A 



;'; ::> '^ch is fowetimes cnc^ arjat otldr: i:rCy ahn-jl g^c 



IvJi-r feeds, 



^\\\\ 'rhLis of plants Hiould be ranprctl in the nril 

 Itctic.riot' Linna^su's eiglnh clals, whioli iiKhido tliole 

 ])Iant3 wiiofc flowers have eight flaniiiia and one 

 itylc \ bitt he has joined this to the Horlr Cliclhiur, 

 under the tide Efculus, and places it in his fcveiuli 

 cl-i!s •, bi!t as the flowers of tliis have eight ftamina, 

 and t!h>lc of t!ie Horfc Chellnut but leven ; and the 



- capfule oi" this is Imooth, and that of the Ilorfe Chell- 

 nut prickly, fo they may be very well leparated. 

 'There is but one Species of this genus, viz. 



Pavia (0^?j;;ur/^.)Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 260. Tbe fear- 

 Ic: Hcrfe Cbfjhm:. Dr. Linnaeus titles it, Efculus flo- 

 ribuN ojlandris, Sp. Plant. 344. Efculus "jjith foivcrs 

 having eight fiamina. 



I'his i~)hnt Grows naturally in Carolina and the Bra- 

 7.ils-, from the firll the ieeds were brought to Eng- 

 land, where the plants ha\e been of late years much 

 ctiltivated in the gardens. In Carolina it is but of 

 humble growth, feldom rifmg more than eight or ten 

 feet high ; the ilalk is pretty thick and woody, fend- 

 ing out feveral branches, which fpread out on every 

 fide, v/hich are garnifhed with hand-fliaped leaves, 

 compofed of five or fix fpear-lhaped lobes, which unite 

 at their bafe where they join the foot-ftalk ; they are 

 of a light green, having a rough fijrface, and are faw- 

 ed on their edges -, thefe have long foot-ftalks, and 

 ftand oppofite on the branches. The flowers are 

 produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches, 

 {landing upon long naked foot-ftalks, which fuftain 

 five or fix tubulous flowers fpread open at the top, 

 where the petals are irregular in fize and length, hav- 

 ing an appearance of a lip flower ; they are of a 

 bright red colour, and have eight ftamina the length 

 of the petals. When the flowers fade, the germen 

 fwells to a Pear-fliaped fruit, with a thick ruffet co- 

 ver having three cells, one of which, 'and fometiriies 



; two, are pregnant with globular feeds. - It flowers in 

 July, and the feeds fometimes ripe;i fiere in autumn. 

 It may be propagated by fowing tKe feeds in the 



:- fpring, upon a moderate hot-bed covered with light 

 ifandy earth; and when the plants come up, they 

 fhduld be carefully cleared from weeds, but they muft 

 not be tranfplanted until the year following. But as 

 thefe feedling plants are tender while they are young, 

 fo they fliould be covered with mats the following 



■ winter ; and this fliould be carefully performed in 

 autumn, when the early frofl:s begin ; for as the tops 

 of thefe young plants are very tender, fo a fmall frofl: 



• ^ Vv^ill pinch them ; and when the tops are killed, they 



t generally decay to the ground ; and when this hap- 



< w.-'- -t' 



h pens, they feldom make good plants after. There- 

 ■^ fore this fhould be confl:antly obferved for two or three 

 \^ years at leaft, by which time the plants will have got- 

 «: ten ftrength" enough to refift the frbfl:, wlien they 



; Ihould be removed juit before tKey begin to Hiobt, and 

 * placed either in a nurfery to be trained up, "orother- 



; wife where they are to remain V obfcrving, if the feafon 

 :^ groves dry, to water them until they have taken root, 

 i^ as aUb to lay fome mulch upon the Turface of the 



■ grouncf, to prevent the^fun and wiiid from drying it 



'too faft; and as the^ plants advance, the lateral 

 u branches Ihould be prUned off, in '^btder to reduce 

 f them t6 regular fl:ems. 



^2 You muft alio obferve to dig the ground about their 



-, roots every fpring, that it rnay be loofe, to admit the 



■'fiBres of t;he roots, which, while young, are too ten- 



J der'to penetrate the ground if it be very hard. ' ' 



■':'■ With this management the plants will greatly ad- 



■ vance, and in four or five years will produce flowers 

 *^;and often fruits, which in warm feafons ripen 

 ' eijough to grow, fo that the plants may be multiplied 

 V therefrcm very faft. 



This tree may alfo be propagated by budding^ or 



grafting it upon the common Horfc Chefl:nut, which 



^ ^is the common method praftifed by the nurferymen -, 



'■ but the trees.,thus faifed, feldom rriakc a good ap- 



■ pearance long, ^for the common Horfc Cheftnut will 

 . be more than tw'ce the . fize of the other, and fre- 



qi:cntly put out fl^.oots b.^low tht^ frrafr, and fomci'-^', 

 the grates are blown cu: of rhc ilo.ks, utter ten vi\... 

 growth ; but thelc ftock> rcr.dcr the trees lurdv" a^'S 

 of a kirpcr fj^rowrh. •*' ^' 



o\. 



