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Seeds, fo that the greateft Part of 

 them would be loll ; but, as I faid 

 before, it is not advifeable to con- 

 tinue (owing of the lame Seed longer 

 titan two Years, for theReafons there 

 laid down ; but rather to exchange 

 their Seeds every Year, or two Years 

 at leaft, whereby you may always ex- 

 pect to have them prove right. 



PISUM CORDATUM. Vide 

 Corindum. 

 PITTONIA. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a globular hell - fhaped 

 Flower, confijling of one Leaf y which 

 is cut into federal Segments at the 

 Brim ;from whofe Cup arifes the Poin- 

 tal, which afterward becomes a [oft 

 fpherical Berry full of Juice, inclofing 

 t<wo Seeds , which are for the mojl 

 part oblong. 



The Species are ; 



1. Pitto"NIa arborefcens cham<e- 

 drifolia major. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Greater tree -like Pittonia, with a 

 Germander- leaf. 



2. Pittonia arborefcens cbamte- 

 drifolia minor . Plum. Nov. Gen. Small- 

 er tree -like Pittonia, with a Ger- 

 mander-leaf. 



3. Pittonia humilis, anchufa fo- 

 liis. Plum. Nov. Gen. Dwarf Pitto- 

 nia, with Alkanet-leaves. 



4. Pittonia f: and ens, haccis ai- 

 r;eis, nigris tnaculis votatis. Plum. 

 Nov. Gen. Cliiabing Pittonia, with 

 white Berries fpotted with Black. 



5. Pittonia frutefcens, folio xar- 

 tiofo, hirfuto vff obtufo Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. Shrubby Pittonia, w;th an 

 hairy fleihy obtufe Leaf. 



6. Pittonia hirfutijjima cjf ra- 

 mojijfima, baccis albis. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. The moft hairy and branching 

 Pittonia, with white Berries. 



7. Pittonia raccmofa, Nicotian* 

 foliis faitidifiimis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 The moft (linking branching Pitto- 

 nia, with Tobacco-leaves. 



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All thefe Plants are Natives of the* 

 warmeft Parts of America, where the 

 nrft Sort grows to the Height of 

 twelve or fourteen Feet, and divides 

 into many Branches, fo as to form a 

 fmall Tree. The fecond, fifth, and 

 feventh Sorts grow to the Height cf 

 eight or nme Feet, and produce 

 many Branches near their Roots, fo 

 as to form thick Bufhes. 



They may all be propagated by - 

 Seeds, which fliould be fown early in 

 the Spring, in Pots rilled with frefh 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they may be 

 treated after the fame manner as hath 

 been directed for the Perfea : with 

 which Management thefe Plants will 

 thrive very well, and in a few Years 

 will produce their Flowers. Thefe 

 are preferved by thofe Perfons who 

 are curious in collecting rare Plants, 

 though there is no great Beauty in 

 their Flowers ; however, as they are 

 ever-green, they make a Diverfity 

 amongft other Exotic Plants in the 

 Stove in the Winter- feafon. 



PLANT AGO, The Plantain. 



There are feveral Species of this, 

 which are diftinguifli'd by Botanifts, 

 fome of which are very troublefome 

 Weeds, in every Part of England, 

 and the others are fo in the Coun- 

 tries where they grow ; fo they are 

 not cultivated in Gardens : therefore 

 1 mall not trouble the Reader with 

 an Enumeration of them ; but fhall' 

 only obferve, that the broad-leav'd 

 Plantain, and the Ribwort Plantain, 

 which are both ufed inMedicine,grovv 

 wild in almoft every Part of England; 

 fo may be eafily procur'd for Ufe. 



PLANTAIN-TREE. VideMah. 



PLATANUS, ThePiane-tree. 

 The Charterers are; 



It hath an amentaceous Tlower, 

 confifting cf feveral Jlertder Stamina, 

 v/bicb are colleBed into fphcrical tih 



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