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woolly on their under fide , fitting clofie to the fivalks , with 
l pikes of flowers growing in clufters at the ends of the 
’ branches . Adhatoda arborea, foliis oblongis, fubtus 
villofis, fioribus fpicatis albis. Houd. Three- Adhatoda 
with oblong leaves , hairy on their under fide , and fipikes 
of white flowers. 
3. Jtjsticia ( Ecbolhm ) arborea, foliis lanceolate ovatis, 
bradeeis ovatis deciduis mucronatis, corollarum galea 
refiexa. Flor. Zeyl. 17. Tree-JuJHcia with fpear-Jhaped 
oval leaves , oval-pointed bradtea which fall off, and a 
reflexed helmet to the flowers. Adhatoda (pica longiffi • 
ma, flore refiexo. Burman. Zeyl. 7, tab. 4. f. 1. Ad- 
hatoda with a very long fpike , and a reflexed flower. 
The firlt fort was difcovered growing naturally at La 
/era Cruz, by the late Dr. Houftoun, who lent the 
feeds to England ; this rifes with a fhrubby brittle 
italic five or iix feet high, fending out many branches, 
which are garnifhed with oblong oval leaves, two 
inches long, and one inch broad, which are hairy and 
placed oppofite •, from the wings of the leaves come 
out the (pikes of (lowers, which are reflexed like a 
fcorp ion’s tail. The flowers are large, of a carmine 
colour, and ranged on one fide of the fpike •, thefe 
are fucceeded by (hort pods about half an inch long. 
The fecond fort was difcovered by the fame gentle- 
man, in the fame country; this is. an annual plant 
with an upright (talk, having fix angles, which rifes 
two or three feet high, dividing into many branches, 
garnifhed with oval leaves placed oppofite, an inch 
and a half long, and one inch broad ; they are fmooth, 
as are alfo the (talks. At each joint come out cluders 
of fmall wedge-fhaped leaves, which are by Dr. Lin- 
nams termed brabte^, and long before the fcalks de- 
cay, mod of the larger leaves fall off, fo there are 
only thefe fmall leaves remaining. The fiow'ers are pro- 
duced in fmall (pikes at the fide of the branches, 
fitting very clofe among the leaves ; they are of a 
beautiful carmine colour, and have but one petal, 
which has two lips. The upper lip is arched, bending 
over the lower, which is alfo a little reflexed, but 
both are entire. The flowers are fucceeded by fhort 
wedge-fhaped capfules, opening lengthways, inclofing 
two fmall oval feeds. 
The third fort was difcovered by the fame gentleman 
at Campeachy •, this rifes with a hairy fhrubby (talk 
four or five feet high, dividing into feveral branches, 
garnifhed with oval, fpear-fhaped, hairy leaves, four 
inches long, and two inches and a half broad, (landing 
upon foot-dalles which are above an inch long, placed 
oppofite. At the bale of the foot-dalks come out a 
cluder of fmall heart-fhaped leaves, ending in acute 
points, which are termed bradles. The flowers come 
out in loofe clufters from the wings of the ftalks, to- 
ward the end of the branches ; they are of a pale red 
colour, and fhaped like thoie of the former fort. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which fhould 
be fown early in the fpring, in fmall pots filled with 
frefh. light earth, and plunged into a moderate hot- 
bed of tanners bark, obferving to water the earth 
gently as it appears dry. The feeds of thefe plants 
frequently lie a year in the ground, fo that the pots 
rr.uft not be difturbed, if the plants do not come up 
the fame year ; but in the -winter fhould be kept in 
the dove, and the fpring following plunged into a 
frefh hot-hed, which will bring up the plants if the 
feeds were good. When the plants begin to appear, 
the glaffes of the hot-bed fhould be railed every day, 
when the weather is warm, to admit frefh air to them. 
The plants mud alfo be frequently watered in warm 
weather-, but water fhould not be given in large 
quantities while. the plants are young, becaufe they 
are then very tender, and lubjedt to rot at the bottom 
of their ftems, with much moifture. 
