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is Jituated in the Centre, attended by 

 fix Stamina, which are extended be- 

 yond the Empalcme::t : the Point al af- 

 terward becomes a foft roundijh Berry, 

 full of Juice, in which is included a 

 Jingle Seed. 



The Title of this Genus was giv- 

 en to it by Father Plumier, who dif- 

 cover'd the Plants in America, in 

 Honour to Auguftus Quirtnus Riii- 

 nus, a famous Botamil of Leipfic, 

 who publifh'd two Volumes of Plants 

 in Folio, in which the Figures of 

 the Plants are engraven on Copper- 

 plates. Thefe were publifh'd in 

 1690. 



Dr. Linnaeus has applied the Ti- 

 tle of this Genus to the Solanoides 

 of Tourncfort, which is by Dr. Boer- 

 baave join'd to the Phytolacca ; fo 

 has been of late Years chiefly known 

 by the Name of Phytolacca fruclu 

 tninori; but this is totally different 

 from Plumier 1 * Plants ; and the 

 Doctor has charged Father Plumier 

 with an Error in the engraving of 

 the Characters of this Genus with fix 

 Stamina, inltead of four : whereas 

 Plumier $ Plants have fix Stamina ; 

 but the Plant which the Doctor has 

 applied to this Title has but four. 

 Therefore the Miftake is the Doc- 

 tor's, and not Father Plumier 's. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . R 1 v 1 n 1 a humilis racemofa,bac- 

 cis puuiceh. Plum. AW. Gen. Dwarf 

 branching Rivinia, with fcarlet Ber- 

 ries, fometiines call'd Curran-tree 



2 . Rivima fcandi vs raccmofa, 

 amplis folaui foliis, baccis <violaceis. 

 Plum. N^v. Gen. Climbing branch- 

 ing Rivinia, with ample Night- 

 fhade-leave?, and Violet-berries. 



The firlt Sort grows about four or 

 five Feet high, having very woody 

 Stems and Branches ; the Leaves are 

 fhaped fomewhat like thofe of the 

 Pear-tree, but are more pointed : 

 the Flowers are produe'd in a long 



Bunch, like thofe of the Curran-tree, 

 toward the End of the Branches. 

 Thefe are fucceeded by Berries 

 about the Size of Currans, of a fcar- 

 let Colour. 



The other Sort hath climbing 

 woody Branches, which twill them- 

 felves about thofe Trees which 

 grow near it; and rifes to the 

 Height of twenty Feet ; the Leaves 

 of this Sort are much larger than 

 thofe of the other ; the Flowers- 

 grow in clofer Clutters; and the Ber- 

 ries are of a Violet - colour when 

 ripe. This Sort was found grow- 

 ing in Jamaica, by the late Dr. 

 William Houjloun, who alfo found 

 the firlt. Sort at the Havannab. 



Both thefe Plants are tender ; fo 

 cannot be preferved through the 

 Winter in England, unlefs they are 

 placed in a warm Stove. They may- 

 be propagated by Seeds ; but thefe 

 commonly remain a whole Year in 

 the Ground : fo that they mould be 

 fewn in Pots,which may be plung'd 

 into the Tan-bed, where they muft 

 be kept warm inWinter, and in the 

 following Spring mould be plung'd 

 into a frefh Hot-bed of lan, to 

 bring up the Plants : and when they 

 are fit to remove, they mould be 

 each planted into a feparate fmall 

 Pot filPd with frem light Earth, and 

 plung'd into the Tan-bed ; and then 

 the Plants lhould be treated in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for other tenderPlants from the fame 

 Countries. 



I received the Berries of the firft 

 Sort from Antigua, by the Name of 

 Currans. 



ROBINTA, Falfe Acacia. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Empalcment of the Flower y 

 of one Leaf, and divided into four 

 Parts, the three Under -figments being 

 narrow, but the upper one is broad: 

 the F/ow-er is of the pea - bloom 



Kind: 



