loth Exotick and Domeftick, &e. 
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nvbtn it is refiexd, tbe better to adruit the Seeds to efiape, avbicb are fpread 
abroad wilb tbc leajl Ifitid, by Ibe Help of tbe Doonu vtbicb adberes tbereto. 
Senecio; Virginianus, arborefcens, atriplicis lolio. Par. Bat. : 15. EUcbryfo 
aginis, Virginiaua, frntefcens, foliis cbenopodii glaucis. ‘Pluk. Pbyl. Tai. 17- !. 
Conyza, Virginiaua, halimi folio. Tonrn. 45 The Virginiae Gkoundsel 
Thee i vulgi. 
This Shrub altho' orno grcat Beauty, yct dolcrvcs a Place in a Collcction of Trccs ; It 
Siliquaftrum 5 Judas Tree 5 vulgi. 
The Charatas ate j 
Tbc 1.casses are for Ibe mofl Pari roimd, fomesebat like tbofe of Ajfarabacta, 
bttl larger, and are difpofcd alternately oh tbc Branchis i tbc Fhmirs are 
patthon aceotts, and are fucceedcd by long comprcfs'd Pods, in nsbich are conlahid 
feveral Kidney-Jbapd Seeds. 
The Spedes are $ 
1. Silitpialltuin. Caft. Durant. 415. Siliqua, fylwfiris, rotundifoUa- 
C. B. P. 401. Judaica arbor. J. B. Vol. I. Pars II. 435. Arbor Jud.e j 
vulgo. 
Silicjuafttum ; Canadcnfc. Tourn. 647. Siliqua, Jylvefiris rotundifoUa- 
H. R. Par. The American Judas Tree ; vulgi. 
3. Siliquallrum ; qux Ceratia agrcllis, mucronato folio, floribus patvis, 
C-arolintana. Plut. Ahn. 95. Judaica Arbor, Virginiaua, folio cordato. P. B. 
Plod. 343. Carolina Poisted-leavd Judas Tree ; vulgi. 
Thcfe Trccs are callcd in jimerica Red Bud, which Namc it is probabit was given them 
from the Buds of the Flowers, which are of a bcautiful Scarlet Colour belbie open, and 
when tully blown do fade to a ibftcr Red -, it is one of the molt bcautiful as alio the 
moit rcmarkable in its flowcring, of ali the flowcring T rees, the Flowers bcing ptoduced out 
of the old Wood, and often tn fuch a plentcous Manncr, that moit of the Branchcs are 
covcrM with Flowers before auy of the Leavcs appear, which renders it one of the moli 
dclightful Trccs of the Spring. The Flowers arc by many Peoplc, ierved up to Tablc 
in Sallads, and are much cllccnfd. Thcy arc all railed from Seeds, and are hardy 
cnough to rcfift the Wintcfs Cold, ptovided thcy are Ihcltcfd from the North and Eatl 
Solanum 5 Nigmt-shade. 
The Characters arej 
It balb a Flovxr confifiing of one Leaf dividcd iulo fime Parts, and expanded 
Ubc a Star; the Frutt is fofi and fucculenl, of an ovaI 0 r globular Figurc 
containing many Jiat Seeds in eaeb. 
