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long an inhabitant of fomc curiour, gardens in F.r/_{lanc, 

 The root is thick, ncllrv, and ilrjkcs deep inro tlic 

 ground, and will grow as thick as a man's arm when 

 okl. The {talks decay every autumn to the rodr, 

 from which fpring hew flioots every year, in num.ber 

 proportionable to the fize of t!ie root ^ they rile three 

 or four {t:et !ugh, fending out a few fide branches - 

 tlicfe are fmooth, green, and jointed ^ they are p-ar- 

 niihed with fmooth tkPny leaves like thofe of Purflane, 

 tv;o (landing together upoh'thc fame foot-ftalk, which 

 is an inch Ion 





TiK-le plants may be alfo propagated by fuckers, 

 which the old ones many times fend forth from their 

 roots, but thefe arc feldom fo v/ell rooted as thoie 

 produced from feeds, nor do they make fo good plants, 

 for which reafon they are but rarely propagated that 



way. 



l^he'fecond fort is not fo hardy as the firfl, [o thefe 



plants muR be kejit in pots, and in the winter placed 

 into the creen-houfe, and treated in the lame way as 

 other hardy exotic plants, being careful not to over- 

 water them at that feafon, but efpecially when they 

 Jiave Ihed their leaves. 



This fort is propagated by feeds, which mufl be pro- 

 cured from the country where it naturally grows; 

 thefe fiiould be fown in pots filled with light earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, which 

 will brinti^ up the plants in about fix weeks, if the 

 feeds are good. When the plants begin to advance in 

 height, they Ihould be gradually hardened, and in 

 June they may be placed in the open air in a'fheltered 

 lituation ; but in autumn they mufi be removed into 

 Ihelter, where they mufl remain all the winter, and in 

 the fpring, before the plants begin' to pufli out their 



leaves, they ftiould be carefully tranfplanted,'each into J garniflied with fucculent leaves placed by ftyars, fittin 

 a fepara.te fmall pot, "and plunged into a gentle hot- I clofe to them. From the v/ings of the ftalks the flower's 

 bed to forv/ard their putting out new roots. In fum- j are produced upon; pretty lonp flender foot-flalks- 



they are of a bluifh green colour. 

 The flowers are produced from the wings of the ftalk 

 two or three arifing at the fame joint upon fliortfoot- 

 llalks ; they are compofed of five fOundifh concave 

 petals of a reddilh colour on their outfidc, and ten ila- 



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which are twice the length of the petals. The 

 flowers are fucceeded by long prifmatical capfules 

 with five fides, which have cells filled with roundifh 

 feeds. This fort flowers in June and July, arid the 

 feeds ripen in autumn. 



The fecond fort grows naturally at ttie Cape of Good 

 Hope; this. rifes with a thick woody ftalk three or 

 fouf ftetjhigh, fending out many branches, which are 



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mer they mufl' be expofed' abroad, "but in winter they 

 mull be'houicd. 



they are compofed 'of five fulphur^colpured petals 

 which have a brown fpot on each of their tails ; thefe 



The third." and fourth forts are tendet-'er than the for- j are Tucce^ed by rbitndifli deprefl^ed fruit havino- five 



mer, fo will not tbtive inthis country unlefs the plants 

 are kept in a warm ffbve. Thefe are. propagated in the 

 fame way as the former, but the plant? hiuft be more 

 tenderly treated, for they fhould not be wholly ex- 

 pofed abroad at any time of the year ; in fummer they 

 muft have a large fhare of air in warm weather, and in 

 winter they muil be kept in a warm ftove. 

 ^yGOPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 474. Fa- 

 . ,bago. Tourn. Inff. R. H. 258. tab. 1V-5. Bean Caper. 

 /The Characters arc, 



uhe empak'/nent of the flower is compofed pf Jive oval oh- 



. tufe leaves, ^he flower has five obtufe petdj which are 



J longtr than the empakment^ and are indented at their 



^points \ it has a clofed neBarium^ which includes the ger- 



men^ compofed of feveralfcales or lit^^^^^ to which 



cells, each fontainirig two roundifli feeds. This plane 

 continues^flowering all funimcr and autumn, and the 

 feeds ripen in winter. 



The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; this has a Ihrubby ftalk which divides into 

 many irregular jointed branches, which rife four or 

 five feet high, and are gairniftied with thick fuccu- 

 lent leaves,^ which are larger, and more obtufe than 

 thofe of the fecond fort f they are' placed by fours at 

 each joint, twoofteach^fidertite ftaHc dppofite.- The 

 flowers come out from the wings of the ftalk upon fleli- 

 der foot-ftalks ; thefe have but four petals, which are 

 broader than thofe.of tbefej^otidfort,"" butof thVfame^ 

 colour, each haying a briownTpoti^^^^^^^^ tails; The 

 fruithasfour broad membranaceous wings:, fefemblino: 



thehafesofthejlmimahfaftene^ the fails of a mill. 'This plant flowers moft part of 



Jlainina^ terminated h oblonz fummitSy aha an oblonz 2cr- 

 inen^ jiipporting an awl-fhaped ftyle^ crowned by a Jingle 



fummer, but the fruit feldom ripens well in England. 

