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This genus of plants is ranged In the third feftionof 

 Linna:us's lifili clafs, which contains thofe plants whofe 

 ficwers have five ftamina and three ftyles. 



The Species are, 



Staphyl^a [Pinnata) foliis pinnatis. Hort. ClifF. 



111. ElLidder-nut with winged leaves, Staphyloden- 



dron fylvcftre & vulgare. H. L. I'he common wild 



Bhdder-nut, _^ ^ ■ ■ ■ ^ 



STArHYL.-EA (XrifoUata) foliis ternatis. Hort. ClifF. 



ifoliate leaves. Staphyloden- 



H. L. ^hrec-leaved 



112. 



dron Virginianuni trifoliatum. 

 Vir^iftiayi Bladdtr-fiut. 



The firfl: lore grows naturally in woods in feveral parts 

 of England, but is cultivated as a flowering fhrub in 

 the nurfery-gardens. This hath feveral flirubby ftalks 

 arifing from the fame root, which grow ten or twelve 

 feet hicrh, covered with a fmooth bark, and divide in- 

 to fevctiil branches which are foft and pithy ; they 

 are s-arnillied v/ith winged leaves, compofed of two 

 pair of oval lobes terminated by an odd one-, thefe 

 differ greatly infize according to the ftrength and 

 vigour of the fnrubs ; fome are more than two inches 

 lon^, and an inch and a half broad, but on old weak 

 Ihrubs they are much fmaller. They are fmooth, 

 entire, and pf a light green colour. Handing upon 

 pretty long foot-ftalks. The flowers come out upon 

 loner fiender foot-flalks which hang downward j thefe 

 fprino- from the wings of the ilalks near their extre- 

 mity. The flowers are difpofed in oblong bunches; 

 they have each five oblong white petals, which expand 

 in form of a Rofe ; thefe appear in May, and.are 

 fucceedcd by inflated capfules or bladders compofed 

 of three cells, one or two of which have a roundifh, 

 fmooth, hard feed, and the other are barren. 

 This ihruh makes a variety when intermixed with 

 others which flower at the fame feafon, though their 

 flowers are not very beautlfuLii^The nuts of this tree 

 being hard and fmooth, are ftrung for beads by the 

 Roman catholics in fome countries; and the chil- 

 dren of the poor inhabitants eat the nuts, though they 

 have a difam-eeable tafte. 







The Iccond fort grows naturally in North America, 

 from whence it was brought into Europe, where it is 

 now become as common in the nurfery-gardens about 

 London, as the other fort. This hath a more fubftan- 

 tial {talk than the firfl ; the bark of the old branches 

 and ftalks is fmooth and of a gray colour, that of the 

 young is of alight green and very fmooth ; the leaves 

 are by tlirees on each foot-ftalk -, the lobes are oval 

 ending in a point, and their edges are fawed ; they 

 are of'diftcrent fizes, according to the age and ftrength 

 of the plants. The largeft are three inches long and 

 two broad, but in old plants the leaves are not much 

 more than half the fize -, they are fmooth, and of a 

 licrht frreen colour. -The flowers are produced from 

 tfe fide of the branches in loijger bunches than thofe 

 of the former fort, but their foot-ftalks are much 

 Ihorter *, the flowers are of a cleaner white* and their 

 petals are fomewhat larger than thofe of the firft, as 

 are alfo the bladder capfules ; the feeds are larger, and 

 ripen better than thofe of the common fort. The 

 time of flowering and the ripening of the feeds, is the 

 fame with that. 



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Both thefe forts are ufually propagated by fuckers 

 from the root, which the firft fort fends out in plen- 

 ty i thefe fhould be taken from the old plants in au- 

 tumn, and their roots trimmed, then planted, in a 

 nuYfery, in rows at three feet diftance, and one foot 

 afunder in the rows ; in this nurfery the plants fhould 

 ftand one or two years according to their ftrength, 

 and then be tranfplanted to the places where they are 



to remain. 



