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The fecond fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Hbuf- 

 toun at La Vera Cruz \ this rifes with a fnrifbby ftallc 

 three or four feet high, lendingout a few fide branches, 

 which arc garnifhed with oval tr-ifoliate leaves which 

 . are hairy, Handing upon flender fcor-ftalks. The 

 flowers are colletSted in fpikcs at the end of the 

 branches \ they are of a purplifh colour, and arefuc- 

 ceeded by fliort pods, each containing one kidney- 

 fhaped feed. It is propagated by feeds, which mull 

 be fown upon a hot- bed, and the plants afterward 

 treated in the fame way as plants from hot countries \ 

 but as this is an abiding plant, fo they muft be re- 

 nioved into the ftove in autumn, and kept in a mode- 

 rate warmth in winter i and in fummer they muft 

 ... have a large fhare of free air, but fhoqld conftantly 

 rcmciin in the ftove ; the iecond year they v/ill produce 

 flow^ers, and fometimcs their feeds will ripen in Eng- 

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The feeds of the third fort were brought me from 



j Malabar-, this is an annual plant, with trailing ftalks 



. , about eight inches long, garniflied with filvery leaves, 



^.; compofed of three or four pair of narrow lobes, ter- 



■r.'.minaced by an odd one. - The flowers erow in fmall 



clufters at the wings of the leaves ; they are fmall, 



, and of a purple colour; the feed-pods are fliort, and 



\. have one fmall kidney-fliaped feed in each. This^ is 



. . propagated by feeds, in the fame manner as the fecond 



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1 . . The fourth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 ,-, toun at Campeachy, ^yhere it grows naturally. This 

 .', hath flender, flirubby, climbing fl:alks, which twine 

 ^^ about any neighbouring Tupport, and" rife to the 

 • height of fix or feven feep, garniflied with v/inged 

 ^ leaves, compofed of three pair of fmall, oval, obtufe 

 I lobes, terminated by an odd one; '\ ?The flowers come 

 '..out in fmall clufters from the wings of the leaves \ 

 , they are fmall, of a bright blue. colour, and are fuc- 

 .^ceeded by fliort pods, including one kidney-fliaped 



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The fifth fort was difcovered by the fame gentleman, 



'i^. growing naturally at Campeachy. This rifes with a 



.. thrubby ftalk feven or eight feet high, fending out 



rnany long flender branches on every fide, garniflied 



with trifoliate leaves, whofe lobes are fmall and 



\yedge-fliaped. The flowers are produced from the 



. wings of the leaves in clofe fmall heads, ftanding upon 



. pretty long foot-flails .i they are blue, and are fuc- 



' cceded by fliort pods, each containing afingle kid- 



ney-fliaped feed. 



. Thcle two forts are propagated by feeds, "which muft 



-. be fown upon a hot-bed ; ah^.when j;l^e j^lants come 



up, they muft be treated in the fame way as the third 



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■ The fixth fort w^as difcovered by the„ late Dr. Houf- 

 toun at La Vera Cruz; thisjs an annual plant, with 



. a very branching herbaceous ftalk, rifing a foot and 

 -Ta half high, fpreading wide 6n every fide, garniflied 

 ■^ with 'winged leaves, cQmpofed of^^five or fix pair of 



-narrow wedge-fliaped lobes,' terminated by an odd 



one. The flowers are collcfted in clofe oblong fpikes, 



/ lerminating the branches; they are fmall, and of a 



V bright blue colour, and are fucceeded by fliort pods, 

 ;. each containing a fingle kidney-fliaped feed. This is 

 .; propagated by feeds, and requires the fame treatment 

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ybars ; it i-ifes about two feet high, fending out cv.'c! 

 or three flender branches, garniflied with trifoUite 

 leaves, whofe lobes are oval, about two inches long, - 

 and one inch and a quarter broad, ftanding upon long 

 foot-ftalks; thcfe, if handled, emit a ftrongfccnt of 

 birumen. The flowers are colleftcd in heads, and 

 have foot-ftalks feven or eight inches long ; they are 

 blue, and are fucceeded by fliort pods concainincr one 



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The ninth fort grows naturally in Sicily, and alfo in 

 Jam.aica, from borh which countries I have received 

 the feeds. This has been fuppofed to be the fame with 

 the former, but I have many years propagated both 

 by feeds, and have never found eidicr of them vary. 



