc planted, but 

 afterward they will require but licde wet; the giaiic!' 

 over them ftiould be covered every day with mats, to 



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