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out any Point a/ : the Female Flowers 

 have the /time Struclure as the Mile, 

 but have no Stamina ; and in the Cen- 

 tre is placed the Pointal, fupporting a 

 Style, which is divided at the Top in- 

 to two or three Parts, which are re- 

 f.ex'd: the Pointal afterward becomes 

 a globular Fruit, having fix Furrow > ; 

 and is divided into three Cells, each in- 

 clojing a Jingle Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Clutia foliis petiolatis. Lin. 

 Hart. Cliff. Mas & Feemina. Clu- 

 tia with Footftalks to the Leaves, 

 which are Male and Female in dif- 

 ferent Plants. 



2. Clutia foliis fefplibus. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. Mas& Fcr.mina. Clutia 

 with Leaves having no Footftalks. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of Afri 

 ca, from whence they were brougnt 

 to Tome curious Gardens in Holland, 

 and have fince been communicated 

 to moil of the curious Gardens in 

 Europe. The firft Sort with Female 

 Flowers has been long an Inhabitant 

 of fome curious Gardens in England ; 

 but that with Male Flowers I have 

 lately received, with many other rare 

 Plants, from my learned Friend Dr. 

 Job Bafier, F. R. S. of Zirkz.ee in 

 Holland. 



' The fecond Sort has alfo been 

 fome Years in the Englijh Garden.-, 

 and was ranged in the Genus of Ala- 

 ternoides, under which Title it has 

 been well figured by Dr. Commelin 

 in the Hort us Amfclodamenfis ; but 

 we have not the two Sorts of this in 

 England at prelent : as far as I have 

 been able to learn, that which is in 

 the E uglify Gardens is the Female. 



Thefe Plants are eafily propa- 

 gated by Cuttings during any of the 

 Summer - months. If the Cuttings 

 are planted in fmall Pots, and plunged 

 into a very moderate Hot-bed, and 

 ihaded from the Heat of the Sun in 



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the Middle of the Day, they will 

 foon take Root, and mould then be 

 inur'd to the open Air, otherwise 

 they will draw up very weak : and 

 afterward thefe Plants may be each 

 put into a feparate fmall Pot, and 

 placed in a (heltered Situation, where 

 they may remain until the Middle 

 of Oclobcr, or later, if the Weather 

 continues mild, when they mould be 

 removed into the Green houfe, and 

 placed where they may have the free 

 Air in mild Weather ; for they only 

 require to be protected from Froft, 

 therefore need no Warmth in Win- 

 ter ; but if the Greenhoufe is (hut 

 up too clofe, or the Plants are much 

 fhaded by others, the tender Shoots 

 are fubject to grow mouldy, w ich 

 deitroys more of thefe Plants than 

 the Cold : in Summer they mull be 

 placed abroad, in a (heltered Situa- 

 tion, with other hardy Exotic Plants. 



As thefe Plants are always green, 

 they make a V ariety in the Green- 

 hoofe during the Winter-feafon, by 

 their different Leaves ; but their 

 Flowers have no Beauty. 



CLYMENUM, Chichling-vetch. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Stalks, Flowers, and Fruits of 

 this Plant are like thofe of Lathyrus; 

 hut the Leaves conffl of many Conju- 

 gations plucd cn a Midrib , which ends 

 in a Tendril. 



The Species are ; 



1. Clymenum Hifpanieum, fiore 

 vurio, I'.UquQ. flana. Tcurn. Spanifb 

 Chichhng-vetch, with a variable 

 Flower, and a plain Pod. 



2. Clymenum Hif pant cum, fore 

 vario, Jiliqua arti. ulata. Tourn. Spa- 

 nifb Chichling-vetch, with a variable 

 Flower, and a jointed Pod. 



3. Clymenum Bithynicum, jili- 

 qua ftngulari, fore minore. Jufficu. 

 Bithynian Chichling-vetch, with a 

 fingle Pod, and lmaller Flower. 



Z 4. Cly- 



