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t^nncles, each sustaining oiip prcUy large flower, 

 ot a tlecp yellow colour. 'I'licse are m beauty 

 ill .lu!\ , but seldom ripen seeds in this climate. 

 •It is a native ot Germany, Sec, 



The third lias a pereiuiial rcKjt, aromatic, siib- 

 astvinga.it, smelling like cinnamon : the stem 

 from a toot to Uvo, and even three feet in height, 

 upright, smooth, liard, 'firm, tinged witli red, 

 groined or angular towards the top, where it is 

 tisiually branched : the leaves alternate, sessile, 

 or half embracing, stift", smooth, of a dark 

 shininii green, very slightly cut, and somewhat 

 iiioifcd" about tlie edge : the flowers terminating, 

 (iiralternate, one-'flowered, grooved, reddish pe- 

 duncles, fornmig altogethei-.a^oryiTib : the ca- 

 Jycine scales in two rows, smooth, brown, lan- 

 ceolate, curved back a little at Ahe end : the 

 flower an inch in diameter. It is a native of 

 Germany, Sec. 



The fourth rises with several shrubby stalks 

 jiear four feet fiigh, which divide into smaller 

 branches: the leaves w clusters, Harrow, fieshy, 

 divided intO'tlwee segments .at ti>eir poiiUs : the 

 flowers conve out on the side of the branches at 

 the top of the stalks; they are small, and of a 

 pale ycHow colo«.r, appearing in August. It is 

 a native of the Canary islands. 



The fifth rise* with a shpjbby stalk about two 

 feet hisrh, dividing into many smaller branches, 

 wjiioh'are hairy : t4ie Ita^es narrow, stift', sessile; 

 from the esdges .of these arise long hairs, which 

 are stiff, aixl come oaH by pairs ; at the eixl of 

 the branches arise naked peduncles, four or five 

 inches l<«ig, sustaining one small, yellow, radi- 

 ated flower. It is a native of Xcto. Cruz. 



The sixth Jias a stem ten or twelve feet high, 

 clivi<led into several woody branches : the leaves 

 five inches long, and one .inch and a half Ix'oad 

 in the middle, smooth on the upper side, but on 

 iheir under having three; longitudinal veins: the 

 flowers are produced at the end of the branches, 

 having verv large scaly calyxes; Uiey are as large 

 as a small Sun^-flower, of a pale yellow colour. 

 It is a native of Carthagena in New .Spain.. 

 Otlier species nray be cultivated. 

 Culture. — The jirst sort may he propagated 

 hv seeds sown in autumn stum after tliey are 

 ri'|)e, on a warm, loamy, rather moist border. 

 'i'he plants -shiuild be transplanted to the places 

 where they are U) grow Ln the following au- 

 tumn. 



Jiut the common practice is to in-c.rease it by 

 of!i=els, \^hieh, ii\ln.n taken from the old roots 

 carefully, with a bud or eye to eaeli, take root 

 easily: the best season is the autumn, as soon 

 e« the leaves begin to decay ; planting them in 

 rows about a foot a.sunder, and nine or ten 

 iiielics distance in the rows. The following 



spring the ground should be kept clean from 

 weeds, and be slightly dug over in the autunni 

 following. The roots-will be fit for use after 

 two years growth, but will abide many years if 

 permitted to stand. 



The two following sorts may be increased by 

 parting the roots, and planting them in the 

 Kutunin, in the borders or other places where 

 they are to remain. Thev should not be remov- 

 ed oftener than every three years. 



The fourth and fifth sorts may be raised by 

 planting cuttings of the branches, in the summer 

 season, in pots of light earth, in shady borders. 

 They must be removed into shelter in autumn, 

 but should have as much free air as possible at 

 all times, when the Aveather is mild. In cold 

 weather tlie first sho^ild have but very little wa- 

 ter, as, the stalks and leaves being ^succulent, 

 they are very apt to rot. In suminer they 

 should be placed abroad with other hardv exotic 

 pbnts, in a sheltered situation. 



The last sort is propagated by seeds procured 

 from where it -grows naturally. These must 

 be sown in jxrts, or upon a hot-bed, and when 

 the plants are fit to remove, be each put into a 

 small pot filled with light earth, and plunced 

 iwto a fresh hot-bed i treating tbem in the same 

 manner as other similar tender jjlants. It re- 

 quires to be kept constantly in the stove. 



The first sort may be ei.iltivated for the me- 

 dlcinal'use ei" the roots, or for ornament, in large 

 borders. 



The two following sorts may ha?,'e places in 

 the same way. 



The fourth and fifth kinds afford varielv 

 among other potted green-house plants, and the 

 last among stove plants. 



I.POM'QEA, -a genus containing plant-s of the 

 herbaceous flowery kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Menogyv'iu, and ranks in the natural order of 

 CumpanacecB, 



The characters are : that t]i« calyx rs a five- 

 toothed perianthium, oblong, very small, peY- 

 maiKiit : the corolla one-petalled, fvmnel-form: 

 tulic subevliiidric, verv long: border five-cleft, 

 spreading: divisions ohl<3iig, flat: the stamina 

 hav.e live awl -shapctl fiiamcwts, almost the Icnoth 

 of the corollas anthers roundish : the pistillum 

 is a roundish germ : st\ie filiform, length of the 

 coroHa- stigma headed-glob^jse : tlie pcricar- 

 pi.um is a roundish ca])Si.Jc, three-celled : the 

 seeds son>e, sub-ohovatc. 



'fhe spe\;ics cultiralcd arc: 1. I. Qtiamodil, 

 Winged-leaved Ipomtea; 2. 1. cocci nca, Scar- 

 let- llowered Ipoincpa. 



The first is an annual plant, rising with two 

 tiblong pretty broad seed-leaves, w hich remain 



