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fiiofe of this Genus, where it is now 

 ylaced. 



This Plant fends out a great Num- 

 ber of fkmy Branches, which are 

 about the Thicknefs of a Finger, 

 and grow very luxuriant and irregu- 

 lar; fo that there is no training of 

 it up to one Stem. Thefe r ranches 

 are naked below, but toward their 

 Upper-partare garnifiYd with Leaves 

 which come out alternately on every 

 Side of the Branches. Thefe are 

 oval and fkfliy, fmooth on their 

 Edges, where they are waved ; as 

 the Shoots extend in Length, fo the 

 lower Leaves decay, and drop off: 

 the whole Plant, if encouraged, will 

 grow very luxuriant and rude ; there- 

 fore the Roots mould be confined in 

 the Pots, and the Soil in which they 

 are planted mould be lean and dry. 



The third Sort was firft introduced 

 Into the Englijb Gardens as one Spe- 

 cies of Ficoides ; but after it had 

 produced Flowers, it wasbyfeveral 

 Botanifts ranged in the Genus of 

 Senea'o, or Groundfel ; and ha3 fince 

 paffed in common amongft the Gar- 

 deners, by the Name of African 

 Groundfel-tree, with a Ficoides-leaf : 

 but, upon a nicer Examination of the 

 Flower, it is found to agree with 

 thofe Characters afcribed to this 

 Genus. 



This Sort has many round taper 

 Stems, which are very fucculent, 

 and are produced without Order: 

 thefe branch out on every Side from 

 the Bottom ; fo that it is abfolutely 

 necefiary to cut off many of thefe 

 annually, to keep the Plants within 

 Compafs. Thefe Branches are gar- 

 fiilhed with flefhy taper Leaves, 

 which are five or fix Inches long, 

 Fomewhat compreffed, and ending 

 in a Point. Thefe Leaves are co- 

 vered with a glaucous Flue, which 

 wipes off ; and when the Leaves are 

 broken, the, thick Juice contained 



within has a ftrong terebinthmoa* 

 Scent : at the Extremity of the 

 Shoots, the Flowers are produced 

 in Clulter.% which are white. 



The Leaves of this Plant are, by 

 fome of the Nobility in Franc e 9 

 pickled : in the doing of which they 

 preierve their glaucous Colour* 

 which renders them ornamental on 

 the Table. This Sort commonly 

 flowers in the Autumn and Winter. 



The fourth Sort is at prefent rare 

 in England : this approaches nearer 

 in Form to the nrft, than any of the 

 other Species ; but the Stem of this 

 is all over full of Papilla, or Pro- 

 tuberances : the Leaves are alfc? 

 much narrower than thofe of the 

 firit ; but, in other refpects, there 

 is great Similitude between them. 

 The Leaves of this Sort generally 

 decay, and fall off, in the Spring 3 

 fo that, during the Summer feafon, 

 the Plants are quite naked : but in 

 the Autumn the new Leaves are 

 put out, which flourifh all the Win- 

 ter, when the Plants make their an- 

 nual Shoots. , 



All thefe Plants are eafiiy propa-* 

 gated by Cuttings ; but the bell Sea- 

 fon for planting of the Cuttings of 

 the firft and fourth Sorts is toward 

 the End of July, or the Beginning 

 of Auguft, which is a little before 

 thefe Plants begin to fhoot : but as 

 thefe Cuttings are very fucculent, 

 they mould be taken off a Fortnight 

 or three Weeks before they are 

 planted,- during which time they 

 mould be laid in the Green-houfe, 

 that the Part where they were cut 

 may dry, and heal over, otherwise 

 they are apt to rot : in the taking 

 off thefe Cuttings, it fhould always 

 be at a Joint ; for thefe will more 

 furely fucceed, than thofe which are 

 cut at random. 



When thefe are planted, they 

 fhould be each put into a feparate 



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