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QUAMOCLITj Bindweed. 

 The Characiers are j 



Ti':/e Floroer conjifis of one Leitf, 

 Jhaped like a> Tunnel, and divided (tt 

 ihe Top into feveral Segments j from 

 the FloTver-cup rifes the Fointal, 

 Tvhich afterwards becomes a ronndiJJj 

 Truit, indojing feveral oblong Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant in England, which is, 



QuAMocLiTj foliis tenuiter incifis 

 ^ penmitis. Tourn. ^uamoclit 

 with very fine, cut, winged Leaves, 

 commonly called in Barbados, Sweet- 

 ^William. 



This Plant is very common in 

 Jamaica.) Barbados, and the Caribbee 

 Iflands, where it climbs upon Bufhes, 

 Hedges, or whatever grows near 

 it, and produces great Quantities 

 of beautiful Scarlet Flowers, almoft 

 of the Figure of a fmall Convol- 

 vulus Flower, but the Tube being 

 much larger, and the Seeds being 

 of a different Figure from thofeof 

 the Convolvulus, Monfieur Tourne- 

 fort hath feparatcd it trom that 

 Genus, The Seeds of this Plant 

 are generally brought into England 

 every Spring, from the \Vefi-Indies : 

 They fliould be fown on a Hot-bed 

 in March, and when the Pbnts are 

 come up, they muft be planted each 

 into a fmali Pot, fiU'd with light, 

 fandy Earth, and plunged into a 

 frefh Hot-bed, to bring the Plants 

 forward : As the Plants advance in 

 Heighth, fb they fhould be removed 

 into larger Pots, and Sticks placed 

 down by them, for 'em to climb 

 uponj they rauft alfo be removed 



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to a frelh Hot-bed, when the old 

 one has lofl: its Heat ; and whefi 

 the Plants are too high to be con- 

 tain'd under Frames, they fliould be 

 removed into the Stove, where, if 

 they are plunged into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, and not 

 too much drawn, they will pro- 

 duce a great Quantity of beautiful 

 Scarlet Flowers, and ripen their 

 Seeds very well j but if they arc 

 expos'd to the open Air, they feldom 

 flov/er in this Country. This Plant 

 continues but one Year, the Root 

 perifliing ibon after the Seeds arc 

 ripe. 



QUfiRCUS; Tkc Oak-Tree. 

 The Chami^ers are ,• 



It hath Male Elotvers {or Katkinij 

 rphich confifi of a great Number of 

 fmall fender Threads ; the Embryo' i, 

 •which are produced at remote De- 

 fiances from thefe, on the fame Tree, 

 do afterwards become Acorns, -which 

 are produced in hard, fcaly Cups i 

 To which may be added, the Leaves 

 are finuated. 



The Species are ,• 



1. Que ROUS j latifoUa. Tark* 

 Theat. The common Oak. 



2. Quercus i latifolia, mas, qua 

 brevi pediculo eft. C. B. P. Oak 

 with the Acorns on fhort Foot- 

 ftalks. 



3 . Quercus -, latifolia, foliis ex 

 albo eleganter variegatis. The 

 ftrip'd Oak. 



4. Quercus ; latifolia, perpetuo 

 virens. C. B. P. The broid-leav'd 

 ever-green Oak, 



5-. Quercus ; calice echinato, 

 glande majore. C. B. P. Oak wiih 

 large Acorns having prickly Cups. 



6. Quercus j humilis, Gallis binis, 

 ternis aut pluribus f.mul jun5iis, 

 C. B. P. Dwarf Oak, vtdgo. 



7. QtiERCUs j Virginiana, rubris 

 venis muricata, Fluk. Vhyt. The 

 Virginian Scarlet Oak. 



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