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Bead, whofe [ingle Parts, cr Capful X, 

 have /welling Seeds, which arc c ha- 

 ndle. 



. We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; *vi&. 



Z ac I n th a fide cichorium verruca- 

 rium. Matth. Warted Succory. 



This Plant grows abundantly in 

 the Illand of 7,ant, from whence it 

 obtained the Name ; it alfo grows 

 wild in feveral other warm Coun- 

 tries : but in England it is preferved 

 in the Gardens of fome Perfons who 

 are curious in Botany, for the fake 

 ofVariety ; there being little Beauty 

 or Ufe at prefent known in this 

 Plant. 



It is an annual P ? ant, which pe- 

 rifties foon after the Seeds are ripe ; 

 therefore mutt be fown every Year, 

 or the Seeds permitted to fcatter on 

 the Ground in Autumn, which will 

 come up in the Spring, and furnifh a 

 Supply of Plants more certainty than 

 when the Seeds are fown in thatSea- 

 fon ; for the Seeds which are fown in 

 the Spring, will remain in the 

 Ground a whole Year before the 

 Plants come up; and fometimes they 

 intirely mifcarry ; whereas thofe 

 Seeds which fcatter in Autumn, or 

 are fown at the fameSeafon, rarely 

 fail. When the Plants are come up, 

 they will require no other Care, but 

 to thin them where they are too clcfe, 

 fo as to leave them about fix or eight 

 Inches afunder ; and after this to 

 keep them clear from Weeds. In 

 June thefe Plants will begin to 

 flower, and their Seeds will ripen 

 about the End rf Avgufl, or the Be- 

 ginning of September. 



The Flowers of this Plant are 

 fmall, and generally produced fingly 

 from the Divarications of the 

 Branches, fomewhat after the man- 

 ner of Succory ; the Flowers are of 

 a yellow Colour, and refemble thofe 

 or Hawk weed. After the Flowers 



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are pall, the Empalcment fwells to 

 a furrowed Head, fomewhat refem- 

 bling Warts or Excrefcences, in 

 which the Seeds are included. 



When the Seeds of this Plant are 

 fown in the Spring, it fhould be 

 done in Drills made about two Feet 

 afunder ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be thinned to 

 the Diltance of fix Inches in the 

 Rows ; becaufe they do not thrive 

 very well when they are tranfplant- 

 ed, fo that they fhould remain in the 

 Places where they ate fown ; and if 

 they are kept clear from Weeds, 

 they will require no other Care. 



ZANTHOXYLUM, The Pelli- 

 tory, or Tooth-ach-tree. 

 The Cbarafien are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 of one Leof divided into five Parts at 

 the Top : the I lower is cornpofed of 

 five Petals, having a Point al in the 

 Centre, which is attended hy fve Sta- 

 mina : the Pointal afterwai d becomes 

 a .oundifb cunprcjjed fruit , divided 

 into four Cells, in each of which is 

 one roun'dijh hard fining Seed.' 



We know but one Species of this 

 Genus ; viz. 



Zan:thoxylum fpinofum, lentifci 

 longioribus fcliis, tuonjmi ftuclu ca- 

 pfulari, ex infula jfnmaicenfi. Pluk. 

 Phjt. Pellitory, or Tcoth ach-tree. 



This Plant grows on the Sea- 

 coafts of Virginia and Carolina ; but 

 in the latter it is much more plen- 

 tiful than in the former ; and it 

 grows larger in South Carolina, than 

 in the Northern Parts of America, 

 The ufual Height of this in Carolina 

 is about eighteen or twenty Feet ; 

 the Stem is woody, but not very 

 hard ; the Bark of the large Stems 

 is clofely befet with pointed Protu- 

 berances, fome of which are as large 

 as Walnuts ; fo that the whole Stem 

 has the Appearance of a ragged 

 Starr ; which has occalion'd its be- 

 ing 



