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Jamaica, and fome 

 Jfthc other iilaprds in the Weft-Indies ; this is an an- 

 nual i)!anr, with pretty thick, comprefTcd, channel- 

 ed llaiks which trail upon the ground, and are near 

 two feet long, gai-niPned with winged leaves placed 

 by pairs oppoTue ; thefe are fomctimcs compofed of 

 three, but moft commonly of four pair of lobes, the 

 outer being the largefl: ;' they are fmooth, and fit 

 clofc to thefoot-Ualk. The flowers come out from 

 the wings of the ftalk ; they are coiiipofed of five 

 larse veTlow petals which forcad open, and have an 

 agreeable odour ; thefe are fucceedcd by roundilh 

 prickly fruit ending in a long point, but feldom ripen 



ip England. 



The third fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies , 



it was found by the late Dr. Houfioun at theHavan- 

 nah ; this has a ligneous root, from which fpring out 

 many ftalks which are hairy, jointed, and trail upon 

 the oround ; thefe are garnifhed at each joint by 

 wino-cd leaves, which differ greatly in fize, one of 

 the leaves at each joint being compofed of eight pair 

 of oblong lobes v;hich are nearly equal, and oppo- 

 llte to this comes out a fmall leaf compofed of but 

 four pair of lobes. The large leaves ftand alternate- 

 ly upon the ftalks, and the fmall ones on the oppo- 

 fite fide ; the ftalks are near two feet long, and at the 

 wino-3 of the ftalks come out the foot-ftalks of the 

 flov/ers, which are hairy, and near two inches long, 

 each fuftaining one pale yellow flower, compofed of 

 five laro-e petals, which have narrow tails, but are 

 very broad and rounded at their points. The flowers 

 are fucceeded by roundifh fruit armed with very acute 

 fpines, but thefe rarely ripen in England. 

 The two laft forts being natives of hot countries, 

 ire very tender, fo muft- be fown on a hot-bed early 

 in tl^e fpring; and when the plants are come up, "they 

 muft be each tranfplanted into a feparate pot filled 

 with rich light earth, and then plunged into a hot-bed 

 of tanners bark, where they muft be treated ja. the 

 fame manner as other tender exotic plants, being care- 

 ful to bring them forward as early as pofllble in the 

 '•^^lummef;" othcrwife. they will not perlcfl their feeds in 

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^-:The third fort will live through the winter, if it is 

 ""1 plunged in the bark-ftove, and'treated in the fame 

 ■ 'way as other tender'plants, and the following fummer 

 they will flower earlier; fo there will be more time for 



the feeds to ripen. 

 T R I C O M A N E S, Maiden-hair. 



There are three or four varieties of tliis plant, which 

 orow naturally in Europe, but in America there is 

 a ai'eat number of fpecies, which are remarkably 

 different from each other, as alfo from the European 



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* ^Thefe being of tlie tribe of Fe^rns or capillary plants, 

 7 arTfeldo"^rn preferved in gardens; Their roots fhould 



--• be planted in moift fhady places, efpecially the Euro- 



'■■peari fort's," *which commonly grow from between the 



joints of old walls, and in other very moifx fiiady fitu- 



• ations; but thofe forts which are brought from hot 

 ■'countries, muft be planted.in pots filled with rubbifli, 



■'*and ftrona' earth mixed, and in winter they muft be 



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 f The commp.n fort in England is generally fold in the 

 ■''Markets for the' true" Maidefi-haif, which is "a very 

 '' different plant, and not to be found in England, it 

 "'■ beino- a native of the fouth of PVance, and other warm 



countries, fo is rarely brought to England. ' ' "- 

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'd female flowers at feparate dijl 

 !>Jdnt. *The male flowers have a long fnh 

 of one leaf cut into f.ve fmall fegments 



flexed ; the petal is plain^ fpreadi 



fhort Jlamina ariftng from the point of t 



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f.ozver^ fiippcrliiig a fyle the length cj the f/;;:',:/-"^-^ 



The female flc\KjCrs fit upon the gcrrnen^ and have empak. 

 raents andpelals like the 7nak fozvcrSj but have no fa- 

 viina \ they have a long flcndcr gcrmcn ftnaUd under the 



crcivnedbj three chlong ftigrnas, 'J'he ge-men aftcrivard 

 turns to a fucctdent fruit having three cclls^ inckflu^r r^,n^ 

 ny compreffed feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth fe-flion 

 of Linn^us's twenty-fir!t cIaIs, which includes th. 

 plants whofe flowers have male and female fiorers 

 on the fame plant, and the fummiis are connefted 

 ' together. 



