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leaves, which end in acute points, fa wed on their 
edges, a little woolly on their under fide ; the flowers 
are produced on the fide of the branches, on fhorter 
foot-ftalks than the former ; they are compofed of five 
petals, and the ftyle in the center, which is ftrait, 
upright, and not half fo long as the other ■, the 
fruit is thicker,- not an inch long, but twilled in the 
fame manner. 
The third fort rifes with a ftrong woody ftalk twelve 
or fourteen feet high, fending out many ligneous 
branches, which are clofely covered with hairy Jjjhwn, 
garnifhed with large heart-fhaped leaves, which are 
crenated on their edges, having large veins run- 
ning from the midrib to the hides ; they _ are of a 
light yellowifh green, and woolly on their under 
fide: the flowers are produced from the fide of 
the branches, they are of a yellowilh white colour, 
and laro-er than thofe of the other forts. The ftyle 
is near four inches long, curved like that of the firft 
fort j the fruit is oval, about one inch long, very 
thick at the bottom, and clofely covered with hairy 
down. This fort was fent me by Mr. Robert Millar, 
from Carthagena. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which muft 
be fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 
plants are come up ftrong enough to remove, they 
fhould be each planted in a feparate fmall pot, filled 
with light earth, and plunged into a moderate hot- 
bed of tan, obferving to ftiade them from the fun 
till they have taken new root •, then they fhould be 
treated in the fame way as other tender plants from 
hot countries, railing the glaftes every day in propor- 
tion to the weather, that the plants may enjoy frefh 
air, which will ftrengthen them, and prevent their 
drawing up weak. In the fummer the plants may 
remain under the frames, if there is fufficient height 
for them to grow ; but in autumn they muft be 
plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove, where they 
fhould always remain, being careful to fhift them 
into larger pots when they require it, and not give 
them too much wet in the winter ; but in fummer 
they fhould have a large fhare of air in warm wea- 
ther, and require to be often refrefhed with water : 
the fecond year from the feeds thefe plants have often 
flowered in the Chelfea garden, and the feeds have 
fome years ripened there, but the plants will live fe- 
veral years with proper management. 
HELIOCARPOS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 533. Mon- 
tia. Houft. Gen. We have no title in Englifli for 
this plant. 
The Characters are, 
<fhe flower hath one petal which is tubulous at the bottom , 
and cut into five fegments which expand. It hath an 
empalement of one leaf, \ which is cut into five parts 
fpreading open. In the center is fituated a roundijh^ ger- 
men, fupporting two ere 51 ftyles , crowned by acute ftigmas 
' which ft and apart thefe are attended by twelve ftarnina , 
which are of the fame length with the ftyles , terminated 
by narrow twin fummits which are proftrate. c ihe ger- 
men afterward becomes an oval comprejfed cap fide, about 
three lines long and two broad , with a tranfverfe parti- 
tion dividing it in two cells , each containing a fingle round- 
ifh feed ending in a point ■, the borders of the capfule are 
fet with hairs , refembling rays. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fection 
of Linnseus’s eleventh clafs, intitled Dodecandria Di- 
gynia, which includes the plants whofe flowers have 
twelve ftarnina and two ftyles. 
We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 
Heliocarpos ( Americana .) Hort. Cliff. 211. tab. 16. 
Montia arborefcens mori folio fru&u racemofo. 
Houft. MSS. T ree Montia with a Mulberry leaf and 
branching fruit. 
This plant was difcovered by the late Dr. Houftoun, 
growing naturally about Old La Vera Cruz in New 
§pain, from whence he fent the feeds to England, 
which fucceeded in the Chelfea garden, where the 
plants have produced flowers, and ripened feeds fe- 
veral years. It rifes with a thick, foft, woody ftalk, 
from fifteen to eighteen feet high, fending out feve- 
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ral lateral branches toward the top, garnifhed with 
heart-fhaped leaves full of veins, fawed on their 
edges, and ending in acute points ; they have foot- 
ftalks three inches long, which ftand oblique to the 
leaves, and are placed alternate •, the flowers are pro- 
duced at the end of the fhoots, In branching ciufters ; 
they are of a yellowifh green, and are fucceeded by 
fiat compreffed feed-veffds of an oval fhape, whofe 
borders are clofely fet with threads reprefenting rays, 
of a brownifh colour when ripe ; thefe capfules are 
divided into two cells by an intermediate partition, 
in each of thefe is lodged a fingle roundifh. feed end- 
ing in a point. 
This plant is propagated by feeds, which muft be 
fown upon a hot- bed in the fpring j and when the 
plants are fit to remove, they fhould be each planted 
in a feparate fmall pot filled with light kitchen-garden, 
earth, andd plunged into a hot-bed, treating them in 
the fame way as other tender plants, which will not 
bear the open air in this country at any feafon of the 
year ; and while the plants are young, they require to 
be plunged in the tan-bed, but after they have ac- 
quired ftrength, they will thrive in the dry ftove. 
In winter they fhould have but little water, and muft 
be kept warm ; but in fummer they fhould have 
plenty of frefti air in mild weather, and'' muft be fre- 
quently refrefhed with water. With this manage- 
ment the plants will flower the third year, and pro- 
duce good feeds, but may be preferved feveral years 
with proper care. 
I have fowed the feeds of this plant which had been 
kept ten years, and came up as well as if it had been 
faved the former year •, though from the appearance 
of the feeds, it feems as unlike to grow after the firit 
year as any which I know. 
HELIOPHILA. Lin. Gen. 816. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a four-leaved empalement , whofe boraers have 
membranes \ the two outer have fmall bladders at their 
bafe. T he flower has four roundifto plain petals, placed 
in form of a crofs, and two nedlariums, which are re- 
curved toward the bladders of the empalement. It hath 
fix ftarnina, four of which are longer than the other , ter- 
minated by oblong ercEi fummits •, and a Cylindrical germen 
fupporting a fhort ftyle, crowned by an obtufe ftigma , the 
germen afterward becomes a taper pod, with two cells filled 
with feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feflion of 
Linnmus’s fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia Sili- 
quofa, the flower having four long and two fhort 
ftarnina, and the feeds being included in long pods. 
The Species are, - 
1. Heliophila (Integrifolia ) foliis lanceolatis indivifis. 
N. Burman. Heliophila with fpear-fhaped undivided 
leases. Leucoium Africanum, coeruleo flore, latifo- 
lium. H. L. 364. African Gilliflower with a broad leaf 
and a blue flower. 
2. ELeliophila ( Coronopi folia) foliis linearibus pinna- 
tifidis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 927. Heliophila with linear 
wing-pointed leaves. Leucoium Africanum, coeruleo 
fiore, angufto coronopi folio majus. H. L. 364. Afri- 
can Gilliflower , with narrow Hartfhorn leaves and blue 
flowers. 
Thefe are both annual plants, which grow naturally 
at the Cape of Good Hope ; the firft rifes with an 
ere£t ftalk about four or five inches high, fending out 
two or three fide branches, garnifhed with long, nar- 
row, entire green leaves, and terminated by a loofe 
bunch of blue flowers without feent, which are fuc- 
ceeded by taper pods near three inches long, having 
a double row of fiat feeds. 
The fecond fort grows about the fame height, but 
branches more •, the leaves are cut into many wing- 
pointed divifions, and the flowers are like thofe of the 
other fort. 
The feeds of both forts may be fown in the fpring on 
a fouth border, and when the plants come up, if they 
are thinned and kept clean from weeds, it is all the 
culture they require. 
HELIO- 