PAULLINIA. Lin. Gen. ]>ianc. j,xG, Sc-im 

 Plum. Nov. Gui. ^>4. tab. >5. Cururu.'plun). x/*" 

 . Gen. ^4. tab. 35. 



The CHARACTi.Rs are, 

 I'hfo-urr bus a fprcaJing pcrnw::^i! ajprJatn^ r^^^ 

 pofed cf four filial! oval leaves. It bath fmr clk^v^ c-'r} 

 petals tu;ice tbe f.ze of tbe cmpakment, aid eiglfl f.]'. 

 JlarAJna,, terminated Iry fmali fumwits^ -^v.h atmluun-^ 

 germen, badng three ohiufe corners, fupport:::<x "i;.y^ 

 JJ:ort Jlender ftxles, crowned by fpreading Jtigma^s, Tl. 

 germen after-ward turns to a large three-cornered mt^f-J. 



I. 



with three cells, each containing one almoft oval feed fht 

 capfule of Plumier's Serjana has the feeds faftencd lo tie 

 bafe, and that cfCururu has the feed's groivinT to the top 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the third"* feclion 5 

 Linna^us's eighth clafs, which incKides thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have eight ftamina and three ftvlcs. 

 The Species are, 



Paullinia (Serjana) foliis ternatis, pc:lolis tcrctiuf- 

 culis, foliolis ovato-oblongis. Lin. Sp. Plant. -^6-. 

 Three-Icaved Paullinia with taper foot-ftalks, and oMck't 

 oval lobes to the leaves, Seijana fcandcns, triphylll 

 & raccmofa. Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. Climbing hra)icbirg 

 Serjana with three leaves, 



2. Paullinia (Mexicana) foliis bitcrnatls, pctiolis mar- 

 ginatis, foliis ovatis integris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 366. 

 Paullinia with nine lohes in each leaf bordered foct-flalks^ 

 having oval entire lobes. . Serjana fcandens cnncaphylla 

 & racemofa. Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. Climbing hranchinz 

 Serjana with nine leaves, 



3. Paullinia {Cururu) foliis ternatis, foliolis cuncifor- 

 ■ mibus, obtufis fubdentatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. '^6^, Three- 



leaved Paullinia with trifoliate leaves having wedgc-Jl^apd 

 lobes,, which are obt life and fomewhai indented. - Cururu 

 fcandens triphylla. Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. Climbing 

 ..tbrce-leaved Cururu.. ■-.-.' * 



4. Paullinia {Curaffavica) foliis biternatis, foliolis ova- 

 tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 366. Paullina with double trifoliate 

 leaves, having oval Jinuated lobes. Cururu fcandens 

 enneaphylla, fruftu racemofo rubro. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. 34. Climbing nine-leaved Cururu, with a red branch- 

 ing fruit, 



5. Paullinia {Pinnata) foliis pinnatis, foliolis incifis, 

 petiolis marginatis. Hort. Cliff. 52. Paullinia 'u:itb 

 winged leaves whofe lobes are cut, and bordered foot- 

 ftalks. Cururu fcandens pentaphylla. Plum. Nov. 



■bing fi 



ofc 



liolis ovatis incifis, petiolis marginatis. Paullinia ivitb 



winged 



ife 

 rdered foot-flalks 



1 



• taphylla & villofa, fruftu racemofo rubro. Houft. 

 MSS. ^Climbing Cururu with five leaves which are baiiy, 

 ' and a red fruit growing in long bunches. - 

 "Thefe plants all grow naturally in the Weft-Indies, 

 ■where there are feveral other fpecies which are noc 

 - iiere enumerated. * They have climbing ftalks with 

 '^tendrils at each joint/by which they faRen thenifclvcs 



\ to the neighbouring trees, and rife to the height of 

 thirty or forty feet," garniflicd" at each joint with one 



■ leaf, which in fome fpecies is compofed of three lobes 

 like Trefoil, in others of five lobes ; fome have nine, 

 and others have many lobes. Thefe are in fome fpecies 

 entire, in others they are indented at the point, and 

 fome are cut on their edges ; in fome fpecies rncir 

 furface is fmooth, in ' others they iire woolly. The 

 flowers come out in long bunches like thofe of Cur- 

 rants ; they are fmall and white, fo make no figure \ 

 thefe are fucceeded by three-cornered capfules having 

 three cells, which in the Cururu of Plumier, contain 

 roundiOi feeds ; but thofe of the* Serjana have winged 

 feeds like thofe of the Maple reverfed, being faftcned 

 at the extremity of the wing to the capfule, tiie K'^^ 

 ■ hanging downv;ard. . ' 



As thefe plants are fo tender as not to live througli the 

 winter in Knab.nd, unlcfs they are placed in a vvann 



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