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The Species are, 
i. H^manthus ( Cgccineus ) foliis- linguiformibus planis 
Isevibus.Prod.Leyd. 42. Blood-flower with plain, tongue- 
Jhaped , flmooth leaves. Haemanthus Africanus. H. L. 
Bat. African Blood-flower , or Cape 'Tulip. 
1. TI/EManthus ( Carinatus ) folds longioribus carinatis. 
Blood-flower with longer keel-floaped leaves. 
3, Haemanthus ( Puniceus ) toliis lanceolato ovatis un- 
dulatis creeds. Hort. Cliff. 127. Blood-flower with fp car - 
fhaped, waved , eredt leaves . Haemanthus colchici fo- 
lds perianthio herbaceo. Hort. Elth. 167. Blood-flower 
with Meadozv Saffron leaves , and an herbaceous involu- 
crum. Dracunculoides. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2.226. Baftard 
Dragon. 
The firft fort has been many years in feveral curious 
gardens in Europe, where it hath feldom flowered. 
This hath a large bulbous root, from which in the 
autumn comes out two broad flat leaves, of a flefhy 
confidence, fhaped like a tongue*, which turn back- 
ward on £ach fide, and lpread flat on the ground, fo 
have a Angular appearance all the winter ; and in the 
fpring thefe leaves decay, fo that from the end of May 
to the beginning of Auguft,they are deftitute of leaves: 
when thefe produce their flowers, it is always in the 
autumn, juft before the new leaves come out. In the 
books where this plant is figured, the flowers are re- 
prefented growing upon a ftrong upright foot-ftalk ; 
but all thofe which I have feen in flower, never have 
rifen more than two or three inches from the bulb, 
with a large clutter of bright red flowers, inclofed in 
a common leafy-coloured empalement; thefe were 
tubulous, with one petal cut into Ax parts, each having 
Ax long ftamina, Handing out beyond the petal, and 
in the center appears the germen fitting under the 
flower, fupporting a Angle ftvle, crowned with a ftig- 
' ma. The germen never ripens to a feed in England, 
but decays with the flower, and then the green leaves 
grow and fpread on the ground. 
The fecond Art hath a large bulbous root like the 
firft, which fends out three or four leaves, that grow 
a foot long or more ; thefe are not flat like thofe of 
the other, but are hollowed like the keel of a boat, 
and ftancl more eredl than thofe of the former fort, 
but are not quite fo broad *, the flowers of this are like 
thofe of the firft, bu :re of a paler red •, this is cer- 
tainly different from the other. I received the roots 
of this from Dr. Van Royen, prcfeffor of botany at 
Leyden. 
The third fort hath roots compofed of many thick 
flefhy tubers, which join at the top, where they form 
a head, out of which arifes a flefhy fpotted ftaik, 
like that of the dragon, which fpread s out at the top 
into feveral fpear-fhaped leaves, which are waved on 
their edges. The ftalks grow about afoot high, and 
the leaves are fix or eight inches long, and two broad 
in the middle ; from the fide of this ftaik near the 
ground, breaks out a ftrong flefhy foot-ftalk, about 
fix or eight inches long, fuftaining at the top a large 
clufter of flowers, included in one common empale- 
rnent or covering, which is permanent ; the flowers 
are fhaped like thofe of the other forts, but are of a 
yellowifh red colour. Thefe appear in May, June, 
or July, and are fucceeded by berries which are of a 
beautiful red colour when ripe. 
The two firft forts are with difficulty propagated in 
Europe, for their roots put out offsets but fpanngly, fo 
the gardens in Holland are fupplied with them from 
the Cape of Good Hope, where they naturally grow, 
and produce feeds; the plants are too tender to thrive in 
this country in winter in the open air, therefore the 
roots muft be planted in pots filled with light loamy 
earth, and, in the winter, placed in a dry glafs- 
cafe, where, during that feafon, the leaves will be 
in full vigour, fo will make a pretty appearance, 
when intermixed y/ith other plants in the ftove ; and 
though they feldom flower here, yet are they worthy 
of a "place in every garden where there is conveni- 
ency of keeping them. The roots may be taken 
up when their leaves are decayed, and kept out of 
the ground till Auguft, when they fliould be new pot- 
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ted, and may remain abroad till the end of Sep- 
tember, at which time they may be removed into the 
glafs-cafe ; and during the time they are growing, 
will require to have frequent waterings, but it muft 
not be given to them in large quantities. 
