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COLEWORTS ; vide BratTica. 



GOLOCYNTHIS ; Coloquintida 

 er Bitter Gourd. 



The Characiers are ■■, 



It is in all refpecis like the Gourd, 

 excepting the Leaves of this Plant 

 heing deeply jagged, and the Fruit 

 keing excejjively bitter and not eat- 

 able. 



The Species are -, 



1. COLOCYNTHIS} fvuclu VOtUndo, 



major. C. B. The greater Colo- 

 quintida, \vith a round Fruit. 



2. CoLOCYNTHis i fru^iu Aurau- 

 tio fimili. Tourn. Coloquintida, 

 with a Fruit refembling ^nOrange. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are very coni- 

 mon in divers Parts of the Eafi 

 and IVe/l Indies i but as few of them 

 come to any Maturity with us, fb 

 I fhall pafs them over, with only 

 obfcrving, that whoever hath a 

 mind to cultivate any of thcfe 

 Plants, mud low them upon a 

 Hot-bed, and manage them as is 

 directed for raifmg Early Cucu7n- 

 hers i to which I fhall refer the 

 Reader. 



COLUMBINE ; vide Aquilegia. 



COLUTEAi Bladder-Sena. 

 The Characiers arej 



It hath a papilionaceous (or But- 

 terjly) Floiver, j&hich is fncceeJed 6v 

 Tods, fomerthat refembling the in- 

 fjited Bladders of FifJyes, in which 

 Are contain d feveral Kidney -flmp'd 

 Seeds. 



The Species are » 



1. CoLUTEA ; veficaria. C. B. 

 Bladdcr-Scna. 



2.. CoLUTEA i vefcaria, reficitlis 

 Tiibentibus. J. B. Bladder-Sena, 

 with redd iflv colour 'd Pods. 



5. CoLUTEA j Orieyitalis, fiore 

 fanguinei ccloris, luted macula no- 

 tato. T. Cor. Eaftern Bladdcr- 

 Sena, with Blood- colour 'd Flowers 

 ipatted with Yellow. 



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4. CoLUTEA J JEthhpko;, firfi 

 fhoenicio, folio barb& fovis. Breyn. 

 Cent, Ethiopian Bladder-Sena, with. 

 Scarlet Flowers, and Leaves like 

 the Silver Bufu 



S' CoLUTEAj Africana, annua -^ 

 foliis parvis, mucronatis, veficttlis 

 cotnprejfs. Hort. Amjl. Atrican 

 annual Bladder-Sena, with fmall 

 pointed Leaves and comprefs'd 

 Pods. 



The two firft Sorts are promif- 

 cuouQy fold by the Gardeners near 

 London, amongfi: other flowering 

 Shrubs, and are feidoni diftinguifh'd 

 but by Botanifts. 



Thefe are propagated by fowing 

 their Seeds any Time in the Spring, 

 in a Bed of common Earth ,• and 

 v/hen the Plants are come up, they 

 muft be kept clear from Weedj j 

 and the Michaelmas following, they 

 fhould be tranlplanted either into 

 Nurfery-Rows, or in the Places 

 where they are deiign'd to remain. 5 

 for if they are let grow in the Seed- 

 bed too long, they are very fub- 

 je6l to have downright Tap-roots, 

 which renders them unfit for Traril- 

 plantation ■. Nor Ihould thefe Trees 

 be fuffer'd to remain too long io 

 the Nurfery before they are trant 

 planted, for the fame Reaibn. 



Thefe Shrubs grow to the Height 

 of eight or ten Feet, and are very 

 proper to intermix with Trees of 

 a middling Growth in Wildernefs- 

 quarters, or in Clumps of Flower- 

 ing-trees, v/here the Oddnefs of 

 their Flowers and Pods will make 

 a pretty Variety, 



The third Sort was brought from 

 the Levant by Monf. Tournefort to 

 the King's Garden at Taris \ from 

 wJience feveral curious Gardens 

 have been fuppiy'd with this beau- 

 tiful Plant : This is alfo rais'd by 

 fowing the Seeds in the Spring, 

 cither in a moderate Hot-bed, or 

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