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tt may alfo be propagated by laying down its ten- 

 ' der branches in the fpring of the year, which if care- 

 fully fupplied with water in dry weather, will take 

 root in a year's time, arid may then be taken off 

 from the old plan t^ ^nd trjniplanted wbpre they are 



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'fhe beft time for tranfplanting this plant is In au- 

 tumn, foon after the leaves decay, or the beginning 



■ pf April, juft before it begins to fhoqt^ obferving to 

 lay fome mulch upon the ground about their roots to 

 prevent them from drying, as alfo to refrefli them 

 now and then with a little w^ter until they have taken 

 freih.root, after which they will require but very little 

 care. They are very hardy, and will grow to be t^n 



._. or twelve" feet high, if planted in a dry foil and a 

 . warm fituation. There is little beauty in thi?^plant, 



' but it is kept in gardens as a curiofity. 

 PALM A. Plum. Gen. i. Raii Meth. Plant^ 



The Palm-tree. 

 ; /The Characters are, . 

 . Jl hath male and female fioimrs in fome /pedes on the 

 fame plants and in others on different plants ; the empa- 



■lement of the male flc^ers^ ^r^ d}vi4i^ into three parts. 



■ Sb( flower s of fome fpecieihave three pet^ls^ and fix, 



fiamina terminated by cblong fummits^ with an obfolete 



germeky fuppcrting three fljort Jtyles, cro'wned by acutl 

 , . ftigmas\ thefe are barren, Xhif^'^<ik 3o?i;ersh(ive n 

 . * common fheath^ but no enipalement \ they bayq Jix fhort 



petals^ and an oval germen fitting upon an awl-fhapei 

 , ftyle^ crowned by a trifid fiigma. 'The germen afterward 



becomes a fruit of various forms and fizes in different 



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priikly foot-flalks to the leaves, and a yelloiv^ Phm- 

 fljaped, oily fruity commonly called oily Palm-tree. 

 Palma {Vrunifera) frondibus pinnato-palmatis pli- 

 catis, caudice fquamato. T aim- tree with hand-fbaped 

 winged leaves whjck^are plaited, and a fcaly fialk, Pal- 

 ma Brafilienfis prunifera, folio plicarili feu flabel- 

 liformi, cauc^ici fquamato. "Raii Hift. 1368. Plum- 



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bearing^ Pahn-trce " cf the Erqfjls^ with a plaite 

 fan-fhapcd leaf aid a Jcaly ftalk^ called Palmett 



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8. Pajlma {Polypodi folia) fronjibus pinnatls, foliolis li- 

 nca/i-lanccolatis, peticjjs fpinolis. Hort. Cliff. 482. 

 Palm-tree with winged leaves^ whofe lobes are linearly 

 Jpedr-fhaped, and ptiikly foot-flalks, ■ Palma Japonica, 

 fpinofis pediculis, polypodii folio. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 



;,:i70' P^lm^tree ^f J ^pm W-lh prickly foot' fi and a 



Polypody leaf or the Sago-treti. .rj^.'v '. - '^> .. "■■--• 



9. Palma {Pumila) fruAu clavaco polypyreno. Trew. 

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' . . Mr. Ray ranges this genus m the front of his trees 



and fhrubs, which have male flowers at remote dif- 



- tances from the fruit, fometimes on the fame, aad at 



., Others on different trees. Dr. Linnseus has feparated 



, the fpecics under the foUqwihg genera, Chamserops, 



BoralTus, Ccryplia, Cocos, Phoenix, Areca, and 



. . Elate^ ranging them in hjs Appendix. 



The Species are, 

 \ ,1. Palma {Da^ylifera) frondibus pinnatis, foliolis an- 



'jgiiftioribus aculeis terminalibus, P ahn-tre^ iipith wing- 



.V ed leaves^ whofe lobes are narrow ^ terminated by fpines, 



• I\;/Palnia major. C. B. P. 506. The greater Palra or Date- 



..^ - 2. Palma {Cocos) frondibus pinnatis, foUolis replicatis, 

 "■'-■>,.^ . fpadicibvis alaribus, frudu maximo angulofo. Palm- 

 '■ tree with winged leaves^ whofe lobes are folded back^ 

 ' ; ■ foot-fiatks proceeding from the fides of the branches^ and a 

 , large anguM fruit. Palma IncJicf^ QOCsifera, angu- 

 V lofa. C. B. P. ^02. Indian Palm-tree having an anzular 

 ';' ., fruity commonly called Cocoa-nut. ' ,. ^^Z- _ ^ >,;:■';.'■ 

 ^•3. Palma [Spinofa) frondibus pinnatis, ubique aculea- 

 ^-- tis, aculeis nigricantibus frju^u majore. Palm^-tree 

 - :■ with winged leaves^ which are every where armed with 

 : black fpines^ and bearing a larger fruit. Palma to- 

 '":-' ' ta fpinofa major, fruftu pruniformi;. Siloan. Cat. 

 - Jam. 177. Greater Paltn-tree which is all over prickly^ 

 y'' ;; " and a Phm-fhaped fruity commonly called great Ma- 

 caw-tree.- 



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taining many feeds. Palrna^Americapp. tbliis polygo- 

 nati brevioribus, Iseviter ferratis, & nonnihil fpinofis, 

 trunco crafTo. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 103. fig. 2. & tab. 

