or twelve feet ; they are garnifhed with leaves which 
are cut into two lobes at their bafe, but at the top 
are only a little hollowed at a diftance from each 
point, rifing again in the middle oppoiite the foot- 
ftalk. The bafe of the two lobes fpread and meet, 
fo that they appear as if they embraced the ftalk ; 
but when they are viewed near, they* are found di- 
vided to the fhort crooked foot-ftalk, which does 
fcarcely appear. There are two purpliih veins arifing 
from the foot-ftalk, which extend each way to the 
points of the lobes. The leaves are of a lucid 
green on their upper furface, but pale on their un- 
der ; the tendrils, which come out with the leaves, 
are very long, tough, and of a purple colour. The 
flowers are produced toward the end of the branches, 
coming out by pairs on each fide the branches ; thefe 
have purple foot-ftalks an inch and a half long, fuf- 
taining one flower at the top, whofe empalement is 
compofed of five purple leaves, which form a kind of 
tube, and within are five very narrow purple petals. 
The column in the center of the flower is of the fame 
length as the petals, but the ftamina are extended an 
inch above. When the flowers fade, the germen fwells 
to an oval purple fruit, the fize of the ftnall red 
Goofeberry, inclofing a foft pulp, in which are 
lodged the feeds. 
The fifteenth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 
where the inhabitants call itGranadilla; the fruit of this 
fort is commonly eaten there, being ferved up to their 
table in deferts. This hath a thick, climbing, her- 
baceous, triangular ftalk, fending out (lender tendrils 
at each joint, which fatten to the bufhes and hedges 
for fupport, rifing to the height of fifteen or twenty 
feet, garnifhed at each joint with one large, oval, 
heart-fliaped leaf, fix inches long, and four broad in 
the middle, indented at the bafe, where the fhort 
foot-ftalk is fattened to the branches, round at the 
top, having an acute point. There are two large fti- 
pulse or ears joined to the {talks, which encompafs the 
foot-ftalks of the flowers and leaves, as alfo the bafe 
of the tendril. The leaves are of a lively green and 
thin texture, having one ftrong nerve or midrib run- 
ning longitudinally, from which arife feveral ftnall 
veins, which diverge to the fides, and incurve again 
toward the top. The flowers ftand upon pretty long 
foot-ftalks, which have two finall glandules in the 
middle •, the cover of the flower is compofed of three 
foft velvety leaves, of a pale red, with fome ftripes of 
a lively red colour ; the petals of the flower are 
white, and the rays are blue. Thefe flowers are 
large, fo make a fine appearance during their conti- 
nuance ; but they are like the other fpecies, of fhort 
duration, but there is a fucceflion of flowers for fome 
time on the fame plants. After the flowers are paft, 
the germenfwells to a roundifh fruit, the fize of a'large 
Apple, of a yellow colour when ripe, having a thicker 
rind than any of the other forts, inclofing a fweetifh 
pulp, in which are lodged many oblong flat feeds, of 
a brownifh colour, a little rough to the touch. 
