B A 



The Characiers are ; 



It hath pennated or xpin^ed Leaves ; 

 the Flowers are papilionaceous, and 

 are fucceedcd by friort o lal Pods, in 

 which is, for the /nofi pert, contain- 

 ed one rcmiiliJJ} Seed. 

 The Species are j 



1. Barb A Jovis\ pulchre lucens. 

 J, B. The Silver Buftii -vulgo. 



2. Barb A foviss Hifpanica, in- 

 cana, flare luteo. Tourn. Spanifh 

 Jupiter's Beard. 



■> 3. Barb A yovis ; Carolimana, 

 arborefcens, Pfeudoacacid foliis. Bai- 

 tard Indigo IncoUs. Ra.zd.Aci. PhiL 

 N. 407. Baftard Indigo, or Caro- 

 lina Birba Jovis. 



4. Barb a fovis-., Africana, foliis 

 liridibus pinnatis, fiore Cdruleo, 

 Boerh. Ind. The African Jupiter's 

 Beard, with deep green Leaves and 

 blue Flowers. 



The hril of thefe Plants is very 

 common in many Gardens} the 

 fecond is, at prelent, more rare 

 with US} the third Sort was rais'd 

 from Seeds fent from America, by 

 Mr. Catesby, and is by the Inhabi- 

 tants made into a coarfe fort of 

 Indigo : This grows to be a large 

 Shrub, and will reiift the Cold m 

 the open Air very well; it pro- 

 duces beautiful Spikes of Flowers, 

 and for Diverfity merits a Place in 

 Quarters of curious flowering Trees. 

 This Shrub will iometimes produce 

 ripe Seeds, by which means it 

 may be ealily propagated, and will 

 alfo take Root by laying down the 

 Branches in the Spring, which by 

 the next Spring will be fit to tranl- 

 plant out : It delights in a landy 

 dry Soil, and m.uft have Room to 

 fprcad its Branches, which extend 

 a conliderable Dillance from the 

 Stem^: It is alfo fuhje6t to fplit if 

 cxpos'd to ftrons; Winds. 



The fourth Sort may be pre- 

 ferv'd with the firil and iecond in 



' B A 



a common Green-houfe : They are 

 not very tender, but require much 

 free Air in good Weather and fre- 

 quent Waterings: They are all pro- 

 pagated by Seeds, which fhould be 

 fown on a Hot-bed in the Spring, 

 and tranfpiantcd into Pots of good 

 light Earth (but not over-dung'd) 

 and hous'd in W^inter, with Myr- 

 tles, iQt'C, and have a good Efted 

 in adding to the Diverlity of the 

 Green-houie : Thcfe Plants will 

 fometimes take Root from Cut- 

 tings; but as 'tis difficult to obtain 

 Plants this Way, and the Seeds 

 many times ripen very well with 

 us, Co I would recommend the 

 raifmg them that Way, as the mofl 

 fure and expeditious. 



BARBAP>.EA, or Winter-Crefs j 

 vide Sifymbrium. 



BARDANA } Burdock i vide 

 Lappa. 



BASELLA; f>r Climbing Night- 

 Shade /w;?2 Malabar. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath an annual Root : The 

 Stalks are climbing, and of a purple 

 Colour : The Leaves are roundy 

 thick, and fucculent, and of a dark 

 green Colour : From the Foot-Jlalk 

 cf the Leaves are produc'd Spikes of 

 Flowers, which are Male and Female, 

 in diferent Parts of the Spike : The 

 Female Flowers are fuccecded by flat 

 Berries., in each of -which is contained 

 one hard Seed. 



Thcrje is but one Specie of this 

 Plant, at prefcnr, known in Eng- 

 land, which is, 



Basella. Hort.Mal. Climbing 

 Nighr-Shade 



This Plant muO: be fown early 

 in the Spring upon a Hot-btd; and 

 when come up, muft be planted 

 into Pors of good frcfii Earth, and 

 iet into a frefli Hot-bed, in order 

 to bring it forward; and when 

 grown too high to be conrain'd 



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