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Apothecary of Braintree in Ejfcx, 

 who publiihed a Bool: of Medicinal 

 Piants, intituled, Pharmacologia. 

 The Characters are ; 

 bath a funnel jbaped Flower of 

 one Leaf, wbofe Tube is Jlretchtd out 

 a grectf Lengtb beyond the Empale- 

 mtnt, and is a little curved: the Up- 

 fer-part is fprcad open, and fightly 

 cut into five Segments ; but the upper 

 and lowt r Part of the Brim join fo 

 as to fut up the Mouth of the Tube, 

 and form a Refemblance of a perjo- 

 nated Flower : in the Centre is fitua- 

 ted the Point a!, attended by four Sta- 

 mina, two of iv hie b are Jhorter than 

 tjje other : the Pointal afterward be- 

 comes an cval Seed-v?JJel, having one 

 Cell, and filled with fmall Seeds. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Genus 3 



Dale a annua erecla ramofa, foliis 

 fubrotundis, fore variubili. Upright 

 branching annual Dalea,\vith round- 

 ilh Leaves, and variable Flowers. 



The Seeds of this Plant were fent 

 to me from Panama by the late Mr. 

 Robert Millar, Surgeon ; and fince 

 the Seeds have been communicated 

 to molt Parts of Europe. This Name 

 lias been altered by Dr. Linnaus, to 

 whom I communicated the Seeds by 

 this Name ; but he has given it the 

 Tide of Browallia, and given the 

 Name of Dalea to one Species of 

 Barba-jovis. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds, 

 which mult be (own upon an Hot- 

 bed in the Spring ; and the Plants 

 muit be treated in the fame manner 

 as is directed for the Amaranthus ; 

 and they may be tranfplanted into a 

 warm Border in the Latter-end of 

 "June, where they will flower, and 

 produce ripe Seeds in plenty : the 

 Flowers of thi* Plant are commonly 

 blue, but thVy vary to purple and 

 red ; and all thefe Y~arie_ties are often 

 iecri upon the fame Plant ; thefe 



Flowers continue as long as the 

 Weather is favourable ; but the nrft 

 Froit deftroys the Plants. 



DALECHAMPIA. 



This Plant was fo named by Fa- 

 ther Plumier, in Honour to the Me- 

 mory of Jacobus Dalccbamp, who 

 was a curious Botanilt. 



The Characters are ; 



7/ hath Male and Female Flowers 

 on the fame Plant, which are con- 

 tained in a many-leads' d prickly Cup : 

 the Ft male Flowers, with the Em- 

 bryoes, have two trifid Leaves : the 

 Male Flowers confif of a great Num- 

 ber 0/Stamina,w£/V£ are loaded with 

 Farina : the Embryo afterward be- 

 comes a Fruit, which is divided into- 

 three Parts, each containing one round- 

 ifb Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Dalechampia fcandens, lupuli 

 foliis, fruclu tricocco glabra, calyce 

 hifpido. Houjl. Climbing Dalecham- 

 pia, with Leaves like Hops, and a 

 fmooth three-feeded Fruit, and a 

 prickly Cup. 



This Plant is a Native of the 

 warm Parts of America : it was dif- 

 covered by Father Plumier in Mar* 

 tinico ; but either he was miftaken 

 in his Defcription of the Fruit, or 

 his Kind is different from that which 

 the late Dr. Houfoun obferved in fe- 

 veral Places in the Spanifli Wtfi- 

 Indies ; for Father Plumier deferibes 

 the Fruit to be prickly, in the Sort 

 which he faw ; whereas that of Dr. 

 Houfoun has fmooth Fruit, inclofed 

 in a prickly Cup. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds, 

 which muit be fown early in the 

 Spring on an Hot-bed ; and wheo 

 the Piants are come up three Inches 

 high, they mould be carefully tranf- 

 planted, each into a feparate fmall 

 Pot filled with rich light Earth, and 

 then plunged into an Hot-bed of 

 Tanners 



