I. 



The germen becomes a globular bcn-y with three cells y in- 

 clofmg one globular feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedlion 

 of Linna^us's twcnty-fecond clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants which have male and female flowers on diffe- 

 rent plants. 



The Species are, 

 ScHiNUS {Molle) foliis pinnatis, 

 imparl longifTimo, petiolo a^quali. Lin. Sp. Plant. 338. 

 Schinus 'voith whiged leaves ivhofe lobes are fazved^ the 

 end'one being I'c^j long^ and the foot-ftalks equal. Len- 

 tifcus Peruviana. C. B. P. ^^go. Peruvian Majlick- 



foliolis ferratis. 



'u. 



2. 



he Arbor Molle, 

 foliolis integer- 



ScHiNus (Areira) foliis pinnatis, 



rimis squalibus, petiolo £cquali. Lin. Sp. Plant. 146 



ih winged leaves^ whofe lobes 

 nd the lobes entire, Molle fo- 



Mafiick 



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and foct-Jhalks are equals and the lobes entire, 



liis non ferratis. leuiil. Peru v. 3. p. 43. Molle with 



unfawcd leaves. 



Both thefe forts grow naturally in Peru and Mexico, 

 from which countries I have received the feeds. The 

 firft fort rifes with a woody ftem eight or ten feet high, 

 dividing into many branches, covered with a brown 

 rough bark ; the leaves are placed alternate on the 

 branches ; they are compofed of feveralpair of lobes, 

 from ten to fifteen, and are terminated by one lobe 

 which is longer than the others ; the lobes are about 

 an inch and a half long, and a quarter of an inch 

 broad at' their bafe, leflening gradually to the point, 

 and have a few faws on their edges ; they are of a 

 lucid green, and emit a turpentine odour when 

 bruifed. The flowers are produced in loofe bunches 

 at the end of the branches ; they are very fmall, white, 

 and have no odour, compofed of five fmall petals 

 which fpread open \ thefe have fmall empalements 

 of one leaf, indented in five parts at the brim. They 



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be procured from the cotifttries \vhere they naturally 



thefe fholild be foWn in pots filled with frefh 



If the 



grow 



earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed. 

 feeds are good, the plants will appear in about five or 

 fix weeks *, and if they are properly managed by ad- 



frefh air daily* to them, according to the 



to m.akc dry, becaufc this plant grows in dry places • 

 or as others will have it, of (t/.-Ja;.^, I am nioIelTai • 

 becaufc the bulb of tliis plant, by its acrimoiiy, ini! 

 tates the parts to which it is applied.] Squills. 



Tlie Characters are, 

 ne Jlower has no enipakmcnt ; it has fix oval petals 

 vhi.h fpread open like aftar^ and fix awl-ffjaped Jlanma 

 not ynore than half the length of the petals^ ternnnatedby 

 oblong proflrate fuminits. It has a rcundifJo gcrnien fv'p- 

 porting a fingle flyle^ crowned by a f ingle fligrna. The 

 germen afterward becomes a fniooth oval capfule with 

 three furrows^ divided into three cells ^ which are filed with 

 roundijh feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: fc6lion of 

 Linnaeus's fixth clafs, v.hich includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have fix (lamina and one ftyle. To this 

 genus he added the Lilio-Hyacinthus, and feveralof 

 Tournefort's fpecies of Ornithogalums. 

 The Species are, 



r. SciLLA [Maritima) nudiflora brafleis refraflis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 442. Squill with naked flower Sy whofe braFIea 

 are broken. Scilla vulgaris, radice rubra. C. B. P. ^o. 

 Common Squill with a red root. 



2. SciLLA {Lilio-Hyaci?ithus) radice fquamata. Hort. 

 Cliff. 123. Squill vjith a fcaly root. Lilio-Hyacinthus 

 vulgaris, fiore ca^ruleo. Tourn. Inft. 372. Common 

 Lily Hyacinth with a blue flower, 



3. Scilla {Italica) corymbo conferto hemifpherico. Lin, 

 ' Sp. Plant. 442. Squill with an hemifpherical corymhus 



of flowers, Ornitl;ogalum fpicatum cseruleum. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 380 Blue f piked Star fliGwcr, 



4. Scilla {Peruviana) corymbo conferto conico. Lin. 



Sp. Plant. 309. Squill with a conical corymbus of ftczvers, 

 Ornithcgalum cxruleum Luhtanicum, latifoiium, 

 Tourn. Inft. 381. Portugal., blue^ broad-leaved Star- 

 flower^ commonly called Hyacinth of Peru, 

 ^5. Scilla {Ammta) floribus lateralibus alternis fubnu- 

 stantibus, Hort. Cliff. 123. Squill with flowers growing 

 atiefnaiely from the fides of the ft alky which ahncfl 7iod. 



