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2. LOBUS EcHINATUS; fruBii CA- 

 fioy foliis longiorihm, H. L. The 

 Afh-colour'd Nicker, vulgo, 



Thefe two Plants are very com- 

 mon in Jamaica, Barbadosy and 

 all the Ci^ribbee Jjlands, where they 

 climb upon the Shrubs and Trees 

 which grow near them : The 

 Leaves, Branches, Stems, and every 

 Part of them are greatly befet with 

 Prickles, which render it very 

 troublefbme to pafs between them 

 where they grow pretty clofe. 



They are preferv'd in the warmeft 

 Stoves, by way of Curiofity, in 

 Englandy but have not as yet pro- 

 duced any Flowers with us, that 

 I have leen. The Seeds of this 

 Plant are often brought over from 

 the Weji-Indiesy but their Shells or 

 Coverings are io very hard, as not 

 to be ealily broken j nor do they 

 ever come up when (own upon a 

 Hot-bed as other Seeds : The only 

 Method by which I have been ca- 

 pable of railing thefe Plants, is, to 

 put the frelh Seeds into a frefh 

 Hot-bed of Tanner's-Bark, under 

 the Bottom of a Pot, (in which 

 there is a Plant growing) where, 

 from the Heat of the Bark, and the 

 Moifture which will gently pafs 

 through the Hole at the Bottom of 

 the Pot, and being by the Bark 

 there detain'd, the iihell of the Fruit 

 will fplit, and the Seeds germinate 

 in a fhort Time ; then they may 

 be taken up, and planted into Pots 

 fill'd with light frefh Earth, and 

 plung'd into the Tanner's ~ Bark, 

 where they will come on apace, 

 if conftantly fupply'd with Water : 

 During the Wintcr-£'afon they muft 

 be kept very v/arm, and often re- 

 frefh'd with Water; but it muft be 

 given them by fmall Quantities 

 each Time, for if they have too 

 much Moifture given them at that 

 Scafon, it is very apt to deftroy 



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them : In the Summer-time, when 

 the Weather is warm, they will 

 require a greater Share of Air, but 

 they muft never be fct Abroad, 

 even in the hotteft Seafbn, for they 

 are too tender to bear the open Air 

 in our Climate, ib that they muft 

 be conftantly preferv'd in the Stoves 

 with Faparps, and other free-grow- 

 ing Plants which come from the 

 fame Country. 



LONCHITIS J Rough Spleen- 

 wort. 



The Charaffers arej 



The Leaves are like thofe of the 

 Fern, but the PinnuU are ear'd at 

 their Bafe : The Fruit alfo is like that 

 of the Fern. 



The Species arej 



1 . LoNCHi Tis j afpera. Ger. RougE 

 Spleenwort. 



2. L0NCHIT15 ; afpera, major, 

 Ger, Emac, Greater Rough Spieeii- 

 wort. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in fhady Woods, by the 

 Sides of the fmall Rivulets in divers 

 Parts of England ; But the fecond 

 Sort is not quite fo common, an<5 

 has been brought into feveral cu- 

 rious Botanick Gardens from the 

 Mountains in H^ales. There is alfi> 

 great _ Variety of thefe Plants in 

 America, which at prefent arc 

 Strangers in the European Gardens. 

 They are feldom cultivated but ia 

 Botanick Gardens, for the Sake of 

 Variety, where they muft have a 

 moift Soil, and a fhady Situation. 



LOPPING: It is very obferv^ 

 able, that moft old Trees are hol- 

 low within ; which does not pro- 

 ceed from the Nature of the Trees, 

 but is the Fault of thofe who have 

 the Management of them, who 

 fiifter the Tops to grow large before 

 they lop them, as the Afh, Elm, 

 Horn-beam, &c. and perfuade thcm- 

 felves that they may have the more 



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