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fnovM, they mud be planted in a 

 fliady Border, about fix Inches apart, 

 and kept duly watered, until they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they will require no farther Care, 

 but to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 till Michaelmas, when they mould 

 be tranfplanted where they are de- 

 fign'd to remain. , 



The fevemh and eighth Sorts are 

 annual Plants, which grow about 

 three Feet high. The Leaves of 

 thefe Plants are very curioufly cut 

 into many Segments, which are fine- 

 fawed on their Edges : thofe of the 

 eighth Sort are the molt beautiful, 

 being coverM with an hoary Meal, 

 and the Seeds flatted at their Bafe. 



The Flowers of thefe Plants are 

 {mall; fo make no great Appear- 

 ance; but the Seeds are clofely fur- 

 niuYd on their Crowns with fine foft 

 Hairs, which expand at the Top, 

 and appear like the Hairs of a Pain- 

 ter's Pencil fpread open; fo that 

 when the Seeds fall on the Ground, 

 they are moved about by the leall 

 Motion of the Air ; and when they 

 are laid upon Paper, it h difficult 

 to clofe them up ; for by moving of 

 the Paper, the Seeds are apt to creep 

 out, by their Hairs moving each 

 other ; from whence the Dutch have 

 titled the Seeds Creepers. 



If thefe Seeds are fown upon a 

 Bed of light Earth in March, in the 

 Place where they are to remain, they 

 will require no other Culture, but 

 to thin them where they are too 

 clofe. In Jvh they will flower, and 

 ripen their Seeds in September. 



SESAMUM, Oily-grain. 

 The Characlers arc ; , 



The Flowers are produced from the 

 Wings of the Leaves, without any 

 Toot-fialk : the Flower- cup conf.Jlx of 

 one Leaf diw'dtd into f%<c long fen- 

 der Segments : the Flower is cf one 

 Leaf in Shape like thofe of the Fox- 



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glove : the Point al, which rifes in the 

 Middle of the Flower, afterward be- 

 comes an oblong four- corner d Pod, di- 

 vided into four difiincl Cells, which 

 are replete with efculent Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Sesamum. J. B. Common 

 Oily-grain. 



2. Sesamum alterum, foliis irifi* 

 dis, Orient ale, femine obfeuro. Pluk. 

 _Phyt. Another Eaftern Oily-grain, 

 with tnfid Leaves, and dark-co- 

 lourM Seeds. 



3. Sesamum Orient ale trifdum, 

 flore ni<veo. Hort. Compt. Eaftern 

 Oily-grain, with trifid Leaves, and 

 white Flowers. 



Thefe three Sorts are often pro- 

 mifcuoufly cultivated in the Fields 

 of Syria, Egypt, Candia, &c. where 

 the Inhabitants ufe the Seeds for 

 Food ; and of late Years the Seeds 

 of this Plant have been introdue'd in 

 Carolina, where they fucceed ex- 

 tremely well. The Inhabitants of 

 that Country make an Oil from the 

 Seed, which will keep many Years, 

 and not take any rancid Smell or 

 Tafte, but in two Years becomes 

 quite mild ; fo that when the warm 

 Tafte of the Seed, which is in the 

 Oil when fidl drawn, is worn ofF, 

 they ufe it as Sallad-oil, and for all 

 the Purpofes of Sweet-oil. 



The Seeds cf this Plant are alio 

 ufed by the Negroes for Food; which 

 Seeds they parch over the Fire, and 

 then mix them with Water, and flew 

 other Ingredients with them ; which 

 makes an hearty Food. Sometimes 

 a fort cf Pudden is made of thefe 

 Seeds, in the fame manner as with 

 Millet or Rice, and is by fome Per- 

 fons efteem'd ; but is never ufed for 

 thefe Purposes in Europe. This is 

 call'd Benny or Bonny in Carolina. 



In England thefe Plants are pre- 

 ferv'd in Botanic Gardens, as Curio- 

 fities. Their Seeds mull be fown in 



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