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fcaly, and the feeds having no down, occasions its 
being, here placed. The flowers appear in July and 
Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 
This is propagated by feeds, 'which, if fown in the au- 
tumn, loon after they are ripe, will more certainly 
iucceed than when fown in the fpring •, they fhould 
be fown in the full ground, and when the plants are 
fit to remove, if they are planted in the borders of the 
flower-garden, they will continue fome years without 
protection, and annually produce flowers and feeds. 
M A T TED R O O T S are fuch as are entangled or 
plaited together. „ 
M A U D L I N. See Achillea. 
MAUROCEN 1 A. Lin. Gen. Plant. Edit. 2. 289 
Frangula. Hort. Elth. 12 1. The Hottentot Cherry, 
vulgo. 
The Characters are, 
The empakment of the fewer is of one leaf cut into 
five figments , and is permanent. The flower hath five 
oval petals , which fpread open. It hath five ftamina , 
which are fituated hetwen the petals , crowned, by obtufie 
fummits. In the center is fituated a roundijh germen , hav- 
ing no ftyle , crowned by a trifid Jligma. The germen af- 
terward turns to an oval berry with one or two cells , each 
containing a ftngle oval feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedlion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, which includes the plants whofe 
flowers have five ftamina and three ftyles or ftigmas •, 
and in the laft edition of his Genera, he has joined it 
to the Caffine, making them the fame; but as the 
flower of Caffine has but one petal, and the flower 
of thefe have five •, and the berries of the former 
three cells, and thefe of this but one or two, there- 
fore 1 have feparated them. 
The Species are, 
1. Maurocenia {'Frangula) foliis fubovatis integer- 
rimis, fioribus confertis lateralibus. Maurocenia with 
entire leaves which are almoft oval , and flowers growing 
in differs on the Jid.es of the branches. Frangula fem- 
pervirens, folio rigido fubrotundo. Hort. Elth. 146. 
tab. 1 2 1 . Evergreen berry-bearing Alder with a roundijh 
ftiff leafy commonly called Hottentot Cherry. 
2. Maurocenia ( Phillyrea ) foliis obverse ovatis fer- 
ratis, fioribus corymbofis alaribus & terminalibus. 
Maurocenia with obverfi, oval Jawed leaves , and flowers 
growing in a cCrynibus at the ftdes and ends of the branches. 
Phillyrea capenfis, folio celaftri. Hort. Elth. 315. 
tab. 236. Phillyrea of the Cape with a Staff-tree leaf 
by the Hutch called Leplehout. 
3. Maurocenia ( Cerafus ) foliis ovatis nervofis inte- 
gerrimis. Maurocenia with oval veined leaves , which 
are entire. Cerafus Hottentotorum. Pluk. Almag. 94. 
The f mailer Hottentot Cherry. 
4. Maurocenia {Americana) foliis obverse ovatis emar- 
ginatis, fioribus folitariis alaribus. Maurocenia with 
obverfi oval leaves which are indented at the edgesy and 
fiowers growing Jingly from the Jides of the branches. 
Frangula folio fubrotundo rigido fubtus ferrugineo. 
Houft. MSS. Berry-bearing Alder with a roundijh Jtiff 
leaf which is of an iron colour on the under fide. 
The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, where it rifes to a confiderable height, but here 
they are rarely more than five or fix feet high. The 
{talk is ftrong, woody, and covered with a purplilh 
bark, fending out many ftiff branches, garnifhed 
with very thick leaves, almoft oval. Handing for the 
mod part oppofite •, they are about two inches long, 
and almoft as much in breadth, of a dark green 
colour, and entire. The fiowers come out from the 
fide of the old branches, in clutters, three, four, 
or five, {landing upon one common foot-ftalk, 
which is (lender, compofed of five plain equal pe- 
tals, 'ending in acute points ; they are firft of a gree.n- 
ifh yellow colour, but afterward change to white, 
fp reading wide open. In the center is fituated the 
owl germen, crowned by the trifid ftigma, and be- 
tween each petal is fituated a ftamina ; thefe fpread 
pj §n in the lame manner as the petals, and are ter- 
minated by obtufe fpmmits. 1 The germen afterward , 
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turns to an oval pulpy berry, fome having but one, 
and others two cells •, in each of thefe is lodged one 
oval feed. The berries change to a dark purple 
when they are ripe. This plant flowers in July and 
Auguft, and the berries ripen in winter. 
