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this Plant; and alfo of thofe of the 

 Poinciana, or Flower-fence, which 

 is frequently by them call'd the true 

 Senna. 



SENNA THE BLADDER. Fide 

 Colutea. 



SENNA THE SCORPION. 

 Vide Emerus. 



SENSIBLE PLANT. Vide Mi- 

 mofa. 



SEPTINERVIA. Vide Planta- 

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SERJANIA. 



This Name was given to this 

 Genus of Plants by Father Plumier, 

 who dil'cover'd them in America, in 

 Honour to the Reverend Father Phi- 

 Hp Serjeant, who was of the Order 

 of the Minims, and a Perfon well 

 verfed in the Knowlege of Botany 

 and Phyfic. 



The Charters are ; 



It hath a rofe-jhoped F/o~ver, con- 

 fining cf four or more Leaves, which 

 are placed in a circular Order : from 

 *whofe Flower-cup arifcs the Pointal, 

 twhich rftervuard becomes a Fruit 

 compofed of three Cells having three 

 IVings, and each Cell containing one 

 round Seed. 



The Species are ; 



!. Serjania Jean dens polyp hylla 

 & racemo/a. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Climbing and branching Serjania, 

 with many Leavejs. 



2. Serjania feandens en::eaphylla 

 & raccmofa. Pluin. Nov. Gen. 

 Climbing and branching Serjania, 

 with nine Leaves. 



3. Serjania fcandens, triphylla 

 racemofa. Plum. Nov. Gen. 



Climbing and branching Serjania, 

 with three Leaves. 



Thefe Plants were found by the 

 late Dr. William Houjloun, at La 

 Vera Cruz and Campechy ; where 

 they grow to a great Height, when- 

 ever they grow near large Trees to 

 Support them ; for they have Ten- 



Yol. III. 



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drils by which they fatten themfelves 

 to whatever Trees grow near them. 



They may be propagated either 

 by Seeds, or from Layers ; for if 

 their Branches are laid in the Ground 

 in the Spring, they will make good 

 Roots before Winter. ; To may be 

 taken of? from the old Plants, and 

 planted into feparate Pots 



If they are propagated by Seeds 

 (which mcfl be obiam'd from the 

 Countries of their natural Growth, 

 for they do not perfect them in Eng- 

 land), they mult be fown on an 

 Hot- bed early in the Spring ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, and 

 are fit to tranfplant, they fhould be 

 each put into feparate Pots fill'd with 

 frefh light Earth, and plung'd into 

 a moderate Hot - bed of Fanners 

 Bark, obferving to lhade them until 

 they have taken new Root; after 

 w hich time they fliould have a large 

 Share of free Air admitted to them 

 every Day, when the Weather is 

 warm, otherwile they will draw up 

 too weak. As thefe Plants advance, 

 their Branches mud be fupported by- 

 Stakes, to prevent their trailing 

 over other neighbouring Plants ; and 

 when their Shoots are too tall to re- 

 main under the common Frames, 

 they mould be fhifted into larger 

 Pots, and plung'd into the Bark-bed 

 in the Stove; where they mult be 

 placed on the Backnde, with Gra- 

 nadiHa's. and other climbing Plants; 

 which mould be fupror.ed by an 

 Efpalier, on which they will climb 

 to the Top of the Stove, and make 

 a Variety, as their Leaves always 

 remain green. 



In the Summer feafon, when the 

 Weather is warm, they mould have 

 a great Share of free Air admitted 

 to them, by drawing down the 

 Giafies of the Stove every Day ; but 

 they are too tender to thrive in the 

 open Air in E.vgland, even in the 

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