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above the neftarium, and are terminated by yellow 



fummlts. ^ _ . . 



/ The feventh fort grows naturally in the iflanJs of the 



\Vc(l-Indies, where it is called white Lily. This hath 

 'a pretty large bulbous root, a little flatted at the top, 

 covered with a brown Ikin -, the leaves are near a foot 

 ' and a half long, and little more than one inch brqad, 

 of a dark green, and hollowed in the middle like the 

 keel of a boat. The ftalks'rife near two feet high, 

 which are thick, fucculent, and naked, fuftaining at 

 the top eight or ten white flow^ers, fhaped like thofe 

 of the firft fort, but are of a purer white, and have a 

 ftrono- fweec odour, like that of Balfam of Peru. The 

 ftamina of this are very long, fpreadiiig out wide each 

 , the pointal is of the fame length, Handing in 

 the middle of the neftarium. . Thefe flowers are of 

 fhort duration, feldoni continuing longer in teauty^ 

 than three or four days, and in very hot weather not 

 folon^; when thefe fade, the germen^ wlijch are fi- 

 tuated at the bottom of the tubes, turn to fo many 

 oblong bulbs, which are irregular in formVahd when 

 rrpe, drop off in the ground, where, they^ P:V.tP''-\t fi- 

 bres and become plants. * ,,^;/-'";>'^- -:-*-" - * * ■-■'-':'! 

 Thefe foreign Tpecies are moft, if not all of themVof 

 this kind, bearing bulbs ; whereas tlie two "firft have' 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe;5Hon 

 ofLinna^us's third clafs, which includes tlie plants 

 whofc flowers have three ftamina and "two ftyles. 

 The Species are, 



I, Panicum {Germaniam) {pica fimplici cernua, fctis 

 brevloribus pedunculo hirfuto. Panicwith a ftngle nod- 

 ding fpike^ Jhori awns, and a hairy foot-ftalk. Panicumi 

 Germanicum, five panicula minore. C. B. F. 27. 

 German Panic with a fmaller panicle. 



2i Panicum (^Italicum) fpica compofita, fpiculis glome- 

 ratis, fetis immixtis, pedunculo hirfuto. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. g6. Panic with a compounded fpike^ whofc fmall-, 

 er fpikes grow in clufters intermixed with awns^ and 

 a hairy foot-ftalk, Panicum Italicum five panicula 

 'majore. C. JB. P. iy, Italian Panic with a larger [pike. 



3. Panicum [Indicum) fpica fimplici longiflima, fetis 

 hifpidjs, pedunculo hirfuto. P ante with the longeft fin- 

 gle fpike, prickly awns ^ and a hairy fooi'-fialk, Panicum 

 Indicum, fpica longiflima, C. B.P. 27. Indian Panic 



with the longefi fpike* - . _ ~ J" •. •- 

 Panicum [Alopecurodem) fpica tercti, involuceilis bi- 



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 black feeds, fo that though they agree in the cliarac- 

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greatly. 

 / The eighth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 



where it is not diftinguiflied from the former ; but as 



Ihave frequently propagated both by tlieir bulbs which 



* Tucceed the flowers, and have always found the plants 



. ' fo raifed coritmue'their difference, I make no doubt pf 



^" their being diftindt Ipecies/ This differs from the 



former, in the leaves being mucTi longer and broader 



than that; for thefe are near two feet long, and more 



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floris fafciculato-pilofis. Flor. Zeyl. 44. Panic with d 

 taper fpike having two flowers In each cover ^ and hairs 

 growing m_ clufters. Panicum Indicum ahiffimum, 

 fpica fimpficibus moUibus, in foliorum alis loncrifll- 

 mis pediculis infidentibus. Tourn. Inft. 515. Talleji 

 Indian Panic.,' with the foftfingle fpikes proceeding from 

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than tKree TncKes broad, and are hollowed like the keel 



of a boat. The flowers are larger, the petals longer, 



and the fcent is not fo ftron^ as that of the former, 



and the roots flower in every leafon of the year. This 



feems to be the fort figured by Dr. Trew, in the 



twenty-feventh table of his Decades of Rare Plants, 



, Wt ir it is, the leaves in his figure are too flat, 



'. Thefe fix forts laft mentioned are tender, fo will not 



tTirlve in England, unlefs they are placed in a warm 



../ilove. The beft way to have thefe plants in perfec- 



'"^^ _ tion,. IS to plunge'the pots into the bark-bed in 'the 



ffove, "wliere they will thrive ancf flower exceeding 



well ; for though they may be preferved, in a dry 



" ..^^.:-ftpve, yet thofe will not thrive fo well, nor will their 



.^' ; fiowers be fo ffrong, as when'they are plunged in^the 



: * tan-bed, nor will they' flower ofceher' than ^ once a 



. -ryear; whereas when they are in the taii-bed, thef^me 



roots will often flower two or three times in a year. I 



have had feveral of the Ipecies in flower at all feafons 



•• of the year, fo' ttiere has riot'Keen a'mohth wlien fome 



of them were not in flower. ■ "-^vv-r*^ ' 



