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Ci\crc^ ; they arc of a Jar!: green colour, and arc 



a-nu-d'wirh the fan-ie ibrt of fpines ai thofe on thr 

 lh''':s, on both fides. The flo'.vers come out in Imall 

 liundK-s on the fide of the branches ; they are blue, 

 and hiri'cr t!;;in thofe of the former fort •, thefe ap- 

 pear i,r June and July, and arc fucceeded by round 

 yellow berries as large as Walnuts, wliich ripen \n 



vvinter. 



The eleventh and twelfth forts arc not fo tender as 

 the tenth, but require an open airy glars-cafe, or a 

 warm grecn-houfe in winter, but in fummer may be 

 expofed in the open air with other exonc plants. 

 Thefc may be propagated by fowing then- ieeds on a 

 hot-bed as the former, and Hiould be managed as 

 hath been directed for them; with this difference, that 

 they may be much fooner expofed to the air, and 

 iliould not be bred fo tenderly. Thefe are prefcrved 

 for their odd aj)pcarancc, by fuch as are curious in 

 cultivating exotic plants ; their fruits being ripe in 

 winter, afford a variety in the green-houfe, and their 

 leaves and flowers being very remarkable in their co- 

 lour, fnape, Bcc. render them worthy of a place in 

 every trocd colleflion of plants. 



The thirteenth fort hath a flirubby ftalk v/hich rifes 

 two or three feet high, fending out feveral ligneous 

 branches, which are armed with Ihort, ftrong, yel- 

 lowiHi fpines -, the leaves are an inch and a half long, 

 and an inch broad, woolly on both fides, and are an- 

 o-ularly indented. Thefe are armed with fpines on 

 both fides, in a row on the midrib. The flowers come 

 out in longifli bunches from the fide of the ftalks ; 



they are blue, and like thofe of the twelfth ; they ap- 

 pear in June and July, and are fucceeded by round 

 berries of a gold colour as large as Cherries, which 



ripen in v/inter. 



'Idle fourteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 

 Houftoun at La Vera Cruz in New Spain, growing 

 naturally there, from whence he fent the feeds to 

 England, v/hich fucceeded in the Chelfea Garden. 

 ThTs rifes with a prickly herbaceous ftalk near two 

 feet high, dividing into two or thi-e'e Branches, which 

 are cloTely armed with flender yellow fpines of une- 

 qual lengths.. The leaves are fix inches long, and 

 three indies and' a half broad, of a bright green co- 

 lour, arid* deeply finuatedv the'veHrisof the leaves are 

 armed with yellow eredl fpines on both ficks./The 

 umbels of flowers ftand ere£t at the end'bf the 

 branches -, the flowers are very large, and of a fine 

 blue colour ; tliefe are fucceeded by round berries 

 s larc'C as common Cherries, which are marbled with 

 white^md green. The empalement of the flower is 

 armed with fpines like a hedge-hog. Itfl.owers'in 

 July and Auguft, but the fruit ripens late in the au- 

 tumn, fo that unlefs the plants are brought forward 



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in the fpring, they will not produce ripe feeds in 



England.:'^ - 



The fifteenth fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain, where the late Dr. Houftoun difcovered 

 it. This hath ihrubby trailing Ilalks two feet long, 

 which are armed with long yellow fpines, and covered 

 with a gray baric v the leaves are near four inches long, 

 and almoft two broad, very finely cut in form of wing- 



■ ed leaves almoft to their midrib ; they are w9olly, 

 and armed with long, {lender, yellov/ilh fpines on their 

 veins on both fides. The foot-ftalks of the flov/ers 



' arife from the wings of the ftalks ; they are two or 



■ tliree inches long, each for the moft part fuftaining 

 tv/o large yellow flowers, having very prickly em- 



", palemencs •, thefe are fucceeded by fmall round berries 

 ^'the fize of gray Peas, which are marbled with green 



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and whi 



The fixceenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 

 Houftoun, growing at La Vera Cruz ; this rifes with 

 a ftifubby ftalk five or fix feet high, armed with ftiort 

 recurved fpines, and covered with a fmooth brownifh 

 bark, garniftied with oblong leaves fix inches long, 

 and two and a half broad, which are regularly finuated 

 on both edges' in form of winged leaves ; thefe rife 

 by two or three from the fame point, and ftand ereft ; 

 they are armed with afewfliort fpines along th: mid- 



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rib on botli fulc^^. The flowers come out In fmall 

 loofc bp.nchcs from the fide of the br.inches, to which 

 tlicy fit clofe i thefe arc but fniall *, they have iiv' 

 v/hite ftar-pointed pct:ils, and are fucceeded by Ciw^^ 

 berries about the fize of thofe of Juniper, w'lich, when 



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np 





are 



red. 



