i ike F lowee: is plac’d in a Cup form’d of two 
aa divided. in. the. Manner ‘of Lips; the 
lower. of which. is irregularly thap'd, and much 
longer than the other. a E : 
The Flower infelf isform’d 7 
Ny hae 
is tubular « at ae Fe a and di ued 
Nov. 
a | 
Bafe rifes a 1 fingle Style. Sack 4) 
NAN Syitem. It is one of the Didynamia, Plants 
whofe Flower has four Fil ilaments, of which. two are | 
longer than the others. « 
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To know in what SeGtion of that Clas it is to 
a’ be plac’d, we are laft to examine the Seed. This, 
in fome of the Didynamia, is enclos’d i in. a Cap- 
- fule, and in others. ftands naked ; hence rife the 
Chaacee of the two Subdivifions, the one being | 
call’'d G Gymnofpermia, and the other Angio[permia, 
“i he “Seeds in this are contain’d in an oblong, | 
‘onic, and fharp-pointed Capfule: ‘it is therefore 
; hin 
ngiolpermia.  - ee 
Bo ik tue 
~ “This Plant | js” a Rative of Afrita ; arid it there 
| "general Rule for its Culture. . 
longer than che ‘others 5 5 “and from the | 
This Diftribution of He internal Parts, La , 
very plainly the Place of the Plant in the Lin- | 
| ae 
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r Ciltare va ye Hr BENsTRETIA. 
_ grows in dry loofe Soils. We re from this the 
i 
fa Compott be fade fot it in Spring, of 
i © | frets Meal Sand, and Wood- Earth, each equal 
| Quantities; a nc 
* rst from Seeds hall be fit for Potting. 
re é ‘ 
d let this lie together, 1 till the Plants 
y may be rais’d either from Seeds imported 
|” bik ‘ frica, or from {uch as are ripen’d here. 
: Which ever are chofen, they muft be fown ear- 
“ys” oma Hot-Bed ; tranfplanted | afterwards to a 
-fecond, ree then planted out, into Pots: of this 
_ Compoft. 
In thefe ihey mutt be, . fo kes, | handeis to. 
"the Air; and when. they have acquir’d a due 
Growth and Strength, they are to be fet. out 
among the Green-houfe Plants, and remov’d into 
Bepshter in, Autumn. 
When the Plants have been thus rais’d, they 
i “may be propagated farther, by. parting of the 
| | Roots ; but that Method does. not afford either fo 
large or fo handfome ones as: thofe rais’d from 
One great Difadvantage dirending the latter Me- | 
7 thod, is, that for feveral Seafons they blow weakly 
and poorly. Bad Management will alto lofe the 
Spot i in the F lower... | 
é CASAN The 
Pi. x. If any Vegetable can, for its Singularity, de- 
Fig. ” mand a Place in our Exotic Collections, this it will 
be impoffible to refufe. — 
_ The Leaves, if the Growth fhould never ad- 
vance farther, are very large and handfome: the 
~~ Flowers have their Beauty, and the Seed-veffel has 
a Singularity of the moft extraordinary Kind. 
We name it from the Figure of this Part, the 
Screw Tree. | 
- Some call it, after its [udian Denomination, 1; 
fora, that being Vlora Muri. 
Sir Hans Stoawe has defcrib’d it under the 
Name of Abutilo ng, Nhe eg furs ad inftar con- 
voluto. 
- Linn tus calls it Henne ins by way of | 
Specific Diftination, folits cordatis Jerratis, fruciu com-— 
pofito contorto: WHeart-like and ferrated- leav’d Fe- 
lifteres, with a compound twifted Fruit. 
In its native Climate it rifes to a middle- fiz'd | 
Tree 5 and with us will grow to a good Height 
and ina beautiful Proportion. . 
The outer Bark is of a greyifh brown, thei inner 
ereen, and the Wood whitifh. The Rind of the 
young Shoots has an auftere Tafte. | 
The Leaves have fhort brown Foot-ftalks ; and 
they are themfelves large and very handfome: 
they are broad, finely colour’d with a ftrong green, 
and of a firm hard Subftance. They are fome- 
what hairy on the upper Side; and their Tafte is 
“ auftere and bitter, © 
SCREW TREE. 
The F lowers’ grow from the Knots or Joints of 
_the young Branches ; fometimes, fingly, fometimes 
two or three together, and they have fhort 
pale Foot-ftalks.. They are of a delicate Tex- 
ture, and of a very gloffy and beautiful yellow. 
Fach is plac’d in a Cup form’d of a fingle Piece, 
tubular at the Bafe, and divided by Bh ap deep In- 
dentings at the Top, where it opens in an oblique 
and very peculiar Manner, refembling the Ear of 
fome Quadrupede. The Subftance is tough, and 
the Colour yellowifh... 
The Flower itfelf. is sdiocewe of five deep 
Segments, refembling fo many Petals, and there is 
within it a Nectarium, compos’d of five Parts, 
refembling fo many more Petals, tho’ {mall; and 
covering the Rudiment of the Fruit.. 
- Upon this Rudiment at the Bafe ftand ten very 
fhort Filaments, on which are plac’d fide-ways as 
many oblong Buttons. In their Midft rifes a fingle 
Style, which is very long and bent, and_ bears 
upon its Top the Germen, which is there roundith. 
The Fruit follows; and exceeds that of all the 
Vegetable Kind in Singularity. It refembles a 
fpiral Shell or Screw: it is long and flender; largeft 
at the Bafe, and pointed at the End; and twifted. 
It is compos’d of five very long and very flen- 
der Capfules, which turn in a fpiral Manner round 
one another, and refemble the feveral Threads of 
which a Rope is form’d. In each of thefe there 
are feveral Seeds, which are finall and Kidney-fhap’d, 
The 
