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they are very apt to ipread, and 

 difficult to preferve in Compafs, 

 fo they are difufed at prefent for 

 that Purpofe. 



All theiedo propagate themlelves 

 very faft, by their trailing Branches, 

 wJiJch ftrike out Roots from their 

 Joints into the Earth, and thereby 

 ipake nev7 P]?ints ; Co that iVom a 

 Root of each, there may foon be 

 a large Stock ihcrcaied. They may 

 be tranfplanted either in Spring or 

 Autumn, and love an open Situa- 

 tion and a dry undunged Soil, in 

 which they will thrive and flower 

 exceedingly, and continue ieveral 

 Years. 



SESAMUMi Oily-grain* 

 The characters are i 



The FloTPers are produced frmn 

 the Wings of the Leaves^ rvkhout a- 

 hy Toot-fialk j the Flower-cup cojif/Jls 

 of one Leaf, divided into five long, 

 'fender Segments ; the: Flower is of 

 one Leaf in Shape like tl^.:ofe of the 

 Foxglove-^ the Pointal, which rifes 

 in the Middle of the Flower, after- 

 joards becomes an ohlong, four-cor- 

 ner'd Pod, divided into four di(lin£i 

 Cellsy which are replete with efculent 

 Seeds. 



The Species arej 

 , I. Sesamumj y. B. Common 

 Oily-grain. 



2. Sesamum j alterum, foliis tri- 

 fidis Orientale, fe'mine ohfcuro. Fluk. 

 Fhyt. Another Eaftern Oily-grain 

 with trifid Leaves and dark-colour'd 

 Seeds. 



3. Sesamum; Orie?7tale, trifidum, 

 fiore niveo. Hort. Coinpt. Eaftern 

 Oily-grain with trifid Leaves and 

 white Flowers. 



Thefe three Sorts are often pro- 

 mifcuoufly cultivated in the Fields 

 oi Syria, Egypt, Candy, &c. where 

 the Inhabitants ufc the Seeds for 

 Food ; and of late Years thefe Plants 

 Uvft been introduced in Carolina, 



where they fucceed extremely well ". 

 The Inhabitants of that Country 

 make an Oil from the Seed, which 

 will keep many Years, and not 

 take any rancid Smell or Taftcj 

 but in two Years becomes quite 

 mild 5 fo that when the warm 

 Tafle of the Seed, which is in the 

 Oil v/hcn firft drawn, is wore off, 

 they ule it as Sallad-Oi], and for 

 all the Purpoics of Sweet-Oil. 



In England thefe Plants are pre- 

 fer ved in Botanic k Gardens, as Cu= 

 rioiities : Their Seeds muft be fown 

 iri the Spring upon a Hot-bed, and 

 when the Plants are come up^, 

 they muft be tranlplanted into a 

 frclh Hot-bed to bring /ern for- 

 ward } after they have acquired a 

 tolerable Degree of Strength, they 

 fhould be planted into Pots fille4 

 with rich, light, fandy Soil, and 

 plunged into another Hot-bed, ma- 

 naging them as hath been direfted 

 for Arnaranthus's, to which I Ihal! 

 refer the Reader, to avoid Repeti- 

 tion. For if thefe Plants are not 

 brought forward thus in the for-^ 

 mciNpart of the Summer, they will 

 not produce good St^ds in this 

 Country j though after they have 

 flowered, if the Seafon is favoura- 

 ble, they may be expofed in si 

 warm Situation with other annual 

 Plants. When thefe Plants have 

 perfc'fted their Seeds, they decay^ 

 and never continue longer than one 

 Seafon. 



The Seed of the firfl Sort is 

 mentioned in the Lift of Officinal 

 Simples in the College Difpenfatory^ 

 but IS rarely ufed m Medicine in 

 England, From nine founds of: 

 this Seed, which came from Caro- 

 lina, thcra .were upwards of two 

 Quarts of Qv!t produced, which is 

 as great a Quantity as hath been 

 known to be drawn from any Ve- 

 getable whatever, and this- I fup- 



