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S A G A P E N ir M P L A N T. 



SAGAPENUM. 



Large Plant, Native of Perfm and the Eajl- 

 Indies, and dcfcribed but imperfeftly to, us; 

 however, lb that we have Confirmation, that the 

 Dcfcription is authentic, if not fo finifhed in all 

 its Parts as v/e could wiHi. It grows upon the 

 Mountains, and is eight Feet high, the Leaves 

 are very large, and are compofed of a great Mul- 

 titude of little Parts, which are fixed to a divided 

 Rib, and are of a bluilli green Colour, and when 

 bruifcd,of aftrongfmeil. TheStalk is thick, ftriated. 



d, hollow, and upright, 'purplifh toward _ 



Bottom, but green upv/ards. The Leaves which 

 ftand on it are like tliofe which rife from the Root, 

 only fmalier. The Flowers are little and yellow- 

 _JTi, they ftand in very- large Umbels at the Tops 

 of the Stalks -, and each of them is fucceedcd by 



ds, thefe are Hat, krp-e, brown, and ftriat 



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cd. The Root is "long, thick," of a yellowifii 

 Colour, and ofadifagreeabic Smell. This is the 

 Account we have from thofe who have been of 

 late in the Eafi : And there is a great dealto con- 

 firm it. We iind among Refm which is brought 

 over to us, pieces of tlie Stalk and many Sttds 

 of the Plant :' Thefe agree with the Dcfcription. 

 I procured fome of the Seeds picked out of fome 

 Sa^apenum, by young Mr. Sijfon, to be fowcd 

 wicli all proper Care at the Lord Pares, whole 

 principal Gardener was an excellent Perfon at his 

 Bufmefs, and with them fome Seeds of the x^m- 

 hioniacum Plant, picked alfoout of a large Qiian- 

 tity of that Gum. Thofe of the Am 



periflied ; from the Sagapenum Seeds 



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h more than an Hundred were fown 



,nlY one Plitnt, and that perilhed by lom 

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