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The Characters are, 
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The empalement of the flower is permanent , of one leaf 
divided int o five parts, the two upper being joined. ‘The 
flower is of the butterfly kind ; the ftandard hath a nar- 
row bafe the length of the empalement , but is heart- . 
fhaped above ; the wings are oval , oblong , and blunt ; 
the keel is moon-floaped and comprejfled . It hath ten fla- 
mina , nine joined and one feparate , which Jl and ere hi, ter- 
minated by Jingle Jummits. It hath an oblong narrow ger- 
tnen , fitting on an awl-fhaped jlyle , crowned by a fingle 
ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a long , plain, com- 
pr fifed pod , which is c ut into many parts from the under 
fleam to the upper , p$tt forming a roundifh finus , 
tT/i? three-cornered joints connected to the upper 
fleam , £<?/#£• /leaped like a horfe-Jhoe , inclojing 
a fingle feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fe&ion of 
Linnaeus's feventeenth dais, intitled Diadelphia De- 
andria, which includes the plants with a leguminous 
■lower, having ten (lamina joined in two bodies. 
The Species are, 
Hippocrepis ( Unifidiquofa ) leguminibus feitilibus fo- 
iitariis. Hort. Cliff. 364. Horfle-Jhoe Vetch with Jingle 
pods fitting clofe to thejvalk. Ferrurn equinum, filiqua 
mgulari. C. B. P. 3 49. Horfe-flooe Vetch with a Jingle 
od. 
ippocrepis ( Comofa ) leguminibus pedunculatis con- 
rtis, margine exteriore repandis. Prod. Leyd. 384. 
Horfe-flooe Vetch , with pods growing in clufters upon 
jfoot-Jialks , who fe outer border is turned inward. Ferrurn 
jequinum Gcrmanicum, (iliquis in fummitate. C. B. 
jP. 346. German Horfe-flooe Vetch having pods on the tops 
W the ftalks. 
. Hippocrepis ( Multifiliquofa ) leguminibus peduncu- 
latis eonfertis, margine altero lobatis. Hort. Cliff. 364. 
florje-fbce Vetch with pods growing in clufters upon foot- 
f calks, one border of which has lobes. Ferrurn equi- 
iium filiqua multiplici. C. B. P. 346. Horfe-Jhoe Vetch 
faith many pods. 
The firfl fort grows naturally in Italy and Spain. 
This is an annual plant, which fends from the root 
Several trailing ftalks a foot long, that divide upward 
Into fmaller branches, garnifhed with winged leaves, 
compofed of four or five pair of narrow fmall lobes, 
terminated by an odd one, which are obtufe, and in- 
dented at their ends •, from the wings of the ftalk 
come out fingle flowers of the butterfly kind, which 
are yellow, and fucceeded by fingle pods fitting clofe 
;to the ftalks, which are about two inches long, and 
a third of an inch broad, bending inward like a 
fickle, and divided into many joints fhaped like a 
horfe (hoe. This flowers in June and July, and the 
feeds ripen in the autumn, loon after which the plants 
decay. 
The fecond fort is found growing naturally in fome 
parts of England, upon chalky hills, particularly at 
Hogmagog hills near Cambridge ; this is a fmaller 
plant than the former, and hath a perennial root, fend- 
ing out fiender trailing ftalks about fix inches long, 
■^hicn are e;arnifhed with narrow winged leaves •, the 
flowers grow in clufters on the top of long foot- 
ftalks.; thefe are fucceeded by pods which are fliorter, 
and twitted inward in roundifh curves, but have joints 
fhaped like thole of the former fort. 
The third fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 
Germany, and Italy. This is an annual plant, with 
trailing ftalks greatly refembling the firft, but the 
flowers are produced in cl lifters ‘on the top of pretty 
long foot-ftalks ; they are fhaped like thofe of the 
other forts, and the pods are jointed in like man- 
ner, but the joints are fixed to the oppofite border. 
Thefe plants flower in June and July, and the feeds 
ripen in Auguft and September. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which fhoiild 
be fpwn in the autumn, where the plants are defigned 
to remain ; and when the plants comp up, they muft 
be kept clean from weeds, and thinned where they 
are too clofe, which is all the culture they require. 
