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AGAVE 



j . Foliis fubcomprefjis mucronaiis, ad margines fpinofo- dent ails ; fcapo 



v ali do aj/ urge/2ti y racemo fpatiofo ramofo. 

 Agave foliis dentatis, faminibus corollam aquantibus. L. Sp. PI. 

 Aloe fecund a feu folio in oblongum aculeum abeunti. Morif. & Slo. Cat. 117. 

 Aloe Americana fobolifera. Herm. H. Lugd. t. 17. 



Coratoe 



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or Curaqa, 



There are but few plants more common than this in J 



lly in the moft barren rocky hills, and 



It gro 



flowers, affords the moft pleating 



fight of any fhrub or plant in that part of the world ; which is (lili 



lb blooming a plant cannot be well expected to thrive in that foil where it's molt 



commonly found g 



dented 



that fpread 



This curious plant throws out fome (harp- pointed 



ft ah 



firft 



d continues to in- 



afe, though flowly, both in fi 



d quantity of foliag 



for 



many years 



length it acquires a certain degree of perfection, and then it throws up a ftem from 

 the center of its leaves, which generally rifes to the height of eight or ten feet above 

 the root. This is fimple and naked immediately above the leaves, but very much 

 divided and branched towards the top, where it bears almoft an infinite number of 

 moderately large yellow flowers, by which it may be diftinguifhed for many miles. 



The ftalk is very (hort during the firft ftage of 



d the 



difpofed 



fely together, ftanding in an oblique, or ereffo-patent pofltion, and fhooting grad 



lly one above another j while a few of thofe neareft to the ground 



away 



But when it begins to throw up a ftalk, the circulation grows very ft 



holly 



d this part is generally compleated and fully adorned with its bloflb 



& 



weeks: the natural operations of propag 



ns in a few 

 are then carried on with great 



v 1 gov 

 feeds 



d the whole top foo 



a 



fte 



r 



ppears adorned 



a thoufand vegetated 



or 



rath 



furnifhed with a convenient number of 



and 



feek and raife the neceflary food, whenever they fall from the parent-ftalk ; but 

 is feldom happens until they have acquired a ftated degree of perfection, and then 

 iey are blown off gradually by every wind that (hakes the withering item, which, 

 ith the leaves, now dies gradually away, and ends its life with the completion of 



ft 



g fo many thoufands to renew the kind 





fl 



The leaves of this pi 



pretty fucculent, and generally ufed to fcour bo 



d kitchen-utenfils, in moft of the fugar- colonies in Ameri 



The pulp 



warm pungent deterfive, and would probably p 



very active med 



many cafes, had it been properly prepared, and adminiftered with 



rd 



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o 



y 



fubft 



of the decayed ftalk 



k 



fire very re? '.ily 



The 



tho- 



roughly dried; and for this reafon is generally ufed inftead of tind 



Vellers, and all mariners that refort to thofe parts. 



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PARSONSIA 1. Herbacea, foliis ovatis oppofitis, foribus fmgularibus foliis 



ad alttrutrutn latus interpofitis. Tab. 21. f. 2. 



The fmall reclining Parfovjia. 



Penan tium Monophyllum tubulatum ftriatum y baft leniter ventricofo^ ore 



fex denticulis (quandoque tantum quinis) crnato. 

 Corolla Petala fex oblonga emarginata patula, unguibus teretibus parieti 



calicis adnata. 



Stami 





ina. 



Filament a fex inaqualia, ex infima tubi parte orta t longitudine 

 calicis ; anthers fubrotunda ', in fauce tubi locate?. 

 Piftillum. Germen oblongum liberum in fundo calicis f turn ; ftylus brevis ; 



ftigma obtufiufculutr . 



Pericarpium, 



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