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havin'- three or four pair of oblong lobes terminated 

 by an odd one i thcie are two inches long, and almofl: 

 one broad, lawcd on their edge.s, and ending in acute 

 points. The flowers are dii'pofcd in long (lender 

 I'pikes, which are formed into loofe panicles at the top 



of the ilalks •, they are fmall, white, and of two fcxes 

 in the fame fptkc ; they appear in July, but the feeds 



rarely ripen here. 



I'his plant is kept in gardens for the fake of variety ; 

 i: may bo propagated by parting of tht^ root in au- 

 tumn ; it loves a moid loil and a Ibady fituation. 

 The ibrubby forts require no other pruning, but to 

 cut cut all the dead branches and fuch as erow irre- 



gular, and takeoff all their fuckers every year, for if 

 ihcfe are permitted to grow, they will ftarve the old 

 phmts by drawing away their nourilhment. The 

 giound between them Ihould alfo be dug every fpring 

 toencourap^c their roots, and every third year a little 

 rotten dung buried therein, which will caufe them to 

 flower very ftrong. 

 S P I R iE A OF A F R I C A. See Diosnt a. 

 SPONDIAS. Lin. Gen. Plant, syy. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. 22. Black American Plum. 



The Characters are, 

 II hath a fmall coloured empakment of one leaf' cut into 

 five fegments ii-'hicb fall off\ and five oblongs flain^ 

 fpreadhig petals to the flower^ and ten awl-fijaped ere£l 

 fiamina alternately longer^ terminated by oblong fummits^ 

 with an oval germen fupporting five fhort ftyles^ crowned 

 by obttife fiigmas. The empakment afterward becomes a 

 Pk'jn^ having five large punBures^ inclofing anoval^ lig- 

 neous^ fi.brous nut. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth feftion 



of Linn',EUs's tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whole flowers have ten fiamina and five fhyles. 

 The Species are, 

 I. Spondias {Purpurea) petiolis communibus compref- 

 fis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 613. Spondias whofe common, foot- 



pots filled with tlie fame rich earth, and plunged in- 

 to a hot-bed of tanners bark, obfervingduly to water 

 the earth, and in about fix or feven weeks the plants 

 will appear. Thefe fiiould afterward be treated in 

 the fame way as the Annona, keeping them conllant- 

 ly in the tan-bed in the ftove, and when they are def- 

 titute of leaves, give them but little water. 



SQJJASHES. See Pepo. 



SQJUILLS. SeeSciLLA. 



STACH YS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 186. tab. 86. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 638. [oflTa;/-jc, an ear of Corn, becaufc 

 the flowers of this plant refemble an ear of Corn. ! 

 Bafe Horehound. 



The Characters are, 

 The fiower hath a tuhulous^ angular^ permanent empale- 

 mcnt^ cut into five acute farts at the top ; it has one 

 lip-foaped peta\ with a Jhort tube having oblong chaps. 

 The upper lip is ere£l^ hooked^ and a little indented at the 

 point \ it is large, reflcxedy and cut into three parts^ the 

 77iiddle fegment being large and indented at the point. It 

 has four awl-fhaped ftamina, two of vohich are longer ^ 

 and inclined to the upper lip ; the other two are fijorter^ 

 terminated by fmgle fummits^ and a four-pointed gcr- 

 nien, fupportmg a fiender ftyle the length of the fiamina^ 



fialks are compreffed. 



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Myrobalanus minor^- folio frax- 



fibrofo. 



alato, frudu purpureo ofllculo magno 



: Sloan. Cat. Jam. 182. Myrabolon with an AJh leaf ^ and 

 purple fruit with a large fibrous ft one. 



2. Spondias {iJiteci) fbliolis nitidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 613. Spondias with neat leaves. Monbin arbor folio 

 fraxini, flore luteo racemofp. Pluni. Gen. Tree Monbin 



crowned by a bifid acute ftig?na. The germen afterward^ 

 turns to four oval angular feeds which ripen in the em- 

 pakment. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn[£us's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have two fliort and two lon^^cr 

 itamina, and the feeds are naked in the empalement. 

 The Species are, 



1. Stachys (G£'r;?2^«/r^) verticillismultifloris, foliorum 

 ferraturus imbricatis, caule lanato. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 812. Bafe Horehound with a woolly ftalk^ woolly leaves 

 which are fawed^ and whorls of fiowers. Stachys ma- 

 jor Germanica, C. B. P. 236. Greater German Bafe 

 Horehound, ■ 



2. Stachys {Cretica) verticillis multifloris, calycibus 

 . pungentibus caule hirto. Hort. Upfal. 170. Bafe 



Horehound with many flowers in the whorls^ and prickly 

 empakments,. , Suchys Cretica. G. B. P, 236. Bafe 

 Horehotlnd of Candia. 



