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or twelve feet \ they are garniflied with leaves which 

 are cut into two lobes at their bafe, but at the top 

 are only a little hollowed at a diftance from each 

 point, rifing again in the middle oppofite the foot- 

 flalk. The bafe of the two lobes Ipread and meet, 

 fo that they appear as if they embraced the ftalk \ 

 but when they are viewed near, they are found di- 



. vided to the (hort crooked foot-ftalk, which does 

 fcarcely appear. There are two purplifh veins arifing 

 from the foot-ftalk, which extend each way to the 

 points of the lobes. The leaves are of a lucid 

 green on their upper furface, but pale on their un- 

 der ; the tendrils, which come out with the leaves, 



. are very long, tough, and of a purple colour. The 

 flowers are produced toward the end of the branches, 

 coming out by pairs on each fide the branches ; thefe 

 have purple foot-ftalks an inch and a half long, fuf- 

 taining one flower at the top, whole empalement is 

 compofed of five purple leaves, which form a kind of 



. tube, and within are five very narrow purple petals. 



- The column in the center of the flower is of the fame 

 length as the petals, but the" (lamina are extended an 

 inch above. When the flowers fade, the gerrrien fwells 

 to an oval purple fruit, the fize of the fmall red 



. Goofeberry, inclofing a foft pulp, in which are 



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The fifteenth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 

 where the inhabitants call itGranadilla ; the fruit of this 

 . fort is commonly eaten there, being ferved up to their 

 .: table in deferts. " This hath a thick, climbing, her- 

 r. baceous, .triangular ftalk, fending out flender tendrils 

 at each joint, which faften to the buflies and hedges 

 , for fupport, rifing to the height of fifteen^of twenty 

 -feet, garnifhed at each joint "with one large, oval, 

 i. heart-lhaped leaf, fix inches long, and four broad in 

 % the middle, indented at the bafe, where the fhort 

 J foot-ftalk is fafteried to the branches, round at the 

 top', having an acute point. There are two large fti- 

 Vpute or ears joined to the ftalks, which encompafs the 

 , foot-ftalks of the flowers and leaves, as alfo the bafe 

 of the tendril. The leaves' are of a lively" green and 

 ' ^.thin texture, having one ftrong nerve or midrib run- 

 [ ning longitudinally, from which arife feveral fmall 

 r.veins, which diverge to the fides, and. incurve again 

 toward the top. The flowers ftand upon pretty long 

 ;: foot-ftalks, which have two fmall glandules in the 

 Imiddle •, the cover of the flower is compofed of three 

 foft velvety leaves, of a pale red, with forfie ftripes of 

 i% lively red colour j the petals of the flower arc 

 ^, white, and the rays are blue.;:: Thefe flowers^ are 

 ,: 'large, fo make a fine appearance during their conti- 

 nuance •' but they are like the other fpecies," of fliort 

 r;i duration, but there is a fuccefllon of flowers for fome 

 ' time on the fame plants. After the flowers are paft, 

 1^ the germen fwells to a roundifli fruit, the fize of a'large 

 r*: Apple, of a yellow colour whefi ripe, having a thicker 

 ^1. rind than any of the other forts, inclofing a fweetifti 

 pulp, in which are lodo:ed many oblong flat feeds, of 

 r^ a biownifla colour, a little rough to the touch. ^'?^^> 



The fixteenth Ibrt gr6#s naturally in the iflands of the 

 :.>^ Weft-Indies'; this hath climbing rough ftalks, which 

 ;, put out clafpers at every joint like the others, which 

 w-riaften to the neighbouring trees and hedges for fup- 

 port, ahd rife upward of twenty feet high, fending 

 :^ out many fide branches. :n^he leaves are four or five 

 :rinches long, and two broad, of a pretty thick confif- 

 i.: tencKahd of a bright green on their upper fide, but 

 vrpale on dieir under.- The ilower^ come out at the 

 ^-ijoints of the ftalks, upon foot-ftalks an inch and a 

 A^. half long ; the buds of tlie flowers are as large as pi- 

 geons eggs before they begin to expand.' The cover 

 • :*-of the flower is compofed of three large, oval, green 

 ■leaves, which are indented on their eds-es, and hoi- 

 . lowed like a fpoon; within thefe is the empalement 

 ' ;of the flowerV which is compofed of five oblong leaves, 

 : of a pale green on .their outfide, but whitifli within ; 

