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tup rtfes the Pointal ; which after- 

 wjard becomes a Fruit or Pod, nvhicb 

 is /oft and flefhy, in ivhich are fe- 

 deral kidney -jhap'd flejhy Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



t. Breynia amy g da lifoliis latio- 

 ribut. Plum. Nov. Gen. Breynia 

 with broad Almond- leaves. 



2. Breynia elaagni foliis. Plum. 

 Nov. Gen. Breynia with Leaves like 

 thofe of the wild Olive. 



Both thefe Plants are very com- 

 mon in Jamaica, and feveral other 

 Parts of America, where they ufually 

 grow to the Height of thirty Feet : 

 their Trunks are about the Thick- 

 nefs of a Man's Thigh, which are 

 covered with a fmooth afli- coloured 

 Bark. The Branches come out on 

 every Side, which form a regular 

 Head ; and being befet with hoary 

 Leaves, make an agreeable Appear- 

 ance. 



Thefe Plants areix>th very impa- 

 tient of Cold ; therefore muft be pre- 

 ferved in Stoves, otherwife they will 

 not live through the Winter in this 

 Climate. They may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which may be obtain'd 

 from America. Thefe Seeds mould 

 be fown on an Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring; and when the Plants are 

 come up two Inches high, they 

 fhould be carefully tranfplanted each 

 into a feparate fmall Pot filled with 

 light rich Earth, and then plunged 

 into a moderate Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark ; obferving to water and 

 fhade them until they have taken 

 new Root : they muft alfo be fre- 

 quently watered during the Summer- 

 feafon ; and when the Plants have 

 grown fo much as to fill the Pots 

 with their Roots, they fhould be 

 carefully fhaken out of them, and the 

 Fibres round the Outfide of the Ball 

 of Earth fhould be carefully pared 

 off, and then put into Pots a Size 

 larger than thofe they were in be- 

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fore; which fhould be filled with 

 light rich Earth, and then plunged 

 inio the Hot-bed again, admitting 

 frefh Air to them every Day. In this 

 Bed they may remain until the End 

 of September, when they muft be 

 placed in the Bark-ftove : where, 

 during theWinter-feafon, they fhould 

 be kept in a temperate Heat, and 

 muft be often refreftied with Water; 

 but it muft not be given them in 

 large Quantities at this Seafon. 



As thefe Plants increafe in Bulk, 

 they fhould be placed in larger Pots; 

 but you muft be very careful not to 

 over-pot them ; which will caufe 

 the Plants to decline, and, if not 

 timely remedied, will deftroy them. 

 In Summer thefe Plants fhould have 

 a large Share of frefh Air, in warm 

 Weather ; but they muft not be 

 placed in the open Air ; for if they 

 are not conftantly preferved from the 

 Cold, it will deftroy them in a fhort 

 time. If thefe Directions, are duly 

 obferved, the Plants will make great 

 Progrefs, and, in a few Years, will 

 produce Flowers. 



BROOM, the common. Vide 

 Cytifo-genifta. 



BROOM, the Spanijh. PideS?zx+ 

 tium and Genifta. 



BRUNELLA, Self-heal. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flowers grew in Jbort compact 

 Spikes, which conjiji of one Leaf, 

 and are lahiated (or lipped): the 

 Creji, or upper Lip, is intire, and 

 hollowed: the Beard, or lower Lip, 

 is divided into three Segments: the 

 middle Segment is hi oad, and hollow, 

 like a Spoon, and is farther produced 

 than the two other Segments, which 

 are narrow : the Cup of the Flower 

 hath two Lips ; the upper being ereil 

 and trifd, and the lower is armed 

 with two fmall Spines. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. Br UN ella major % folio non 

 dijefifi. 



