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Bryony in Europe. They are, Male 

 and Female in different Plants, as in 

 the Tamnus, or black Bryony, to 

 which thefe Plants are near of Kin. 



The fourth Sort is a Native in 

 North America, from whence the 

 Seeds have been fent ; and fome of 

 the Plants are preferved in the Gar- 

 dens of fome curious Perfons. This 

 Sort will live in the open Air in 

 England ; but the other three Sorts 

 are fo tender,as not to be preferved, 

 unlefs they are kept in a warm 

 Stove. 



Thefe Plants die to the Ground 

 every Autumn, and (hoot up again 

 the following Spring; and will climb 

 up Stakes, to the Height of ten or 

 twelve Feet, and fomecimes produce 

 Flowers in England: but as they 

 lave little Beauty, the Plants are 

 •arely preferved, except by Bota- 

 lifts. 



The fifth Sort is much cultivated 

 I >y the Inhabitants of the Iflands in 

 \ fmerica, and is of great Ufe to them 

 I Dr feeding of their Negroes ; and 

 v le white People make Puddens of 

 t le Roots, when ground to a fort of 

 I lour. This Plant is fuppofed to 

 i ave been brought from the Eaft to 

 ie Weft -Indies ; for it has not been 

 fcovered to grow vild in any Part 

 I" America ; but in the Ifland of 

 i ylon, and on the Coaft of Mala- 

 \t, It grows in the Woods ; and 

 j ere are in thofe Places a great Va- ■ 

 ± ity of Sorts. 



: The Sort which is chiefly cultiva- 

 *1 in the Weft- Indies has a Root as 

 mi as a Man's Leg, of an irregular 

 1 rm, and of a dirty brown Colour 

 i the Outfide ; but when cut, are 

 ■ lite and mealy within. The Stalks 

 j V:his Plant are triangular and wing- 

 s', the Leaves are heart-fhaped, 

 k 'ing two Ears, fomewhat like thofe 

 C Arum. Thefe Stalks climb to 

 Height of ten or twaive Feet, 



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when they grow near Trees or 

 Shrubs, to which they fallen them- 

 felves, other wife they trail upon the 

 Ground. 



This Plant is propagated by cut- 

 ting the Root into Pieces, obferving 

 to preferve an Eye or Bud to each, 

 as is pra&ifed in planting of Pota- 

 toes ; each of thefe, being planted, 

 will grow, and produce three or four 

 large Roots : in America they are 

 commonly fix or eight Months in 

 the Ground before the Roots are 

 taken up for Ufe. The Roots are 

 roafted or boiled, and eaten, by the 

 Inhabitants ; an\d fometimes are made 

 into Bread. 



In fome curious Gardens this 

 Plant is preferved for the fake of Va- 

 riety; but it is fo tender as not to 

 live in England, unlefs it is placed 

 in a warm Stove : as thefe Roots are 

 frequently brought from America, fo 

 whoever hath an Inclination to pre- 

 ferve the Plant, may cut them in the 

 manner before-defcribed ; and plant 

 each Piece in a Pot filled with frefli 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark, and give them 

 littleWater until they moot, left they 

 mould rot. With this Management 

 I have had the Shoots ten Feet high } 

 but the Roots have not grown to any- 

 great Size with me. This Plant 

 will not thrive in the open Air, in 

 the warmeft time of the Year ; fo 

 muft conftantly be kept in the Bark- 

 ftove. 



DIOSMA, African Spira>a, vulgo. 

 The Characlers are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 cut into five Parts: there are five 

 obtufe Petals in the Flower : in the 

 Centre is fituated the Point al, attend' 

 ed by five Stamina, fupporting oval 

 Summits : the Point al afterward be' 

 comes an oval five-cornered C/ipfu/e f 

 haloing five Cells, each having one 

 oval-pointed hard Seed. 



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