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axillary, filiform, Ion»; : the flowers in pair?, 

 axillary) scarlet, large: the berry ovate, the 

 size of a pige »n'i egg, and pedicelled. It is a 

 native of the West Indies. 



The twelfth has slender, striated, roundish 

 Stalks, less than a straw, of the same thick- 

 ness from top to bottom, and of a brownish 

 red colour, dividing into many slender branches: 

 the leaves shaped like the wings of a bat when 

 extended, about seven inches m length, or rather 

 breadth, from the base to the ton not more than 

 two inches and a half, the upper ones smaller, 

 the middle wider, and the lower narrower, 

 smooth and somewhat shining ; the colour in 

 the upper ones pale, in the middle deeper, in 

 the lower darker green, w ith two purple tuber- 

 cles or glands towards the base, where they are 

 connected with the petiole; which is set half 

 an inch from the base of the leaf, three nerves 

 springing from it, two extending each way to 

 the oarrow points of the leaf, the other rising 

 upright to the top, where is the greatest length 

 of the leaf: the flowers are on short round pe- 

 duncles from the axils of the middle and upper 

 leaves, white and of a middle size, about three 

 inches in diameter when expanded : they are 

 without scent, open in the evening or during the 

 night, in the month of July, and finally close 

 about eight or nine o'clock in the morning. It 

 is a native of the West Indies. 



The thirteenth species has the stem sufTrutes- 

 cent at bottom, subdivided, angular, grooved : 

 the leaves semiovate, three-nerved, veined, 

 smooth on both sides, marked behind longitu- 

 dinally with pellucid clots : lobes terminated bv 

 verv small bristles; the middle one a little 

 larger than the others : the petioles short, with- 

 out glands : the tendrils filiform, very long: the 

 stipules two, opposite, awl-shaped : the pedun- 

 cles axillary, filiform, an inch long : the flowers 

 nodding, pale green, rather large: the berry egg- 

 shaped. It is di tinguisbed from the other sorts 

 by its rounded leaves slightly thrce-lobed at top 

 only. Ii is a native of Jamaica. 



The fourUenth runs to a great height, and has 

 dark-rrreei glossy leaves: the involucrum is com- 

 po ed of ihree leaves divided into capillary seg- 

 ments, each terminating in a viscid globule : the 

 pillar supporting thegt rmen is bright purple with 

 darker spots : the petals ire greenish on the out- 

 side, ami red within : the crown consists of four 

 rows of radii, which are varied with white and 

 purple. It is a native of Jamaica. 



The fifteenth species rises with a weak stalk to 

 the height of twenty feet : as the stalks grow 

 old, thev have a thick fungous bark like that of 

 the Cork-tree, which cracks and splits : the 

 smaller branches are covered with a smooth bark : 

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the leaves are smooth, on very short petioles : 

 the middle lobe is much longer than the lateral 

 ones, so that the whole leaf is halbert-shaped : 

 the Bowers are small, of a greenish yellow co- 

 lour : the fruit egg-shaped, dark purple when 

 ripe. It is perennial, and a native of the Wesl 

 Indies, flowering from June to September. 



In the sixteenth species the stalks ri-e twenty 

 feet high, dividing into many slender branches, 

 covered with a soft hairy down : the leaves are 

 shaped like the p tint of a halbert, three inches 

 long, ami an inch and half wide at the has. , light 

 green, soft and .silky to the touch, standing ob- 

 liquely to the foot-stalks: the flowers are not 

 half so large as those of the common or blue 

 Passion-flower: the fruit small, roundish, yel- 

 low when ripe, leaves ovate, tomentose on 

 both sides: lateral lobes short; with an obsolete 

 gland underneath behind the sinus of the lobe. 

 It grows naturally at La Vera Cruz, flowering 

 most part of the summer. 



In the seventeenth, the whole plant is very 

 smooth and even : the leaves glaucous undcrncaih, 

 undotted : the petioles furnished with two or lour 

 glands below the middle: the stipules acute, quite 

 entire, more than half an inch in length : the 

 flowers are sweet. It is a native of Cayenne. 



The eighteenth species has the stem twininc, 

 simple, becoming corky at the base with age, 

 round, smooth: the leaves subpeltate, subcor- 

 date: lateral lobes almost horizontal; all acute, 

 nerved, smooth on both sides: the petioles short, 

 round, reilex, smooth : the glands two, opposite, 

 small, sessile, concave, brown, in the middle of 

 the petioles: the stipules two, opposite, awl- 

 shaped, bv the side of the petioles: the tendrils 

 long, between the petioles : peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, longer than the petioles, loose, one- 

 flowered : the flowers small, whitish : the berry 

 small, blue, egg-shaped. 



Culture. — In all the sorts it is either by seeds,, 

 layers, or cuttings, according to the kinds. 



The first or hardy sort is capable of being 

 raised either by seeds, layers, or cuttings: the 

 seed should be sown in the early -prmg, as 

 March, in large pots, half an inch deep, either 

 plunging them in a warm border, and a> the wea- 

 ther becomes warm moving them to the shade ; or 

 in a hot-bed, which will forward the germination 

 of the seed more fully, and the plants will rise 

 sooner ; which should afterw ards he hardened 

 gradually to the open air till the autumn, and 

 then placed under a garden-frame for the win- 

 ter, to have shelter from frosts, and in the 

 spring planted out in pots, or some in the nur- 

 sery ; and in a year or two they may be trans- 

 planted where they are to remain, against some 

 warm south wall. 