If a border is made either again ft the front of the 
green-houfe or ftoves, which may be contrived fo 
as to be covered with glaffes in winter, in which thefe 
roots, with the African Gladiolus’s, Ixia’s, For flan 
Cyclamens, &c. are planted in the full ground, they 
will flower more conftantly, and the foot- ftalks will 
rife much higher than thofe kept in pots. 
The third fort is alfo a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence it was firft brought to Holland, 
where it has been propagated and difperfed over Eu- 
rope ; this may be propagated by parting of the roots; 
the beft time for this Is in the fpring, before the plants 
put out new ftalks, which is alfo a right time to ifhift 
and new-pot them ; but as the roots do not multiply 
very fail in offsets, the beft way is to propagate them 
from feeds, which they ripen plentifully in England ; 
thefe fliould be fown loon after they are ripe, in pots 
filled with light earth, and kept in the ftove all the 
v/inter •, if thefe pots are plunged into the tan-bed in 
the bark-ftove, in the vacancies between the plants, 
the earth will be kept warm, and will not dry io faff, 
as when they are placed in a dry ftove, fo the feeds 
will be fooner prepared to vegetate ; in the fpring the 
pots may be taken out of the ftove, and plunged into 
a hot-bed, which will bring up the plants ; thefe muft 
have air admitted to them every day in itiiid weather, 
to prevent their drawing up weak •, and when they 
are fit to remove, they may be each planted in a fepa- 
rate fmall pot filled with light earth, and plunged into 
the hot-bed again, to promote their taking new root ; 
then they muft be gradually hardened, and afterward 
may be removed into the dry ftove, where they fliould 
conftantly remain, ctherwile the plants will not thrive 
and flower in this country. In the winter feafon they 
muft not have too much wet, for as their roots are 
flefhy and fucculent, fo they &re apt to rot with 
moifture. In the fummer they muft have a large 
fnare of air in warm weather, and require to be fre- 
quently watered, efpecially during the time of their 
flowering. 
HiEM ATOX YLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 417. 
Bloodwood, Logwood, or Campeachy Wood. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a permanent empalement , which is cut 
into five oval fegments. It hath five oval petals which 
are equal , and larger than the empalement , and ten awl- 
Jhaped ftamina , which are longer than the petals , termi- 
nated by fmall fummits. In the center is fituated an oblong 
oval germen , fupporting a Jingle ftyle , crovoned by a thick 
indented ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a com- 
preffed obtufe cap file , with one cel ning with two 
valves , containing two or three cl ■ rg Sidney -fhaped feeds . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fe&ion of 
Linnaeus’s tenth dais, intitled Decandria Monogy- 
nia, which includes thofe plants whole dowers have 
ten ftamina and one ftyle. 
We have but one Species of this r mas, viz. 
ELematcxylum [Camp e chi anum). Hort. Cliff. 161. 
Logwood , Lignum Campechianum, fpecies quae- 
dam. Sloan. Cat. Jam 213. Campeachy Wood. 
This tree grows naturally in the Bay ot Campeachy, 
at Honduras, and other parts of the Spanifh Weft- 
Indies, where it riles from fixceen to twenty-four feet 
high. The items are generally crooked, and very 
deformed, and are feldom thicker than a man’s thigh. 
The branches come out on every fide ; they are 
crooked, irregular, and armed with ftrong thorns, 
garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of three or 
four pair of lobes, which are obtufe, and indented at 
the top. The flowers come out in a racemus from the 
wings of the leaves, Handing erebt *, they are of a 
pale yellowifh colour, with a purple empalement, 
and are fucceeded by flat oblong pods, each containing 
two or three kidney-fhaped feeds. 
The 
