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flcnder (lalks, which rife eight or ten feet high, g:ir- 

 niHicd with fmooth green leaves (landing upon flendcr 

 foot-ftalks. Thefe are but (lightly indented into three 

 lobes, which end in acute points, and arc fliaped like 

 the points of halberts, the middle one ftanding ob- 

 liquely to the foot-ftalk. The flowers come out from 

 the wings of the leaves on very fhort foot-ftalks ; they 

 are of a pale yellow. The petals of the flowers are 

 very narrow, and longer than thofe of the two former 

 forts v the fruit is fmaller and of an oval form, chang- 

 ing to a dark purple when ripe. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands 

 in the Weft-Indies, where the inhabitants of the Bri- 

 tilh iilands call it Love in a Mift. The root of this 

 is annual ; the ftalks nfe five or fix feet high when 

 they arc fupported ; they are channelled and hairy. 

 The leaves areheart-fhaped, divided into three lobes, 

 the middle lobe being three inches long, and one and 

 a half broad ^ the two fide lobes are ftiort but broad ; 

 they are covered with fliort brown hairs. The tendrils 

 come out at the fame place as the leaves, as do alfo 

 the flowers, whofe foot-ftalks arc two inches long, 

 hairy, and pretty ftrong. The empalement of the 

 flower is compofed of flendcr hairy filaments, which 

 are wrought like a net ^ thefe are longer than the pe- 

 tals of the flower, and turn up round them, fo that 

 the flowers are not very confpicuous at a diftance. 

 Thefe are white, and of fiiort duration ; their ftruc- 

 ture is the fame with the other forts, and they are 

 fucceeded by roundilh oval fruit about the fize of an 

 ordinary Golden Pippin, of a yellowifh green colour, 

 inclofed with a netted empalement. This plant 

 ropagated by feeds, which fliould be fown upon a 

 ot-bcd early in the fpring, and when the plants are 

 fit to remove, they ftiould be each tranfplanted into 

 a fmall pot filled with light kitchen-garden earth, and 

 plunged again into a hot-bed, obferving to fhade 

 them from the fun till they have taken tie w Vo6t ; 

 after which time they muft be treated in the farne way 

 as other plants from the fame country, fhifting them 

 into larger pots as their roots increafc y and when 

 the plants are too tall to remain under the glafl!es of 

 the hot-bed, they Ihould be removed into an airy 

 glafs-cafe, where they fhould have the free air admit- 



of the fccond fort, but are of the fame form. 



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roundi(h, and yellow when ripe. 

 The tenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds to En? 

 land ; this is a perennial plant. The ftalks are flen" 

 dcr, and nfe to twenty feet high when they are fun" 

 ported, and divide into many weak branches ■ the" 

 leaves, flowers, and tendrils come out at each ioinr 

 The leaves are four inches long; and three b^oad' 

 rounded at their bafe in form of a heart, but end ' 

 their points with two horns, which in fome leaves a-e 

 more acute than in others, feveral of them appearing 

 as if they were cut a little hollow at the top, like the 

 leaves of the Tulip-tree. They have three bnmtu 

 dinal veins, which join at the bafe of the leaf to the 

 foot-ftalk, but the two outer diverge toward the bor 

 ders of the leaf in the middle, drawing inward again 

 at the top. The leaves are of a deep green on their 

 upper fide, but are pale on their under, and ftand 

 upon fhort foot-ftalks ; the foot-ftalks of the flowers 

 are very ftender, of a purplifh colour, about an inch 

 and a half long. The flowers are Ihaped like thofe 

 of the other fpecies, but when expanded are not mor« 

 than an inch and a half diameter, of a foft red colour 

 and little fcent. _ The fruit is fmall, oval, and when 

 ripe, changes to a purple colour. 

