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Kc ftalks, and the empalementsof thcf!owers are vc- 1 *? !ie firfi fort grows tlaturalty in the Spanifli Wefl:'- 



Indies, from whence it was tranfplamed inio mod of 

 the iOands in the Weft-Indies, where it is cultivated 

 in the gardens fqr ornament. It rifcs to the height of 

 eighteen or twenty feet ; the ftalk is covered with a 

 dark green bark, having marks where the leaves are 

 fallen off. The ftalks are fucculent, and abound with 



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 the fmall flies which fettle upon them are faftencd, fo 

 cannot get off again. This plant is too tender to thrive 

 in the open air in England, fo requires to be kept in 

 a moderate ftove, where they will continue flov/ering 

 great part of the year j and thofe flowers which appear 

 early in the fummer, will be fucceeded by ripe feeds 

 in autumn. ' • 



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This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 

 on a good hoc-bed in the fpring, where the plants 

 will come up in about five or fix weeks. When thefe 



.. are fit to remove, they fliould be each planted into a 



feparate fmall pot filled with light loamy earth, and 



. plunged into a hot-bed of tan, obferving to fcreen 



them from the fun till they have taken new root ; 



^ afterward they mull be treated like dthdr plants from 



■ the fame country. In the fummer they Ihould have a 

 large {hare of frefli air admitted to them in warm 



• weather, and require water every other day in mode- 



tation. In winter they fliould be kept in ^ modc- 



- rate temperature of warmth,' and mult be more fpa- 



' ringly watered. With this management the roots will 



■ abide feveral years, and produce plenty of flowers 

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PLUM-TREE.' SeePRUNus. ^■' - 



PLUMERI A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 659. tab. 439. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 263. Red Jafniine j in French, Fran- 



gipanier, / . 



The Characters are, 



•' The flower has d fmall obtufe empdtemnt divided into five 



^ farts '^ it hath dne funnel-Jhaped petals with a long tube 



' enlarging upward, cut into Jive oblong oval fegments at 



the topy which fpread open \ it hath five a%vl'Jhaped 



• fianiina Jitualed in the center 'of the tube, terminated by 

 --'fummits which clofe together, and an oblong bifid germen 



with fear ce any ftyle, crowned by a double acute Jiigma, 

 ^"^'■The germen afterivard becomes a Jong, fwelling, acute- 

 ■: pointed capfule with one cell, filled with winged feeds placed 

 .*• over each other like fcales offifh, faflened at their bqfe to 



• the fides of the capfule. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: fedtion of 



'■ Linnseus's fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants whofe 



- flowers have five ftamina and one fl:yle. 



'■•■" The Species are, _; ' -■ . . 



t. pLUMERtA {Rubra) foliis ovato-oblongis, petiolisbi- 



• glandulofis. Hort. Cliff. ^6, Plumeri a with oblong oval 

 leaves y whofe foot-ftalks have two * glands. Plumeria 



-■ Acre rofco odorariflimo. Tnff."'R. H. 6591- Plumeria 

 with a Rofe-coloured fweet'fcented flower^ commonly called 

 in the IFeJt-Indies Red Jafmine. '. ■''- ■ ■ ' • • ^ ■ ■^- ' • 



2. Plumeria (Fncarnata) foliis ovato-oblongis, ramis 



p'atulis, floribus corymbofis. Plumeria with oblong'cval 



" leaves, fpreading branches, and flowers growing in a_ co- 

 rymbus. Plumeria flore majore odorato & incarnato. 



• Plumeria with dlargerfweet-fcented and incarnate flower, 

 ^^ called in the Weft-Indiis the Japan-tree. . ■ ; ^^ ' 



5. Plumeria (y4/^^) foliis lanceolatis revolutis, pedun- 

 ' culis fuperne tuberofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 410. Plumeria 

 ' with fpcar-floaped leaves which turn backward, whofe 

 ' fcot-ftalks have fwellings on the upper fide. Plumeria 

 '■ flore niveo, foliis longis anguftis & acuminatis. Inft. 

 ■ R. H. Plumeria with a fnowy flower, and long narrow- 

 ' • pointed leaves, 



4, Plumeria (iVi'i;^.7) foliis lanceolatis petiolatisobtufis. 



