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fo, when their Umbels of Seeds arc 

 formed, which 'are generally pretty 

 large and heavy, they often occafion 

 their Stems fulling to the Ground, 

 where they are not fupported. 



Thefe Plants Mower the Latter-end 

 of June ; and tneir Seeds ripen to- 

 ward the Latter- end of Augujl, or 

 the Beginning of September. 



SILiQUA. Vide Ceratonia. 



SILIQJASTRUM. Vide Cercis. 



SILPHIUM, Shrubby Baftard 

 Chryfanthemum. 



The Cbaraclers are ; 



// bath a compound Flower, compo- 

 fed of federal Florets, which are in* 

 cl uded in one common fcaly Empale - 

 mcnt ; thofe Florets in the Middle he- 

 i vg Hermaphrodite , which are funnel- 

 f japed, and indented at the Brim : hut 

 the Border is occupied by Female Flo- 

 rets, which ccmpoje the Rays : the 

 Hermaphrodite Flowers are barren ; 

 but the F t male Flowers ba-ve each one 

 membranaceous Seed fuc reeding them, 

 which is /but up in the Empaletnent. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Silphium fruticofum, leucoii 

 foliis wridibus & fplender.tibus . 



Shrubby Baitard Chryfanthemum, 

 with a green mining Stock-giliirlow- 

 er-leaf. 



2. Silphivm fruticofum, leucoii 

 foliis jericeis Cif incanis. Shrubby 

 Ballard Chryfanthemum, with a 

 whits lilky Scock-giiliflower-leaf. 



3. Silphium fruticofum angufli- 

 folium Cif incanum. Shrubby Ba- 

 ftard Chryfanthemum, with a nar- 

 row hoary Leaf. 



4. Silphium fruticofum humile, 

 foliis leucoii latioribus minus incanis. 

 Dwarf Shrubby Baftard Chryfar;the- 

 mum, with broad Stock-giiiiflower- 

 leaves, which are lei's hoary. 



5 . Silphium herbaceum, corona 

 foils facie. Ballard herbaceous Chry- 

 fanchemum, with the Appearance 

 of Sunflower. 



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Thefe Plants are Natives of Ame- 

 rica : the firft, third, and fifth Sorts 

 I received trom South Carolina', but 

 the fecond Sort, which has been 

 long in England, came from Virgi- 

 nia : this grows much taller than ei- 

 ther of the other Sorts, nfmg to the 

 Height of ten or twelve Feet, with 

 many flender Branches, which are 

 garniiVd toward their Tops with 

 whitiih filky Leaves : the Flowers 

 are produced at the Ends of the 

 Shoots, which are yellow : thefe 

 make no great Appearance ; fo that 

 the Plant is kept for the fake of Va- 

 riety, more than for its Beauty : this 

 is too tender to live in the open Air 

 in England; therefore it mull: be kept 

 in Pots, and placed in the Green- 

 houfe inWinter,withMyrtles,01ives, 

 and the hardier Sorts of Green-houfe 

 Plants, where it may have as much 

 free Air as poffible in mild Weather, 

 otherwife the Shottts will draw up 

 weak, and render the Plants un- 

 fightly: this Sort is apt to out out 

 Suckers from the Root, by which it 

 may be propagated in plenty; as al- 

 io by Cuttings, which will eaf:lv 

 tike Root, if planted, during any of 

 the Summer-months,.in a ihadyiior- 

 der. 



The fourth Sort is alfo hardy- 

 enough to live in the Green-houfe in 

 Winter, and may be treated in the 

 fame manner as the former : this 

 creeps very much at the Root, and 

 fends up a great Number of young 

 Plants, which fill the Pots ; whica 

 mould be frequently taken ofF, other- 

 wife they will draw away the Nou- 

 rilhment from the old Fiant, and 

 ftarve it : this Sort feldom grows more 

 than three or four Feet nigh ; the 

 Leaves are broader and greener than 

 thole of the third Sort, and are not 

 fo thick. Father Plumier calls this 

 Plant Corona foils frutefcens, laureoLe* 



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