In 'which is fometmes one , and at others two, almoft glo- 
bular feeds. 
This genus of plants ihould be ranged in the firft 
iecdonof Linnaisu’s eighth cMs, which includes thole 
plants whofe. flowers have eight ftamina and one 
ilyle j but he has joined this to the Horfe Cheftnut, 
under the title Efculus, and places it in his feventh 
dais; but as the flowers of this have eight ftamina, 
and thofe of the Horfe Cheftnut but feven ; arid the 
capfule of this is fmoOth, and that of the Horfe Cheft- 
nut prickly,, lb they may be very well feparated. 
There is but one Species of this genus, viz. 
IdwTA ( Otlandria .') Boerh. Tnd. alt. 2; p. 260. the fear- 
let Horfe Cheftnut. Dr. Linnteus titles it, Efculus flo- 
ribus octandris. Sp. Plant. 344. Efculus with flowers 
having eight ftamina. 
This plant grows naturally in Carolina and the Bra- 
zils ; from the firft the feeds were brought to Eng- 
land, where the plants have been of late years much 
cultivated in the gardens. In Carolina it is but of 
humble growth, feldom. riling more than eight or ten 
feet high the ft-alk is pretty thick and woody, fend- 
ing out feveral branches, which fpread out on every 
fide, which are gamilhed with hand-lhaped leaves, 
Com poled of five or fix fpear-fhaped lobes, which unite 
at their bafe where they join the foot-ftalk ; they are 
of a light green, having a rough furfale, and are faw- 
ed on their edges ; thefe have long foot-ftalks, and 
i-tand oppofite on the branches. The flowers are 
produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches, 
ftandiffg upon long naked foot-ftalks, which fuftain 
fiver or fix tubulous flowers fpread open at the top, 
where the petals are irregular in fize and length, hav- 
ing an appearance of a lip flower ; they are of a 
bright red colour, and have eight ftamina the length 
of the petals. When the flowers fade, the germen 
[wells to a'Pear-fhaped fruit, with a thick ruflet co- 
ver having three cells, one of which, and fometimes 
two, are pregnant with globular feeds. It flowers in 
July, and the feeds fometimes ripen herb in autumn, 
it may be propagated by fowing the feeds in the 
fpring, upon a moderate hot-bed covered with light 
landy earth ; and when the plants come up, they 
fhould be- carefully; cleared from weeds, but they muft 
not be tranfplanted until the year following. But as 
thefe feediing plants are tender while they are young, 
fo they fhould be covered with mats the following 
winter ; and this fhould be carefully performed in 
autumn, when the early frofts begin ; for as the tops 
of thefe young plants are very tender, fo a fmall froft 
will pinch them ; and when the tops are killed, they 
generally decay to the ground ; and when this hap- 
pens, they feldom make good, plants after. There- 
fore this fhould be conftantly obferved for two 6r three 
years at leaft, by which time the plants will have got- 
ten ftrength enough to refill the froft, when they 
fhould be removed juft before they begin to fhoot, and 
placed either in a nurfery to be trained tip, or other- 
wile where they are to remain ; oblerving, if the feafon 
proves dry, to water them until they have taken root, 
as alfo to lay fome mulch upon the furface of the 
ground, to prevent the fun and wind from drying it 
too fall; and as the plants advance, the lateral 
branches fhould be pruned off, in order to reduce 
them to regular ftems. 
You muft alfo oblerve to dig the ground about their 
roots every fpring, that it may be loofe, to admit the 
fibres of the roots, which, while young, are too ten- 
der to penetrate the ground if it be very hard. 
With this management the plants will greatly ad- 
vance, and in four or five years will produce flowers 
and often fruits, which in warm feafons ripen 
•enough to grow, fo that the plants may be multiplied 
therefrom very.; fail. 
This tree may;’ alfo be propagated By budding or 
grafting it upon the common Horfe Cheftnut, which 
is the common method praftifed by the nurferymen; 
but the trees thus raifed, ; Teldom make a good ap- 
pearance long, for the common Horfe Cheftnut will 
tfe more than twice the fize of thq other, and fre- 
quently put out [hoots below the graft, and fometsmel- 
the grafts are blown out of the flocks, after ten years 
growth ; but thefe flocks render the trees hardy' and 
of a larger growth. 
P AULLI N I A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 446. Serjana. 
Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. tab. 35. Cururu. plum. Nov. 
Gen. 34. tab. 35. 
The Characters are, 
the flower has a Jpr ending permanent empalement , com- 
pofed of four fmall oval leaves. It hath four oblong oval 
petals twice the fixe of the empalement , and eight floor t 
ftamina , terminated by fmall fummits , with a turbinated 
germen , having three obtufe corners , fupporting three 
floort finder ftyles, crowned by ftpreading fligmas. the 
germen afterward turns to a large three-cornered capfule 
with three cells , each containing one almoft oval feed, ‘the 
capfule of PlumiePs Serjana has the feeds faftened to the 
bafe , and that of Cururu has the feeds growing to the top.. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third flection of 
Linnaeus’s eighth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have eight ftamina and three ftyles. 
The Species are, 
1. Pauslinia ( Serjana ) foliis terriatis, petiolis teretiuf- 
culis, foliolis ovato-oblongis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 365. 
three-leaved Paullinia with taper foot-ftalks, and oblong 
oval lobes to the leaves. Serjana icandens, triphyiia 
& racemofa. Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. Climbing branching 
Serjana with three leaves. 
2. Paullinia ( Mexicana ) foliis biternatis, petiolis mar- 
ginatis, foliis ovatis integris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 366. 
Paullinia with nirie lobes in each leaf. \ bordered foot-ftalks , 
having oval entire lobes. Serjana icandens enneaphylla 
& racemofa. Plum. Nov. Gen. 34. Climbing branching 
Serjana with nine leaves. 
3. Paullinia ( Cururu ) foliis ternatis, foliolis cuneifor- 
mibus, obtufis fubdencatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 365. three-, 
leaved Paullinia with trifoliate leaves having wedge-fhaped 
lobes , which are obtufe and fomewhat indented. Cururu 
fcandens triphylla. Plum. Nov.. Gen. 34. Climbing 
\ three-leaved Cururu. 
4. Paullinia ( Cnraffavica ) foliis biternatis, foliolis ova- 
tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 366. Paullina with double trifoliate 
leaves , having oval finuated lobes. Cururu fcandens 
enneaphylla, fruflu racemofo rubro. Plum. Nov. 
Gen. 34. Climbing nine-leaved Cururu, with a. re d branch- 
ing fruit. 
5. Paullinia ( Pinnated) foliis pinnatis, foliolis ineifxs, 
petiolis marginatis. Hort. Cliff. 52. Paullinia with 
winged leaves zvbofe lobes are cut, and bordered foot- 
ftalks. Cururu fcandens pentaphylla. Plum, Nov. 
Gen. 37. Climbing five-leaved Cururu. 
6 . Paullinia [t omentofa ) foliis pinnatistomentofis, fo- 
liolis ovatis incifis, petiolis marginatis ..-.Paullinia with 
winged woolly leaves whofe lobes are oval, cut on their 
edges , and bordered foot-ftalks. Cururu fcandens, pen- 
taphylla & villofa, fructu racemofo -rubro. Houft.. 
MSS'. Climbing Cururu with five-leaves which are hairy , 
and a: red fruit growing in long bunches. 
Thefe plants all grow naturally in the Weft-Indies, 
where- there are feveral other fpecies which are not 
here enumerated. They have climbing ftalks with 
tendrils at each joint, by which they fallen themfelves 
to the- neighbouring trees, and rife to the height of 
thirty or forty feet, garnifhed at each joint with one 
leaf, which in fome fpecies is compofed of three lobes 
like Trefoil, in others of five lobes ; fome have nine, 
and oihers have many lobes. Thefe are in fome fpecies 
entire,, in others they are indented at the point, and 
fome are cut on their edges ; in fome fpecies their 
furface is fmooth, in 1 others they are woolly. The 
flowers come out in long bunches like thofe of Cur- 
rants ; they are fmall and white, fo make no figure ; 
thefe are lucceeded by three-cornered capfules having 
three cells, which in the Cururu of Plumier, contain 
roundifh feeds ; but thofe of the Serjana have winged 
feeds like thofe of the Maple reverfed, being faftened 
at the extremity of the wing to the capfule, the feed 
hangino; downward. 
As thefe plants are lo tender as not -to live through the 
winter in England,’ uniefs they are placed in a warm 
2 ftoye. 
