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The feventh fort grows naturally in Siberia ; this hath 

 a perennial root, from which arife feveral herbaceous 

 flalks a foot and a half high, garnilhed with winged 

 leaves, compofed of four or five pair of oval oblong- 

 lobes, having at their bafe a roundifh moon-fiiaped 

 ftipula embracing the flalk. The flowers come out 

 from the wings of the leaves upon fhort foot-ftalks ; 

 they are large and of a purple colour, appearing in 

 April, and are fucceeded by fwelling pods near two 

 inches long, containing four or five feeds, which rip- 

 en in June. 



The eighth fort grows naturally in Italy ; this hath a 

 perennial root, from which arife feveral ftalks about 

 a foot high, garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed 

 of four pair of oval lobes, ending in acute points ; 

 they are fmooth and of a pale green colour, placed 

 pretty far diftant on the midrib. The flowers come 

 out upon flender foot-ftalks, which arife from the 

 wings of the leaves, four or five ftan^ing at the top ^ 

 they are of a purple colour, and appear in March. 

 Thefe are fucceeded by fwelling pods an inch and a 

 half long, each containing three or four roundiPa 

 feeds, which ripen in May. 



The ninth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds in 1731- 

 This rifes with a very branching ftalk about three 

 feet high, which is ligneous-, the branches are gar- 

 nifhed with winged leaves, compofed of five or fix 

 pair of narrow fpear-fliaped lobes, which are woolly 

 on their under fide. The flowers grow in loofe fpikes 

 at the end of the branches, are of a pale purple co- 

 lour, and are fucceeded by fmooth comprefll^d pods 

 an inch and a half long, each containing five or fix 

 roundifli feeds. 



The tenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun at La Vera Cruz, from whence he fent the feeds 

 to England. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk five or 

 fix. feet high, dividing into many flender branches, 

 which are covered with a brown woolly ySrk, and 

 garniflied with foft, fatteny,' 'winged leaves ; thofe on 

 the young branches are compofed of. four pair of 

 oval obtufe lobe.s, of a brownifli green colour, hairy 

 on their upper fide, but of a filvery filky hue on 

 iheir under.. The leaves on the upper branches are 

 : compofed of feven or eight pair of oblong oval 

 lobes* of the fame colour and confiftence as the lower. 



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The flowers are produced in long erc6b Ipikes at the 

 end of the branches \ they are of a deep purple colour, 

 and are fucceeded by long, woolly, comprefTed pods, 

 each conrainin,Q; four or five feeds. 

 The eleventh fort was difcovered by Dr. Houftoun at 

 La Vera Cruz, who fent it to England in 1730. This 

 is alov/ plant, v/hofe ftalks bend to the ground, and 

 are feldom more than fix or eight inches long, from 

 which come out a few fhort fide branches ; they are 

 garniftied with winged leaves, compofed of four or 

 five pair of final], oblong, oval, woolly lobes, termi- 

 nated by an odd one, the upper lobes being much 

 laro-er tlian the lower. The flowers come out in fmall 

 bunches, ftanding upon ftiort Foot-ftalks, which arife 

 from the wings of the ftalk -, they are fmall, and' of 

 a bright purple colour-, thefe are fucceeded by com- 

 prefixed pods near two inches long, each having fix or 

 feven roundifti com prefixed feeds. 

 The twelfth fort was difcovered at the fame time, 

 growing naturally in the fame country as the former, 

 by the fame 'gentleman." This hath a pretty" thick 



ous root, which fends out many flender ftalks a 

 foot and a half long, trailing upon the ground, gar- 

 niflied with winged leaves, compofed of three or four 

 pair of narrow hoary lobes, about half an inch long. 

