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which time they mould be removed 

 into the Stove, and plunged into the 

 Bark-bed. During the Winter-fea- 

 ibn thefe Plants mult be kept warm, 

 efpecially while they are young, and 

 frequently refreshed with Water : 

 but it muft not be given to them in 

 large Quantities at this Seafon, left 

 it rot the tender Fibres of their 

 Roots. It will be proper to con- 

 tinue thefe Plants in the Stove all 

 the Year ; bat in warm Weather 

 they Ihould have a large Share of 

 Air, and Plenty of Water : yet, as 

 the Plants grow in Strength, they 

 will be more hardy, and may be 

 more expofed in Summer; and in 

 Winter will live in a dry Stove, if 

 kept in a moderate Degree of 

 Heat. 



MULBERRY. Vide Morus. 



MULLEIN. Vide Verbafc-im. 



MURUCUIA. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a rcfe -jhaped T lower \ con- 

 Jifting of fcveral Leaves, which are 

 placed in a circular Order ; and is in- 

 ch fed in a ma?:y -leaned Cup: theMiddle 

 of the Flower is occupied by a Tube, 

 Jhaped like the Trunk of a Cone ; out of 

 which arifts the Pointal, with the 

 Embryo on the Top, cn which reft three 

 Clubs or Nails, and under them the 

 Stamina : the Embryo afterward be- 

 ccmcs a fiejhy c<val Fruit, having one 

 Cell, which is filed with Seeds, which 

 are covered with an Hood or V eil. 



There is but one Species of Mu- 

 rucuia ; which is, 



Murucuia folio lunato. Inft.R.H. 

 Murucuia with an horned Leaf. 



This Plant is very nearly al ied to 

 the Paffion flower, and is by fome 

 Authors ranged with them ; but as 

 it differs from them in tne Structure 

 of the Flower, having a large 

 Trunk in the Centre of the Flower, 

 which the Paffion -flowers have not, 

 Dr. Tournefort has feparated it from 



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them, and applied this Name to \t, 

 which is the American Name given 

 to feveral Sorts of Paflion-flowers. 



It grows in Jamaica, from whence 

 the Seeds may be procured. Thefe 

 Seec.s fhould be fown early in the 

 Spring of the Year, on a moderate 

 Hot-bed ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be tranfplanted 

 each into a feparate fmall Pot, and 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark, and then managed in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for the tender Sorts of Paflion-flow- 

 ers. 



MUSA, The Plantain-tree. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It is a kind of Plant with a poly- 

 petalous anomalous Flower : the upper 

 Petal is excavated or hollowed like a 

 little Boat, and divided into three at 

 the Summit : the hither one is con' 

 cave, but the inward one pe Hated, or 

 in the Fctrm of a Crefcent or He If -moon 

 Shield, and accompanied with two 

 little narrow ■ pointed Leaves : the 

 Calyx pafjes into a cucumber Jhaped 

 Fruit, that is foft, fiejhy, covered 

 with a Skin divided, as it vjere, in- 

 to three Loculaments, in which these 

 appear, as it were, fome Pediments of 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Musa fruclu cucu merino longi- 

 ori. Plum. Nov. Gen. The Plantain- 

 tree, vul s o. 



2. Mus\ caudice maculato, frw 

 Hu redo rot undo breviore odor a to. 

 Sloan. Cat. Tae Banana-tree, vul- 

 go- 



Thefe Plants are very common in 

 the Eajl and Weft-lndis, as alfo 

 in molt hot Countries of the World. 

 They are carefully cultivated by 

 the Planters in tne IVeft- Indies, who 

 plant them in low rich Ground, by 

 the Sides of Gullies, where they 

 produce Fruit moll Parts of the 

 Year. In England they are only pre- 

 fer ved 