The flxteenth fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 
Weft-Indfts ; this hath climbing rough ftalks, which 
put out clafpers at every joint like the others, which 
fallen to the neighbouring trees and hedges for fup- 
port, and rife upward of twenty feet high, fending 
out many fide branches. The leaves are four or five 
inches long, and two broad, of a pretty thick confif- 
tence, and of a bright green on their upper fide, but 
pale on their under. The flowers come out at the 
joints of the ftalks, upon foot-ftalks an inch and a 
half long ; the buds of the flowers are as large as pi- 
geons eggs before they begin to expand. The cover 
of the flower is compofed of three large, oval, green 
leaves, which are indented on their edges, and hol- 
lowed like a fpoon : within thefe is the empalement 
of the flower, which is compofed of five oblong leaves, 
of a pale green on their outiide, but whitifh within 
thefe are about an inch and a half long, and half an 
inch broad. The petals of the flower are white, and 
ftand alternately with thofe of the empalement, but 
are not more than half their breadth, and are marked 
with feveral finall, brownifh, red fpots. The rays 
of the flower are of a Violet colour the column in 
the center is yellowlfh, as is alfo the round germen 
at the top, but the three ftyles are of a purple co- 
lour. Thefe flowers have an agreeable odour, and 
when they fade, the germen fwells to the fize of a 
pullet’s egg, and nearly of the fame fhape, which 
turns yellow when ripe. The rind is foft and thick ; 
the pulp has an agreeable acid flavour, which quenches 
thirft, abates the heat of the ftomach, gives an ap- 
petite, and recruits the fpirits, fo is commonly given 
in fevers. The feeds are heart-fhaped and brownifn. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in the Bahama 
Iflands, from whence the late Mr. Catefby fent the 
feeds to England ; this hath (lender, climbing, three- 
cornered ftalks, which fend out tendrils at each 
joint, fattening themfelves to any neighbouring fup- 
port. The ftalks climb to the height of twelve or 
fourteen feet, and are garnifhed with oblong oval 
leaves about two inches long, and one broad, of a 
light green, and entire. Their foot-ftalks are Gender, 
and an inch long, from which arife three longitudinal 
veins, one running through the middle of the leaf, 
the other two diverge to the fides, drawing toward 
each other again at the point. The flowers come out 
from the wings of the ftalk, upon (lender foot-ftalks 
an inch long ; the empalement of the flower is com- 
pofed of five oblong, narrow, purpliih leaves, and 
within are five narrower petals of the fame colour* 
which turn backward after they have been fome time 
expanded. The column in the middle of the flower 
is very long and (lender, fupporting a rbund germen, 
from whofe bafe fpread out five (lender ftamina, ter- 
minated by oblong hanging fummits, and from the 
top of the germen arife three (lender ftyles, which 
fpread afunder, and are crowned by r-oundifh fummits. 
When the flowers fade, the germen fwells to an oval 
fruit about the fize of fparrow’s egg, which changes 
to a purple colour when ripe, filled with oblong feeds 
inclofed in a foft pulp. 
The nineteenth fort was difeovered by the late Dr. 
ITouftoun at La Vera Cruz in New Spain, where it 
grows naturally, from whence he fent the feeds in 
1731 to England, which fucceeded in feveral gar- 
dens. This hath (lender climbing ftalks, fending out 
many ftnall branches, which climb to the height of 
twenty-five or thirty feet, when they meet with 
neighbouring fupport, to which they fatten themfelves 
by tendrils. The ftalks by age become ligneous to- 
ward the bottom ; their joints are not far afunder. 
The leaves ftand upon fhort (lender foot-ftalks ; they 
are three inches and a half long, and two broad in the 
middle, rounded at their bale, but terminate in a 
point at the top •, they are ftnooth, entire, and of a 
lively green colour. The flowers come out from the 
wings of the leaves, (landing upon long foot-ftalks ; 
the empalement of the flower is compofed of five ob- 
long leaves, green on their outfide, but whitifh within. 
The flower has five oblong white petals, fituated 
alternately to the leaves of the empalement, which 
fpread open •, the rays are of a bluifli purple colour, 
inclining at bottom to red ; the column in the 
center is fhort and thick •, the germen on the top is 
oval, and, after the flowers fade, fwells to the fize 
of a pullet’s egg, and changes to a pale yellow when 
ripe, having many oblong feeds inclofed in a foft 
pulp. The flowers of this kind have an agreeable 
odour, but are of (hort duration, feldom continuing 
twenty hours open; but there is a fucceflion of* 
flowers on the plants from June to September, and 
fometimes the fruit will ripen here. 
The twentieth fort has much the appearance of the 
fifteenth, both in ftalk and leaves ; but the ftalks of 
this have four angles, whereas thofe of the fifteenth 
have but three : the leaves alfo of that are not hollow- 
ed at their bafe, but thofe of twentieth fort are almoft 
heart-fhaped ; the flower of it is much larger, though 
very like it in colour, and the fruit is near twice as 
large, and of a very agreeable flavour, 
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