 The fourth fort is a native ot the Cape 6f Good Hope. 



Jligma, The germen afterward become an oval five-cornered \\ ' The ftalks of this branch out sreatlv from the bot- 



capfule with five' cells-, containing feveral roundiflj feeds. 

 This genus of plants is' ranged in the firft fection of 

 £1nnaeus's tenth clafs,' which includes thofe plants 



1^:^,5^' 'wKoTe flowers have ten ftamiiia and one ftyle. 

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H. £YGOi^nYLLVM(Fabago) foliis petiolatis, foliolis ob- 

 . ovatis caule herbacep..^ Lin. S^.'S^iJ^ Bean Caper with 

 'fdotjrdJks%ytB^ herbaceous J'?i2Z&jr^t FaKago 



^ ' ' Belgafufii rive'peplus Parifierifium. Lugd.'45'i Com- 

 ,., moH BeanJJaper, or Peplus of the Pariftans. ;" ' .' • ! 



it. Zygophyllum {SeJJilifoUum) foliis feffilibus," foliolis 



torn,; they are ftirubby, lointed, and irregular. The 

 leaves are of the conftftence of thofe of Purflanej they 

 are^narrpwat their tailsj, but oval toward their points, 

 an3 are placed by fours at each joint like the former. 

 The flowers come out from the wings of the ftalk 



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' upon flender foot-ftalks \ they are of a pale yellow co- 



'/. V lour^ ' fcach petal haying a pretty large red fpot at their : 



' talis. 'The fruit is oval, about three quarters of an 



mch long, haying nve deep furrows, andis divided into 



i .^^five cells, which are fe^^^^ with roundi|h feeds:' This 



plant flowers great part of the year, and the fruit ri- • 



lanceolato-ovalibus 'ma>gine 'fcabVis 'caiile fruticofo. j penslnaUtumn and winter?' 



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.^, Africaria'arborefc'ensVllSre fulphufeb, frO'gtii'f^^^^ 

 : Coni, Plant. Raf.^'io. Tree^Me'Jffr lean Bean Capek wit: 

 ^[a hin^orie flower onrarMd fruirt"^'^ T':^''r'''^ 

 3. Zygophyllum {Morgfanaf fxiljis fiibpfeMatis,-^f^^ 

 . . olis obovatis cauleffutic6rd:XinVSp::5^^^^^^^ 

 \ with oval fmall leaves Baving fhoH 'f^ot-ftalks^ and a 

 florubby ftalk: -Fabago tetraplfyMdfe 'te^ 



, membranaceo quadrangularil'-Burmi Plant. 



- . Af^-' 7/ ' FW'^hii^^^^^^ (^^P^^ with^ a flower offourpe- 

 ':ta!lsy4ndafpur--cjirneredm ■ 



4. Zygophyllum \Fulvum) capfuHs oVatis acutis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 385; Bean Caper with oval acuie-pointed cap- 

 fules/- VdhzgQ ftore, luteo,'petalofurti unguibus ru- 

 bns,Truau fulcato acuto pblongb. Burm, Plant. Afr. 

 6. Bean Caper with a yeilgwfldwer\ %e' tails of the' 'pe- 

 tals redy and ah acute^ oblong/ f iirro^Md friiitr-'::-]-^ 



The firft fort grows naturally in Syria; this has been 



The fir ft (brt is propagated only by feeds, which ri- 



, pen very well in Lngland in warm feafons \ thefe may 



' be either Jown upon a moderate hot-bed in the fprin^:. 



With , or on a warm border or light ground i thofe which 



are fown upon the hot-bed will come up m three 

 ^ weeks or a month, and about a month alter, the 

 plants will be fit to remove, when tHey iftiould be each 

 planted in a feparate fmall pot filled with frefti light 

 earth, and plunged into a gentle hot-bed to promote 

 their taking root, and ftiaded from the fun in the day 



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 bear the open air, to whicfi they fliould be expofed all 

 the fummer ; but in autumn, when their ftalks begin 

 to decay, they ftiould be placed in a hot-bed frame to 

 ftielter them from the froft in winter, for while they 

 are young, they are a little tender. The fpring fol- 

 lowing they may be turrieB out of the pots, and planted 

 in a fouth border clofe to the wall, in a dry rubbifhy 

 foil! where they will endure the cold without cover- 



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