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tender talks, which rife eight or ten feet higlA, gar- 
nifhed with frnooth green leaves {landing upon tender 
foot-talks. Thefe are but tightly indented into three 
-.lobes, which end in acute points, and are fhaped like 
the points of halberts, the middle one Handing ob- 
liquely to the foot-ftalk. The flowers come out from 
the wings of the leaves on very fhort foot-ftalks ; they 
are of a pale yellow. The petals of the flowers are 
very narrow, and longer than thofe of the two former 
forts ; the fruit is fmalkr and of an oval form, chang- 
ing to a dark purple when ripe. 
The fetfenth fort grows naturally in mofc of the iflands 
in the Weft-Indies, where the inhabitants of the Bri- 
tifli iflands call it Love in a Mift. The root of this 
is annual ; the ftalks rife five or fix feet high when 
they are fupported ; they are channelled and hairy. 
The leaves are heart-fhaped, divided into three lobes, 
the middle lobe being three inches long, and one and 
a half broad ; the two fide lobes are fhort but broad ; 
they are covered with fhort brown hairs. The tendrils 
come out at the fame place as the leaves, as do alfo 
the flowers, whofe foot-ftalks are two inches long, 
hairy, and pretty ftrong. The empalement of the 
flower is compofed of (lender hairy filaments, which 
are wrought like a net ; thefe are longer than the pe- 
tals of the flower, and turn up round them, fo that 
the flowers are not very confpicuous at a diftance. 
Thefe are white, and of fliort duration •, their flruc- 
ture is the fame with the other forts, and they are 
fucceeded by roundifh oval fruit about the fize of an 
ordinary Golden Pippin, of a yellowifli green colour, 
inclofed with a netted empalement. This plant is 
propagated by feeds, which fhould be Town upon a 
hot-bed early in the fpring, and when the plants are 
fit to remove, they fhould be each tranfplanted into 
a fmall pot filled with light kitchen-garden earth, and 
plunged again into a hot-bed, obferving to (hade 
them from the fun till they have taken new root ; 
after which time they muft be treated in the fame way 
as other plants from the fame country, fhifting them 
into larger pots as their roots increafe ; and when 
the plants are too tall to remain under the glaffes of 
the hot-bed, they fhould be removed into an airy 
glafs-cafe, where they fhould have the free air admit- 
ted to them in warm weather, but fcreened from the 
cold. In this fituation the plants will flower in July, 
and their feeds will ripen in the autumn. The whole 
plant has a difagreeable fcent when touched. 
There is a variety of this, if it is not a diftind fpecies, 
with hairy leaves not fo broad as thofe of the former. 
The whole leaf is fhaped more like the point of a hal- 
bert, and thofe leaves which grow toward the upper 
part of the ftalks, have very fmall indentures, fo ap- 
proach near to fimple leaves without lobes. The 
flowers are alfo fmaller, but of the fame form, and 
the roots are of a fhorter duration, fo that I am inclined 
to believe it is a diftind fpecies. 
The eighth fort has fome appearance of the feventh, 
fo that many perfons have iuppofed it was only an ac- 
cidental variety of it, but there can be no doubt of 
its being a different fpecies. The ftalks of this rife 
upward of twenty feet high, and will continue two 
or three years 5 the leaves are larger, but of the fame 
fhape, and hairy ; the tendrils of this fort are very 
long, as are alfo the foot-ftalks of the flowers, which 
are fmooth, not hairy as the former •, the empalement 
of the flowers is netted, but not fo long as in the 
former fort •, the flowers are larger, and the rays are of 
a light blue colour ; the fruit is much lefs and round- 
er than thofe of the other, and when ripe changes to 
a deep yellow colour. 
The ninth fort was difeovered by the lateDr.Houftoun 
growing naturally at La VeraCruz ; this a perennial 
plant. The ftalks rife twenty feet high, dividing into 
many (lender branches, which are covered with a foft 
hairy down. The leaves are fhaped like the point of 
a halbert ; they are three inches long, and one inch 
and a half at their bafe, of a light green, foft and 
filky to the touch, (landing obliquely to the foot-ftalks. 
