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*his Plant ripen gradually, accord- 

 ing as the Flowers were produc'd j 

 thofe neareft the Stem ripening firfT; 

 and if they are not watclfd, to ga- 

 ther them as they ripen, they will 

 {hon drop, and be loft : but thofe 

 Seeds which happen to fcatter upon 

 other Pots of Earth will come up the 

 following Spring ; fothat from feme 

 Plants, which were plac'd hi a Stove, 

 the Seeds were cart over moft of the 

 Pots of Plants then in the Stove, a-nd 

 the Plants came up like Weeds : it 

 was by this Accident the Plant was 

 £rft brought to England ; for the 

 Seeds had been Icatter'd in feme 

 Tubs of Earth which came from 

 JBarbadcSf in which the Plants came 

 up in great Plenty ; and having the 

 Advantage of a Stove, the Seeds ri- 

 j5en'd perfectly, and were maintain'd 

 by the fcatter'd Seed : it is too ten- 

 der to live in the open Air of Eng- 

 land; fo mould be rais'd on an Hot- 

 bed in the Spring, and afterward 

 plac'd in the Bark-ftove, where the 

 Plants will perfect their Seeds annu- 

 ally, and in Autumn decay. 



The third Sort was difcoverd by 

 the late Dr. William Houjioun at La 

 Vera Cruz, who fent the Seeds to 

 Europe. This hath a woody Stem, 

 which rifes to the Height of eight or 

 ten Feet, and divides into itveral 

 Branches, which are garnim'd with 

 pennated Leaves, composed of feve- 

 ral fmall pointed Leaves, plac'd al- 

 ternately along the Mid-rib : the 

 Flowers are produc'd as thofe of the 

 former, on the Under-fide of the 

 Leaves, hanging downward, and 

 grow clofe to the Mid-rib : the 

 Leaves of this Sort decay in Au- 

 tumn, and frefti ones come out in 

 Spring. This is full as tender as the 

 former Sort ; fo wiil not live in Eng- 

 land, unlefs it is preferv'd in Stoves. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts were 

 difcovcr'd by the fame Gentleman, 

 wh# fent the Seeds and dried Sam- 



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pies of both to England. Thefi 

 grow twelve or fourteen Feet high 

 having ftrong woody Stems, whicr 

 branch out wide on every Side : th< 

 Branches of the foarth Sort are gar 

 nifli'd with broad roundilh Leaves 

 which grow alternately along the 

 Mid- rib : the Fruit grow* on lon£ 

 Footftalks plac'd on the Under-fid< 

 of the Leaves hanging down : the 

 Fruit of this Sort is about the Size ol 

 an Hazel-nut, fwelling out in three 

 .Divifions, like the Seed-veffel of the 

 Spurge : the Covering is ligneous : 

 and of a brown Colour when ripe. 



The fifth Sort has very broad 

 Leaves, whofe Surface is rough \ 

 ar.d the Under-fide of a whitifti- 

 grey Colour. Thefe are placed al- 

 ternately upon the Branches. The 

 Fruit of this Sort is as large as a 

 Walnut, of a dark-brown Colou? 

 when ripe : the Cover is woody, and 

 fwells ouHn three Divifions, in each 

 of which fhould be lodg'd a fingle 

 Seed; but it rarely happens that 

 more than one of them eomes to Ma- 

 turity : rror in many of them is there 

 one good Seed, tho* they appeaF 

 large and fair ; yet, upon Examina* 

 tion, fcarce one in forty, of either 

 the fourth or fifth Sorts, had any 

 Germ, but were hollow. 



Thefe are alfo very tender Plants; 

 fo muft be placed in a warm Stove,, 

 otherwife they cannot be preferv'd 

 in England. All thefe four laft-men- 

 tion'd Sorts are eafily propagated 

 from good Seeds, which mult be 

 fown on an Hot bed in the Spring 31 

 and afterward planted in Pots, and 

 placed in the Bark-ftove, treating! 

 them in the fame manner as hath] 

 been directed for other Exotic Plant; I 

 from the fame Country. 



Thefe Plants many of them grov j 

 in the Eafl- Indies, where there ar I 

 feveral other Species ©f this Genu? I 

 fome of which are well figur'd an I 

 defcrib'd in the Hortus Malabaricu\M 



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