 309. fig. 5. American Palm-tre^i with fhorter Solomon^ s 



which are lightly fawed and fomcwhat 

 prickly^ with a thick trunk. 



10. Palma {Americana) frondibus pinnatis, foliolis Ian- 

 . ceolatis^licatjs geminatis fp^rfis. Palm-tree with wing- 

 ed leaves^ whofe _ lobes are fpear-fhaped^ plaited^ and comd 



, out by pairs from one pointy Jfanding thinly along the mid- 

 ,^.//^..:' Palma altiffima, non fpinofa, fruAu oblongo.- 

 ^ ■ Houft. MSS. Talleji Pahn-trce bavin? no prickles, and 

 ; bearing an ohlong fruit. ' ' - [ 



11. Palma (Dr^ct?) foliis fimplicibus enfiformibusinte- 

 , gerrimis flaccidis. Palm-tree with fingky fword-ffjaped^ 

 ^A^Pv^. ft^cci^ fe'?^-'" P^h"na prunifera fpljis, yuccas/ 



frudlu in rac'emis congeftis cerafi formi, duro, cine-* 

 rco, pifi magriitudine, cujus lacryma fanguis dracb- 



. ,rjis eft ^ifta. Com. Cat, Amft. ^Imrbearing P aim- 

 tree ^ with leaves like thofe of the Tucca^ and fruit ga-^ 



- thered in long bunches^ which are Cherry-fhaped^ Afh- 

 coloured^ hard^ and the fize of Peas, whofe tears are 

 call§d,D^tigons Bloody commo7%ly called Dragon-tree. 

 The firft fort here mentioned is the common Date- 

 tree, which grows plentifully in Africa, and fome of 

 the eaftern countries, from whence the fruit is brought 

 to Eingland. This rifps to a great. height in the warm 



* . countries ; the ftalks are generally full of rugged 



■; knots, which are the veftiges of the decayed leaves, 

 ^Tpr the trvinks of thefe trees ^r?, not folid like*bther 

 trees, but the center is filled with pith,, round which 

 is a tough bark full of llrong fibres while young, but 

 as the trees grow old, fo this bark hardens and be- 

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Palma (Altiffima) frondibus pinnatis, caudice £equa- 

 % frudlu minore. Paln^-t tee with winged leaves^ cin 

 ■ equal trunks and a /mailer fruit\ Folrpz, altiflima non 

 fpinofa, fruftu pruniformi mlribre facembfo Iparfo. 

 Sloan. Cat. Jam. 176. The talkft Palm-tree having no 

 fpines^and a fmaller Phm-fhaped fruity growing in 

 long hnfhis Jcatteringlvy commonly called the Cabbage-^ 

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5- Palma {Gracili) frondibus pinnatis, "caudice tereti 



,aculeato, frudtu minore. Palm-tree with winged leaves^ 



a taper prickly flalk^ and a fmaller fruit. Palma fpinofa 



■ minor, caudice gracili, fruftu pruniformi, minimo 



rubro. Sloan. Cat. Jam.' 178. Smaller prickly Palm-tree 



v;ith a flenderffalk^and the leafi^ red^ Plum^fb aped fruity 



called Prickly Polcj^ ' ' - ' . -,. // 



<r. Palma (Oleofa) frondibus pinnatis, foliolis linearl- 

 bus planis, ftipitibus fpinofis. Palm-tree with winged 

 Uavesy having ndrfim plain lobes^ and prickly midribs. 

 Palma foliorum pediculis fpinofis, fruftu pruniformi 

 luteo oleofo. Sloan. Cat. Jatj}. 175. Palm-tree with 



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joined, which in the center rife ereft, being clofely 

 folded or plaited together, but after they are advan^ 

 ced above the vagina v/hich furrounds them, they ex- 



; pand Z^ry wide m every fide tbe^ ft^iji, and, as the 

 older leaves decay, the ftalk'advances in height. The 



• leaves oFtKefe tree*, when grown to a fiz'e for bear- 

 _ fruit, are fix or eight feet long, and may be term- 

 ed branches ; (for the trees have no other) thefe have - 

 narrow long leaves (or pinnae) fet on alternately their 

 whole length. The fmall leaves or lobes are toward 

 the bafe three" feet long, and little' more than ©ne 

 mch broad i they are clofely folded together, when 

 they .firft appear, and are wrapped round by brown 

 fibres or threads, which fall off as the leaves aSvance,' 

 making way for them to expand; thefe never open 

 flat, 15ut are hollow fike xhe keel of . a boat, with a 

 (harp ^ ridge on their backfide; they ^ are very ftifl^, 

 and, when young, of a bright greefr,' ending with a 

 ftiarp black fpine. Thefe trees have male flowers 

 «« different plants from t;hpfe which produce the fruity 

 and there is a neccflTity for fome of the' male trees to 



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grow near the female tree; 

 .or, at leaft, to impregnate., thp ovary of the feed, 

 without which the ftones, which are taken out of the 

 fruit, will not atow.' Moftofthe old authors, who ■ 

 have mentioned thefe trees, affirm, that unlefs the 

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