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The upright Saty 



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with a comprefTed foliated ftalk 





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This plant grows indifferently either upon trees, or the ground j and moot 



generally to the height of 



thole of the 

 flower- fpikes. 



kind pretty 



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femblin 



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SATYRIUM 12. Erefium majus, caule fubrotundo, foliis major thus ample x~ 



antibus oblongis, jpica terminali ramofa. 





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The larger upright Saty 



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This is very like the foregoing, both in form and difpofition: but it rifes generally 

 the i .eight of three feet, or better j and the ftalk terminates in a branched fpike. 







SATYRIUM 13. Paraftticum, foliis met) 



bus 



blongis radicalibus ; [capo 



ijfurgenti longijjimo farmentofo fimplici nudo, ad ft 

 mitatem jpicato. 



The! 





leafed Saty 



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with a long farmentous fimple ftalk 



SATYRIUM 14. V ar a fiti cum, foliis oblongis radicalibus, fcapo fubafurgenti 



Ion go farmentofo mi do ad apicem 

 floris cord at 



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ofo y labia inft 



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The large-leafed Satyrmm y with a long weakly branched ftem 







SATYRIUM 15. Parafticum, foliis oblongis radicalibus macula tis, fcapo af- 



furgenti longo farmentofo nudo ad apicem ramofo, fionbus 



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mijeel 



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little 



An, Epidendrum foliis radicalibus lanceolatis, petalisrettifis. L. Sp. PI. 



The large farmentous Satyr him> with mottled flowers. 



whofe flowers are like fo many 



This is a very beautiful fpecies of the Saty 



patches of thofe Dutch calicoes with a dark ground ; they open wide, and 

 ' much like thofe of the 13 th fpecies before defcribed ; tho' the plants are differ* 



pretty 



This fort is pretty frequent on the rocks near the Ferr 



ferve it in any other part of the ifland 



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EPIDENDRUM 1. Scan dens-, foliis elliptico-ovatis, nitidifjimis, margine 



membranacco cinSlis, fubfefjilibus j inferioribus clavi- 

 culis jugatis, fuperioribus oppojitis. 

 Epidendrum foliis ovato-oblongis nervofis fejjilibus caulinis, cirrhis fpirali- 



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Angurek. Kcempferi. H. 868. & Vanilla. Plum. G. 28. 



Lobus oblongus aromaticus. Slo. Cat. 70. £•? Epidendron, &c. Pk. t. 30. f. 4. 



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The Vanilla Plant. 



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This plant is a climber, and rifes, with great eafe, to the tops of the tallefr trees in 

 the woods. The ftalk is moderately flender, and throws out a long winding tendrcl 

 oppofite to each of the lower leaves, by which it (licks and holds to the branches, or 

 bark of the tree: but after it gains the top, thefe become ufelefs, and the place of 

 each is fupplied by a fellow leaf. It is found wild in all parts of the mountains 

 of Jamaica, particularly in the parifties of St. Ann and St. Mary; and grows moft 

 luxuriantly in cool and mady places. 



The plant is cultivated chiefly in low warm lands : it is propagated by the gem, 

 and generally planted along walls, or at the foot of trees, or other props, whereby 



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