The leaves of the fmall white Guava are like thofe of 1 
the larger, but the branches of the tree are not io an-, 
gular •, the flowers are much fmaller, .and the fruit ijs 
no larger than a middling Goofeberry, but when ripe 
has a very ftrong aromatic flavour. This flowers in 
June, and the fruit ripens in autumn. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which mbit be 
procured from the countries where they naturally 
grow • if thefe are brought over in the entire fruit, ga- 
thered full ripe, the feeds will more certainly fuccecd- ; 
thefe fhould be fown in pots filled with rich kitchen- 
garden earth, and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 
bark, giving them water from time to time as the 
earth dries 5 in about fix weeks the plants will appear 
(if the feeds are good) and mult have free air admit- 
ted to them in proportion to the warmth ot the feafon ^ 
when the plants have obtained ftrength enough to be 
removed, they fhould be each planted in a fmall pot, 
filled with the like rich earth, and plunged into a frefh 
hot- bed, {fading them from the fun until they have 
taken new root •, then they fhould have a large ihare 
of free air admitted to them every day in warm wea- 
ther, to prevent their drawing up weak ; they mull 
alfo be frequently refrefhed with water in hummer. 
When the plants have filled thefe fmall pots with their 
roots, they fhould be fhaken out and their roots 
pared, then put into larger pots filled with the fame 
fort of earth, and plunged into the hot- bed again, 
where they fhould remain till autumn, when they 
muft be plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove : during 
the winter they fhould have a moderate warmth, and 
not; too much water, and in ftimmer they will require 
plenty of wet, and in hot weather a great fhare of air f 
with this management the plants will produce flowers 
and fruit the third year, and may be continued a long 
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PS OR ALE A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 801. Flor.'Leyd. 
Prod. 372. Barba Jovis. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 40. 
The Characters are. 
The emp, dement cf the flower is of one leaf. ', cut into five 
parts, the lower fegments being twice the length of the 
ether. The flower is of the butterfly kind, it hath five 
petals-, the ftandard is roundijh, and indented at the top. 
The wings are fmall, obtufe , and moon-floaped the keel is 
moon-Jhaped, and cempofed of two petals. It hath nine 
flamina joined together , and one bnftly flamina ft andingfe- 
parate, terminated by roundijh flummits , with a linear ger- 
i men fupporting an awljhaped rifling ftyle, crowned by an 
obtufe ftigma. The germen afterward turns to a fender 
comprejfled pod, inclofing one kidney-Jhaped feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third iedion of 
Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have ten flamina joined ip two 
bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Psoralea ( Pinnata ) foliis pinnatis, fioribus axillari- 
bus. Hort. Upfal. 225. Pforalea with winged leaves, 
and flowers proceeding from the fides of the fialks. Bar- 
ba Jovis Africana, foliis viridibus pinnatis, flore cse- 
ruleo. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 40. African Jupiter's 
Beard, with green winged leaves and a blue flower. 
2. Psoralea ( Hirta ) foliis ternatis foliolis ovatis, caule 
fruticofo hirfuto, fioribus fpicatis terminalibus. Pfo- 
ralea with trifoliate oval leaves, a hairy fljrubby ftalk, 
and flowers growing in fpikes terminating the branches. 
Barba jovis Americana frutefcens, foliis fubrotundis, 
fioribus fpicatis purpureis. Houft. MSS. Shrubby 
American Jupiter's Beard, with roundijh leaves, and pur- 
ple fpiked flowers. 
3. Psoralea (Procumbens) foliis pinnatis argenteis, cau- 
hbus procumbentis, fioribus axillaribus. Pforalea with 
Jit-very winged leaves, trailing ftalk s, and flowers proceed- 
in'? from the fides of the fialks. Barba jovis Malaba- 
rica / annua procumbens argentea, fioribus minimis 
purpureis. Ed. Prior. Annual,' trailing, JiMry Jupi- 
ter's Beard of Malabar, with the leafi purple flowers. 
4. Psoralea ( Beardens ) foliis pinnatis, caule ramofo 
fcandente, fioribus aiaribus fefiilibus. Pforalea with 
winged leaves a climbing branching ftalk- , and flowers 
firing clofe at the wings cf the ftalk. Barba jovis Ame- 
PSO 
ricana fcar.dens, fioribus cseruleis, ad alas foliorurn 
conglomeratis. Houft. MSS. 'Climbing American Jupi- 
ter s Beard , with blue flowers growing in chflers at the 
wings of the leaves . 
