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or Earthen Pipes ; but when it 

 fervcs to play the Bafons that lie 

 below it, it muft pals through 

 Leaden Pipes. 



Bauhinia j Mountain Ebony, 

 •vulgo. 



This Plant takes its Name from 

 ^ohn and Cafpar Bauhin, two fa- 

 mous Botaniils, who wrote feveral 

 of the moil celebrated Books in 

 Botany. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a polypetalous anomalous 

 Flower, confijlmg of five or njore 

 LeaveSi which are difpos'don one fide 

 of the Flower ^ from whofe Calyx 

 arifes the incurved Fointal (accom- 

 panied with the Stamina of the fame 

 Form) which afterwarJs becomes a 

 Pod inclofing Kidney fijap'd Seeds . 

 The Species are^ 



1. Bauhinia j aculeata folio ro- 

 tundo emarginato. Flum. N. G. The 

 Indian Savin Tree j vulgo. 



2. Bauhinia i non aculeata, folio 

 ampliori (y> bicorni. Flum, N. G. 

 Mountain Ebony ; vulgo. 



The firft of thcfe Trees grows 

 very plentifully in the low Lands 

 of Jamaica, and in feveral other 

 Parts of the Wefi-Indies ; it rifes to 

 the Height ot fifteen or lixteen 

 Feet, and produces fine Spikes of 

 beautiful yellow Flowers at the Ends 

 of the Branches ; and the whole 

 Plant, if bruis'd, doth emit a ilrong 

 Scent, fo me what like Savin, from 

 whence the Inhabitants of the U-^efi- 

 Indies gave it the Name of Indian 

 Savin Free. 



The fecond Sort grows very 

 plentifully on the Hills in every Part 

 of the IHand of Jamaica. This 

 riies to the Height of fixteen or 

 eighteen Feet, and produces Cluf- 

 ters of party-coloured Flowers at 

 the Extremity of the Branches, 

 which are fucceeded by long flat 

 Pods, In which are contain'd the 



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Seeds. The Wood of this Tree 

 being very hard, the Inhabitants of 

 the Wefi-l72dies have given it the 

 Name of Mountain Ebony. 



Thefe Plants may be rais'd fi-om 

 Seeds, which ;ire eafily obtain'd from 

 the m/l-Indies. The Seeds muft 

 be fown on a Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring, and when the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be tranfplanted 

 each into a feparate Imall Pot; filled 

 with frefli light Earth, and plunged 

 into a Hot-bed of Tanners-uark, 

 obferving to water and fliade 'em 

 until they have taken Root j after 

 v/hich, they muft have Air and 

 Water in Proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafoii, and the Heat of the 

 Bed in which they are placed. 

 When the Plants have filled the 

 Pots with the r Roots, they muft 

 be fhified into other Pots of a lar- 

 ger Sizej and if they are grown 

 too hig'i to remain under the 

 Frames of the Hot- bed, they muft 

 be removed into the Bark-ftove, 

 where they muft be preferved in 

 the Winter Seafon, obferving to 

 place thefirft in a warm Situation: 

 but the fecond Sort being hardier, 

 doth not require fo much Heat, 

 Thefe Plants muil have a large Share 

 of free Air in Summer, but in Win- 

 ter they muft be kept" pretty c'ofe; 

 • they muft alfo be frequently refrefh'd 

 with Water, but it muft not be 

 given them in large Quantities, for 

 too much Moifture is apt to rot 

 their Roots. In this Management 

 the Plants will thrive very well, 

 and may in a few Years produce 

 their Flowers. 



BAY ; vide Laurus. 



BEANS; vide Faba. 



Kidney or French BEANS j vi^ 

 Phafeolus. 



BEAN-TREFOIL j vid^ Cy< 

 tiffus. 



BEARVEARj W^ Auricula, 

 I » B£AR'i- 



