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which v/ay he fent feveral large parcels of feeds from 

 Carolina CO England, which never mifcarried. There 

 are fonie pcrfons who have direded to put them in- 

 to glaffes, and to fcal them clofely down, to keep 

 out the external air; but from feveral experiments 

 of this kind which I have made, I find feeds thus 

 clofely put up will not grow, if they remain Hopped 

 up any confiderable time, all feeds requiring fome 

 fliare of air to preferve their vegetating quality ; fo 

 that where a perfon has no other conveniency, they 

 may be put up in a bag, and hung up in a dry part 

 of the Ihip, or put into a trunk, where they may be 

 fafe from vermin, in which places they will keep 

 very we|l. 



N. B.' It is the fafeft way to bring all forts of feeds 

 in their pods or hufks in which they grew, provided 

 they are put npdry; becaufe their own covering will 

 afford them fome nourilliment, if the feeds are not 



feparated from the placenta. ■ ■;- ^-.' * , " , 



TRIANTHEMA. Lin. Gen. Plant, ssy. Portula- 

 caftrum. JufTisei i. 



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The Characters are. 



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ten fmall awljljcpedjlmmm terminated lyfwgle fumtrnth 

 and an oblong germ e-n the length of the fiamina^ having v.6 

 Jlyle^ hut crcu-ned hy a headed ftigma. Ihe germen of- 

 tcrjsard turns to a roundijij prickly fruity divided into fivs 

 capfules^ armed zvith three or four tkcrns^ angular on one 

 ftde^ joining together, ^te cells are tranjverfe^ and cch- 

 iain t-ivo or three Pcar-Jhaped feeds. 

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

 Linnceus's tenth clafs, v^-hich includes thofe plants 

 which have ten ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species, are, . ■ . - 



Tribulus (Terrejlris) foliolis fexjugatis fubxquali- 



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_ ^cfed of two fmall awl-fhaped 

 ■ leaves ; theflo^joer has five oval petals which fpread cpou 

 and commonly five ftamina which are floor ter than the co- 

 rolla^ terminated hy oval twin fummits^ and a cylindrical 

 germen whofe upper part is truncated^ having two hcrns^ 

 fupporting a flendcr Jiinging ftyle ^ with a fiffure which runs 

 through tipe twin fummits^ crowned hy a fingle fiigma, 

 "The ernpalement afterward becomes a two-cornered cylin- 

 drical capfule with one cell^ inclofing eight or ten feeds. 

 This genus of plants Is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnaeus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have five ftamina and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, * . ..- ^^v-^ W; ?' '-■ 



1. Trianthema [Frocumlens) foliis obovatis petiolatis, 

 tfioribus feffilibus caulibusprocumbentibus. Aft. Phil. 



'■ 1763. Trianthema with procumbent ftalks^ almoft oval 

 . '■_ leaves on foot-flalks^ and flowers fitting clofe to the Jlalks. 

 Portulaca Curaflavica procumbens, capparidis folio, 

 flore mufcofo, capfula bifurca. Par. Bat. 213I Purflain 

 from Curaffao^ with trailing ftalksy a Caper leafy an4 a. 

 two-horned capfule, 



2. Trianthema {Diffufa) foliis ovatis petiolatis, fiori- 



bus cohfertis axillaribus fefiilibus, caule diffufo. Aft. 

 Phil. 1763. Trianthema with diffufedftalks J oval leaves^ 

 and the flowers in cluflers fitting clofe at the wings of the 



The firft fort grows naturally in moft of the iOands 

 in the Weft-Indies, where it is often a,,troy]5l^fopie 

 weed ; this fends out many traihng branches which 



■ lie flat on the ground, Spreading two feet *or more 

 each way; thefe have much the app(^qrance qf^Purf- 

 lain, and have flefliy fucculent leaves almoft oval : 

 the flowers come'out from the joints of the ftalks ; 

 they are fomewhat of a purple ^olour^, not much un: 



. like thofe of Purflain, and are fucceeded by capfules 

 havino- two horns, Vith one cell inclofing eight or ten 



- feeds.. '. -.^^^^ -^.t^t-^^v^vi. ^cii-^^'^' ■-•?' X^^^^^:^'- ' 

 The fecond fort grows in the Eaft-Indies : this nfes 

 with fucculent diffufed ftalks near two feet" high, 

 . garniflied with oval leaves lefs fycculent than thofe of 

 \. the firft. The flowers are white, and are produced 

 in clufters fitting clofe to the ftalks, and are fucceed- 

 ed by capfules containing feveral feeds, -.o-fc: ^ ^.k- ^/ 

 ;■ Theie plants are bpfh annual in this country, and are 

 '.^feldom preferved except in botanic gardens for varie- 

 "^ ty. . Whoever has*' a mind to cultivate. theni, muft 

 fow their feeds on a gogd hot-bed in the fpring, and 



■ when the plants are fit to remove, tHey ftiould be 

 ^planted on another hot-bed to bring them forward, 



\ .otherwife they will not ripen their feeds/ In June 

 ' they may be ;ranfplanted into a warm border, -where 



they will grow until thefrcft in autumn kills.them. 

