Brock VIL. Haniel BARBADOS. 
into the Ovary ; and then the Piftil, which becomes the Rudiment of 
the future Pod, pufhes open the Orifice of the Carina, as well as burfts 
through the two membranaceous Leaves, that covered it. Soon after the 
_ Expanfion of thefe the Flower withers, and drops off; and is fucceeded by 
a four-inch long Pod, chanelled in the middle on each Side with a deep 
Furrow. The Pod contains feveral {mall Peas or Seeds. 
The SENSITIVE PLANT 3 Lat. Mimofa. 
H1S is diftinguifhed into the large and fmall Sort, the main Stalks 
fomewhat hairy ; each bearing proportionable {mall longifh oval-winged 
Leaves. The Flowers, which ftand upon three-inch-long Footftalks, are 
flamineous. Thefe are fucceeded by {mall brownifh Pods of an oblong 
Shape, and of about an Inch long. The Edges of thefe Pods are thin, 
and through their Middle, on each Side, rifes a Ridge, which, on the Infide, 
contains a great Number of blackith fmall Seeds, The winged Leaves 
upon this Plant fhrink very much upon the leaft Touch. The Pedicles, 
which fupport the Flowers, and the fucceeding Pod, are, near their Setting off 
from the main Stalks, embraced with two heart-like fharp-pointed 
Leaves, of near half an Inch long. Thefe intirely differ from all the 
reft. 
The RaBBET-WEED. 
TH 1S is of the Thiftle-kind. Its main Stalk grows to be three 
Feet high, and hollow like a Pawpaw-Shank. It is thinly covered 
with fmall narrow Leaves, which are prickly about their Edges. The 
upper Branches fuftain a great many Flowers compofed of a Border of 
pale-white fmall Petals, furrounding a yellowifh long Thrum, which, 
when ripe, proves pappous, and flies away into whitifh Down. This Plant 
derives its Name from the Ufe that is made of it to feed Rabbets with. 
The INDIAN Root. 
E Seed of this, fome few Years ago, was fent hither from Fa- 
moica, as avery valuable Plant. If the chimerical Gentleman, who 
fent it, had but had Goolnefs of Thought enough firft, fully to difcover 
its pretended Virtues, before he had recommended it, the Planters of this 
[land would have been much happier without it; for, as its Seeds are 
of the pappous Kind, they were foon carried over all the Ifland; and it 
too unluckily flourifhes in every Soil, though ufeful to neither Man nor 
Beaft. Its Roots are white, fibrous, and many. The main Stalk rifes about 
eighteen Inches high. 
The 
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