Hyacinthus ftcllaris cseruleus amcenus. C. B. P. Fine 



. ■*-*■-. 



mitting 



warmtK of the 



blue ftarry Hyacinth, 

 6. Scilla {BifoUaj radjce folida, floribus lateralibus 

 erefliufculis paucioribus. Hort. Cliff. 123. Squill with 

 dfolidroot^ and ere £f flowers growing thinly. Ornithc- 

 galum bifolium Germanicumca^ruleum, Tourn. Inft. 



and are duly feffefhed with I; . -380. Blue German Star-flower with two leaves^ commonly 

 water, they will be fit to tfahfplaht in about five or r called thd early blue ftarry Hyacinth. 

 fix weeks after, when they fhould be carefully turned 7. Scilla {Jtitumnalis) foliis filiformibus linearibus fio- 

 out of the pots and their roots feparated ; then they ribus corymbofis, pedunculis nudis adfcendendhus 

 muft be each planted in a fmall pot filled with foft 



longitudine floris. Lin. Sp, Plant. 443^ Squill with 



loamy earth, and plunged again into a moderate hot- I fender linear leaves.^ flowers growing in a corymhus., and 



bed, fhading them from the fun till they have taken 

 frefh root ; then they muft be gradually inured to the 



naked foot-ftalks rifing over each other to the length of the 

 flowers. Ornithogalum autumnale minus, floribus 



into which they ftiould be removed foon af- J c^eruleis. Tourn. Inft. 381. Smaller autumnal St ar-fciv- 



ir with blue flowers^ commonly called autumnal ferry Hy- 



open air, 



ter, placing them in a Iheltered fituation, where they 



'may remain till autumn, but they muft be renloved 



dcinth. 



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into fheker before the firft frofts, otherwife their tops 8. Scilla {Hifpanicd) radice folida, floribus paniculatis 



fubnutantibus. Squill with a folid root., and flcscrs 

 growing in panicles %vhich almoft ncd.^ Ornithossluin 



Hifpanicum fature caeruleum. Tourn. Inft. 381. Star- 

 flower ef Spain with deep blue flowers, ■'■ - - - 

 "9. Scilla (Purpurea) radice folida, racemo conico, flo- 

 ribus numerofis adfcendentibus. Squillwith afolidnoty 

 and a conical fpike of many flowers rifng above each other. 

 • Ornithogalum purpureum. Tourn. Inft. 380. Purple 





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will be killed, and thereby the plants are frequently 



deft;royed. ' ' ; 



-Thefe plants are tender when young, io require a 



little warmth in winter; but after two or three years 



growth, they will live in a good green-houfe, where, 

 -as they retain their leaves all the year, they will make 



a good variety; It may alfo be propagated by layers 



and cuttings ; the layers fhould be put down in the 

 Vlpfmg, and by the following fpHng they \vill be foot- 

 ed 5 the cuttings fliduld be planted in April, Which 

 ' will put out roots in about two months, ^nd may af- 

 ' terward be treated as the feedling plants. 



•The fecond fort differs from the firft, in having en- 

 tire lobes to the leaves, which are not fawed and are 

 OPqual in fize. - * 



This fort is propagated in the fame manner as the 



firff, fcut as the young plants of it are much tenderer 



than thofe, fo they will require to be placed in a mo- 



derat6'Itovc for four or five winters, after which time 



they may ^e kept In a good green-houfe, giving them 



little water in wmfeh- * . . _^ y o 



SCILLA. Lin; Geh. Plant, zi^^ Lilio-Hyacinthus. • bottom come out feveral fibres which ftrike deep in 



Star-flower 4 . • . 



o. Scilla (£r/o/^^r<z) radice folida, coiymbo conferto 

 hemifpherico, fcapo longiflimo. Squillwith a folid root., 

 an hemifpherical corymbus., and the Icngffl ftcilk. Orni- 

 thogalum Eriophorum,Peruvianum.Tcurn. Inft. 381. 



1^0 oily Star-flower of Peru. ■ ■ 

 The firft is the Squill or Sea Onion whofe roots are 

 ufed in medicine, of which there are two forts, one 

 with a red, and the other a white root, which are fup- 

 pofed to be accidental variedes, but the white are ge- 

 nerally preferred for medicinal ufe. The roots are 

 very large, fomewhat Pear-fliaped, compofed of ma- 

 ny coats lying over each other like Onions ; at the 



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the ground. From the middle of the root arife fcve- 



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