. The leaves of this are much longer and narrower 

 than thofe of the former fort, and are rounded at 



. their bafe ; the ftalks are flirubby, and are of longer 

 duration ; the heads of the flowers are fnialler, and 



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/Ihe feventh fort erows jiaturally at La Vera Cruz, 

 from whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds. 



- This hath an upright flirubby 'ftalk, "vvhich rifes five 

 or fix feet high, having a few, fide branches, which 

 are clofely garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of 

 three or four pair of fmall, roundifli, hairy lobes, ter- 

 minaled by an odd one. The flowers are collected 

 in fmall heads, coming out from the wings of the 

 leaves, and at the end of the branches; they are yel- 

 low and red intermixed, and are fucceeded by fliort 

 pods, containing one kiuney-fiiaped feed. This fort 



.requires the fame.tr^eafment as the third.. 

 The eicrhth fort £rov;s naturally in the fouth of France 



, and Italy ; the root of this is pereimial, but the ftalk 



is not of long duration, fcldbm laftirig more than two 



. the leaves have not fo ftrong an odour. Thefe are 



propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown on a bed 



of light earth in April, and in May the plants will 



. come up, when they fhould be kept clean from weeds, 



j,;andas foon as they are fit to remove they fliould be 

 tranfplanted. Thofe of the eighth fort will live thro* 



.„the winter in the open air, if they are planted in a 

 warm dry border ; but the ninth fort requires fome 



„ flielcer in winter, fo thefe fliould be planted in pots, 

 and put into a common frame in winter, where they 



; ,may be fcreened from hard froft. Thefe plants flower . 

 from June to autumn, and perfeft their feeds annu- 



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The tenth fort grows naturally in India ; this is an an- 

 nual plant; the ftalks rife two ^ feet high, and are 

 garniflied at each joint by one oval leaf about two 



/ inches long, 'and one inch and a half broad, having 

 one ftrong midrib, from which come out fevcral vdns, 

 which run toward the top of the leaf.-r- The flowers 

 ftand upon long flender foot-ftalks, v;hich come out 

 at the wings of the leaves ; they are colleded into 

 fmall round heads, and are of a pale flefli colour. ' Ic 

 flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This 

 is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown upon a 

 hot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are fit to 

 remove, they fnould be planted into feparate fmall pots 

 filled with light earth, and plunged into a moderate 



- hot-bed of tanners bark, fliading them from the fun 

 till they have taken new root, after whicl^they muft 



i have free air admitted to them in warm weather, and 

 -gently w'ateredas often as they require it.^^^hen the 



-..plants have „fijled the pots with their roots, jhey 

 .fliould be removed into larger, and^ the beginning 



-cof July they may bel'emoved into an airy glafs-cafe, 

 where they may be defended from cold, but fliould 



^ J have free air in warm weather; with this care the 



- plants >vill flowerand ripen their feeds. 

 PSYLLIUM.- See Plantago. 

 PTRAMICA. See Achillea. 

 PTELEA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 141. Shrub Trefoil. 



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, The empalement of the fio-ser is fmall, and cut into four_ 

 acute fegments. The flower has four oval fpear-JJjaped 

 petals, which fpread open fiat ; it hath four awl-Jhaped 



fiar/iina terminated by roundifli fummits, and an orbicular 

 compreffed ger'men, fuppo'rting a fhort ftyle, crcwned by 



: two^ obtufe ftigmas, , The germen afterward becomes ^ a 



,_roundif J membranaceous capfule with two cells, each con- 

 taining one ohlufefeed. - --•■._-, / _ . .-._.. t.^--- 

 This genus of plants is ranged in theiirft fe6tion of 

 Linna^us's fourth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have four ftamina and one ftyle. — 

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I Ptelea {Trifcliata) foliis ternatis. Lin. Sp. Plant* 

 118: Ptelea with trifoliate leaves. ■- Frutex Virginianus 

 trifolius, ulmi famaris. Pluk. Aim. 159. Virginia 

 Trefoil Shrub, with feeds like Elm, commonly called Caro- " 

 Una Shrub Trefoil, . ' . . 



2, Ptelea {Vifcofa) foliis fimplicibus,' Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 'ti8. Pieleawithfngle leaves. Carpinus vifcofa, fali-- 

 cis folio mtegro cblongo. Burm. Zeyl. 55. tab. 2j-' 



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