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to live through the winter in the open air in Eng- 
land j but if it is fheltered from hard froft under a 
common hot-bed frame in winter, it will require no 
' other protection. It propagates in plenty by offsets 
from the root, as alfo by bulbs, which come out from 
t he fide of the italics. 
The fifth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope in fuch plenty, that the earth which came from 
thence, in which fome plants were brought to Eng- 
land, was full of it. This hath a roundiih bulbous 
foot, covered with a brown ikin, fending out ftrong 
fibres which ftrike deep into the ground •, the leaves 
are trifoliate, compofed of three roundiih, large, hairy 
lobes, which are but little indented at the top ; thefe 
(land upon long (lender foot-ftalks, which arife from 
a thick ikort ftalk, which adheres to the root. The 
foot-ftalks of the flowers arife between the leaves from 
the ftalk, each fupporting one large purple flower ; 
thefe appear in January and February, but are rarely 
fucceeded by feeds here, but the roots put out offsets 
in great plenty, whereby it is propagated. This fort 
will not thrive in winter in the open air here, fo the 
roots fhould be planted in pots, which may be fheltered 
under a common frame in winter, where it may have 
as much free air as poflible in mild weather, otherwife 
the leaves will draw up weak ; for the leaves of this 
plant come out in Oftober, and continue growing till 
May, when they begin to wither and decay. The 
roots may be tranfplanted any time after the leaves 
decay, till they begin to pufh out again. 
The fixth fort is a native of the fame country as the 
fifth ; the roots of this are bulbous ; the leaves ftand 
upon long (lender foot-ftalks, which arife from a (hort 
ftalk or head *, they are compofed of three lobes, 
which are for the moft part divided into two parts 
- almoft to their bafe. The foot-ftalks of the flowers 
are five or fix inches long, fuftaining feveral large 
yellow flowers ranged in form of an umbel. Thefe 
appear in March, and are fometimes fucceeded by 
feeds here. This fort requires the fame treatment as 
the fifth. 
The feventh fort was difeovered by Plunder in fome 
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of the French colonies in America, ana was fmee' 
’ found growing plentifully at La Vera Cruz by the 
late Dr. Houftoun, who fent it to England. This 
riles with a fhrubby ftalk a foot and a half high, fend-, 
ing out feveral (lender branches, which are garniihed 
with trifoliate (mail leaves, compofed of three oval 
lobes, the middle one being twice as large as the fide 
ones. Thefe are placed by pairs oppoflte, and fome- 
times by threes round the ftalk, (landing upon Ikort 
foot-ftalks. The foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from 
the wings of the ftalks, are near two inches long, each 
fuftaining four or five yellow flowers, whofe petals 
are not much longer than the empalement ; each of 
thefe have a ftnaller foot- ftalk which is crooked, fo 
that the flowers hang downward. 
This fort is much tenderer than either of the former, 
fo requires to be placed in a ftove kept to a moderate 
degree of warmth in winter. It is propagated by 
feeds, which muft be fown in pots, and plunged into 
a moderate hot-bed •, and when the plants come up, 
they (hould be each planted into a feparate pot filled 
with light fandy earth, and plunged into a fre(h hot- 
bed, (hading them from the fun till they have taken 
new root ; after which they muft be treated in the 
fame manner as other tender plants from the fame 
country. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in the Brazils*, for in 
a tub of earth which came from thence, the plants 
came up in plenty. This feldom riles more than 
three or four inches high, having upright ftalks ; the 
leaves arec ompofed of three pretty large hairy lobes, 
(landing on long foot-ftalks. The' flowers rife imme- 
diately from the root, having foot-ftalks the fame 
length with thole of the leaves *, they are bifid, fup- 
porting two pretty large red flowers, which are fuc- 
ceeded by oblong capfules filled with brown feeds. 
This fort may be propagated by offsets from the root, 
or by feeds, and requires the fame protection as the 
fixth fort. 
O X-E Y E. See Buphthalmum. 
OXYACANTHA. SccBerberis. 
O X Y S. See Oxalis. 
P. 
PAD 
P A DUS. Lin. Gen. Edit, prior. 476. Edit. 5. 
Prunus. 546. Cerafus & Laurocerafus. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 625, 627. tab. 401, 403. The Bird- 
cherry, or Cherry Laurel. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is bell-fhaped , of one leaf \ 
indented in five parts at the brim , which jpread open. The 
flower hath five large roundijh petals , which flpread open , 
and are infer ted in the empalement. It hath from twenty 
to thirty awl-Jhaped ftamina , which are inferted in the 
empalement , terminated by roundijh flummits , and a round- 
ijh germen fupporting a fender flyle , crowned by an entire 
obtufe fligma. The germen afterward becomes a roundijh 
fruity inclofing an oval-pointed nut having rough furrows. 
This genus of plants was by Dr. Linnaeus, in the 
former editions of his Method, feparated from the 
Cherries, to which they had been before joined, be- 
caufe the furrows of the nuts in this genus were ob- 
tufe, whereas thofe of the Cherries are acute ; but there 
is a more obvious diftin&ion between them, which is, 
the flowers of the Padus are ranged in a long bunch 
(or racemus) and thofe of the Cherry have their foot- 
ftalks ariling from one joint *, but in the laft edition of 
his Method, he has joined this genus, the Cherry and 
Apricot, to the Plumb, making them only fpecies of 
PAD 
the fame genus ; in which, I think, he has exceeded 
the boundaries of nature ; for although the Padus and 
Cerafus may with propriety be joined in the fame ge- 
nus, yet thefe ought by no means to be joined to the 
Prunus ; for it is well known, that the Cherry will 
not grow by grafting or budding upon the Plumb 
(lock, nor the Plumb upon Cherry (locks, though 
there are no inftances of two trees of the fame genus, 
which will not grow upon each other, however diffe- 
rent their exterior appearance may be. 
It is ranged in the firft fedlion of Linnasus’s twelfth 
clafs, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers have 
from twenty to thirty ftamina, which are either in- 
ferted in the empalement or petals of the flower, and 
but one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Padus {Avium) glandulis duobus, bafi foliorum 
fubjedlis. Hort. Cliff. 185. Bird-cherry with two glands 
at the bafe of the leaves. Cerafus racemofa, fylveftris, 
fruftu non eduli. C. B. P. 451. Branching wild Cherry 
with a fruit not eatabk. 
2. Padus {Rubra) foliis lanceolato-ovatis deciduus, pe- 
tiolis biglandulofls. tab. 196. fol. 2. Bird-cherry with 
fpear-Jhaped , oval , deciduous leaves , whofe foot-ftalks have 
two glands. Cerafus racemofa fylveftris, fruftu non 
eduli 
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