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The firfl: fort grows naturally in many places in the 

 Wefl: Indies -, its ufual height is about ten or twelve 

 i^izi^ and their ftems as large as a man's leg, fending 

 out branches toward the top, which have a gray 

 bark; thefe are deftitute of leaves for fome months, 

 but in the fpring before the leaves appear, there are 

 many fmall purple flowers which come out from the 

 c fide of the branches ; thefe are fucceeded by a fruit 



- like Plums, having a lufcious thin pulp, covering a 

 -^ larg;e fibrous ftone. . The leaves which come out af- 



- terward are unequally wanged, having four or five 

 pair of lobes about an inch long, and half an inch 

 broad, terminated by an odd one. . 



The fecond fort grows alfo in the warmeft parts of 

 America, wher^e it rifes to the height of thirty feet 

 - ,or more, fending out many cfooked irregular branches, 

 \ which are' alfo deftitute of leaves for fome rriohths ; 

 ■.the branches have a light coloured bark, and are gar- 

 \ iiifhed with unequal winged leaves, which have four 

 . or fix pair of lobes near two inches long, and one 

 broad, having deep longitudmal veins. The flowers 

 ' come out before the leaves appear, which are fucceed- 

 ed by yellow Plufls an inch or more in length, grow- 

 ing in a fort of racemus. Thefe have large fibrous 

 fiones with a thin coverine; of fiefli. \- '.• 



Thefe plants grow eafily from cuttings when they are 

 once obtained, which if planted in pots filled with 

 light rich earth, and plunged into a moderate ho:- 

 bed, covering them down either with bell or hand- 

 glaflTes to exclude the external air,and fliaded from the 

 fun, will take root freely. ' The beft time for this is in 

 the fpring, before the plants put out their leaves. ■ 

 They may alfo.be propagated by their ftones, if they 

 are brought over frelh, which fhould be put into fiii.Tl 



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3. Stachys {Italica) foliis lineari-lanceolatis tomentofis 

 ,. fybcrenatis, petiolis longifllmis, caule fruticofo to- 

 "• mentofo. Bafe Horehound with narrow^ fpear-fhapedy 



woolly leaves which are fomewhat crenated^ grow on 

 very long foot-ftalks^ and have a fijrubby woolly ftalL 

 Stachys minor Italica. C. B. P. 236. Lejfer Italian 

 Bafe Horehound. , . ■. ...;-■' 



4. Stachys {Alba) foliis oblongo-ovatis crenatis pilofis 

 calycibus pungentibus, labii fuperiore pilofo. Bafe 

 Horehound with oblongs oval^ crenated^ hairy leaves-, 

 prickly empalement s to the fio-wers^ and the upper ' lip 

 hairy. Stachys alba, latifoha major. Barrel. Icon. 297. 

 Greater^ broad-leaved^ white Bafe Horehound. 



5. Stachys {Alpina) verticillis multifloris, foliorum 

 . ferratum apice cartilagineis, corolhs labio piano. 

 . Elor. Suec. 527. Bafe Horehound with fazved leaves^ 



having cartilaginous tops^ and many flowers in whorls. 

 : Stachys hormini folio obfcure virenti, flore ferrugi- 



neo. Mor. Hort. Reg. Blsef. 198. Bafe Horehound 

 .'.with an obfcure green Clary leaf and an iron-coloured 



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flower. 



6. Stachys {Hifpanica) foliis inferioribus ovato-oblon- 

 ,gis fubcrenatis fubtus tomentofis, caulinis cordatis 



acutis feflilibus,. calycibus fpinofis. Bafe Horehound 

 ■ with ovalj oblongs lower leaves^ which are flightly ere- 

 natedy woolly on their u?uler JidCj thofe on the fialks be- 

 ing heart-floapedy acute-pointed, and fitting clofe to the 

 ftalksy and prickly empakments to the flowers. Stachys 

 ^elatior, flore flavefcente punftato. Aft. Phil. Lond. 

 N'' 383. Taller Bafe Horehound with a yellowifh fpctted 



fiower.' 



7. Stachys {Glutinofa) ramis ramofifllmis, foliis lanceo- 



latis' glabris. Hort. Clifi\ 310. Bafe Horehound with 

 very fpreading branches y and fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves. 

 Galeopfis anguftifolia Cretica vifcofa. Narrow-leaved 

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