\..;They are. propagated by offsets from the roots, as alfo 



.^^ivby the bulbs w^hich fucceed the flowers ; if the' latter 



.. are planted in fmall pots filled with light eartH from' a 



^';'. kitchen-garden, and plunged into a moderate Ijot-bed, 



'^■' they will foon put out roots and leaves, and with^ro; 



',per^ management, will become blowing root's m one 



,;-.. year, fo that ttiey may' be eafily propagated V and if 



-„^'. they 'are Vonffantly' kept in the tah-bed in the ftove, 



' tjiey will put out offset? ^from their roots, and thrive 



-. ■ - as well as in their native countries. -.- ;,.:-i.y:'„_r, .- ,. • - 



PA N I C L E. "A Panicle is attaTk diffufed Ihto feve- 



. ral pedicles or foot-ftalks,'^ fuftaining the flowers or 



fruits, as in Oats, &c. ' .. . / 



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Panicum (C^ruleum) fpica fimplici se'quali, pedun- 



Culis bifloris. Prod. Leyd.' 54^ Panic with an equal fin- 



^'gle fpike ^ and twg flowers growing on ^ each footflalk. 



Panicum Indicum, Ipicaobtufa cserulea. C. B. P. 7. 



Indian Panic .^ with an ohttife blue fpike. .\ I ^^l ^"-■ 



There are Teverarbther fpecles of this" genus* tlian 

 are here enumerated, fome of which e;ro,w naturallv 

 in England ; but as they are not cultivated, fo it 

 would be fwelling this work too much if- they were 

 inferted here. . - 



The firft fort grows naturally in Germany and Hun- 

 gary 5 of this there are three varieties, one v/ith yellow 

 grain, another with white, and the third has purple 

 grains. This hath been formerly cultivated for bread, 

 in fome of the northern countries. It rifes with a 

 jointed Reed-like ftalk about three feet high, and 

 about the fize of the common Reed,''garnifiied at each 

 'joint with one Grafs-like leaf a foot and a half long,- 

 and about an inch broad at the bafe where broadeft, 



^. ending in acute points •, they are rough to the touch, 

 iCmbracinp; the ftalk at their bafe, and turn downward 



^.;^abQut half their length. 



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The ftalks are termmatcd by 

 CQmpaft fpikes, which are about the tJ^iqknef^^ pf a. 

 man's finger at their bafe, growing taper toward their 

 ...points, and are eight or nine inches long^" clofely fet 

 "'with fmall roundifh grain like'that^of Miiletr" This" 

 r is an annual plant, which periflies foon after the feeds* 



^areripe./ ' ".^^ -'--Mf/^f 'C ' ^^ " ■ "-'..'''^' 

 , The fecond fort'ls frequently^cultivateH in Italy,*" and 



other warhi countries, This rifes "with_ a .Keed-like 



/' ftalk near four feet high, which is much thicker than 



V. that of the former j the leaves are alfo broader, but 



* of the fame fliape." The fpikes'are a* foot tong," a^^ 



'-.. twice the thicknefs of thofe of the former,*^ but not fo. 



,. cdmpaft, being compofed of feveral roundifii.cluftered 



■:\ fpikes ; the erain is alfo larwr, but of the fame form. 



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' ^here is one flower in each chaffs the chaff opens with 



three valves which are ovaU endtJig in acute points. 'The 

 petals open with two oval acute-pointed valves. The 

 flowers have three floor} hair-like ftamina, terminated by 

 cblong furmnitSy and a roundifh germen fupporting two 

 hair-like fiyles^ crovmed by feathered fligmas. The ger- 



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only in the colour or their gram ; this is alicfannual. 

 The third fort grows naturally, in.b^th I^rjdies ; this 

 hath a Reed-like ftalk as large as a man's thumb, 

 rifing upward of five feet high ; the leaves are two 



inches broad, and'more than two feet long," of thd 

 fame form with thofe of the former fort; the fpike^ 

 at the top are a foot and a half long, very compaft, 

 and thicker than a man*s thumb at the bafe, growing 

 taper toward the top. The feeds are much larger 

 than thofe of the otner forts, and are in fome'white 

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