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The plants which are propagated in this manner from 

 fuckers, are very fubjecl to put but fuckers in greater 

 plenty from their roots, than thofe which are raifed 

 from feeds, or propagated by layers or cuttings, fo 

 are not to be chofen when the other can be had ; 

 therefore thofe who propagate them for their own ufe, 

 fhould prefer the other methods. If they are propa- 

 gated by layers, the young branches fhould be laid 



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down in autumn, in the fame manner as is pradifcd 

 for other trees and flirubs ; thefe will have put out 

 roots the following autumn, when they may be taken 

 from the old plants and planted in a nurfery, where 

 they may gro\y one or two years to get ftrength, and 

 then may be removed to the places where they are 

 to ftand. ■ . . _ , - 



When thefe are propagated by cuttings, it fhould ba 

 . the fhoots of the former year, and if they have a fmall 

 piece of the two years wood at the bottom, they will 

 more certainly fucceed ; for as the young flioots are 

 foft and pithy, fo they are very fubjed to rot, v/hen 

 they have no part, of the old wood to them. They 

 fhould be planted in autumn on a fhady border, but 

 muft not have too much wet. 



They may alfo be propagated by fowing their feeds 

 early in autumn, in beds of light frefh earth, and 

 when the plants are come up, they muft be carefully 

 kept clear from weeds, and in very dry weather, if 

 they are now and then refrelhed with water, it will 

 greatly promote their growth ; in thefe beds they 

 • may remain until October following," at which time 

 they fhould be carefully taken up and planted in a 

 mrfery, placing them in rows three feet afunder, and 

 he plants one foot diftance in the rows ; and, if 



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-. - the following fpring (hould prove very dry, it will be 

 v." convenient to g-ive them a' little water to encourao-e 

 , .-.their taking root ; after which they will require no 

 _ -farther care but to keep the ground clean from weeds 

 .,-.in fummer, and every fpring to prune off irregular 

 branches, and dig the ground between the rows to 

 .' - loofen the earth, that their roots may the more ea- 

 fily extend. In this nurfery they may remain two 

 years, by which time it will be proper to tranfplanc 

 them out where they are to remain, either in wilder- 

 - nefs quarters, or in clumps of^yarious trees, wliere 



- they will add to the diyerfity. The beft feafon ^/or 

 ■ tranfplanting thefe trees is in autumn, with other de- 

 ciduous trees. When thefe feeds are fown in the 

 fpring,' the plants feldom come up till the following 



. year. 



African Bladuer-nut. See Royena. 



Laurel-leaved;; American Bladder - nut. See 



- Ptelea. ■ - 



S T A R - F L O W E R. See Ornithogalum. 



STAR WORT. See Aster. 



STATIC E. Tourn. Init. R. H. 341. tab. 177. Lin. 



^Gen. Plant. 348. Thrift, or Sea Pink. 

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; ^k^Jw^IAJfTA.^^JJf^MM ^ foundijh heady having a com-^ 



L- : mon fcaly empalement ; each flower has a funnel-fiaped em- 



palemeni of one leaf^'- 'Ibe flowers ^ have flve pet als^ they 



J^'* ^re 'fynnel-fljapedj' the bafe of the petals are narrow^ 



^*. their points hroad^ ohtufe^ and fpread cpen ; they have 



five ftamina which are fhorter than the petals^ terminated 



by proftrate fumtntts \ and a fmall germen fupporting five 



.:. ftyles which ft and apart y crowned by acute fligmas, She 



: \ germen afterward turns to one fmall roundifh feed inclofed 



^ in the empalement, :f -^'^.' -r ■ > ' '.;:.;.. ^v ::;-..:; ..-.r- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fetSlion of 



Linnseus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe jplants 



. whofe flowers have five ftamina and five ftyles. To 



this genus he has joined the Limonium of Tourne- 



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. -The Species are, . . 

 I. Statice (Jrmeria) fcapo fimplici capitulo, foliis li- 

 .: nearibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Thrift with Jingle ftalksy 

 linear leaves^ and flowers in heads', Caryophyllus mon- 

 tahus major, flore globofo. C. B. P. 2n. Greater 

 Mountain Pink with a globular flower, 

 Statice {Montana) foliis linearibus fubulatis, fqua- 

 mis calycinis obtufis. Thrift with linear awl-fljapcd 

 leaves^ and cbtufe fcales to the empalement. Statice mon- 

 tana minor. Tourn. Infl. R. H. 341- Smaller Moun- 



tain Thrift. ,. /. ■-' . 



Statice {Maritima) foliis linearibus planis, fquamis 



calycinis obtufis. Thrift with plain linear leaves^ and oh- 



tufe fcales to the empalement. Caryophyllus marinus 



minimus, flore globofo. H. P. Blasf. The leaft Sea Pink 



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