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' in acute points ; they are veined and rough, of the 

 fame confiftcnce with Laurel leaves. The Ipikes of 

 flowers come out from the fide of the branch at the 

 joints, oppofite to the leaves •, they are not more than 

 one inch and a half long, about the thicknefs of a 

 fmall quill, and are clofely fee with flowers like the 

 other forts. 



The feventh fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf 

 toun growing naturally at La Vera Cruz. This hath 

 hollov/ pithy ftalks, which rife twelve or four- 

 teen feet high, dividing into many crooked branches 

 having fwelling joints, which are garnifhed with 

 oval fpear-fhaped leaves, about five inches long and 

 three broad, having many veins, and are covered with 



"" a woolly down. The fpikes of flowers come out from 



the fide of the branches oppofite to the leaves ; they 



"are flender,'and about three inches long, turning 



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./ The eighth fort grows naturally in Jamaica •, this hath 

 many hollow ftalks, which rife about five feet high ; 

 the joints' are pretty clofe and protuberant •, thefe di- 



' vide into fmaller branches, which are garnifhed with 



> oval fpear-lhaped leaves, feven inches long and three 



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veins coming out alternately from the midrib, diverg- 



Xncr to the fides, and ioin the borders of the leaf at 



.'the top. The Ipikes of flowers come out from the 



fide of the branches, oppofite to the leaves •, they are 



^ . ' flehder, five inches long, and are incurved ; tjiefc are 



'clofely fet with fmall flowers their whole length. 



|'"^This is called^Spanifli Ejder in'^the Weft "^ '"\ , 



\ The nintK fort was lent me from CartHage'na By the 



" late Dr. William'' Houttoun'; this rifes with feyeral 



" 'ftirubby ftalks fifteen feet high, dividing into' many 



. / flender branches with protuberant joints, which are 



'garnifhed with heart-ftiaped oval leaves, five inches 



* : / -long and three broad,' ending in acute points ; they 



'^^ are fmootb, and at their bafe have five veins, T^ut the 



f; two outer join the borders of the leaves foon ; the 



. '-A* pother three run to the top, the middle one in a right 



/ . , '- line ; the two fide veins diverge, and join together at 



:[ the top ; the leaves are of a dark green on their upper 



^^Ifide, but pale on their unden The fpikes of flowers 



"' .. ^ ''rcome out from the fide of the branches ; they are ex- 



""tremely {lender, an inch and a half long, and are re- 



' ^ flexed at the end like a fcorpion s tail. .,..,- ^ . 



;.^The tenth fort wasfent me by Mr, Robert Millar 



.^\from Panama, near which place it grows naturally. 



^ 1^^ This hath hollow fhrubbyfclks which rife about four 



^ y /;feet hi^h, an3 divide into'many fmall branches, which 



, t;* are garni flied with heart- fhaped leaves, about five 



' inches long, and four broad near theirjiale, ending in 



"]^' long acute points •, thefe have feven veins at their 



• / bafe, but the t\vo'outer foon diverge to the borders of 

 V .••'':.the leaves," and unite with them-, the other five are 



. -'- extended almoft tp^the length of the leaves, diverging 



from the midrib toward the fides, and unite toward 



'.^'^ the' top.' The fpikes come put from th'fe^ fide .of the 



/ branches -, they are flender, and about four inches long, 



' ,V bending In the middle like a bow, andare clofely let 



^^, with fmall herbaceous flowers^\vhich are "fucceeded 



• ' byfrnall bemesV liiclofing a fmall fingle feed.]^^^,^-.";'" '. 

 *. -The eleventh, fort grows naturally /in Jamaica^ this 



"^ rifes with a Ihrubby pithy ftalk about five feeriiighj 

 ^. ■ 'I fending out feveral fide bruncfies which have"p"rdtu- 

 K : .-I. bcrant joints, Vrid are garnifhed with heart-fhaped 



* leaves fix inches long and five broad near their bafe. 



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This hath many fhrubby ftalks which rife about tert 

 feet high, 'and divide iaco feveral crooked brandies 

 toward the top, v/hich have fwelling joints, and are 

 garniflied wrd; oval fpear-fhaped leaves near four 

 inches long, and tv/o and a half broad, terminating 

 in acute points ; rhey are fmooth, of a lucid green^ 

 and have three large veins running longitudinally ; th;: 

 middle or midrib being ftrait, the two outer diverg- 

 ing toward the fides in the middle of the leaf, but are 

 drawn together again at the point. The fpikes come 

 out from the fide of the ftalks oppofite to the leaves -, 

 they are pretty long, flender, and a little incurved. 

