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rual Fruit, tvhich is fppelled eind 

 ferforatecL containing d jiria ted round 

 '^ut. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, viz, 



Hernandia j ^mplo HederA folio, 

 ^mklicato Flum. N. Gen. 6. Her- 

 fjandia with a large umbilicated Ivy 

 Leaf, commonly called, in the Wejt- 

 Indies, Jack in a Box. 



This Plant may be propagated by 



Seeds, (which are eafiiy obtain'd 



from Jamaica or Barbados, where 



the Trees are in great Plenty) thefe 



muft be fbwn on a Hot-bed early 



in the Spring, and when the Plants 



are come up, they muft be each 



planted into a feparate Pot, filled 



with frefh light Earth, and plunged 



into a moderate Hot-bed of Tan, 



pbferving to water and fhade 'em 



until they have taken Root, after 



which they fhould have a large 



Share of free Air, in Proportion to 



the Warmth of the Seafon, and the 



Heat of the Bed i when the Plants 



have filled the Pots with their Roots, 



they niuft be removed into other 



Pots of a larger Size, plunging 



them again into the Hot-bed, ob- 



fcrying to water them plentifully, 



for this Plant grows naturally in 



mold Places, ib requires to be often 



water'd, and in Winter mu{> be 



placed in the Birk-Stove with the 



Coffee-Trees, ^r, where, when 



they have obtain'd Strength, they 



make a beautiful Appearance, their 



Leaves being 16 or 18 Inches long, 



and .f o or i x Indies broad, having 



a large red Spot at the Place where 



the Koot-ftalk joins it. 1 have not 



as yet feenthe Flowers of this Tree, 



ib can fay nothing concerning their 



Beauty.' ' 



HERNIAPJA; Rupture- wort. 



The characters are : 

 The Calix is quadrijid, cr, for the 

 mft party c^ziuquiJiJ, md expanded 



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in Form of a Star, having five Sta* 

 mina in the Center : The Fruit 

 (which groyps in the Bottom of the 

 Flower) becomes a membranaceouu 

 furrow d, round Capfule, which is 

 divided into eight Ceils, each of which 

 contains one fmall pointed Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Hermaria i glabra. J. B. 

 Smooth Rupture-wort. 



2. Herniaria 5 hirfuta. J. B, 

 Rough or hairy Rupture-v/ort. 



5. Herniaria ; Alfnes folio. 

 Tourn. Rupture - wort, with a 

 Chick-weed Leaf. 



4. Herniaria; fruticofa, viticulis 

 lignofis. C. B. Shrubby Rupture- 

 wort, with woody Branches. 



Thefe Plants are feldom cultjr 

 vated but in Botanick Gardens, for 

 the Sake ot Variety : The three 

 firil are, for the moft* part, annual 

 Plants, feldom continuing longer 

 than one Year, and muft: be per- 

 mitted to Ihed their Seeds, where- 

 by they are better preferv'd than if 

 fown with Art. The fourth Sort 

 is an abiding Plant, which may be 

 propagated by Cuttings ; but as 

 they are Plants of no Beauty, fo 

 they are not worth cultivating. 



The firft Sort is what fliouid be 

 . ur.'d in the Shops, but is rarely feen 

 in Lo'ndon ; the Herb-women com^ 

 monly bringing the Parfley Break- 

 flone to the Markets, which is fold 

 indcad of this Plant. 



HESPERIS ; Dame's Violet, or 

 Queen's Gilli flower. 



The characters are; 



The Flower confifls, for the mofi 

 part, of four Leaves, which expand 

 in Form of a Grofs 3 out of the 'tlow^ 

 er-cup arifes the Pointal, which be- 

 comes a long, taper, cylindrical Fod, 

 which is divided into two Cells by 

 an intermediate Fartition, to which 

 the imbricated Valves do adhere 

 on both Sidcsj and a^ furnifJ/d 



