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TURKS CAP. r/^Liliumflore 

 reflexo. 



TURKY- WHEAT. FideM&ys. 



TURNEP. Vide Rapa. 



TURNERA. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a funnel-Jkap V Flower, con- 

 jifiing of Jive Leaves, which are 

 fajiemd to the Calyx, which is mono- 

 fct/zlous, and divided into five Parts 

 At the Top : under the Flower-cup there 

 ere two Leaves, which join at the 

 Bottom, and fur round the Cup : from 

 the Centre of the Flower cup arifes the 

 Point al, which is divided into three 

 Tarts to the Bottom, and furroundtd 

 ly five Stamina : this Pointa! after- 

 ward becomes an almofi fpherical 

 Fruit, which is divided into three 

 Parts, and filled with roundijh Seeds, 

 which are fuflend to the Placenta by 

 JJttider Threads. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Turn e R a frutefcens ulmifolia. 

 Plum. Nov. Gen. i 5. Shrubby Tur- 

 nera, with an Elm-leaf. 



2. Turner a frutefcens, lycopi fo- 

 lio. Shrubby Turncra, with a Wa- 

 ter-horehound-leaf. 



Thefe Plants are both of them 

 Natives of the warm Parts of Ameri- 

 ca. The firft Species was found by 

 Father Plumier in Martinico, who 

 gave it the Name of Turnera, from 

 Dr. Turner, a. famous Fnglifh Phyfi- 

 cian, who lived in Queen Elizabeths 

 Reign, and wrote an Herbal, in 

 which he has chiefly figur'd and de- 

 fcrib'd the ufeful Plants. 



The other Species was difcover'd 

 by Sir Hans Sloane, who has figur'd 

 it in his Natural Hifiory o/^ Jamaica, 

 under the following Name ; Cifus 

 urticee folio, fore luteo, vafcutis tri- 

 gonis. But both thefe Sorts were 

 obferv'd by my late Friend Dr. Wil- 

 liam Houfioun, in feveral Parts of 

 America. Thefe grow to the Height 



of five or fix Feet, and may be train- 

 ed into regular Shrubs : they both 

 produce yellow Flowers, which come 

 out at the Footftalks of the Leaves, 

 and are continued for at leaft nine 

 Months, which renders them worthy 

 of a Place in the Stove. 



They may eafily be propagated, 

 by fovving their Seeds on an Hot-bed 

 early in the Spring ; and when the 

 Plants are come up two Inches high, 

 they muft be tranfplanted into fmall 

 Pots, and plung'd into an Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark, obferving to wa- 

 ter and made them until they have 

 taken Root ; after which time they 

 muft be treated as hath been di- 

 rected for the Guava's ; to which 

 the Reader is defir'd to turn, to 

 avoid Repetition. The Seeds of thefe 

 Plants will often fall into the Pots 

 which are placed near them in the 

 Stove ; which will grow, and foon 

 furnilh Plants enough, after a Perfon. 

 is once pofiefs'd of them. Thefe 

 Plants are too tender to live in the 

 open Air in England: fo they muft 

 be plac'd in the Bark-bed in the 

 Stove ; where, during the Winter- 

 feafon, they muft be kept warm, and 

 frequently water'd ; but in the Sum- 

 mer-feafon they muft have a great 

 Share of Air, othervvife they will 

 draw up tender, and not produce 

 many Flowers. 



When the Plants are grown pretty 

 large, they may be treated more 

 hardily, by placing them in the dry 

 Stove ; where, if they are kept in a 

 moderate Degree of Heat, they will 

 thrive and flower very well. Thofe 

 who would fave the Seeds of thefe 

 Plants, muft watch them carefully ; 

 becaufe, when they are ripe, they 

 foon fcatter, if they are not gather-: 

 ed. 



TURNSOLE. Fidi Heliotropi- 

 um. 



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