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The CharaBers are ; 

 // hath a fpreading anomalous 

 I 'lower , confi 'fling of one or many 

 Leaves, divided into federal Parts, 

 and appearing like two Lips ; from 

 the Bottom of the Flower arifes the 

 Point al, whofe Apex afterward he- 

 comes a twijled Fruit, conftfting of 

 many Cells, which are intorted like 

 a Screw : in which are contained fe- 

 deral almojl kidney -Jhaped Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Isora althaa foliis, fruclu 

 breviori & crajfori. Plum. Afofc 

 Gen. The Screw- tree with Marfh- 

 mallow- leaves, and a lhorter and 

 thicker Fruit. 



2. Isora altbse.e foliis, fruftu 

 longiori Cf angujliori. Plum. Nov. 

 Gen. The Screw- tree with Marih- 

 mallow-leaves, and a longer and 

 tenderer Fruit. 



3. Isora altba?<c folio amplijfmo, 

 fiuclu crajjtjjimo tif villofo. Houjt. 

 The Screw- tree with very large 

 i\Jar{h-mallow-leaves > . and a very 

 thick hairy Fruit. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Eajl and Weft-Indits, where they 

 grow to the Height of ten or twelve 

 Feet, and become mrubby. The nrft 

 of thefe Sorts I received from the 

 Bahama Ijlands, where it grows in 

 great Plenty ; as alfo in feveral 

 other Places in the warm Parts of 

 America. The fecond Sort was 

 found by Mr. Robert Millar, Sur- 

 geon, at Carthagena in the Spanijh 

 Wejl-Indies, from whence he lent the 

 Seeds to England ; from which there 

 have been feveral Plants raifed. The 

 third Sort was discovered by Dr. 

 William lloujloun in Jamaica, who 

 fent the Seeds and dried Samples of 

 this Kind to England. 



All thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown in 

 Pots filled with light rich Earth, and 

 then plunged into a moderate Hot- 



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bed of Tanners Bark. When tfftf 

 Plants begin to appear, they fhoukf 

 be gently refrelhed with Water ; and 

 when they are grown about three 

 Inches high, they lhould be care- 

 fully tranfplanted, each into a fepa- 

 rate fmall Pot filled with light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged inta the 

 Hot-bed again; obferving to made 

 them until they have taken new- 

 Root. During the Summer-feafon 

 thefe Plants may remain in the Hot- 

 bed (provided they are not fo high 

 as to touch the GlafTes) ; but at 

 Michaelmas .they mould be removed 

 into the Stove, and plunged into 

 the Bark-bed. During the Winter 

 they lhould be kept very warm, and 

 they muft be often watered ; and if 

 their Leaves contract Filth, they 

 lhould be walked with a Sponge; 

 otherwifc Infects will attack them, 

 which will weaken and deftroy the 

 Plants. 



Thefe Plants are too tender to 

 thrive in the open Air in this Cli- 

 mate, if they are expofed thereto, 

 even in the warmed Seafon ; fo that 

 they lhould conltantly remain in the 

 Stove ; obferving in very hot Wea- 

 ther to open the GlafTes of the Stova 

 to admit frefh Air to the Plant?, and 

 to give them plenty of Water ; as al- 

 fo to ihift them into larger Pots as 

 they increafe in Magnitude. Wirh 

 this Management the Plants will 

 thrive very well, and in two Years 

 from Seed?, will produce their 

 Flowers and Fruit. 



The Name lfora, which Father 

 Plumier has given to this Genus, 13 

 the Indian Name for the Plant; but 

 by the Englifb Inhabitants of Ame- 

 rica it is called Screw-tree , from 

 the Form of the Fruit, which is 

 twitted like a Screw. 

 ITEA, Flor. Virg. 

 The Char a tiers are ; 

 - like Empalemcnt of tks Flo-urr is of 



