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Currant Leaves, and an ample yel- 

 lowifh Flower with a purple Bot- 

 tom. 



10. Ketmia; Curolinienfs, folio 

 cblwgo, magls acuminato fiore nm- 

 flo, furfureo. Carolina Ketmict with 

 a long fharp-pointed Leaf, and an 

 ample purple Flower. 



11. Ketmia; Americcina, folio 

 fapay£, fiore magna jiavefcente, fun- 

 Jo purpurea, jraciu erecio, pyramida- 

 liy hexagono, fem'ine rctundulo, fa- 

 pore fatuo. Boerh. Jnd. American 

 Ketmia with a papaw Leaf, and a 

 large yellowifh Flower with a pur- 

 ple Bottom, an hexagonal pyrami- 

 dal Pod growing upright, and 

 roundifh Seeds. 



12. Ketmia; Indira, litis folio 

 ampliore. Tourn, Indian Ketmia 

 with an ample Vine Leaf. 



15. Ketmia i ^gyptiaca, femine 

 mofchato. Tourn. Egyptian Ketmia 

 with Seeds Imeliing like Musk, 

 commonly call'd, in the Wejl-Indiesy 

 Musk-Seed. 



1 4-. Ketmia; Indica, aculeata^ 

 foliis digit atis. Tourn. Indian Ket- 

 mia with rough-finger'd Leaves. 



1 5". Ketmia; Indica, Gojfy pit fo- 

 lio, acetofA fapore. Tourn. CapfMa 

 feminalis rubra. Indian Keimia with 

 a Cotton Leaf, whole Fruit taftes 

 like Sorrel, commonly caWd, in the 

 WeJi'Indies, Indian or Red Sorrel. 



16. Ketmia; Indira, Gojfvpii fo- 

 lio, acetofe, fapore, capfuld feminalis 

 albida. Indian Ketmia with a Cot- 

 ton Leaf, and a whitifh Seed-velTel, 

 tafting like Scrrel, commonly call'dy 

 White Sorrel. 



17. Ketmia; Br afilienfis, folio fi- 

 €US) fruciu pyramidato, fulcaro, 

 Tourn. Bralil Ketmia with a Fig- 

 leaf, and a pyramidal furrow'd 

 Fruit, commonly call'd, in the Wefi- 

 Indies, Okra. 



18. Ketmia; Indica, folio ficusy 

 fruitH pentagonoj recurvo, efculemo 



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graciliore ^ longiore. India Ketmia 

 with a Fig-Leaf, and a five-cor- 

 ner 'd, long, flender, eatable Fruit, 

 recurv'd at the Top, commonly 

 call'd, in the Weft- Indies, Long O- 

 kra. 



19. Ketmia; 'veficaria 'vulgaris. 

 Tourn. Venice Mallow, or Blad- 

 der Ketmia, 



20. Ketmia ; leficaria, Africa- 

 na. Tourn. African Bladder Ket- 

 mia. 



21. Ketmia; Africana, 'vefica- 

 ria, foliis profundius incijis, vix ere- 

 natis. Boerh. Ind. African Bladder 

 Ketmia with deeply-cut Leaves. 



The five firfi: Sorts are very har- 

 dy Shrubs, growing to the Height 

 of feven or eight Feet, and may 

 be train'd up to regular Heads: 

 Thefe are very great Ornaments in 

 fmall Wilderneis Quarters, when 

 regularly difpos'd amongft Plants 

 of the fame Growth. They pro- 

 duce their Flowers in Auguji^ and, 

 if the Autumn proves favourable, 

 their Seeds will be ripe loon after 

 Michaelmas. Thefe are common- 

 ly fold by the Nurfery-men, with 

 other flowering Shrubs, under the 

 Name of Alth^a frutex : but by 

 the modern Botanifts they are re- 

 raov'd from that Genus, and call'd 

 by the Name of Ketmia, becaufe 

 their Seeds are produc'd in Vef- 

 fels ; whereas thofe of Alth£a 

 grow in Form of Cheefes, in the 

 fame Manner as thofe of the com- 

 mon MalloTv. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which Ihould be fown upon 

 a Bed of rich light Earth in Febru- 

 ary or March: And when they 

 come up, they fhould be conftant- 

 ly clear'd from Weeds ; and in dry 

 Weather often refrefli'd with Wa- 

 ter, which will forward their 

 Growth. In thefe Beds they Ihould 

 remain uatii the fucceeding springy 



when, 