 TRIBULUS. Tourn. Inft. R. Jti. 265. tab. 141. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 476. Caltrops. - . ,-. 



The Characters' are,;,: ' ■ / ' . ■ • i 

 . The ernpalement of the flower is cut into five acute pan 

 whiih are a little floor ter than the petals \ there are fi' 

 obloni hhnt petals to the flower which fpread open^ a\ 



trops with fix pair of lobes to each leaf which are ahnoft ' 

 equaU and four horns to each feed, Tribulus terrreftisj 

 fplio ciceris, fruftu aculeaco. C.B.P. 250. Land Cal- 

 trops with a Chich leaf^ and a ^prickly fruit. 



2. Tribulus (Af^.vfw^/j) foliolis quadrijugis exterioribus 

 majoribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 386. Caltrops with four pair 

 of lobes to each leaf ^ of which the outer are the largeft. 

 Tribulis terreftris major, flore maximo odorato. 

 Sloan. Cat. Jam. 93. Greater Caltrops with the largeft 



fweet flower. 



3. Tribulus {Ciftoides) foliolis oftojugatis fubitqualibus. 



Lin. Sp. Plant. 387. Caltrops with eight pair oj lobes to 

 each leaf., which are almoft equal Tribulus terreftris 

 major CuraflTavicus. Par. Bat. 236. Greater Land Cal- 

 trops of Cur affao. 



The firft fort is a very common weed in the fouth of 

 France, in Spain, and Italy, where it grows among 

 Corn, and on moft -of the arable land, and is very 

 troublefome to the feet of cattle ; for the fruit being 

 armed with ftrong prickles, run into the feet of the 

 cattle which walk over the land. This is certainly 

 the plant which is mentioned in. Virgil's Georgigks^ 

 - under the title of Tribulus, though moft of his com- 

 mentators have applied it to other plants., . -..,■,'■ . 

 It is called in Englifh Caltrops, from the form of 

 the fruit, which refembles thofe inftruments of war 

 that were caft in the enemies way to annoy their 



horfes. 



Xhis hath a flender fibrous root, from which fpring 

 * out four or five flender ftalks which fpread fiat on th 

 ground ; they are hairy, and extend two feet and a 

 half in length •, thefe are garniftied at each joint with 

 winged leaves, compofed of fix pair of narrow hairy 

 lobes, almoft of equal fize ; thofe on the lower part 

 of the ftalk ftand alternately, but" toward the top 

 they are placed oppofite. The flowers come out from 

 the wings of the ^ ftalk, ftanding upon Ihort foot- 

 * , ftalks ; they are^compofed of five broad,..Qbtufe, yel- 

 lo.W' petals, which fpread open. ^ In the center is fi- 

 tuated an oblong germen, crow'ned by a headed ftig- 

 ma, attended by ten Chort ftamina, terminated by fin- 

 - gle fumpits. - The flowers appear in June and July, 

 ' . ; which are fucceeded by roundifh, five-cornered, prickly 

 ' fruit, which, when ripe, divides into five parts, each 

 I having atranfverfe cell containing one or two feeds, 



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which ripen in Auguft and September. 

 *- This plant is preferved in feveral .curious garden?^ in 

 . England, for the fake of variety. It is propagated 

 '-... by feeds, which ftiould be fown in autumn, for thofe 

 which are kept out of the ground till fpring, com- 

 monly remain in the ground a whole year before the 

 - plants come up. Thefe feeds ftiould be fown on an 

 , open bed of frefti light earth, \vh?re thev are defign- 

 ; c^ tp remain ; for,, as it is an annual plant, it doth 

 ,; not bear trarifplantlng very weir,"uhlefs it be done 



wlien the plants are very young. In the fpring, when 

 the plants come up/ they ftiould be carefully cleared 

 from weeds, 'and'where tHey come up too clofe, fome 

 of the plants ftiould be pulled out to give room for 

 - the remaining plants to grow ^ after this they will 

 require no other culture but to keep them clear from 

 weeds. In June they will begin to flower, and their 

 feeds will ripen in Auguft and September, which, if 

 permitted to fcatter, the'plants will come up the fol- 

 lowing fpring, and maintain their place, if they, are 

 not overborne with weeds. 



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