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folio, In liis Catalogue of American 

 Plants : the Seeds of this Plant were 

 fent me from La Vera Cruz, by the 

 late Dr. William Heuftoun. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 Ihrubby Plants, but of humbler 

 Growth than either of the former : 

 thefe never rife above two Feet high 

 in England, and produce many 

 Branches on every Side the Stem ; 

 but do not put out S uckers as the 

 two former Sorts : the Leaves of the 

 firft Sortare narrow, and very thick, 

 being full of Juice, and covered over 

 with a mealy Powder, fo as to be 

 very white : the Flowers are yellow, 

 which are produced at the Extremity 

 of the Branches ; thefe are larger 

 than thofe of the other two Sorts ; 

 and the Plants growing regular, and 

 in lefs Com pats, it deferves a Place 

 among other Exotic Plants. 



The Leaves of the firft Sort are 

 much broader, and are very fuccu- 

 lent, of a mining-green Colour ; the 

 Branches of this are fucculent, and 

 never become fo woody as thofe of 

 the fecond : the Flowers are fome- 

 what larger ; but of the lame Shape 

 and Colour as thofe of that Sort. 



Thefe Plants grow in South- Caro- 

 lina, and alfo in the Bahama- Iflanis, 

 from whence I have received their 

 Seeds ; but thefe are much tenderer 

 than the other Sort:.; fo will not live 

 through the Winter in England, un- 

 lefs they are placed in a warm dry 

 Green-houfe ; for if they are placed 

 5n a mnift damp Situation, their fuc- 

 culent Branches become mouldy, and 

 rot off in Winter ; fo that I have 

 always found, that thefe Plants fuc- 

 ceed beft, when they are placed in a 

 dry airy Glafs cafe, where there is 

 Con ven iency of Fives, in very cold, 

 f'rofty, or damp Weather, to dry and 

 warm the Air. 



Thefe are propagated by Cuttings 



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during any of the Summer-months j 

 but thefe fhould be planted in Pots, 

 and plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed, to promote their putting out 

 Roots. 



The fifth Sort is herbaceous : this 

 hath an annual Stalk, and a peren- 

 nial Root : the Shoots rife near three 

 Feet high, when they grow in a 

 moift rich Soil, and produce their 

 Flowers at the Top, which are fha- 

 ped like thofe of thefmall Sunflower: 

 thefe appear the Latter-end of July, 

 and continue till September : the 

 Plants are hardy; fo will thrive in the 

 full Ground, and may be propaga- 

 ted by parting of the Roots in Octo- 

 ber : this grows in Virginia in the 

 Woods. 



Thefe Plants have been ranged 

 under the Genus of Aferifcus, by 

 fome Writers, and by others, under 

 that of Corona folis ; but Dr. Linnaus 

 has taken them away from both, 

 and conflicted a Genus for them by 

 this Title of Silphium ; therefore I 

 have given the Englijh Name of 

 Baftard Sunflower to it. 



SINAPI, Muftard. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confijls of four Leaves, 

 which are placed in form of a Crofs ; 

 out of whofe Flower-cup rifes the 

 Pointal, which afterward becomes a 

 Fruit or Fad, divided into two Cells 

 by an intermediate Partition, to which 

 the Valves adhere on both Sides, and 

 ore fll'd with roundijh Seeds : thefe 

 Pods generally end in a fungous Horn, 

 containing the like Seeds : to thefe 

 Marks ?nuf be added, An acrid burn- 

 ing Tcfte, peculiar to Mu/lard. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Sinapi Jiliqua latiufcula gla- 

 bra, ft mine rvfo,f-je <vulg are. f. B. 

 Common or*Red Muftard. 



2. Sinap-I hortenfe, femine albo. 

 C. B. P. Garden or White Muftard. 



3. Si- 