We have but one Species of this p-cnus in the Eno-- 

 lifh gardens, viz. 

 Tricosanthes {/Ingtnna) pomis teretibus oblonp;is 

 curvis. Hort. Cliff. 450. Tricofanthes 



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■ith a taper^ ob- 

 longs incurved fruit, 



■ gantiffimo, fruftu oblongo intorto. Michel. Gen. 12. 

 tab. 9. China Serpent Cucumber ivith a moft elegant white 

 flower^ and an oblong intortcd fruit. ' ^ 

 This plant grov/s naturally in China, it is an annual, 

 and of the Cucumber tribe. The ftalks run to a great 

 length, and if they are not fupported, trail upon the 

 ground, in the fi^me manner asCucumbersandMclons. 

 The leaves are angular and rough ; the flowers come 

 out from the fide of the fl:alks ; they are white, and 

 cut into many fmall filaments or threads. The fruit 

 is taper, near ia foot long, incurved, and divided into 

 three cells, which include m^any compreifed feeds like 

 thofe of Cucumber. 



It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fov/n on a 

 hot-bed early in the fpring, and afterwards treated in 

 the fam.e v/ay as Cucumbers and Melons, keeping 

 them covered with glafics, otherwife they will not 

 ripen their fruit here. 

 TRICHOSTEMA. Gron. Flor. Virg. 64. Lin. 

 v*Gen. Plant. 6k2. 



;::>^The CHARACTERS are, ^ ^ ' .' . 



I'^'Jt has a lipped empalement to^ the flower of one leaf-^ the 



upper lip is twice as large as the under ^ and is cut into three 



equal acute fegmentSy the under Up into two.- -The flower 



is of the lip kind-, it has a very fhort lube ; ilj€ upper lip 



its* coriipreffed and hooked^ and the under lip is cut into three 



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'^'yegments, the middle one being the leaft ; it has four hair- 

 r-'ltke ftamina which 'are long aitd incurved^ two cf them be- 

 ing a little foorter than the other ^ terminated by fingle fum- 

 "■"'■ mits^ and a four-pointed gerrjen fupporting a long fl.enc.er 

 flyle^ crowned by a bifid ftigrn a. The germen afterward 

 turn to four rcundiflo feeds j inclofed in the fwoUen empale- 

 ment of the flotver. 





This genus of planH'isYariged in' the firft feclion'of 

 Linn^us's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have two longer and tv,'0 fhorter ftami- 

 na, and the feeds are naked in the flower-cup. 

 .-^ ii ■ . The Species are, ' 



1. Trichostema' (Dichctcmum) ftaminibus londfllmis 

 exfertis. Lin. Sp. Plant. '598. Trichoflema zvith the 



V longeft ftretched out ftamina. Cafllda Mariana, majora- . 

 n£e folio. Pet.Suc. 243. Maryland Scull Cap with a 

 'Marjordin leaf. --'■ 



2. Trichostema (Brachiatmn) ftaminibus brevibus in- 

 ■clufis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 598. "Trichcfiemd with flSortcr 



''flamina included in the petal. 





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' The firft fort grows haWrally in many parts of North 



■ America; it is an annual plant, which rifcs.aboutfix 



or eight inches high, dividing into fmiall branches, 



which are garniflied with fmall roundilh leaves, not 



unlike thofe of Sweet Marjoram ; thefe are placed 



oppofite, and are covered with fine, fmall, downy 



' hairs. The flowers are produced at the wings of the 



branches •,' they are fmall, and of a purple colour, 



gaping with two lips ; the upper lip is arched, and 



is much larger than the lower ; it is cut into three 



acute points ; the lower lip is fmall, and cut into two 



points. Thefe appear late in Auguft, fo that unlefs 



■; the feafon proves warm, the feeds will not ripen \n 



England. 



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