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BARB A JOVIS, Jupiter's Beard, 

 Or Silver- bufli. 



The Characters are ; 

 // h> th pcnnated or winged Leaves ; 

 the Flowers are papilionaceous, and 

 are Jucaeded by jhort oval Pods ; in 

 which is, for the mojl part, contained 

 one roundijb Sicd. 



The Species are ; 



1. Barb a Jovis, pulchre lucens, 

 J. B. The Silver-bulb, vulgo. 



2. Barb a Jovis Hifpanica incana, 

 Jlore lutto. Tourn. Spanijh Jupiter $ 

 Beard. 



3. Barb a Jo<vis Caroliuiana ar~ 

 bore fc ens, pfudoacac'iKS foliis. Ballard 

 Indigo Incolis. Rand. Act. Phil. 

 N. 407. Baftard Indigo, or Ca- 

 rolina Barba Jovis. 



4. Earba Jovis African a, foliis 

 *viridibus pinnatis, fore cceruleo. 

 Boerh. Ind. The African Jupiter's 

 Beard, with deep-green Leaves, and 

 blue Flowers. 



5. Barba Jovis Grseca, linariee 

 folio argenteo ampliori, fore luteo 

 parvo. 'Tourn. Cor. Greek Jupiter s 

 Beard, with a filver Toad-flax-leaf, 

 and ftnall yellow Flowers. 



6 Barba Jo-vis Americana annua 

 hurnilis rainrfjfma, florihus fpicatis 

 casrulcis. Dwarf annual American 

 Jupiter s Beard, with blue Flowers 

 growing in a Spike. 



7. Barba Jcvis Americana f can- 

 den:, for thus ca-ruleis ex a lis foliorum 

 conglohatis. Climbing American Ju- 

 piter's Beard, with blue Flowers 

 coming out of the Wings of the 

 Leaves. 



8. Barba Jovis Americana hu- 

 milis, rotundifolia & villofa, fljre 

 vario. liouf. Dwarf American Ju- 

 piter's Beard, with round hairy 

 Leaves, and a variable Flower. , 



9. Barba Jovis Crctica frute- 

 fcms incana, fore fpicato pwpureo 

 amplo. Breyn. Prod. 2. Shrubby Ju- 

 piter's Beard of Crete, with white 



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Leaves, and large purple Flov/eri 

 growing in a Spike. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in many Gardens ; the fe- 

 cond is, at prefent, more rare with, 

 us ; the third Sort was railed from 

 Seeds fent from Carolina, by Mr. 

 Catefby ; and is, by the Inhabitants, 

 made into a coarl'e Sort of Indigc. 

 This grows to a large Shrub, and 

 will refill the Cold, in the open Air, 

 very well : it is alfo a beautiful 

 flowering Shrub, and, for Diverfity, 

 merits a Place in Quarters of cu- 

 rious flowering Trees. This Plant 

 will fometimes produce ripe Seeds; 

 by which means, it may be eafily 

 propagated ; and will alfo take Root 

 by laying down the Branches in the 

 Spring ; wiiich, by the next Spring, 

 will be fit to tranfplant out. It 

 delights in a light Soil, and muft 

 have room to ipread its Branches, 

 which extend a confiderable Diltance 

 from the Stem ; fo that it grows 

 very irregular. This Tree is very 

 f abject to fplit, if expofed to flrong 

 Winds. 



The fourth Sort may be preferved^ 

 with the firft and fecond, 111 a com- 

 mon Green-houfe: they are not very 

 tender, but require much free Air 

 in good Weather, and frequent Wa- 

 terings. They are all propagated 

 by Seeds, which fhould be fown on 

 an Hot-bed in the Spring, and tranf- 

 planted into Pots of good ligh* 

 Earth, and houfed in Winter, with 

 Myrtles, &'c. and have a good Ef- 

 fect in adding to the Diverfity of 

 the Green-houfe. Thefe Plants will 

 fometimes take Root from Cuttings ; 

 but, as 'tis difficult to obtain Plants 

 this Way, and the Seeds fometimes 

 ripen very well with us, I would 

 recommend the raifing them that 

 way, as the moil fure and expedi- 

 tious. 



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