 The eleventh fort was difcovered by the late Mr 

 Robert Millar, growing naturally near Carthacrena in 

 New Spam. This hath flender ftriated ftalks of a 

 brownifh red colour, dividing into many (lender 

 branches, which are garnifhed with leaves fhaped like 

 the wings of a, bat when extended ; they are about 

 feven inches in length, meafuring from the two ex- 

 •' ten^edpioints, which may rather be termed the breadth, 

 ' • for from the bafe to the top they are not more than 

 '- two irtches Sndi half. The foot-ftalk is fet half an" 

 inch from the bafe of the leaf, from which come out 

 three ribs or veins ; two of them extend each way to 

 the two narrow points of the leaf, the other rifes up- 

 right to the top, where is the greateft length of the 

 leaf, if it may be fo termed. The figure of this leaf 

 is the moft Angular of any I have yet feen. The 



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ted to them in warm weather, but fcreened from the | flowers come out at the joints of the ftalk like t1ic 



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and their feeds will ripen in the autumn. The whole It three inches diameter when expanded. The petals 



^] „ " ' " ' " ' ^"^ ^^y^ are white ; the rays are twifted and flender, 



There is a variety of this, if it is not a difl:ini5t foecies, j extending beyond the petals. The fruit of this I have 



with hairy leaves not fo broad as thofe of the former, i not feen entire. 



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plant has a difagreeable fcent when touched. 



The whole leaf is ftiaped more like the point of a hal- 

 bert, and thofe leaves which grow toward the upper 



• part of the ftalks, have very fmall indentures, fo ap- 

 proach near to fimple leaves withovit lobes. The 



-' flowers are alfo fmaller, but of the fame form, and 

 therootsareof a fliorter duration, fo that I ahi inclined 



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

 toun, growing naturally at La Vera Cruz in New 

 Spain. This hath flendcr angular ftalks which rife 

 twenty feet high, fending out many branches, which 

 aregarniflied with moon-Ih'aped leaves, and have two 

 blunt lobes, fpreading afunder each way, fb as to have 

 the appearance of a half moon. The flowers and ten- 

 drils come out from the fame joints oftHe ftalks. 



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. long, iis are, alfo the foot-ftalks of the flowers^ which 

 ;are fmooth, not hairy as^the former i the empalement 



of the flowers is netted, but not fo lonpr as in the 

 i former fort ; the flowers are larger, and the rays are of 

 "'a^ light blue colour ; the fruit is much lefs and rovmd- 



erthafi thofe of the other, and when ripe changes to 



" a defep yellow colour* , '' 



The ninth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houftoun 

 ■growing naturally at La Vera Cruz -, this a perennial 

 plant. V The ftalks rife twenty feet high, dividing into 

 ifiany flender branches, which are covered with a foft 

 hairy down^ The leaves are fliaped like the point of 

 a halbcrt;'t]iey are three inches long, and one ihch 

 and a half at their bafe, of a light green, foft and 

 filky to the toi}ch,,ftai?ding obliquely to the foot-ftalks. 

 The flowers come out at the wings of the leaves like 

 the other fpccics i thetc are not h^ffo. large as thofe 



fo that many perlbns have luppofed it wa§^ only an ac- The flowers are of a pale Qolour and fmall, but fliaped 

 ,cidental variety of it, but there can be no doubt Qf ^*^ ' '^ '^ ' 

 ^ its being a different fpecies.' '';The ftalks of this rife 

 : upward of twenty feet hi^h, arictwill 

 \br three years V the leaves are larger, Bufof the fame 



fhape,"and hairy^'the'tendrils oF'this fort are very 



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like thofe of the other forts ; thefe are fucceeded by 

 oval fruit of a purple colour, about the flzc of 

 fmall oval urapes. 



The thirteenth fort has fome refemblancc of the 

 twelfth, but the ft'alUs are rounder and become lig- 

 neous." The leaved are almoft as ftiff 'as thofe of the 



'■■ Bay -tree, and are not fo deeply divided as thofe of the 

 former. The flowers ftand upon long foot-ftalks, 

 which are horizontal i they are fmall, white, and 

 fliaped like thofe of the other fort. The fruit is oval, 

 fmall, and of a purple colour, fitting clofe to the pe- 

 tals of the flowers, which are permanent. This was 

 difcovered by the lateDr.Houftbun growing naturally 

 at Carthagena in New Spain. 

 The fo.urteenth fort grows naturally in moft of the 

 iflands in the Weft-Indies ; this is by Tourncfort fe- 

 parated from this genus, and titled by him Murucuia, 

 which is the Brafilian name for this, and fome of the 

 other fpecies. This hath flender climbing ftalks, 

 which are channelled, putting out tendrils at the 

 joints, which faften themfelves about the neighbour- 



_ ing plants for fupportj^ and climb to the height of ten 



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