"Lin. Sp. Plant. 210. Plumeria with fpear-Jhaped obtufe 



'" leaves having foot-ftalks. Plumeria flore niveo, foliis 



bfevioribus & obtufis. Inft. R. H. Plumeria with a 



• ' fnowy flower, and fhorter blunt leaves, i; • 



'5. Plumeria {Africana) foliis lineari-lanceolatis longif- 



• fimis. Plumeria with very long, narrow, fpear-floaped 

 . haves, ' ' 



- The title of this genus v/as given to it by Dr. Tour- 



ncfort, in honour of Father Plurner, who was bota- 



nift to the late King of France, and a long time in 



America fearching after new plants ; and has publifhed 



a catalogue of the plants he difcovered, with feveral 



new genera which he conftituted, in two volumes in 



^ folio, with figures and defcriptions of many of the 

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a mJlky juice, but within they are fomewhat ligneous* 

 Toward the top they put out a few thick fucculent 

 branches, which are garnifhed at their ends with oval 

 oblong leaves of a light green colour, having a laro-c 

 midrib and many tranfverfe veins -, thefe are full of a 

 milky juice. At the ends of the branches come out 

 the flowers in clufters J they are fhaped like thofe of* 

 the Oleander or Rofe Bay, having one petal which is 

 tubulous, and cut into five oval obtufe fegments which 

 fpread open, of a pale red colour, and have an agree- 

 able odour. When the flowers are paft, the germen 

 becomes a long fwelling pod filled with flat winged 

 feeds, lying over each other like the fcales offifh. It 

 ufually flowers here in July and Auguft, but is never 

 ' fucceeded by pods in England. 



- The fecond fort I received from the ifland of St. 



- Chriftopher's by the name of Japan-tree j this fort is 

 . very rare in the Englifli fettlements at prefent, having 

 ' been but lately introduced from the Spanilh Weft- 

 Indies, ■ Tt is in leaf and ftem very like the firft, but 

 the ftalks do tiot rife fo high ; they divide into ftrong 

 fpreading branches, which are filled with a milky 

 juice ; the leaves are of a thicker confiftence than thofe 

 of the firft, and their veins are larger ; the flov/ers of 

 this are of a paler colour, and are produced in much 

 larger clufters. It is very common to have upward 

 of twenty of thefe flowers open in one bunch, and a 

 number to fucceed thefe as they decay, fo that the 

 clufters have continued in beauty upward of two 

 months, during which time they make a moft beau- 

 tiful appearance in the ftove, and have a very agree- 

 able flavour. 



The third fort grows plentifully at Campeachy,from 

 whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds. He 

 alfd obferved fome plants of this kind at Jamaica. 

 This is not near fo beautiful as the two former forts, 

 the flowers being fmaller, and produced in lefs 

 bunches, and are moreover of fliort duration. But 

 for the beauty of their ftems and leaves, and for the 



'fake of variety, they deferve room in every curious 

 colledtion of plants. ' -. -^ V 



/'The fourth fort was difcovered by Dr. Houftoun/ 



• - growing in great plenty near Carthagena in the Spa- 



nifli Weft-Indies, from whence he lent the feeds to 



England.' This fort produce's fmall white flowers, re- 



■ fembiirig thofe of the third, fo is lefs" valuable than 



- the two firft. —^-^^•-^'■-*■■*-^ ■"■':*• .'^-^ 



• The feeds' of the fifth fort were fent me by Mr. 

 Richard, gardener to the King of France at Ver- 

 failles 1 they were brought from Senegal by Monfieur 

 Adanfon, who was fome years in that country in 

 fearch of plants. This hath a ftalk very like the firft 

 fort, but the leaves are nine or ten inches long, and 

 not more than two inches broad ; they are thick, fuc- 

 culent, and full of a milky juice, a httle ruundifli at 

 their bafe, but end in acute points.- The flowers of 

 this fort are faid to be yellow, but as the plants have 

 not yet flowered here, I can give no farther account 

 of them. <'^'' ' ' ■ - -- *■ 



AH thefe plants may be propagated by feeds, which 

 muft be procured from the countries where they natu- 

 rally grow ; they fliould be fown in pots filled with 

 light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 

 bark ; and when the plants ard come up about two 

 inches high, they fliould be tranfplanted intofeparate 

 fmall pots filled with light fandy earth, and plunged 

 into the hot-bed again, obferving to fliade them from 

 the heat of the fun in the middle of the day, until 

 they have taken root ; but they muft not have much 

 water, for as all the forts are very fucculent, being 

 full of a milky juice, fomewhat like the Euphorbiums, 

 moifture will caufe them to rot. In hot weather the 



plants ftiould have a pretty large Ihare of frefh air 



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