inferted- at the Edge-of the Leaf, but fomewhat 
underneath it. | 7 
There are Leaves in rihick ik Stalkeci is seeds 
juft in’ the Centre: thefe are called peltated, 
from their Refemblance of a Shield. ‘This ap- 
| oo toward their Natures - 16 Sik 
Tis needful to give the Senfe of. chat Teint 
as thoes: occur, | np MoiCHantag er _— 
them. 
» The® fPipat ris'a- Yard high 
| Fibrous and fpreading. i 
- Phe Stalk is round, upright, and branched 
with a beautiful Regularity... , 
- Thisis its Form in Nature ; 3 and let the, Gar- 
Sept. 
oe Root 1S 
adacs fee that he -preferve it, not, injuring the - 
~ Growth by rough Waterings, or carelefs Tranf- | 
plantation. ; 
The, Leaves. are, wonderfully. cetera 
ly angulated. 
” Tighe on the lower Part a tie Plant have 
feven Corners ; about the. Middle of the Stalk 
each Leaf has five, and. at. the Top they have i 
_ only three. 
The Surface of the tei is rough ; v ‘its Fehr 
is an elegant green ; 7 and. its ‘Veins. are purple. 
. The Flowers are numerous and very large. 
They are difpofed at Diftances upon the Stalks. | 
From near the Bottom to the Top they are 
vaftly large, and of a pale but very lively yel- . 
‘low, ftained in-the Centre with a bloody Circle. | 
Each is compofed of five large Petals, and 
placed in a double Cup. - 
_ When thefe are eg there appears a large | 
aay | 
are very. large ; ; they. ftand,on long Foot- ftalks, +8 
which are ae underneath in the main Body | 
of the Leaf; and they are bread, and beautiful- |. 
bike: Seed. Vettel, in hich. are numerous 
{weet-{cented Seeds. _., 
. The, Student, will ‘not ae at a so to find 
Slicker to refer this Plant. in - the LINN AN 
_ Syftem. - 
Fe; al ie it fe all the se Charattees a the Fi ig- 
leat Hibifcus, -defcribed j in our firft yee 
When he fees the, Filaments. formed into a 
. fingle. Body,, he will know the Plant belongs to 
| the fixteenth Clafs,. the. Maonodelphia : and when 
he . obferves the. Number of the Antherz, he 
will perceive it belongs to ‘the polyandrous Secs 
tion. 
Culture of the bai Hipiscus. 
It ang ba iced coat rap oe Seta: ; bad 
the firft, Caution mutt be the having t them good, 
, In: the, Beginning of. March. they. muft be 
comrvitted to a, moderate hot Bed covered. well 
age 
paces oan. 
In this, they a are to fand five fait: dutane. 
They mutt. be, watered. lightly, and, fhaded 
‘carefully, till they. have taken. Root ; and then 
there muft be as much Air admitted as the Sea- 
fon will allow. | | 
When they < are here erown ‘to fucha ‘Height that 
wpe can no longer nf contained in the irons 
they mutt be carefully, planted | out into Pots, and 
watered and fhaded till they haye. taken Root. 
vy They mutt. after this be allowed as much free 
_Air. as they can bear, and they will flower 3 ae 
_ great Perfection, : 
worl ge ocads. have. not. the Sweetnef here, that 
they have in the natural Climate. 
6 GOLDEN POINCIANA, 
PL TV. 
Fic. 6, lection of the Lover of Exoticks than this. . : 
a. 6, 
The Flower is elegant i in the higheft Degree ; | 
and there is great Beauty in the Leaves, and | in’ 
the Manner af erowing. 
It is called in Enghjb, Barbadoes Flower Fence, 
and Peacock’s Feather : It is alfo called, but very 
improperly, Edony. The common Writers call it 
Crifta Pavonis, Frutex Payonius, and Flos: Pa- 
vonis. Linnamus, Poinciana aculeis geminis : 
_ Poinciana with double Prickles. 
The Root is fibrous and Greadine > in Stem 
iS firm, upright, branched, and ten, Feet high ; 
616 ds brown. on the lower Part ; the youngef a 
oe Shoots - are green, and the. Foot- ftalks of . the 
: _ Leaves are often {tained with red. 
_ The Leaves are placed at eae and are 
extremely beautiful. | | 
_» They are in the whole very large, but each ig 
compofed of almoft innumerable Parts. __ 
Thefe refemble fo many feparate Leaves, and 
No, Plant deferves more: a Place in \ the Cols ) 
_but pleafing green ; 
ae 
‘they are oblong, broad, ‘obtufe, and of 4 ‘deep, 
they are difpofed in. Pairs 
along flender Stalks or Ribs, ten or twelve Pairs 
on sapli with an odd one at the End; and thefe 
are again placed regularly upon the principal 
_ Rib, which is a Continuation of the. Foot- ftalk, 
This is what the modern Writers call a Leaf 
ce peetely pinnated. 
The Flowers grow in long Spikes at the Tops 
of the Stalks ; niga they have very great Beauty. 
They are very large, and their Colour is the 
_moft perfeét Gold yellow, ftained with a oe 
yellow, or Orange Colour. __ 
The Cup in which each ftands is oblong eh 
hollow ; 5 it is compofed of numerous little Leaves, 
one of, which i is longer than. the reft, and bends 
downward. 
z The Body. of. the F lower arian of five large 
Petals, -They.are unlike i in Form, four of them 
being rounded and equal ; ;.and the. fifth, which 
is the loweft, larger and indented at the Rim. 
, * After 
Sept, e | 
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