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etmous Garden of Plants belonging 

 to Mr. Beaumont in Holland. 

 The Characters are ; 

 // is Male and Female in diftincl 

 Plants: the Empalement of each Sex 

 eonfifis cf one Leaf which is cut into 

 Jive concave Segments : the Flowers of 

 each Sex are compofed of five Leaves, 

 and are Jkaped like a Pitcher: the 

 Male Flow-rs have in their Centre 

 an obtufe Gland, having three Lcb:s, 

 the middle one being large, d preffed, 

 and coloured : this is fixed to the Bot- 

 tom of the Petals, and is attended by 

 ten fmall Stamina : the Female Flow- 

 ers have a roundijh Pointal, fupport- 

 ing five Styles in their Centre, which 

 aft.rward changes to a rough Ipheri- 

 <al Fruit, opening in five Parts, and 

 having one Cell, which is filled v:ith 

 angular Seeds. 



• The Species are ; 



1. Kiggelaria mas. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Male Kiggelaria. 



2 . K I c c E l a r I a fa?mina. Lin. 

 Hart. Cliff. Female Kiggelaria. 



Thefe two V arieties are produced 

 from the fame Seeds ; lb mult not be 

 deemed as diltmct Species : but it is 

 the Male Sort which is the molt com- 

 mon in the Englijh Gardens, the 

 other being very rare at prefent. 



This Plant has been many Years 

 preferved in fome of the curious Gar- 

 dens of Plants ; and has been known 

 by the Title of Euonymo aff.nisJEthio- 

 pica f mpervirens, fru&u globofo Jca- 

 hro, foliis Jalicis rigidis ferraiis, or 

 ever-green baftard Spindle- tree of 

 Ethiopia, with a rough globular 

 Fruit, and ltiff Willow-leaves fawed 

 on their Edges : but we have no pro- 

 per Englijh Name for it. 



This grows to be a Tree, with a 

 flrait woody Stem, ten or tweKe 

 I Feet high, having a regular Head : 

 the Branches are garnifhed with ob- 

 ! Jong itiff Leaves, which are fhaped 

 [ fcniewhat like thofe of the long- 



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leav'd Mountain-willow, which are 

 fawed on their Edges : and tho" it is 

 called an Ever green, yet in the 

 Spring of the Year thefe Leaves fall 

 orf a little before the new Leaves put 

 out ; fo that for a Month cr more 

 the Trees are deftitute of Leaves, or 

 at lealt have very few remaining on 

 them. The Flower?, which are of 

 a yellowilh Green, are produced in 

 July, and the Fruit is formed foon 

 after ; but the Seeds are not perfected 

 in England. 



This Tree came originally from 

 Ethiopia ; fo is too tender to live 

 thro' the Winter in this Country in 

 the open Air, but it only requires 

 to be protected from hard Frolts ; fo 

 that the fame Grecn-houfe, where 

 Myrtles and other hardy Plants are 

 kept in Winter, will preferve this 

 Plant ; and it may be removed into 

 the open Air, at the fame time when 

 they are, and treated in the fame 

 manner. 



It may be propagated by laying 

 down of rhe tender Shoots ; but 

 thefe are commonly two Years be- 

 fore they are rooted enough to be 

 taken from the old Plants. J have 

 alio raifed a few of the Plants from 

 Cuttings, which were planted in the 

 Autumn ; but thefe were upward of 

 a Year before they were rooted, and 

 there were but few which fucceed- 

 ed with me, tho' I have planted 

 many of thefe Cuttings at different 

 Seafons. 



KLEINIA. 



The Title of this Genus of Plants 

 was given to it by Dr. Linnaeus in 

 Honour to the Noble J. 7b. Kuin 

 of Dantzick, who was a great Cul- 

 tivator of rare Plants. 



The Characters are ; 



// hath a compound Flower com' 

 pofed of feveral hermaphrodite Flow- 

 ers, which are inclofed in one common 

 cylindrical Empalement x which it 

 fyuamofe : 