The flowers come out at the wings of the leaves like 
the Other fpecies ; thefe are not half fo large, as thofe 
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of the fecond fort, but are of the fame form. The 
petals are white, and the rays or filaments are purple 
with a mixture of yellow. The fruit of this is fmall’ 
roundifh, and yellow when ripe. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds to Eng- 
land ; this is a peiennial plant. 1 he ftalks are flcn- 
der, and rife to twenty feet high when they are fup- 
ported, and divide into many weak branches ; the 
leaves, flowers, and tendrils come out at each joint. 
The leaves are four inches long, and three broad, 
rounded at their bafe in form of a heart, but end at 
tneir points with two horns, which in foine leaves are 
more acute than in others, feveral of them appearing 
as if they were cut a little hollow at the top, like the 
leaves of the Tulip-tree. They have three loncntu- 
dmal veins, which join at the bafe of the leaf to the 
foot-ftalk, but the two outer diverge toward the bor- 
ders of the leaf in the middle, drawing inward again 
at the top. The leaves are of a deep green on their 
upper fide, but are pale on their under, and Hand 
upon fhort foot-ftalks ; the foot-ftalks of the flowers 
are very flender, of a purplifh colour, about an inch 
and a half long. The flowers are fhaped like thofe 
of the other fpecies, but when expanded are not more 
than an inch and a half diameter, of a foft red colour, 
and htde fcent. I he fruit is fmall, oval, and when 
ripe, changes to a purple colour. 
The eleventh fort was difeovered by the late Mr. 
Robert Millar, growing naturally near Carthagena in 
New Spain. This hath flender ftriated ftalks of 3 
brownifh red colour, dividing into many flender 
branches, which are garnifhed with leaves ihaped like 
the wings of a bat when extended ; they are about 
feven inches in length, meafuring from the two ex- 
tended points, which may rather be termed the breadth, 
for from the bafe to the top they are not more than 
two inches and a half. The foot-ftalk is fet half an 
inch from the bale of the leaf, from which come out 
three ribs or veins ; two of them extend each way to 
the two narrow points of the leaf, the other rifes up- 
right to the top, where is the greateft length of the 
leaf, if it may be fo termed. The figure of this leaf 
is the moft Angular of any I have yet feen. The 
flowers come out at the joints of the ftalk like the 
others, upon fhort flender foot-ftalks ; they are about 
three inches diameter when expanded. The petals 
and rays are white ; the rays are twilled and flender, 
extending beyond the petals. The fruit of this I have 
not feen entire. 
The twelfth fort was difeovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun, growing naturally at La Vera Cruz in New 
Spain. This hath flender angular ftalks which rife 
twenty feet high, fending out many branches, which 
are garnifhed with moon-fhaped leaves, and have two 
blunt lobes, fpreading afunder each way, fo as to have 
the appearance of a half moon. The flowers and ten- 
drils come out from the fame joints of the ftalks. 
The flowers are of a pale colour and fmall, but fhaped 
like thofe of the other forts ; thefe are fucceeded by 
oval fruit of a purple colour, about the fize of 
fmall oval Grapes. 
The thirteenth fort has fome refemblance of the 
twelfth, but the ftalks are rounder and become lig- 
neous. The leaves are almoft as fliff as thofe of the 
Bay-tree, and are not fo deeply divided as thofe of the 
former. The flowers Hand upon long foot-ftalks, 
which are horizontal; they are fmall, white, and 
fhaped like thofe of the -other fort. The fruit is oval, 
fmall, and of a purple colour, fitting clofe to the pe- 
tals of the flowers, which are permanent. This was 
difeovered by the lateDr.Houftoun growing naturally 
at Carthagena in New Spain. 
The fourteenth fort grows naturally in moft of the 
iflands in the Weft-Indies ; this is by Tournefort fe- 
parated from this genus, and titled by him Murucuia, 
which is the Brafilian name for this, and fome of the 
other fpecies. This hath flender climbing ftalks, 
which are channelled, putting out tendrils at the 
joints, which fallen themielves about the neighbour- 
ing plants for fupport, and climb to the height of ten 
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