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Convolvulus Major poliantbos &c. Slo. Cat. 55. & H. t. 972 





Chriftmas-Gambol. 



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common about Spanijhtown, and ipreads very thick upon all the 



bufties that grow 



blooms about Chrift 



white flowers from the alae of the upper 

 by fo many oblong capfulae that feldom 

 of the plant are fmooth. 



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and bears a great abundance of 

 ranches, which are fucceeded 



feed each 



All the parts 





CONVOLVULUS 8. Foliis cordato - acuminatis, fori bus umbellat. 



fufentaculis longis alaribus. 



lute. 



The yellow flowered Convolvul 





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plant is common about the Ferry, and grows frequently in the bufhes be 



tween that place and Mr. Price 



ways margined on one fide, but the 

 and the figure of the leaves very various. 



bears beautiful yellow flowers, and the flalks 



pful 



are generally fmall and oblong 



CONVOLVULUS 9. Repens, foliis amplijjimis cordatis, pedunculis longis 



ramofis alaribus. 



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The large heart-leaf d Convolvulus. 



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CONVOLVULUS 10. Vliginofus repens, foliis amplioribus orbicularis 



<venqfis. 



The Swamp-Convolvulus. 



are found in Jamaica, the former about Mangeneel, the latter 

 about the Lagoons eaflward of Kingjlon 5 both fpecies fpread generally a great way, 

 and are remarkable enough for the iize and difpofition of their leaves. 



Both thefe pi 



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CONVOLVULUS 



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Repens foribus paucioribus, pedunculis longis ala- 



ribus, radice crajfo carnofo albo 



CONVOLVULUS 12. Etc. radice crajfo carnofo luteo 



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Convolvul 



Foliis cordt 

 flo. Virg 



tgulatis radice tuberofo. L. H. C. & Gro 







Bermudas Potatoes. Catejby vol. ii. t 



Ages Mart, page 6. & Jeteiba Pif. 254. 



The Potatoe and Potatoe-flip. 



Both thefe plants are now cultivated all over America, and fupply the Negroes and 

 poorer fort of people with a great part of their food in many places \ they are hardly 



diftinguifhed by the tops, but the roots of the latter 



flantly of a yellow 



lour, and thofe of the former white : the plant rifes equally from the bits and flips, 

 tho' generally propagated by the latter, and is cultivated by laying a few fhort juncks 



of the item 



ger branches 



mallow 

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errupted trenches, and covering them 

 grow to full maturity in three or four 

 covering the ile 



bits and fm 



with the mould from the banks, 

 months, and the propagation is cc 



protuberances with mould as they dig up the more perfect bulbs for ufe. 

 The leaves make a very agreeable fodder for fheep, goats, hogs, rabbits and horfes 

 upon occaiion ; and the roots boiled, maflied and fermented, make a pleafant cool- 

 ing drink. 



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