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hoary Lmvcs, will make a pi-ciiy divcrHty v/hen.inter- I link incurved, L:iri}j^ izvo cdls divided h\ an intcnrc^^^f 

 mixed with other pbnrs ; anu, as it requires VvJt licrle "''--^ - '' ■ ' ■ ' * " "'"*-'-"^ 



culture, and takes up but little room, chev deferve a 

 pkicc in fniall gardens. 



The twelfth fort o;ro\vs naturally at the Caoe of Good 

 FIopc v th-is rifes with a fnrubby branching ilalk fix 

 cr leven feet hio;h, whicli is ciofelv o^ariiiihed with 

 rough leaves, whofe bale embrace the fbalks j thofe 

 on the lower parr are four inches long, and an inch 

 and a half broad, but they gradually diminifii in their 

 fize to the top -, they are fliff, hairy, and of a dark 

 green, oblong, hcarC-fliaped, and indented on their 

 edges. The flowers arc produced at the end of tlie 

 branches ; they are radiated, and of a bright yellow 

 colour. This plant continues flowering great part of 

 th.e fummcr, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The thirteenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 

 Good Hope j this hath a very branching fhrubby 

 llalk, whicii riles four or five feet high, fending out 

 branches irregularly on every fide, garnilhed with iliff 

 leaves, whofe bale embraces the ttaiks ; they are ir- 

 regular in their figure, about three inches long, and 

 three quarters of an inch broad, deeply cut on their 

 edges, and of a gray colour on their under fide. The 

 flowers grow in loofe bunches at the end of the 

 branches, are radiated, and of a pale yellow colour. 

 This fort flowers great part of fummer, and the feeds 

 - ripen in autumn. 



The fourteenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; this has a ihrubby flalk which riles fe- 



partition, each lonttunirg cnc or /■:■:;£? chlui^'pwted jccds 

 This genus of plan:s L ranged in the'Vrfc ll4icn of 

 Linna^^us'^s tenth clafs, v^hcre he has joined it to th- 

 genus of CafTia; this fection contains thofe plarts 

 whofe Piowcrij have ten ilannna ajid on ' " 

 The Specif.s are, 



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I. SL^-SAj^^lcxayidrina) foliolis quadrijugatis hnceol-- 





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'■■ven or eight feet high, fending out branches on every 

 fide the whole length, which are garniflied with oblong 

 oval leaves indented on their edges ; they are .about 

 two inches and a half long, and almofl; two broad, 

 flefny and hoary. The flowers are produced in loofe 

 bunches at the extremity of the branches, almoft in 



form of an umbeh^they are radiated^ and o^ ';''ter which they muft be treated in the fame way as 



,.■ the moft tender exotic^j for as this is an annual 



yellow colour. 



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guft, but rarely produces gdod feeds here.j.,.^:.;,^ 

 The three forts laft mentioned are too tendfer to live 



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2. Senna {Italicc) foliolis q^-iinquejugatis cordatis obtu- 

 fis. Senna "jjith five pair of lobes To the leaves, vbich 

 are heart-Jhaped and cbtufc. Senna Italica five foliis 

 obtufis. C. B. P. 397. Italian Senna v:ith ohttife leaves. 

 The firft fort grows naturally in Egypt ; this is an 

 annual plant, v/hich rifes with an upright branching 

 fi:alk about a foot high, garnifhed with wino;ed leaves' 

 compofed of four pair of Imall fpear ftiaped lobes,' 

 ending in acute points. The flowers are produced in 

 loofe bunches at the top of the fcalk j they are yellow 

 compofed of five roundifli concave petals, with ten 

 ftamina in the center furrounding the flyle ^ after the 

 flower is pafl, the germen turns to a roundilh o-ib- 

 bous pod having tv/o cells, each containing oneortwo 



The leaves of this fort are ufcd in 

 medicine, and are commonly known in the fhops by 

 the title of Senna ; thefe are annually imported from 

 Alexandria, which occalioncd the title of Alcxandri- 

 na being added to it. This plant is propagated by 

 feeds, which lliould be fown early in the fpring upon 

 a good hot-bed ; and when the plants are come up, 



\ and arefiirong enough to tranfplant, they fhould be 

 each planted in a fmall pot filled with light rich 

 earth, and plunged into a frefh hot-bed, finding 



.-:■;; them from the fun till they have taken new root, af- 



oblong feeds. 



