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becomes a Fruit, refemlling the Point 

 of a Spear \ and is jointed ; in each 

 of which Di<vijions is lodged one Seed, 

 which is, for the mofl part, oblong. 

 The Species are ; 



1. C a kile maritima, ampliore fo- 

 lio. T ourn. Cor. Sea-rocket with a 

 larger Leaf. 



2. Cakile maritima, angujliore 

 fclio. Tourn. Cor. Sea-rocket with 

 a narrow Leaf. 



3. Cakile Gr<eca ar<venfis, Jili- 

 qua Jiriata brew. Tourn. Cor. Greek 

 Sea-rocket, with a lhort ftriated 

 Pod. 



4. Cakile Oriental's, frufiu mi- 

 tiimo verrucofo. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern 

 Sea-rocket, with a fmall warted 

 Fruit. 



The two firft Sorts grow wild in 

 divers Parts of Europe on the Sea- 

 more, where the Salt-water gene- 

 rally flows. The fecond Sort is pretty- 

 common in England j but the fifft 

 hath not been , found wild in this 

 Country. The. third and fourth Sorts 

 were d-rfebver'd by Dr. Toumefort, 

 who fent their Seeds to the Royal 

 Gardens at Paris. 



' They are all annual Plants : their 

 Seeds mould be (own in Autumn, 

 Toon after they, are ripe, in tta Place 

 -yhere they flfould remain ;.. foe they 

 lo not well bear tranfpl anting. When 

 I he Plants are come up, they mould 

 ?e kept clear from Weeds ; and wMre 

 hey are too clofe, they mii-ft be 

 hinned, fo as to leave them four or 

 ive Inches afunder, which is all the 

 Culture they require. In June they 

 ^ill flower, and their Seeds will ripen 

 n Aicguji. There is no Beauty or 

 Jle in thefe Plants at preient known ; 

 1 ut they are prefei ved in Botanic 

 ! hardens for Variety. 

 : CALABA, Indian Maftich-trce. 

 The Characlers are; 

 // hath a rofaceous Flower, conjtjl- 

 ■g of fevernl Petals, which are 



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placed in a circular Order ; from 

 whofe Flower- cup arifes the Point a I, 

 which afterward becomes a fpherical 

 fefey Fruit, including a Nut of the 

 fame Form. 



We know but one Sort of this 

 Plaut ; which is, 



Calaba folio citrii fplendente. 

 Plum. N. G. 39. Indian Maftich- tree, 

 with a Aiming Citron-leaf. 

 . This Tree grows to a great Big- 

 nefs in the warm Parts of America, 

 where it is a Native. From theTrunlc 

 and Branches there iflues out a clear 

 Gum, fomewhat like the Maftich, 

 from whence it received its Name, 

 the Gum being ufed in thofe Coun- 

 tries as Maftich. 



At prefent this Tree is pretty rare 

 in England, it being fo tender as not 

 to bear the open Air , fo that it mull 

 be prelcrved in Stoves, with the mofl: 

 tender Exotic Plants. It is propa- 

 gated by the Nuts, which are fre- 

 quently brought from America : thefe 

 mould be planted in fmall Pets filled 

 with frefli light Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark. 

 When the Plants are come up about 

 two Inches high, they fhould be care- 

 fully tranfplanted, each into a fepa- 

 rate fmall Pot filled with freih light 

 Earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 Hot bed of Tanners Bark, obferving 

 to water and (hade them until they 

 have taken new Root ; and give them 

 frequent Waterings in warm Wea- 

 ther. In this Bed they may remain 

 during the Summer-feafon ; but at 

 Michaelmas they fhould be removed 

 into the Bark-ftove, and placed in a 

 warm Situation. During the Win- 

 ter-feafon thefe Plants will require 

 Water pretty often ; but it mould 

 not be given to them in large Quan- 

 tities, efpecially in cold Weather, 

 left it rot the Fibres of the Roots. 

 As the Plants advance, they muft be 

 fhifted into larger Pots, an4 treated 



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