©f* America ; and I have raifed one 

 Sort, which came from Siam, whofe 

 Leaves refembled thofe of MarfiV 

 mallow ; but the Down and Seeds 

 were exactly the fame as of the com- 

 mon Sorts. Thofe Pods, which I 

 received from Panama, were of a 

 different Figure from the common 

 Sorts; as was the Down alio; for 

 that was in one of a purple Colour, 

 and the other was of a dark red. 

 The Down of both thefe Sorts is, 

 by the Inhabitants of thofe Coun- 

 tries, wrought into Garments ; and 

 they retain their original Colour, fo 

 that they are never dyed. 



There are fome other Kinds of 

 this Tree in the E.< ft -Indies, which 

 make a more beautiful Appearance 

 than either of the American Sorts : 

 one of thefe is now growing in his 

 Grace the Duke of Richmond's Gar- 

 den at Goodwood ; which is- above 

 twelve Feet high, and the Leaves 

 grow regularly round the Stem, 

 upon very long Footllalks ; and the 

 Leaves are large, deeply divided into 

 feven or eight Parts , and are fmooth, 

 of a fine mining-green Colour : the 

 Stem of this Sort is very fmooth, 

 and the whole Plant makes a fine 

 Appearance in the Stove. All thefe 

 Sores require the fame Degree of 

 Heat to preferve them in Winter, as 

 thofe which are Natives of America, 

 and will fucceed with the fame Cul- 

 ture. 



CELASTRUS, The Staff-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Empalement confifls of one Leaf, 

 cut at the Top into /everal unequal 

 Segments: the Flower conf jis of Ji<ve 

 Leaves, which are equal, fpj-ead open, 

 and r. flexed : the Point a I is fmall, 

 and fituated in the hot ton of the 

 Flower, attended hy five Stamina : 

 the P kintal afterward becomes a Cap- 

 fulc covered with a red tilamcnt, 



divided into three Cells, each coif 

 taining one hard Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Celastrus incrmis, foliis ova- 

 tis ferratis triner-viis, racemis ex fum- 

 mis alls longifjimis. Lin. Hort. Clitf'. 

 Smooth Staff tree, with oval favved 

 Leaves, having three Ribs, and 

 Spikes of Flowers growing on the 

 Tops of the Branches. 



2. Celastrus rami's teretibus, 

 fpinis nudis, foliis acutis. Lin. Hort. 



Cliff. Staff-tree with taper Branches, 

 naiced Spines, and pointed Leaves. 



3. Celastrus titer mis, foliis o<va- 

 tis rugofis minime ferratis, caule I'O* 

 lubili. Smooth Staff-tree, with oval 

 rough Leaves, which are flightly 

 fawed on their Edges, and a climbing 

 Stalk. 



4. Celastrus rands angulofis, 

 fpinis foliofis foliis obtufis. Lin. Hort, 

 Ciiff. Prickly Staff-tree, with angu ! ar 

 Branches, Leaves growing out of 

 the Spines, and blunt Leaves. 



5. Celastrus inermis, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis, obtufe ferratis, petiolis ap- 

 pendiculatts. Lin. Hort. Cliff Smooth 

 Staff-tree, with fpear (haped Leaves 

 bluntly fawed, and fmall Appen- 

 dages to the Footllalks. 



This Name of Cclaftrus wa for- 

 merly applied to one of the Sol'ts 

 of A la t emus ; but Dr. Li una- us i .s 

 conrtitnted a Genus by that Nam . 

 to which he has brought fever.;.! 

 Plants which agree in their cha- 

 racterise Notes, which were before 

 put into fevera! Genera. 



The firlt Sort here mentioned is 

 a Native of the Northern Parts of 

 America, from whence it hath been^ 

 introduced into the Englijb Gar Jens ; 

 where it thrives extremely *r<lt, a d 

 bears the open Air in Winter. Pfejs 

 grows to be about five or fix 1 

 high, and generally fendb out Bran 

 ches very regularly, fo ?s to form 

 T 4 an 