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m the open air through the winter in England,- but 



■ are fo J^ardy as'toonly requi^re proteftion from hard 



frofts V^^'fo if they are kejpt in pots and placed cither 



■■''I'under a frame inwinter, or in a comrnon green-lioufe 



. : ■ With other hardy kinds or'prants, which require a 



"/' large fliare of air in mild weather, and only require 



to be fcreened from hard frofl:, they may be pre- 



fcrved in Endand. They are all eafily propagated 



but the latter beino; the 



by feeds or cuttings, 

 mofl: expeditious method 



is generally pradlifed 



here. ■ If the cuttings are planted in a fliady border 



during any of the fumm.er months, they will readily 



take root, and then they fliould be taken up with 



^;;r balls of earth to their roots^ and each planted in a fe- 



\ ^fpafate pot filled with good kitchen-garden earth; and 



'"■placed in the (hade till they have taken new root; 



. then they may be. removed to a more open fituanon, 



where they may remain till there is danger of fharp 



froft, v/hen they fhould be removed into fhelter, and 



' treated in the fame way as other hardy kinds of crreen- 



houfe plants. - r^; -^ ; ; V -^''V. * 

 '-Jf thefe plants are" propagated by feeds, they fliould 

 - ^ybe Town oii a bed of frefh earth, expofed only to the 

 ;/' morning Tun the beginning of April, obferving in 

 • ' dry weather to moiften the ground now and theii, 

 ^ Avhich will forward the vegetation of the feeds. When 

 the plants come up, they mufi: be kept clean from 

 V, weeds till they are fit to remove, when they fliould 

 "-'be planted in pots, and treated in the fame way as 

 y"" thofe raifed from cuttings. , : ' 



SENNA. Tourn. Infl. R. H. 618. tab. 390. Cafila. 

 ■' Lin. Gen. 46:. [fo called from fana, Lat. healthy, 

 b^caufe its leaves reftore health.] Senna. 



The'CHARACTERs are, 

 'ithe floyjcr has an empalement of five concave leaves ; // 

 has five^ roundifij concave petals ivhich fpread open, and 

 'ten decVning ftamina, terminated by chlon{ arched fum- 



plant, unlefs they are brought forward in the fpring, 

 . they will not flower in this country; therefore they 



mufl be conflantly kept in the hot-bed all the fum- 

 :^: mer, obferving to admit plenty of air in warm wea- 

 5,^.ther; byAvhich method I have frequently had thefe 

 .. plants in flower, but- it is very rare that they perfed: 



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If the feeds of this plant were fent to South Carolina, 

 the plants might be propagated there, fo as to furnifh 

 plenty of the leaves to fupply the confumption of 

 Great-Britain. ' - ? ' 



In the \Vefl:-Indies, the inhabitants make ufe of the 

 leaves of feveral fpccies of Cafila inn:ead of this 

 plant, and alfo thofe of the Poinciana, or Flower- 

 fence, which is frequently by them called the true 

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^ The fecond fort grows naturally in India, from 

 whence I have received the feeds ; for although it is 

 called Italian, yet the plant does not grow there na- 

 turally. This is alfo an annual plant, rifing with a 

 branching ftalk afoot and a half high; the leaves are 

 "winged, each having five pair of heart- fhaped lobes 

 which are inverted, the point joining the branches, 



' '^and the obtufe part is upward ; they" are of a fea- 

 green colour, and of a thick confifl:ence. The flowers 

 are produced at the end of the branches ; they are 

 fhaped like thofe of the firfl fort, but are larger, and 

 of a brighter yellow colour. If the plants are brought 

 forward early in the fpring, they will flower in July, 

 and by fo doing good feeds may be obtained here. 

 This fort is propagated in the fame way as the firft, 

 and the plants require the fame treatment. 

 The leaves of this fort have been fometimes ufed m 

 medicine, but they are not efl:eemed equal in quality 

 with thofe of the firfl:. 



SENNA THE BLADDER. See Colutza. 

 SENNA THE SCORPION. See Emercs. 

 SENSIBLE PLANT. See Mimosa. 

 S E P T I F O L I O U S P L A N T S, are fuch as have 



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SERA PI AS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 903. Helleborine. 

 ' ■Tourrii.Inll.R.H.436. tab. 249. Ballard Hellebore. 



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