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raifed. The fixth Sort rifes to the 

 Height of three Feet, and hath 

 Render fquare Stalks, which are 

 iirongly armed with Spines. This 

 is a perennial Plant, which creeps at 

 the Root j fo that it may be propa- 

 gated by the Suckers, which are 

 very plentifully emitted. This hath 

 not, as yet, producM many Flow- 

 ers in England; for the Shoots gene- 

 rally die to the Root in Winter, and 

 rife again the following Spring. 

 The Leaves of this Sort do not only 

 clofe, on being touch'd, but alfo fall 

 downward; fo that it is ranked 

 amongft. thofe Kinds which are com- 

 monly calTd Humble Plants. 



The feventh Sort riies to the 

 Height of fix or feven Fee:, aad 

 hath a woody Stem, which is ftrong- 

 ly armed with crooked Spines. The 

 Leaves confift of feveral Wings, 

 which have very narrow Finn* : 

 thxfe Leaves are alfo b'efet on their 

 Under- fide with (harp crooked Spines 

 all along the Mid-rib, fo that it is 

 troublefome to go amongft the Plants 

 in the natural Place of their Growth. 

 The Flowers cf this Kind are of a 

 bright-purple Colour, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by flat hairy jointed Pods, in 

 which are included the Seeds. This 

 Sort grows very plentifully in moift 

 rich Places about La Vera Cruz, in 

 the Spanijh Weft -Indies ; as alfo in 

 the Braft/s, from whence I have re- 

 ceiv'd the Seeds. 



This Plant hath produced Flowers 

 in England-, but hath not perfected 

 Seed, tho' it hath liv'd over 'the 

 Winter, and has grown to a large 

 Size. The Leaves of this Sort dole 

 very foon on the Touch; but they 

 fall downward very fiowly, fo that 

 it is not ranged amongft the Humble 

 Plants. 



The eighth Sort grows plentifully 

 in Handing Waters near La Vera 

 Cruz, where the Branches float on 



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the Water, in like manner as do the 

 Pond-weeds in this Country ; but 

 efpecially one of the Sorts of Arfe- 

 fmart, which is an amphibious Plant, 

 when it grows in the Water : the 

 Leaves are very broad, and lie fpread 

 on the Surface of the Water ; the 

 Branches extending themfelves very 

 wide, in the fame manner as the 

 other Pond-weeds: but when it 

 grows on dry Ground, the Stalk* 

 growerecl, and the whole Appear- 

 ance of the Plant is fo much altered, 

 as that fome Botanifts have defcrib'd 

 it as two different Plants : fo this MI- 

 mofa has a very different Appear- 

 ance while the Ground, where it 

 grows, is covered with Water ; but 

 where the Water dries up, and leaves 

 the Plants while they are young, 

 they will grow more ere£l ; and thofe 

 of them which have grown in Eng- 

 land, have rifen to the Height of 

 four or five Feet ; but they fpread 

 themfelves on every Side, and re- 

 quir'd fome Support, when thejr 

 were full grown. This Sort hath 

 produc'd Flowers in England, but 

 hath not perfected Seed ; and, being 

 an annual Plant, is at. prefent loft in 

 Europe. This is one of thofe com- 

 monly cali'd Senfitive Plants; for 

 the Leaves do not fall on being 

 touch'd. The ninth and tenth Sorts 

 were difcover'd by Mr. Robert Mil- 

 lar, Surgeon, at Carthagena, from 

 whence he fent their Seeds into Eng- 

 land, which have fucceeded in feveral- 

 Gardens of the Curious. Thefe are 

 both of them of the humble Kind, 

 their Leaves falling on the {lighten: 

 Touch. They will both of them live 

 thro 1 the Winter, if they are placed 

 in a very warm Stove. 



The eleventh Sore is very common 

 in Jamaica, where it creeps on the 

 Ground, and emits Roots at every 

 Joint, which ftrike into the Ground • 

 and, by this means, the Piants will 

 6 fpread 