 ; thefe are about an inch and a half long, and half an 

 inch broad. The petals of the flower are white, and 

 r ftand alternately with thofe of the empalement^ but 

 •-are not more than half their breadth, and are marked 



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with feveral fmall, brownifli, red fpots. The r;rv^ 

 of the flower are of a Violet colour ; the column m 

 the center is ycllowifli, as is alfo the round germen 

 at the top, but tlie three ftyles are of a purpl 

 lour. Thefe flowers have an agreeable c5dour, and 

 .when they fade, the germen fwells to the fize of a 

 pullet's egg, and nearly of the fame fliape, which 

 turns yellow when ripe. The rind is fofc and thick; 

 . the pulp has an agreeable acid flavour, which quenches 

 thirll, abates the heat of the ftomach, gives an ap- 

 petite, and recruits the fpirits, fo is commonly given 

 in fevers. The feeds are heart-ftiaped and brownifli. ^ 

 The feventeenth fort grows naturally in the Bahama 

 Iflands, from whence the late Mr. Catelby fent the 

 feeds to England ; this hath flender, climbing, three- 

 cornered ftalks, which fend out tendrils at each 



joint, faftening them.felves to any neighbouring fup- 

 port 



fourteen feet, and are garniflied with oblong oval 



leaves about two inches long, and one broad, of a 



light green, and entire. Their foot-ftalks are flender, 



and an inch long, from which arife three longitudinal 



, veins, one running through the middle of the leaf, 



..the other two diverge to the fides; drawing toward 



^each other again at the point.^ The flowers come out 



from the wings of the ftalk, upon flender foot-ftalks 



iVin inch long ; the empalcrhent of the flower is com- 



pofedof five^pblpno;; 



The ftalks climb to the height of twelve or 



narrow, purplifti leaves, and 

 . I within arc five narrower petals of the fame colour, 

 .^ which turn backward after they have been fome time 



■ expanded. , The column in the middle of the flower 

 >i is very long and flender, fupporting a round germen, 



■ from whofe bafe fpread out five flender ftamina, ter- 

 ."rninated by oblong' hanging 'fiimmits, and from the 



'"top of. the gerrnen,arift^ three flender ftyles, which 



fpread afunder, and are crowned by roundifli fummits. 



When the flowers fade, the germen fwells to an oval 



. fruit about the fize of fparrow*s egg, which changes 



to a purple colour when ripe, filled,\yith oblong feeds 



inclofed in a foft pulp, • . ^ •- , * / ' '. >--;/ 



; The nineteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 



...Houftoun.at La Vera Cruz in New Spain, where it 



^ grows naturally, from whence he fent the feeds in 



" 1731 to England, which fucceeded in feveral gar- 



/dens. This hath flender climbing ftalks, fending out 



'.jBany fmall branches, which climb to the height of 



,■ twenty-five' or thirty feet, when they meet with 



f J neighbouring fiipport, to which they faften themfelves 



:^.£.by tendrils.^. ^Thc ftalks by age become ligneous to- 



_^;ward the bottom; their joints are not far afunder. 



,v The leaves ftand upoo ftiort flender foot-ftalks ; they 



rjafe three inches and a half long, and two broad in the 



- . middle, rounded at their bafe, but terminate in a 



- 'point at the top ; they are fmooth, entire, and of a 

 " lively green 'colour. The flowers come oijt from the 

 -> wings of the leaves, ftanding uponjong" foot-ftalks ; 



the empalement of the flower is compofed of five ob- 

 .: long leaves, green on their outfide, but whitifli withia. 

 The flower has five 'oblong white petals, fituated 



> alternately to the leaves of the empalement, which 



..- fpread open ; the rays are of a bluifh purple ^ colour, 



- inclinins; at bottom to red ; the column In the 



^■"center is flibrt and thick;" the germen on the top is 



oval, and, after the flowers fade, fwells to the fize 

 '^ of a pullet's egg, and changes to a pale yellow when 

 ■ ripe, having many oblong feeds inclofed in a foft 



pulp." The flowers of this kind have an agreeable 

 :<; odour, but are of ftiort duration, feldom continuing 



hours ooen ; but there is a fuccefllon of 



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 ffowers on the plants from June to September, and 

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The twentieth fort has much the appearance of the 

 fifteenth, both in ftalk and leaves ; but the ftalks of 



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this have four angles, whereas thbfe of the fifteenth 

 have but three : the leaves alfo of that are not hollow- 

 ed at their bafe, but thofe of twentieth fort are almoft 

 heart-fliaped ; the flower ot it is much larger, though 

 very like It in colour, and the fruit is near twice as 

 lar^e, and: of a very agreeable flavour. ' - ■ v'^ ■ 



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