The fecund fort is a native of the Cape of Good Hope j 
this hath a woody (talk, which in this country feldom 
rifes more than five or fix feet high, fending out ma- 
ny branches, covered with a dark purplilh bark, and 
garniftied with pretty ftiff leaves, which are obverfely 
oval, and fawed on their edges, Handing oppofite ; 
they are about an inch and a half long, and a little 
more in breadth, of a light green, having (hort 
foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced in roundifh 
bunches from the fide, and at the end of the branches; 
they are white, and have five final! petals which 
fpread open ; between thefe are fituated the ftamina, 
which fpread in the fame manner ; thefe are termi- 
nated by obtufe fummits. In the center is fituated 
the roundish germen, which is crowned fometimes by 
a bifid, and at others by a trifid ftigma. The fiowers 
appear in July and Auguft, but are not fucceeded by 
berries in England. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this rifes with a woody ftalk about the fame 
height as the former, dividing into many branches, 
which are garnifhed with ftiff oval leaves about two 
inches long, and nearly as much in breadth, of a 
lucid green colour, and entire, having three lon- 
gitudinal veins ; thefe are fometimes placed oppofite, 
and at others they are alternate, having a ftrong mar- 
gin, or border, furrounding them. This fort hath pro- 
duced its fiowers in England, and I am fully con- 
vinced that the characters of the flowers are the fame 
with the others. 
The fourth fort was difeovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun, growing naturally at the P ali fad oefc in Jamaica, 
from whence he fent the feeds to Europe ; this rifes 
with a woody ftalk from fifteen to twenty feet high, 
covered with a rough brown bark, and divides into 
many branches, which are garnifhed with ftiff leaves, 
placed alternately ; they are about an inch and a half 
long, and a littie more in breadth, indented at the 
top, with a ftiff reflexed border, of a gray colour 
on their upper fide, but of a rufty iron colour on 
their under, (landing upon (hort foot-ftaiks. The 
flowers come out fingly along the fide of the branches; 
they have five (mail white petals, which end in acute 
points, and five (lender ftamina, which fpread open, 
and are terminated by obtufe fummits. In the center 
is fituated a roundifh germen, fupporting a long bi- 
fid ftigma, which is permanent. The germen after- 
ward turns to a round berry, with one or two cells, 
each having one oblong feed. 
The firft fort is too tender to live abroad in England, 
but as it requires no artificial heat, fo may be preierved 
through the winter in a good green-houfe, where it 
deferves a place for the beauty of its leaves, which 
are very thick, of a deep green, and differing in 
appearance from every other plant ; this may be pro- 
pagated by laying down thofe (hoots which are pro- 
duced near the root, but they are long in putting out 
roots. The (hoots fhould be twitted in the part which 
is laid, to facilitate their putting out roots ; if thefe 
are laid down in the autumn, they will put out roots 
lufficientto remove by the, following autumn ; it may 
alfo be propagated by cuttings, but this is a tedious 
method, as they are (eldom rooted enough to tranf- 
plant in lefs than two years. When this is pradlifed, 
the young (boots of the former year fhould be cut off, 
with a fmall piece of the old wood at the bottom, in 
the lpring, and planted in pots filled with loamy earth, 
and plunged into a moderate hot bed , covering the 
pots with glafles, which fhould be dole (topped 
down to exclude the external air •, they fhould be 
pretty well watered at the time they are planted, but 
afterward they will require but littie wiet; the daffies 
over them (hould be covered every day w;tn mats, to 
fiercer. the cuttings from the fun during the heat of 