5. Psoralea ( Capitata ) foliis ternatis, caule fruticofo 
ramofiffimo, fioribus capitatis pedunculatis aiaribus. 
Pforalea with trifoliate leaves , a very branching Jhrubby 
ftalk, and flowers growing in heads , which hav^ foot -fialks 
proceeding. from the wings of the leaves.- Barba Jovis 
Americana frutefcens hirfuta, fioribus c^ruleis con- 
glomerate. Houft. MSS. Shrubby , hairy, American 
Jupiter's Beard , with blue cluftercd flowers* 
.6. Psoralea (Annua) foliis pinnatis, fpicis terminali- 
bus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 764. Pforalea with winged leaves, 
and flowers growing in fpikes terminating the branches , 
Barba jovis Americana annua, hum ills, ramofiffima, 
fioribus cseruleis fpicatis. Houft. MSS. Low, very 
branching , annual, American Jupiter's Beard , with blue 
fpiked flowers. 
7. Psoralea ( Humilus ) foliis pinnatis, foliolis rotundi- 
oribus villofis, fioribus capitatis aiaribus terminali- 
bufque, caule fruticofo. Pforalea with winged leaves 
having hairy round lobes, flowers growing in heads from 
the wings of the leaves, and at the end of the branches , 
and a jhrubby ftalk. Barba jovis Americana, humilis 
romndifolia & villofa, flore -vario, Kouft. MSS. Low 
American Jupiter's Bear a ", with a round hairy leaf and 
a variable flower. 
8. Psoralea ( Bitmninofa ) foliis omnibus ternatis, pe- 
dunculis capitatis. Hort. Upfal. 225. Pforalea with 
trifoliate leaves , and flowers growing in heads-. Trifo- 
lium bitumen rcdolens. C. B. P. 327. Trefoil with a 
bituminous fleet r . - 
9. Psoralea ( Angufti folia ) foliis ternatis, foliolis ovato- 
lanceolatis, fioribus capitatis. Pforalea with trifoliate 
leaves having oval flpear -floaped lobes, and flowers growing 
in heads. Trifolium bitumen reddens anguflifolium 
ac fempervirens. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 32. Trefoil 
flmelling like Bitumen, with a narrow evergreen leaf. 
10. Psoralea (Corylifolia) foliis fimplicibus ovatis. 
Hort. Upfal. 225. Pforalea with oval feniple leaves. Loro 
affinis coryli folio. Dodart. Acad. Scien. 4. p. 289. 
The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I have frequently received the 
feeds. This rifes with a foft fbrubby ftalk four or five 
feet high, dividing into feveral branches, which are 
garnifhed with deep green winged leaves, compofed 
of three or four pair of very narrow linear lobes, 
terminated by an odd one, Handing upon fhort foot- 
ftalks, which come out without any order on every 
fide the branches. The flowers fit very clofe to the 
branches, coming out from the wing’s of the leaves ; 
they are often in clufters. The ftandard, which is 
eredl and reflexed at the top, is cf a fine blue j the 
wings are pale, and the keel white ^ thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by fhort pods the length of the empaiemenr, 
each containing one kidney-fhaped feed. It flowers 
great part of fummer, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
This is eafily propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown upon a moderate hot-bed •, and when the plants 
come up, they muft not be drawn weak, for as they 
are net tender, fo they fhould have air and but little 
heat. When they are fit to remove, they fhould be 
planted in feparate fmall pots, filled with light earth, 
and plunged again into the bed, fhading them from 
the fun till they have taken new root •, then they 
fhould be gradually inured to the open air, into which, 
they fhould be removed about the end of May, and 
kept abroad till October then they muft be placed 
in the green-houfe, and treated in the fame way as 
other, plants from the fame country. It may alfo be 
propagated by cuttings, which may be planted during 
any of the fummer months, on a bed of light earth, 
covering them clofe with either bell or hand-glades, 
fhading them from the fun, and gently refrefhing 
them with water as the ground dries ; when they have 
taken root, they muft be hardened gradually, and then 
tranfplanted into fmall pots, and treated like the leed- 
iing plants. 
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