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We know but one Species of this 

 Genus ; *viz. 



Catesb^a. Lin. Gen. Com- 

 monly called the Lily-thorn. 



The Name of this Plant was given 

 in Honour to Mr. Mark Catejby, 

 F. R. S. who brought the Seeds of 

 this Plant, with many other curious 

 Sorts, into England, from the Ba- 

 hama ljlands, in the Year 1726. 

 from which Seeds there were many 

 Plants raifed in the Englijh Gardens, 

 fome of which have produced their 

 beautiful Flowers. Mr. Catrjby met 

 with this fine Shrub growing near 

 Kajfau-Toivn, in the Iiland of Pro- 

 vidence, where it grew about four- 

 teen Feet high, having many long 

 Thorns upon the Branches, which 

 come out by Pairs, at the Wings of 

 the Leaves. The Leaves are pro- 

 duced irregularly, in Clutters ; and 

 are like thofe of the Box tree, but 

 fmaller. The Flowers are tubulous, 

 of a yellow Colour, about fix Inches 

 in Length, and hang downward, and 

 are produced fingly : thefe are 

 fhaped like a Trumpet. The Fruit 

 is of an oval Figure, and the Size 

 of a Pullet's Egg ; having a Pulp 

 like that of a ripe Apple, of an 

 agreeable tart Flavour : the Middle 

 of the Fruit is hollow, containing 

 many fmall triangular Seeds. 



This Plant is very rare in England 

 at prefent; mod of the Plants which 

 were raifed from the Seeds which 

 Mr. Catrjby brought over, having 

 been loft ; and there has been no 

 Supply of Seeds frnce that Time. 

 It is a tender Plant, and requires a 

 good Stove to keep it through the 

 Winter in this Country. In the 

 Summer - feafon the Plants mould 

 have a large Share of free Air ; but 

 they will not bear to be wholly ex- 

 pofed even at that Seafon. This 

 Plant is propagated by Seeds, which 

 muft be procured from the Bahama 



Iflands, and mould ba fown in the 

 Spring of the Year, upon a good 

 Hot-bed; and the Plants, when they 

 are come up, muit be treated in the 

 fame manner as is directed for other 

 tender Exotic Plants. 



CAUCALIS, Baihrd-parfley. 



This is one of the umbelliferous 

 Plants, with oblong Seeds, which 

 are a little furrow'd and prickly : 

 the Petals of the Flower are unequal, 

 and heart- maped. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant preferved in the Botanic Gar- 

 dens ; but as there is no great Beauty 

 or Uie in any of them, I mail pais 

 them over with only obferving, that 

 if any Perfon hath a mind to culti- 

 vate them, the b it Seafon to fow 

 their Seeds is in Autumn, foon after 

 they are ripe: for if their Seeds are 

 kept till Spring, they feldom pro- 

 duce ripe Seeds again : they are 

 moll of them biennial, and require 

 to be fown every other Year. We 

 have five or fix Species of themj 

 which grow wild in England. 



CEDAR of BERMUDAS. Vidt 

 Juniperus. 



CEDAR of CAROLINA. Vide 

 Juniperus. 



CEDAR of Jamaica. Vide Gua- 

 zuma. 



CEDAR of LIBANUS. Vide 

 Larix. 



CEDAR of LYCIA. Vide Ju- 

 niperus. 



CEDAR of PHOENICIA. Vide 

 Juniperus. 



CEDAR of VIRGINIA. Vide 

 Juniperus. 



CEIBA, Silk Cotton-tree, vu/go. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It hath a rofaceous F louver, con- 

 fining of federal Leaves placed in a 

 circular Order ; from uchofe Calyx 

 arifes the Pointal, which afterward 

 becomes a Fruit Jhafed like a Bottle^ 

 divided int» Jive Farts frem the Top 

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