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The £fth and ninth Sorts are 

 Natives in the Archipelago : the 

 Seeds of thefe were brought by Dr. 

 Toumefort to the Royal Garden at 

 Pari-, from whence they have been 

 diftributed to feveral of the Euro- 

 pean Gardens : thefe may be pro- 

 pagated in the fame manner as the 

 firit Sort, and require the fame Cul- 

 ture ; but the Seeds of thefe Sorts 

 are rarely perfected in England. 



The fixth Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which was difcovered by Dr. Wil- 

 liam Houftoun at Campecby. This is 

 only propagated by Seeds, which 

 mull be fown very early in the 

 Spring on a good Hot-bed ; and., 

 when the Plants are come up two 

 Inches high, they mould be each 

 tranfplanted into a fmall Pot filled 

 with frem "light Earth, 2nd plunged 

 into an Hot- bed of Tanners Bark ; 

 obferving to water and made them 

 until they have taken Root : after 

 which time, they mould have Air 

 and Water in proportion to the Heat 

 of the Seafon. In July thefe Plants 

 will flower ; and if the Plants are 

 preferved either in the Stove, or 

 under GlafTes, they will perfect their 

 Seeds in September ; and foon after 

 they will decay. 



The feventh and eighth Sorts may 

 be propagated from Seeds, which 

 mult be fown as hath been before 

 directed for the fixth ; but thefe are 

 abiding Plants, which mult be plac'd 

 in the Stove amongft other American 

 Plants, and will produce their Flowers 

 every Year ; but they feldom pro- 

 duce Seeds in Europe. 



BARBAREA, or Winter-crefs. 

 Vide Sifymbrium. 



BARD ANA, Burdock. Vide 

 Lappa. 



BARLERIA. 



This Name was given to this 

 Genus of Plants by Father Plumier, 

 in Honour of Jacobus Banlier, of 



Paris, who was a famous Botanift. 



We have no Englijh Name for it ; 

 but the Inhabitants of the Ifland of 

 Jamaica call it Snap-dragon. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a pcrfonated Flower, con- 

 ffting cf one Leaf-, whofe Vppcr-lip 

 or Creji is ered ; but the under is 

 divided into three Parts ; from whofe 

 Empalement rifes the Pointal in the 

 Hinder-part of the Flower, which 

 afterward becomes a quadrangular 

 oblong membraneous Fruit, with one 

 Capfule, in which are lodged fat 

 rcitndijh Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Barleria folani folio, fijre 

 coccineo. Plum. Nov. Gen. Barleria 

 with a Nightthade-leaf, and a fcarlet 

 Flower. 



2. Barleria acukata, foLmi 

 folio angufiore, fore cccruleo. Plum. 

 ho<v. Qen. Prickly Barleria, with a 

 narrow Nightfliade-leaf, and a blue 

 Flower. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in Jamaica, and feveral 

 other Parts of the Weft-Indies j but, 

 at prefent, it is very rare in EngLnd. 

 It grows to the Height of three or 

 four Feet, and divides into many 

 flender Branches, which are hoary. 

 On the Top of the Branches come 

 out the Flowers; which are of a 

 f ne red Colour, and fiiaped like thofe 

 of the Antirrhinum, or Calves- 

 fnout : thefe Flowers are fucceeded 

 by quadrangular Seed-vellels, which 

 are about an Inch long, and contain 

 a great Number of fiat brown Seeds. 

 Thefe Seeds, when ripe, are caft 

 out with Violence, on their Vclfels 

 being touched. 



The fecond Sort is lefs common 

 in Jamaica than the firlt ; but it 

 grows in great Plenty on fome of 

 the French Iilands in America. This 

 arifes not above two Feet high; the 

 Leaves are narrower than thefe of 

 M 4 the 