 The flowers come out from the fide and at the end of 

 the ftalks, three or four ftanding upon a ftiort foot- 

 ftalk; they are fiiiall and of a fcarlet colour, and are 

 fucceeded by fi^iort taper pods, each containing three 

 or four fmall roundifli feeds. ■; 



The eight forts which are firft mentioned, have pe- 

 rennial roots but annual ftalks, which decay every 



mn ;" feveral of thefe may be propagated by part- 



the beft time for doin;^ tliis is in the 



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autumn, that the plants may be well efti.bilfl^cd be- 

 fore the fpring ; for as fcvcra! of them begin 10 pat 

 out their ftalks very early in t\\t fpring, fo1f tlicv air 

 then difturbcd, it will cither prevenrtheir ucucrinp-. 

 or caufe their floucrs to be 



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thefe plants delight in a fliady fituation, and icy 

 loamy foil. 



They arealfo propagated by feeds, but thefe flioulj 

 be fown in the autumn, for if ihcy are kept out of 

 the ground till fpring, many of the forts will never 

 grow, and thole which do, feldom vegetate the I'arre 

 year •, and the fourth fort I could never raiie from 

 feeds fown in the fpring, though I have made the 

 trial in diff^erent fituations many times \ but the feeds 

 which have fcattered in the fummer, have come up 

 well the following fpring, as have alfo thofe which 

 were fown in September. When the plants come up 

 they muft be kept clean from weeds, and where 

 they are too clofe together they fhould be thinned 

 fo as they may have room to grow till the autumn' 

 when they fliould be tranfplanted into the places 

 where they are defigned to remain. If the roots 



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ftrong, they will flower very well the followino-fpnn 

 but thofe which are weak will not flower till the je- 

 cond year ; therefore fuch may be planted in aihid/ 

 border at four or five inches diilance, where they ' 

 may grow one year to get ftrengch, and then may he 

 removed to the places where they are to remain. The 

 farther care of them is only to dig the ground bctvvcen 

 them in winter, and in fummer to keep them cleaa ' 

 from weeds, 



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The four laft mentioned forts beins; natives of warm 

 countries are tender, fomiuftbe prtferved in ftoves, 

 otherwife they will not live in England. Thefe are 

 propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown early ia 

 the fpring, in fmall pots filled with light rich earth, 



' and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, obferv- 



,.ing frequently 'to moiften the earth, otherwife the ■ 

 feeds will not grow. When the plants come up, they 



" fliouid be carefully taken out of the pots, and each 

 tranfplanted into feparate linall pots filled with rich 

 earth, and then plunged again into the tan-bed, ob- 

 ferving to flia'de them until "they have taken root; 

 after which time they flaould have frefli air admitted 

 to them every day in warm weather, and muft be 

 frequently watered. With this management the plants 

 will make a great progrefs. When any oF the plants ' 

 are grown too tall to remain in the hot-bed, they 

 fliould be taken ovit, and plunged into the bark-bed 

 in the ftove, where they may have room to grow, 

 efpecially the ninth and tenth forts ; but ,the ,other 

 two being of humbler growth, may be kept in the 

 hot-bed until Michaelmas, when the nishts bedn to . 

 be cold ; at which time they fliould be removed into 

 the ftove, and plunged into the bark-bed, where they 

 muft be treated as other tender exotic plants ; by 

 which method they may be preferved through the 

 winter, and the following fummer they will produce 

 flowers. Thefe plants are perennial, fo that if they 

 ftiould not perfed their Teeds, the plants may be 



■ maintained for feveral years. 



ORTEGIA HISPANICA. 



This is called by Clufius, Juncaria Salmandca ; It » 

 a jow trailing plant, vv"ith Rufti-like. ftalks, produ- 

 cing at the joints a few fmall almoft invifible flowers, 

 therefore the plant is feldom cultivated except in bo- 

 tanic gardens for. variety. 

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The Characters are, 

 ^he chaff is fmalU acute-pointed-, ^ having two mkd 

 nearly equals inclofing a fingle flower, "The petal has t''^ 

 valveSj which are hollo%v^ compreffcd^^ and boat-Jbaped, 



Jtigmas. The germen afterward becomes cue large^ cb- 

 long^ ccmpreffed feed^ having two channels en each futy 



fitting en the pdal of the 





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