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nvhere It meets the Standard, and is 

 there broader : there are nine Stamina 

 ■collecled in a Body, and one Jingle, 

 Kvhich are put up in the Standard, 

 with a fpiral Pointal, which o.fter- 

 *vjard becomes a cylindrical Pod, open- 

 ing both Ways, and filled <with kid- 

 ttey-fhaped Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Glycine radice tuberofa. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. Apios, or knobbed- 

 rooted Liquorice-vctch. 



2. Glycine tauh perenni. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff. The Carolina Kidney- 

 bean-tree, vulgo. 



The firit Sort was brought from 

 Virginia, where it grows plentifully 

 in theWoods : this has large knobbed 

 Roots, which remain feveral Years 

 in the Ground, and annually lhoot 

 up feveral twining Stalks, which 

 rife to the Height of ten or twelve 

 Feet, twitting round whatever Hands 

 near them : thefe are garmfhed with 

 winged Leaves, having many Al<e, 

 and ending with an odd Lobe. The 

 Flowers are produced in Spikes from 

 the Wings of the Leaves, toward 

 the Upper-part of the Stalks, which 

 are of a dark Flem-colour. Thefe 

 are rarely fucceeded by Pods in Eng- 

 land; or if they are, the Seeds are 

 never perfected, the Seafons being 

 too cool for them . 



The Roots of this Plant will live 

 thro* the Winter in the open Air, if 

 they are planted in a light Soil, and 

 a warm Situation ; and will thrive 

 much better, if they are planted in 

 a warm Border, than when they are 

 kept in Pots : and if in very fevere 

 Winters the Roots are well covered, 

 cither with rotten Tan, or Peas- 

 haulm, to keep out the Froft, there 

 will be no Danger of their decay- 

 ing. 



I have feen thefe Plants fet round 

 an Arbour, which they have covered 

 ;p Summer ; and when the Flower,; 



were blown, they made a good Ap- 

 pearance ; but it is pretty late in the 

 Seafon before they get up high 

 enough to make a Shade. 



The Seeds of this Sort are fre- 

 quently brought from America, 

 which may be fown in the common 

 Ground in the Spring, and the Plants 

 will come up the fame Year ; but 

 mould remain in the fame Place 

 until the next Spring : tho' they 

 mould be covered in Winter ; for 

 the young Roots will be in more 

 Danger of fufFering by the Frort, 

 than when they have acquired more 

 Strength. In the Beginning of April 

 the Roots may be tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain. Thefe alio pro- 

 pagate by Ojf fets from the Root, 

 which may be tranfplanted at the 

 fame time as the Seedling-plants. 



This is ranged by Dr. Toumrfort 

 under the Genus of AJlragalus, or 

 Milk-vetch ; and is titled, AJlra- 

 galus tuber of us fcandens, fraxini 

 folio. 



The fecond Sort was brought from 

 Carolina ; but has been lince ob- 

 ferved in Virginia^ and fome other 

 Places in North America. This Sort 

 has woody Stalks, which twift them- 

 •felves together, and alfo twine 

 round any Trees that grow near, 

 and will rife to the Height of fifteen 

 Feet, or more. The Leaves are 

 winged, and in Shape fomewhat like 

 the Afh-tree, but have a greater 

 Number of Pinns. The Flowers 

 are produced from the Wings of the 

 Leaves, which are of a purple Co- 

 lour : thefe are fucceeded by long 

 cylindrical Pods, lhaped like thofe 

 of the fcarlet Kidney-bean, contain- 

 ing feveral kidney - lhaped Seeds ; 

 but thefe are never perfected in Eng- 

 land. 



This climbing Shrub is propa- 

 gated in feveral Nurferies near Lon- 

 <fon t where it is known by the Name 