Hie feventeenth fort grows naturally in J^^rnaica ; this 

 rifes witii a flirubby woolly ftalk five or iix feet highj 

 armed with fnort recurved thorns, and garnilhed with 

 oval woolly leaves fix inches long, and four broad, 

 which are angularly finuated, and have a very few (hon 

 crooked fpines upon the midrib on the under lid?. 

 The flowers are in fmall umbels fitting clofe to the fide 

 of the branches ; they are fmall and yellow •, thefe are 

 fucceeded by fmall round berries of a Satfron colour 



when ripe. 



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waved on their edges. 



rifes with flirubby ftalks three or four feet high, 

 dividing into feveral irregular branches which have a 

 gray bark, and are armed on every fide vvith flender 

 erect fpines of a gray colour. The leaves are fpear- 

 fhaped, an inch and a half long, and half an inch 

 broad ; they are fmooth, and a little indented or 



The flov/ers come out in lono; 

 bunches from the fide of the ftalk, ftanding upon 

 lono- foot-ftalks •, they are of a fine blue colour, and 

 are fucceeded by Saffron-coloured berries the fize of 



Peas. 



The nineteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 

 William Houftoun, growing naturally at La Vera 

 Cruz; this hath a flirubby climbing ftalk which rifes 

 tenor twelve feet high, covered with a fmooth brown 

 bark, and divides into feveral branches. The leaves 

 are oval, woolly on their under fide, but of a dark 

 green on their upper •, they are two inches long, and 

 one and a half broad. The flowers come out fingly 

 from the wings of the ftalk ; they are large, of a fine 

 blue colour, and the petal is not divided into fegments 

 like thofe of the other fpecies, but it hath five angles, 

 each ending in a point j thefe are fucceeded by round 

 berries about the fize of gray Peas, which are red 



when ripe.. • 



The twentieth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 

 '■Houftoun at Campeachy ; this rifes with a fmooth 

 ■ 'flirubby ftalk fix or kvcn feet high, fending out lig- 

 • neous branches on every fide, which have a fmooth 

 '' brown bark, and are garniflied with oval acute-point- . 

 ed leaves which are entire, and woolly on their under 



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fide ', they are four inches long, and two and a half 

 broad. The flowx^rs are coUefted into umbels which 

 ftand ere6t ; thefe come out from the fide and at the 

 end of the branches ; they are of a light blue colour, 

 and are fucceeded by round berries the fize of fmall 

 black Cherries, which are yellow when ripe. , 

 The tv/enty-firft fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 

 Houftoun at La Vera Cruz ; this hath a flirubby ftalk 

 which rifes four feet high, having a white downy 

 bark, and. armed on every fide with ftrait brown fpines. 

 The leaves ftand tliree inches afunder; they are oval, 

 and have finuated indentures •, they are two inches 

 long, and one and a quarter broad, woolly on their 

 under fide, and have prickly foot-ftalks. Their mid- 

 rib is armed with two or three fmall fpines, fometimes 

 on both fides, and at others but on one. The fpines 

 are all ereft -, the flowers are difpofed in an umbel 

 fitting clofe at the end of the branches •, they are large, < 

 of a fine blue colour, and have woolly empalements -, 

 thefe are fucceeded by round berries the fize of large 

 Peas, which are red when ripe. 

 The twenty-fecond fort grows naturally at Campea- 

 chy ; this rifes with a woody ftalk eight or ten feet 

 high, fending out feveral ligneous branches which are 

 covered with a gray down, and are furrowed., I he 

 leaves are fometimes placed alternately on thebranches, 

 and at others are oppofite, ftanding upon pretty long 

 thick foot-ftalks -, they are feven inches long, and 

 three and a' half broad -, their edges are entire, and 

 end in 'acute points, and are woolly on their un- 

 der fide. The flowers terminate the branches in large 



ered umbels, ftanding upon long foot-ftalks } they 



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