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ing Lizards-tail, with a fpotted 

 Stalk. 



13. Saururus fr.utefcens, lauro- 

 cerafi folio, fruStu breviore & craf 



Jlore. Houjl. Shrubby Lizards-tail, 

 with a Laurel-leaf, and a fhorter 

 and thicker Fruit. 



14. Saururus arbor efc ens lati fo- 

 lia <villofa, frutlu gracili. Houjl. 

 Tree-like Lizards-tail, with a broad 

 hairy Leaf, and a flender Fruit. 



The feven Sorts firll - mention'd 

 grow to be flirubby, and rife to the 

 Height of four or hve Feet, having 

 Leaves plac'd alternately on their 

 Branches. The lulus comes out 

 from the Wings of the Leaves, which 

 is lhap'd like a Lizard's Tail ; from 

 whence they had their Names. By 

 fome they are called long Pepper, 

 from the Ref.mDlance their hit 

 bear to the long Pepper ; but the 

 Fruit of thefe are not ufed, nor have 

 they the Tafte of Pepper. Thefe 

 Sorts were d.fcover'd to grow in 

 Jamaica, by the late Dr.. Houjloun ; 

 and fome of thtm are defcribed by 

 Sir Hans Sloane, in his Natural Hi- 

 ftory of that I (land. 



The eighth, ninth, and tenth 

 Sorts are Plants of humbler Growth : 

 thefe trail on the Ground, and emit 

 Roots from their Joints, which fallen 

 themfelves into the Earth where-ever 

 it is Ioofe ; by which Method they 

 fpread to a great Dillance. The 

 Leaves and Stalks of the ninth Sort 

 are very thick and fucculent, and re- 

 main always green. 



The eleventh and twelfth Sorts 

 are creeping Plants, which fallen 

 themfelves to Trees ; by which means 

 they rife to the Height of eight or 

 ten Peer, fallen their Roots into the 

 Bark of the Tree?, and receive Part 

 of their Nourishment from thence. 



All thefe twelve Sorts were difco- 

 ver'd by Father Plumier in the Weft- 

 Iniic:, WHO has figur'd and defcrib'd 



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tbem in his Hiilory of American 

 Plants ; but feven of them were be- 

 fore defcrib'd by Sir Hans Sloane, in 

 his Natural Hiilory of Jamaica. 



The two lad Sorts were difcover- 

 ed by the late Dr. Houjloun at La 

 Vera Cruz, from whence he fent 

 Samples of them into England. Thefe 

 two Sorts grow much larger than 

 either of thole before-mention'd. 



Some of thefe Plants are called, 

 by the Inhabitants of Jamaica, Spa- 

 nifh Elder, from their being jointed, 

 and their Branches having a great 

 deal of Pith in them. Others of 

 them, efpecially thofe which have 

 Leaves fhaped like an Heart, are 

 caJPd Santa Maria Leaves. 



Thefe Plants moll of them grow 

 in moill Ihady Places, in the warmed 

 Parts of America ■, where many of 

 them root into the decayed Trunks 

 of Trees, and rotten Wood (efpeci- 

 cially thofe which trail), and there- 

 by they propagate fafter than by 

 Seeds ; for as they emit Roots at al- 

 moft every Joint, each of thefe will 

 make a feparate Plant. 



But as thefe Plants are too tender 

 to bear the open Air in this Climate, 

 they mult be preferved in a Stove, 

 where the Air may be kept in a mo- 

 derate Temperature for Heat; and 

 if they are placed in the Bark -bed, 

 and their Branches permitted to trail 

 on the Surface of the Bark, the Plants 

 will fend forth Roots at every Joint, 

 and fallen themfelves flrongly into 

 the Bark ; fo will thrive exceeding 

 fall, and produce their Flowers and 

 Fruit. 



The Seeds of thefe Plants, when 

 brought from abroad, feldom fuc- 

 ceed in England; fo that the moil 

 proper Method to obtain the Plants 

 is, to have fome of their Cuttings 

 planted into Boxes of Earth, in the 

 Countries where they naturally 

 grow ; and when they are well raos- 



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