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feeing included in a foft pulpy Sub- 

 ftance, Father Plumier has conrtitu- 

 tcd this Genus, in Honour to Dr. 

 James Theodore, who was called Ta- 

 bernainontanus, from a little Village 

 in Germany, where he was born. He 

 was one of the moll knowing Bota- 

 nifts of his Age, and publimed at 

 Tranefori a Folio, in a long Form, 

 in the Year 1590. in which are the 

 Figures of two thoufand two hun- 

 dred and fifty Plants. 



The fecond Sort was difcovered 

 at La Vera Cruz, by the late Dr. 

 William Houftoun, who fent the Seeds 

 i::to England, from whence feveral 

 of the Plants have been raifed. 



Both thefe Plants are very im- 

 patient of Cold ; fo will not live in 

 this Country, unlefs they are placed 

 in a warm Stove; they may be 

 propagated by Seeds, which lhould 

 be iown early in the Spring, on an 

 Hot bed; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be carefully 

 tranfplanted into fmall Pots filled 

 with light rich Earth, and then 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark ; being careful to fhade them 

 in the Heat of the Day, until they 

 have taken new Root ; after which 

 time they muft have free Air ad- 

 mitted to them every Day when the 

 Weather is warm ; but if the Nights 

 fhould prove cold, the dalles of the 

 Hot-bed lhould be covered with 

 Mats every Evening, foon after the 

 Sun goes oft" from the Bed. Thefe 

 Plants muft be often refreflied with 

 Water ; but it muft not be given to 

 them in large Quantities, elpecially 

 while they are young : for as they 

 are full of a milky Juice, they are 

 very iubjeci to rot with much Moift- 

 ' ure. 



The Flants may remain during 

 the Summer-feafon in the Hot-bed, 

 provided the Tan is ftirred up to re- 

 gtew the Heat when it wants, and a 



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little new Tan added ; but at Mi- 

 chaelmas, when the Nights begin to 

 be cold, the Plants mould be remov'd, 

 and plung'd into the Bark-bed in the 

 Stove; where, during the Winter- 

 feafon, they muft be kept in a mo- 

 derate Degree of Warmth ; and in 

 cold Weather they fhould have but 

 little Water given them,, left it mould 

 rot them. As thefe Plants are too, 

 tender to live in the open Air in 

 this Country, they fnould conftant- 

 ly remain in the Stove, where, in 

 warm Weather, they may have free 

 Air admitted to them, by opening 

 the GlaiTes of the Stove ; but in cold 

 Weather they muft be kept warm ; 

 with this Management the Plants 

 will thrive, and produce their Flow- 

 ers ; and as they are always green, 

 they will make a pleafant Diverfity 

 amongft other tender Exotic Plants 

 in the Stove. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated by Cuttings, during the Sum- 

 mer-fealon; which fhould be cutoff 

 from the old Plants, and laid to dry 

 in the Stove five or fix Days before 

 they are planted, that the wounded 

 Parts may heal, otherwife they will, 

 rot. Thefe Cuttings lhould be 

 planted in Pots filPd with frelh light 

 Earth, and plunged into the Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, obferving to 

 lhade them from the Sun in the Mid- 

 dle of the Day in hot Weather, as 

 alfo to refrefh them now-and-then 

 with a little Water. When the 

 Cuttings have taken Root, they may 

 be tranfplanted into feparate Pot?, 

 and treated in the fame manner as 

 thofe which are raifed from Seeds. 



TA CAM AH AC A foliis crenatis, 

 fadelhcut feu lignum ad ephippia covji- 

 cienda apfum. Par. Bat. prod. Pluk. 

 Phjt. iab. zz8. /. 2. The Tacama- 

 haca. 



This Tree grows fpontaneoufly 

 on the Continent of America, where 



the 



