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tritihus ex a lis foliolor urn. Hart. Cliff. 

 Annual Phyllanthus, with fmall 

 Leaves growing alternate, and the 

 Flowers coming out from the 

 Wings of the Leaves hanging down. 



3. Phyllanthus caule arboreo, 

 foliis lanceolatis acutis, frutlu parvo 

 fejjili. Shrubby Phyllanthus, with 

 pointed fpear - fhap'd Leaves, and 

 fmall Fruit growing clofe to the 

 Leaves. 



4. Phyllanthus caule arboreo t 

 foliis latis fubrotundis, ftuSlu majore 

 tendulo, petiolo longo. Tree Phyl- 

 lanthus, with broad roundilh Leaves, 

 and larger Fruit growing on long 

 Footilalks. 



5. Phyllanthus caule arbor eo, 

 foliis cvatis obtufis y fubtusincams y al- 

 ternatim fitis, fruttn maximo. Tree 

 Phyllanthus, with oval blunt Leaves, 

 which are white on their Under-fide, 

 and a very large Fruit. 



The firft Sort is very dmmon in 

 the Weft- Indies y where it grows out 

 of the Rocks on the Sea- more, in 

 molt of the Iflands ; brut is feldom 

 found growing on the Land, nor is 

 it eafily tranfplanted ; for the Fibres 

 of the Roots infinuate themfelves fo 

 deeply into theCrevic.es of the Rocks, 

 that unlefs the Rock is broken, there 

 is no Poffibility of getting the Roots 

 out : and it is as difficult to propa- 

 gate by Seeds ; for unlefs they are 

 fown foon after they are ripe, they 

 will not grow, and the greateft Part 

 of the Seed proves abortive ; fo that 

 this Sort is very rare in Europe. 

 There was formerly a Plant of this 

 Sort in the Gardens at Hampton- 

 Court ; but this, with many other 

 fine Plants, has been deflroy'd by 

 :he Ignorance of the Gardeners. 



Th.s Tree grows about fifteen or 

 iixteen Feet high : the Leaves come 

 out without any Order, which, are 

 ive or fix Inches long, fmooth and 

 ■ hick : upon the Edges of the Leaves 

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the Flowers are produe'd, butefper 

 cialiy toward the Upper-part, where 

 they are plac'd very clofely, fo as 

 almoft to form a fort of Border to 

 the Leaves; which, together with 

 the mining- green Colour of the 

 Leaves, makes a very beautiful Ap- 

 pearance: the Leaves continue green 

 all the Year, which renders the Plant 

 more valuable. 



There is no other Method of ob- 

 taining this Plant but to procure it 

 from fome of the Iflands in Ameri- 

 ca y where they grow in plenty. It 

 is known in Barbados by the Name 

 of Sea-fide Laurel, which Name it 

 is probable may have been given to 

 it, from fome Refemblance which 

 the Inhabitants of thofe Iflands fup- 

 pos'd the Leaves to have of thofe of 

 the common Laurel ; but they are 

 much narrower and longer, and have 

 no other Refemblance but the Thick - 

 nefs, and mining-green Colour. 



It requires to be plac'd in a mo- 

 derate Stove in the Winter, other- 

 wife it will not live in England: but 

 in Summer it may be plac'd in the 

 open Air, in a warm - Ihelter'd Si- 

 tuation. With this Management I 

 have feen this Plant in great Vigour 

 in the Phyfic-garden at Amfterdam. 



The fecond Sort is an annual 

 Plant, which grows with an ere& 

 Stalk near two Feet high, and 

 branches out on every Side : the 

 Leaves are pennated, having feverai 

 fmall oval Leaves placM alternately 

 along the Mid-rib : the Flowers are 

 produe'd from the Wings of thefe 

 little Leaves, the whole Length cf 

 the Mid rib, on the Under-ude, on 

 very fliort Footftalks, which are of 

 an herbaceous Colour, and hang 

 downward: the whole Plant perifhes 

 in Winter* being an Annual ; for 

 altho 1 it has been plac'd in the 

 warmeft Stoves, yet it never has 

 furviv'd a Winter. The Seeds of 



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