The. two annual forts will decay in the autumn after 
they have perfected their feeds, but the roots of the 
other will continue two or three years, provided they 
are not in too good ground. 
HIPFOLAPATHUM. See Rumex, 
HIPPO MANE. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1099. Manpa- 
nilia. Plum. Nov. Gen. ' 50. tab. 30. The Ma- 
chined. 
The Characters are. 
It hath male and female flowers in the fame flpike , the 
male flowers come cut in fmall clufters , from a fmall 
cup-Jhaped empalement ; thefe have no petals ; from the 
center of each , empalement arifes a fingle Jlyle $ terminated 
by two bifid Jummits. The female flowers have no petal, 
but an oval germen wrapped up in a three-leaved empale - 
rnent ; they have no Jlyle , but are crowned by a tripartite 
bifid ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a roundifh 
fruit with a flejhy cover , inclojing a rough hard Jbeil 
with fever al cells , each inclojing one oblong feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the ninth feftion of 
Linnaeus’s twenty-firft clafs, which includes the plants 
with male and female flowers, which have but one 
ftamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Hippomane ( Manfinella ) foliis ovatis ferratis. Hort. 
Cliff, 484. Hippomane with oval Jawed haves. Man- 
?anella pyrie facie. Plum. Nov. Gen. 50. Manchineel 
with the appearance of the Pear-tree. 
2. Hippomane ( Biglandulofa ) foliis ovato-oblongis, baft 
glandulofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1431. Hippomane with 
oval oblong leaves , which have glands at their bafe. Man- 
fanilla lauri foliis oblongis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 50. 
Manchineel with oblong Bay leaves. 
3. Hippomane (. Spinofa ) foliis fubovatis dentato fpinofk 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 1191. Hippomane with oval leaves 
which have prickly indentures. Manfanilla aqui-fofii 
foliis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 50. Manchineel with Holly 
leaves. 
The firft fort grows naturally In all the iilands of the 
Weft-Indies. This is a very large tree in its native 
foil, almoft equalling the Oak in fize ; the wood is 
much efteemed for making of cabinets, book-cafes, 
&c. being very durable, and taking a fine polifh ; it 
is alfo laid, that the worms will not eat it : but as the 
trees abound with a milky cauftic juice, fo before 
they are felled, they make fires , round their trunks to 
burn out their juice, otherwife they who fell them, 
would be in danger of loftng their fight, by the juice 
flying in their eyes ; and wherever this falls on the 
(kin, it will raife blifters ; and if it comes upon linen, 
it will immediately turn it black, and on being walked 
will come into holes : it is alfo dangerous working 
of the wood after it is fawn out, for if any of the faw- 
duft happens to get into the workmens eyes, it caufes 
inflammations, and the lofs of fight for fome time ; 
to prevent which, they generally cover their faces 
with fine lawn, during the time they are working the 
wood. 
This tree hath a fmooth brownifti bark ; the trunk 
divides upward into many branches, which are gar- 
nifhed with oblong leaves about three inches long, 
and one inch and a half broad, ending in acute points; 
they are (lightly fawed on their edges, and are of a 
lucid green, (landing on fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers 
come out in (hort (pikes at the end of the branches, 
being of both fexes in the fame fpike, but having no 
petals they make but little appearance ; thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by fruit, about the fize and of the fame fhape 
as the Golden Pippin, turning of a yellow colour when 
ripe, which has often tempted ftrangers to eat of 
them to their cod, for they inflame the mouth and 
throat to a great degree, caufing violent pains in the 
throat and ftomadh, v/hich is dangerous, uniefs re- 
medies are timely applied. 
The inhabitants of America believe it is dangerous 
to fit or lie under thefe trees, and affirm, that the rain, 
or dew, which falls from the leaves, will raife blif- 
ters; but it is very certain, that uniefs the leaves are 
broken, and the juice of them mix with the rain, it 
will do no injury. 
The fecond fort grows naturally at Carthagena in 
New Spain, and the third at Campeachy, from which. 
places 