"When the plants are about two inches high, they 
fhould be carefully taken up, and each transplanted 
Into a feparate fmall pot filled with frefh light earth, 
and then plunged into the hot-bed again, being careful 
to water and fhade them until they have taken new 
root ; after which time they fhould have air admitted 
to. them every 'day, in proportion to the warmth of 
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the feafon, and fhould be duly watered every two or 
three days in hot weather. 
As the plants advance in their growth, they fhould 
be drifted into larger pots, for if their roots are too 
much confined, the plants will not make any confide- 
rable progrefs ; but they fhould not be over potted; 
for that will be of worfe confequence than the other ; 
becaufe when they are planted in very large pots, they 
will ftarve and decay, without producing any flowers. 
They are too tender to endure the open air in this 
country, therefore they fhould always remain in the 
hot-bed, being careful to let them have a due pro- 
portion of air in hot weather; and the annual fort 
fhould be brought forward as fad as poffible in the 
fpring, that the plants may flower early, otherwife 
they will not produce good feeds in England. 
The firft and third forts fhould remain in the hot-bed 
during the dimmer feafon (provided there is room 
under the glaffes, without being fcorched ;) but at 
Michaelmas they fhould be removed into the dove, 
and plunged into the bark-bed, where they mud; re- 
main during the winter feafon, obferving to keep 
them warm, as alfo to water them gently once or twice 
a week, according as they fhall require. The following 
dimmer thefe plants will flower, and abide feveral 
years, but they rarely produce good feeds in Europe. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the ifland of Cey- 
lon, but has been long in the Englifh gardens, where 
it is commonly known at prelent by the title of Ma- 
labar Nut ; but was formerly called Beetle Nut, and 
was by fome fuppofed to be the tree of which the 
Chinele chew the leaves and nuts : this, though a 
native of fo warm a country, is hardy enough to live 
in a good green-houfe in England, without any ar- 
tificial heat. It rifes here with a ftrong woody ftalk 
to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, fending out 
many fpreading branches, which are garnifhed with 
fpear-diaped oval leaves more than fix inches long, 
and three inches broad, placed oppofite. The flowers 
are produced on fhort fpikes at the end of the 
branches, which are white, with fome dark fpots % 
,thefe appear in July, but are not fucceeded by any 
feeds in England. 
This fort may be propagated by cuttings, which, if 
planted in pots in June or July, and plunged into a 
very moderate hot-bed, will take root; but they mud 
be every day fereened from the fun, and if the external 
air is excluded from them, they will fucceed better 
than when it is admitted to them. It may alfo be 
propagated by laying down their young branches, 
which will take root in the tubs or pots in one year 3 
then the young plants fhould be; put each Into, a fe- 
parate pot, filled with loft loamy earth, and placed 
in the (hade till they have taken new nxp when they 
may be placed in a iheltered ficuation during the 
dimmer, but in winter they mud be houfed, and 
treated in the fame way as Orange-trees, with only 
this difference, that thefe require more water. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in India ; this rifes with 
a fhrubby ftalk from three to four feet high, fending 
out branches on every fide from the bottom, fo as to 
form a kind of pyramid ; thefe are covered with a 
white bark, and garnifhed with fpear-fhaped entire 
leaves, near two inches long, and one third of an inch 
broad ; they are fmooth, ftiff, and of a deep green, 
(landing oppofite. At the bafe of the foot-dalks comer 
out clufters of fmaller leaves, of the fame fhape and 
texture. The flowers come out upon fhorf foot-dalks 
from the fide of the branches, each foot-ftalk fup- 
porting one or two white flowers, having long etn- 
palements ; thefe are fucceeded by oblong feed-veffels, 
which, when ripe, cad out their feeds with an elaf- 
ticity, from whence it had the title of Snap-tree. 
This is propagated by cuttings during any of the 
dimmer months ; they fhould be planted in pots filled 
with light loamy earth, and plunged into a moderate 
hot-bed, and (haded from the fun, and now and then 
gently refrefhed with water, and not too much air 
admitted to them. In about two months the cuttings 
will have taken root, then they mud be gradually 
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