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flower is fituated the Pointal, Jhaped 

 like a Column^ having f<ve Angles or 

 Borders; and is attended by many 

 Stamina ; which are inferted into the 

 Column, at their Bafe, and are Jiretch- 

 ed out to the Length of the Petals : the 

 Pointal afterward changes to a fquare 

 ¥ruit t having jour Cells, each con- 

 taining a roundijh Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 plant in the Englijh Gardens; 



Grev/ia corollis acutis. Lin.Hort, 

 Cliff. Grewia with pointed Flower- 

 leaves. 



This Plant has been long preferv- 

 ed in many curious Gardens, both 

 in England and Holland ; and is fi- 

 gured by Dr. Plukenet, by the Title 

 of Ulmi folia arbor African a bac- 

 cifera t jIoribus. purpureis ; but by Dr. 

 Boerhaave it was luppofed to be one 

 of Father Plumier\ American Piants, 

 intituled Guidopia ulmi foliis, fore 

 rofeo: but the Chara&ers of this do 

 not at all agree with thofe of the 

 Guidonia ; that particular Species of 

 the Genus being in the Royal Gar- 

 den at Paris, which is extremely 

 different from this : we have no 

 Englijh Name for it. 



This will grow to the Height of 

 ten or twelve Feet, and has a Stem 

 and Branches very like thofe of the 

 fmall-leav'd Elm j the Bark being 

 fmooth, and of the fame Colour as 

 that of Elm when young : the Leaves 

 are alfo very like thofe of the Elm, 

 and fall off in Autumn : the Flowers 

 are produced finely, along the young 

 Branches, from the Wings of the 

 Leaves, which are of a bright-pur- 

 ple Colour : thefe appear toward the 

 End of July, and continue in Au- 

 guft, and the Beginning of September ; 

 put are never fucceeded by Fruit, in 

 this Country. 



This may be propagated from 

 Cuttings or Layers : the Cuttings 

 Should i?e taken off A and planted in. 



March, before the Buds begin to 

 fwell ; for they do not fucceed well ' 

 after : they mould be planted in. 

 fmall Pots filled with loamy Earth ; 

 and the Pots fhould be plunged into 

 a moderate Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark, where, if they are duly wa- 

 tered, and in the Middle of the Day 

 fhaded from the Sun, they will have 

 taken good Root in about two 

 Months; and may then be gradual- 

 ly inured to bear the open Air ; into 

 which they mould be removed in 

 June, and placed in a flickered Si- 

 tuation, where they may remain till 

 Autumn, when they muft be re- 

 moved into the Green-houfe : the 

 beft time to lay down the Layers of 

 this Plant is in the Spring, before 

 the Buds come out ; and thefe will 

 be rooted by the fame time the fol- 

 lowing Year, when they may be cut 

 off from the old Plants, and planted 

 each into a feparate Pot fined with a 

 foft loamy Soil. 



The beft time to remove or trans- 

 plant this Plant is, either in the 

 Spring, juft before the Buds begin 

 to fwell, or in Autumn, when the 

 Leaves begin to drop ; for in Sum- 

 mer, when the Plants are in full 

 Leaf, it will be very improper to 

 difturb them. 



In Winter thefe Plants fhould be 

 placed in the Green-houfe ; for they 

 are too tender to live abroad in Eng- 

 land: but they fhould have as much 

 free Air as poffible in mild Weather 5 

 for they only require tQ be protect- 

 ed from Froft : and after their 

 Leaves are fallen, they will require 

 very moderate Watering ; but in 

 Summer they fhould be conftantly 

 watered, and placed in a fheltered 

 Situation, with other hardy Green- 

 houfe Plants, where they will add to 

 the Variety. 



GRONOVIA. 



The Name of (his Genus was 