 The flowers and feed;; are like the other fpecies. ,- 

 The thirteenth fort grows naturally at Campeachy ; 

 this hath a fhrubby ftalk, wliich nies ten or twelve 

 feet high, dividing toward the top into a great num- 

 ber of fmall branches, which a-re hollow, and have 

 protuberant joints; tliey are garnfflied with Ib^ar- 

 fhaped, oval, rough leaves, about five inches long, 

 and two inches and a half broad ; fbme pf them have 

 long, and others very fhort foot-llalks ; they are of a 

 deep green on their upper fide, but pale on their un- 

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ending in acute points.^ The fpikes cothe out 

 from the fide of the flalks, oppofite to the leaves; 

 " they are long" and Slender, and are clofely fet with 



very fmaU flowers like the other fpecies. 



■'.'The eleven lafl-mentioned forts are^ abiding plants, 



which require a warm ftcve to preferve them in Eng- 



. . land. .They may be propagated by feeds, if they can 



; be procured frefh from the countriec where the plants 



."' grow naturally; thefe fhould be fown upon a good 



hot-bed in the fpring, ^an3 when the plants come up 



; and are fit to tranfplant, they fhould be each put Irito 



* a feparate fmall pot filled with light fr^ft^ earth, and 



' plunged "into "a hot-bed of tanners barkVihadingthem 



every 'day' from'the fun' till they have taken frefh 



. root ; then they mull be. treated in the fame way as 



"other tender exotic pl^^js, admitting frelh^air to them 



daily in proportion to TheVal-mth of the feafon, to 



prevent their drawing up weak ; and when the nights 



are cold, the glaflx^s of the hot-bed fhould be covered 



with' mats to keep them warm. As the ftalks of mpft 



of thefe plants are tender when young, fo they ftiould 



not have much wet, which would rot them; and whent 



water is given to them it muft be with caution, not to 



beat down the plants ; for when that is donej they 







„ feldom rife again, ,. 

 i . In autumn the giants muft be plunged into the fan-bed 

 \ -'of the bark-ftove* and during the winter they muftjpe 



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;.They have five veins which arife from the foot-ftalk, 

 ^; the middle one going in a direct line to the point; the 

 ' two fide veins diver^-e 'fowafd the ed^esof the leaves 

 vjn the middle, but approach a^ain at the top; th 

 Vfur:^aceof the leaves is full ol fmall veins, whic 

 '^; form a fort of net- work. The fpikes come' out from 

 /the fidc^of the branches oppofite to the leaves f they 

 ..are flenderj^and^ about five inches long, a little bend- 

 ing in the mi^Sle, and are clofely fet with very fmall 

 "herbaceous fldwersV '* *■ "- - ■'. 



The .twelfth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, from 

 ;^ whence it was fent me by the late Dn Houlbun. 



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fparingly watered ; they require the fame warmtlTas 



the. Coffee-tree. - In the fummer they require a large 



"fhare of frefh air in hot weather, but they rauft be 



.^conftantly kept in the ftove, for they are too tender to ' 



bear the incleiSencv of our' weather in furnmer.^ ^r 

 P I S C I D I A. Lm. Gen. 856. Pifcipula. Loefi. It.* 27/;, 

 ^^/^' The Characters are, '*' , " ''..^.i'.,. '" 

 .^^he fldwefis of tSe butterfly kindy the empakment is of 

 ■-tone leaf indented in five^ partsX iBi Jtandard is rifing^ 

 ^'' and indented at the end ; the winzs are as lonz as the 

 Jtandard^ the keel is moon-jhaped a?td rifing. It hath ten 

 ftfimina covered with aJJjeath at bottom^ which opens at 

 I the top', thefe are terminated by oblong fupimits :.,the ger- 

 .men is linear and comprelTed, fapportlnz a narrow rifinr 

 flyle crowned by a pointed Jiigma. • This becomes a nar^ 

 '"'rowpod^ having four longitudinal borders with one cell^ and 

 "^'between each ilthmus have one cylindrical feed,-^- '^ • 

 This genus of plants IS ranged in the third ^fedioir- 



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 J[)ecandria,"the .flowers having Yen ftamtna In two^ 

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