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branch out as the other Sorts, but 

 generally rife with one Shoot from 

 the Root ; at the Extremity of which 

 the Flowers are produced in a long 

 Spike. 



The Seeds of the three laft-men- 

 tion'd Sorts were brought from Car- 

 tkagena by Mr. Robert Millar : from 

 thefe many Plants have been raifed 

 in the Englifi Gardens : thefe rife to 

 the Height of feven or eight Feet, 

 and moot out many irregular 

 Branches, which, of the fourth and 

 fifth Sorts, are llrongly armed with 

 Spines : neither of thefe have yet 

 produced Flowers in England, fo far 

 as I can learn : thefe may be propa- 

 gated in the fame manner as the for- 

 mer, but are lefs hardy. 



CORCHORUS, Jews-mallow. 

 The CbardQeri are ; 



The Leaves are produced alternately 

 at the Joints of the Stalks : the Cup 

 ef the Flower confifts of jive Leaves: 

 the Flower hath fve Leaves, which 

 expand in form of a Rofe : the Poin- 

 tal of the Flower becomes a cylindrical 

 Fruit, which is divided into fve Cells, 

 which are filed with angular Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Corchorus five Me lochia. J. 

 2?. Common Jews-mallow. 



2. Corchorus Americana, car- 

 pini foliis, fextuplici capfula prse- 

 longa. Pluk. American Jews- ma! low, 

 with Leaves like theKornbeam, with 

 long Pods. 



3. Corchorus Americana, pr<e- 

 lor.gis foliis, capfula firiata Jubro- 

 tunda brevi. Pluk. American Jews- 

 mallow, with long Leaves, and fhort 

 roundifn furrow'd Pods. 



4. Corchorus Orient a lis, bre- 

 vioribus foliis, fore flavo,fru£iu ca- 

 rycphylloide hngiori. Pluk. Erjltrn 

 Jews-mallow, with ihort Leaves, and 

 long Pods {haped like a Clove, 



The firft Species, Rauv:olf fays, 

 is fewn in greac Plenty about AhppQ, 



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as a Pot-herb ; the Jews boiling the 

 Leaves of this Plant to eat with their 

 Meat : this he fuppofes to be the 

 Olus Judaicum of Avicenna, and the 

 Corchorum of Pliny. 



This Plant grows in the Eafi and 

 Wef -Indies, from both which Places 

 I have feveral times received the 

 Seeds. In the E aft- Indies the Herb 

 is ufed in the fame manner as in the 

 Levant, as I have been informed ; 

 but I do not hear, that it is ufed by 

 the Inhabitants of America. 



The Varieties of this Plant are 

 preferved in curious Botanic Gardens 

 to add to their Number of Plants ; 

 it being of no great Beauty or Ufe 

 with us, is feldom propagated in 

 Other Gardens. 



They are all of them annual, and 

 muft be fown on an Hot-bed early 

 in the Spring, and afterward treated 

 as the Female Bal r amine ; to which 

 I fhall refer the Reader for their 

 Culture. They delight in a rich Soil, 

 and muft have frequent Waterings in 

 dry Weather. 



Their Flowers are produced in 

 June and July, and their Seeds ripen 

 in September. 



CORDIA, The Sebeften. 

 The Char a tiers are ; 



The Flovjer is of one Leaf which 

 is funnel -Jha.ped, and is expanded at 

 the Brim, where it is Jlightly rt *t into 

 fve or fix Parts : the Pointal, which 

 is fituated in the Middle of the Em- 

 palement, aftervjard becomes a globw 

 lar Fruit, pointed at one End ; which 

 is divided into two Gils, in each of 

 which is included one oblong Seed. 



This Genus of Plants was confti- 

 tuted by Father Plumicr, who gave 

 it this Name of Cordia, in Honour 

 to Valerius Cordus, an eminent Bota- 

 mft of the 1 6th Century. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cord 1 a r.ucis juglandis folio, 

 fore fin pur co. Plum. Nov. Gen. Cor- 

 dia 



