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Wick | weed : | March, 
| 4, TUTSAN+LEAVED APOCYNUM, | 
Pl. 29. Aw very fingular and ‘ beautiful Plant ;. eafily | occupies the whole Bafe, and fpreads itfelf in a | 
Fig. 5: awed in our Gardens, and worthy to be. made | lighter Tinct over the reft of the Body; and in — 
~ univerfal in them ; not only for the Flower, but | fome there is little of it. : : 
for the Leaves and general Manner: of Growth. The Form of the Flower has alfo its Sineu- 
It is of American Origin, therefore unknown to | larity, though, in general, it agrees with the /7- 
' the earlier Writers; but familiar to all of late | pocynwm Kinds. It’ is placed in a minute Cup, 
fom wager ae rs form’d of one Piece, and divided by five Dents a 
ee The Charadt rs of the Apocynum are mark’d at tie awe aa . { 
too ftrong upon i, for Miftakes as to the Genus | One Petal makes the Body of the Flower; and : 
whereto it belongs; and the great Refemblance | this is hollow, rounded, of a Bell-like Shape, 
of the Leaves, to. thofe of the large Sz. Fobn’s | and at the Edge cut into five {mall Segments, 4 
Wort, : call’d T utfan, has given its Name as a | which curl backwards. . { 
‘Species among moft of them, __. | In its Bafe the Student will perceive five fcaly 2 
“Bocconz, Morison, and the reft, call it | Subftances, of an ‘oval Form, with five {mall ; 
Apocynum Canadenfe foliis Androfemi majoris. — Briftles furrounding the fmall Rudiment of the 
Linn aus, in his firft Works, calls it Apocynum | Fruit. The Organs of Impregnation rife diftiné& 
foliis ovatis, but the numerous Species added to that | from thefe;. and he has. feen before the Petal and 
Genus fince, have mad¢ a longer Name now necef- | thé Cup: thefe are the univerfal Parts of Flow- 
fary for its Diftinétion : he calls it, in his later Wri- | ers. This fingular Appendage in the Centre he 
tings, Apocynuin caule ereétinfeulo berbaceo foliis ova- | wilhtherefore know is a NeCtarium: fo Lannavs, 
tis utringue glabris cymis terminalibus : Upright | the firft who eftablifh’d. the-Doétrine of thefe 
he & es by , 
hairy Apocynum, with oval Leaves, {mooth on | Glands, has nam’d it. ; | 
both Sides, and Flowers in Tufts at théTops of | The Filaments are five, but they are fcarce | 
i. Heapailents | | | diftinguifhable, from their Minutenefs ;. their But- 
» The Plant is a Yard high; of regular Growth, tons. make Amends, and. are fufficiently confpi+ 
and very handfome Afpe@. 9) s 2 |, | cuous: they are oblong, tharp, fplit at the 
_ The Root is very long; irregularly divided, | Bottom, and at thePoints convergent. 
brownifh, and hung at Diftances with Tufts of | : The. Styles are as inconfiderable as the Fila- 
flender white Fibres, ret Beers ments ; but. their Stigmata or Tops mark them 
_.. The Stalks rife fingle from each Head of the as_ftrongly as the Buttons do the Filaments : 
- Root; and they are upright, firm, {mooth, and of a | thefe are. two, they crown two. oval Rudiments, 
brownifh Colour; red toward, the Bafe, and of a | and are themfelves large and rounded. | 
- green and brown varioufly mix’d upwards. . | Where the Styles are. wanting, or where they 
: The Branches are not numerous, but they | are not diftinét, we have obferved thefe Stigmata 
stow with great Regularity from the Bofoms of | mark the female Organs, and eftablith that 
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Te a ee a ag ed a Sime be ne a a ee er oso a. es a See en eet Met Ax Meena cd ee SOLES eee, ee Sa eS 
the upper Leaves. Thefe, as alfo the tender Part | of the effential Charaéter, _ ie 
toward the Top of the principal Stalk, are ufu- They: are confpicuoufly two in this F lower 
ally {potted and ftained with irregular Dots of | therefore the Plant is of the Digynia and , 
Kiowa ane ee | five Buttons, counted where the Filaments are lef 
) 3 Joints, and they are fupported by fhort redifh Clafs, Pentandria, | 
Footftalks. They are broad, fhort; of a Figuré The Seed-veffels are two after every Flower, 
nearly oval, and of a firm Subftance. and they are long like P ods, with many {mall 
Their Colour is a deep ftrong green, and they | Seeds, crown’d with a long filky Down. 
_ have confpicuous Veins, of which the middle one is i 
ufually ftain’d with purple, and the others are | , 
white. The Footftalks of thefe Leaves ate a‘lit- f° rh ere of, ths Apocynum, 
tle hollow’d; and the under Part of the whole It is a Native of North America: where it 
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Rap is “of a much *paler green than-the upper, | thrives beft in ‘a deep, ‘tich and light Mould ; i 
a Sewer Yr | " : Thickets, at the Sides of Forefts, or near lofty 
_ The Flowers are fmall, but they are fingular | Trees. Tt does not bear abfolute Shade, nor will 
in Form and Colouring, .and their Number makes grow freely where there is open Sun : 
forme Amends for their Want of Bignefs. They We learn by this to compofe an artificial Soil 
crown the Top of the main Stalk, and the Extre- | fo; it, and adapt a proper Situation, - 
mities of all the Branches, in a kind of circular Let the Gardener mix one Buthel of Meado 
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Tufts, not clofe rang’d and compact, but regular Earth, rich and black; two Buthels of Pond- 
enough, and of no fhort Continuance. Mud, three Pecks of Wood-Pile i ad on 
The Ground Colour of the Flower is white; | of Hogs Dung. Thefe fhould be thr ; | 
but it is ftain’d in various Proportions with a} Heap, and turn’d at Times. 
lively Crimfon: fometimes this Colour is dif- When this is ready, and Seeds are procur’d 
pos’d in Streaks and Rays; in fome Flowers it | from America, let a Pot be fill’d with it. and 
The Leaves are placed in Pairs at diftant | Obvious, fhew it one of the fifth Linna@an 
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