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by Seeds, which mould be Town 

 early in the Spring on a moderate 

 Hot- bed ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be transplanted 

 on another Hot-bed, to bring them 

 forward ; and then they may be 

 treated in the fame manner as hath 

 been directed for the tender Sorts of 

 Rapuntium : with whichManagement 

 this Plant will thrive, and produce 

 its Flowers ; and if the Seeds are 

 permitted to fcatter, or are fown as 

 foon as they are ripe, if the Pots are 

 kept in the Stove, the Plants will 

 come up, and flourifh much better 

 than thofe Town in the Spring. 

 TRAGACANTHA,Goats-chorn. 



The Characiers are ; 

 It bath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 tut of whofe Empalement arifes the 

 Pointal, which afterward becomes 

 a bicapfular Pod filtd ivitb kid- 

 ney-Jhap'd Seeds : to tbefe Notes muft 

 be added, The Leaves grow by Pairs 

 on a middle Rib, which always ends in 

 a Thorn. 



The Species are ; 



1. Tragacantha Majflienfis. 

 J. B. Goats-thorn of Marjeilles. 



2. Tracacantha Cretica incana, 

 More par<vo, lineis purpureis jiriato. 

 \T, Cor. Hoary Goats - thorn of 

 \Crete, with a fmall Flower ftriped 

 with purple Lines. 



3. Tragacantha humilis Ba- 

 harica, foliis par vis w'x incanis, 

 ilore albo. Salvad. Low Balearic 

 Goats-thorn, with fmall Leaves, and 

 1 white Flower. 



. 4 Tragacantha altera, Poteri- 

 im forte Clnfio. J« B. Another 



Goats- thorn, with Leaves falling off 

 n the Winter. 



5. Tragacantha Alpinaftmper- 

 virens, foribus purpurctfeentibus .Injl . 

 K. //. Ever-green Alpine Gcats- 

 :horn, with purplifti Flowers. 



6. Tragacantha Cretica, foliis 

 txnimis incanis, fore mojore albo. 



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Tourn. Cor. Goats-thorn of Canny, 

 with very fmall hoary Leaves, and 

 a larger white Flower. 



7. Tragacantha Orient alis hu- 

 millima, fore magna albo. Tourn, 

 Cor. A very low Eaftern Goats- 

 thorn, with a large white Flower. 



8. Tragacantha Orient alis bu- 

 millima, barbae fo a jis folio. Tourn. 

 Cor. A very low Eaftern Goats- 

 thorn, with a Jupiter's-beard-leaf. 



9. Tragacantha Orient alis bu- 

 millima, foliis angujiijjimis argenttis* 

 Tourn. Cor. A very low Eaftern 

 Goats-thorn, with very narrow fil- 

 ver Leaves. 



10. Tragacantha Orient alis hu- 

 mi I lima, fe /par gens, fori bus ffica.'is. 

 Tour?:. Cor. A very low fpreading 

 Eaftern Goats-thorn, with Flowers 

 growing in Spikes. 



1 1. Tragacantha Or lent a lis hu- 

 millima incana, fere purpurafcente. 

 Tourn. Cor. A very low hoary 

 Eaftern Goats-thorn, with a purplilli 

 Flower. 



12. Tragacantha Orient clis 

 ereciior, foliis <vicisr glabris, iff ra- 

 mis tomentofis. Tourn. Cor. A more 

 upright Eaftern Goats-thorn, with 

 fmooth Vetch- leaves, and woolly 

 Branches. 



13. Tracacantha OrientaUs 

 humilis, candidijjima & tomentofa 9 

 foribus in foliorum alis in ccpitulum 

 denjum nafcentihus. Tourn. Cor. A 

 lower very white and woolly Eaft- 

 ern Goats-thorn,with Flowers grow- 

 ing in thick Keads, from the Wings 

 of the Leaves. 



14. Tragacantha OrientaUs 

 humilis, foribus luteis d>nfe c&nge^is 

 in foliorum alis. Tourn. Cor. A low 

 Eaftern Goats-thorn, with yellow 

 Flowers thick-fet in the Wings of 

 the Leaves. 



15. Tragacantha humilior, lu- 

 teis foribus. C. B. P. A lower 

 Goats-thorn, with yellow F'lowers. 



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