The fecond fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Elouf- 
toun at La Vera Cruz ^ this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk 
three or four feet high, fendingout a few fide branches, 
which are garnifhed with oval trifoliate leaves which 
are hairy, handing upon fender foot-ftalks. The 
bowers are collected in fpikes at the end of the 
branches', they are of a purpliih colour, and are fuc- 
ceeded- by fhort pods, each containing one kidney- 
fhaped feed. It is propagated by feeds, which mini 
be fov/n upon a hot- bed, and the plants afterward 
treated in the fame way as plants from hot countries , 
but as this is an abiding plant, fo they muft be re- 
moved into the ftove in autumn,, and kept in a mode- 
rate warmth in winter-, and in • fummer they muft 
have a large fhare of free air, but fhould conftantly 
remain in the ftove ; the fecond year they will produce 
fowers, and lometimes their feeds will ripen in Eng- 
land. 
The feeds of the third fort were brought me from 
Malabar •, this is an annual plant, with trailing ftalks 
about-eight inches long, garnifhed with filvery leaves, 
compofed of three or four pair of narrow lobes, ter- 
minated by an odd one. The flowers grow in fmall 
clutters at the wings of the leaves •, they are fmall, 
and of a purple colour ; the feed-pods are fhort, and 
have one fmall kidney-fhaped feed in each. This is 
propagated by feeds, in the fame manner as the fecond 
fort. 
The fourth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun at Campeachy, where it grows naturally. This 
hath ftender, fhrubby, climbing ftalks, which twine 
about any neighbouring fupport, and rife to the 
height of fix or feven feet, garnilhed with winged 
leaves, compofed of three pair of fmall, oval, obtule 
lobes, terminated by an odd one. The flowers come 
out in fmall clutters from the wings of the leaves ; 
they are fmall, of a bright blue colour, and are fuc- 
eeeded by fhort pods, including one kidney-fhaped 
feed. 
The fifth fort was difcovered by the fame gentleman, 
growing naturally at Campeachy. This rifes with a 
ihrubby ftalk feven or eight feet high, fending out 
many long fiender branches on every fide, garnifhed 
with trifoliate leaves, whofe lobes are fmall and 
wedge-fhaped. The flowers are produced from the 
wings of the leaves in clofe fmall heads, ftanding upon 
pretty long foot-ftalks ; they are blue, and are luc- 
ceeded by fhort pods, each containing a Angle kid- 
ney-fhaped feed. 
Thefe two forts are propagated by feeds, which muft 
be fov/n upon a hot-bed ; and when the plants come 
up, they muft be treated in the fame way as the third 
fort. 
The fixth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun at La Vera Cruz •, this is an annual plant, with 
a very branching herbaceous ftalk, rifing a foot and 
a half high, fpreading wide on every fide, garnifhed 
with winged leaves, compofed of five or fix pair of 
narrow wedge-fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd 
one. The flowers are collected in clofe oblong fpikes, 
terminating the branches ; they are fmall, and of a 
bright blue colour, and are fucceeded by fliort pods, 
each containing a Angle kidney-fhaped feed. This is 
propagated by feeds, and requires the fame treatment 
as the fourth fort. 
The feventh fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz, 
from whence the late. Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds. 
This hath an upright fhrubby ftalk, which rifes five 
or fix feet high, having a few fide branches, which 
are clofely garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of 
three or four pair of fmall, roundifh, hairy lobes, ter- 
minaled by an odd one. The flowers are collefted 
in fmall heads, coming out from the wings of the 
leaves, and at the end of the branches ; they are yel- 
low and red intermixed, and are fucceeded by fhort 
pods, containing one kidney-fhaped feed. This fort 
requires the fame treatment as the third. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 
and Italy ; the root of this is perennial, but the ftalk 
is not cf long duration, field om falling more than two 
years ; it rifes about two feet high, fending out ewd 
or three fiender branches, garnifhed with trifoliate 
leaves, whofe Jobes are oval, about two inches long, 
and one inch and a quarter broad, ftanding upon long 
foot-ftalks ; thefe, if handled, emit a ftrong fce-nt of 
bitumen. The flowers are colle&ed in heads, and 
have foot-ftalks feven or eight inches long •, they are 
blue, and are fucceeded by fhort pods containing one 
feed. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Sicily,- and alfo in 
Jamaica, from both which countries I have received 
the feeds. This has been fuppofed to be the fame with 
the former, but I have many years propagated both 
by feeds, arid have never found either of them vary. 
The leaves of this are much longer and narrower 
than thole of the former fort, and are rounded at 
their bale; the Talks are fhrubby, and are of longer 
duration ; the heads of the flowers are fmall er, and 
the leaves have not fo ftrong an odour. Thefe are 
propagated by feeds, which fhould be fawn on a bed 
of light earth in April, and in May the plants will 
come up, when they fhould be kept clean from weeds, 
and as foon as they are fit to remove they fhould be 
tranfplanted. Thofe of the eighth fort will live thro’ 
the winter in the open air, if they are planted in a 
warm dry border; but the ninth fort requires fome 
fhelter in winter, fo thefe fhould be planted in pots, 
and put into a common frame in winter, where they 
may be fcreened from hard froft. Thefe plants flower 
from June to autumn, and perfedt their feeds annu- 
ally. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in India ; this is an an- 
nual plant ; the ftalks rife two feet high, and are 
garnilhed at each joint by one oval leaf about two 
inches long, and one inch and a half broad, having 
one ftrong midrib, from which come out feveral veins, 
which run toward the top of the leaf. The flowers 
ftand upon long fiender foot-ftalks, which come out 
at the wings of the leaves ; they are collected into 
fmall round heads, and are of a pale fiefh colour. It 
flowers in July, and thefteds ripen in autumn. This 
is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown upon a 
hot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are fit to 
remove, they fhould be planted into feparate fmall pots 
filled with light earth, and plunged into a moderate 
hot-bed of tanners bark, fhading them from the fun 
till they have taken new root, after which they muft 
have free air admitted to them in warm weather, and 
gently watered as often as they require it. "When the 
plants have filled the pots with their roots, they 
fhould be removed into larger, and the beginning 
of July they may be removed into an airy glafs-cafe, 
where they may be defended from cold, but fhould 
have free air in warm weather ; with this care the 
plants will flower and ripen their feeds. 
P S Y L L I U M. See Plantago. 
P T R A M I C A. See Achillea. 
PTELEA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 141. Shrub Trefoil. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is fmall , and cut into four 
acute fegments . The flower has four oval fpear-jhaped 
j -petals , which fpread open flat ; it hath four awl-floaped 
ftamina terminated by roundifh fummits , and an orbicular 
comprejfed germen , fupp'orting a fhort ftyle , crowned by 
two obtufe fligmas. The germen afterward becomes a 
roundifh membranaceous capfule with two cells., each con- 
taining one obtufe feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the' nrft fedtion of 
• Linnaeus’s fourth clafs, which includes thole plants 
whofe flowers have four ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1 Ptele a ( Trifoliata )- folds ternatis. Lin. $p. Plant. 
1 1 8 Ptelea with trifoliate leaves. Frutex Virginianus 
trifolius, ul mi famaris. Pink. Aim. 159. Virginia 
Trefoil Shrub , with feeds like Elm , commonly called Caro- 
lina Shrub Trefoil. 
2. Ptelea ( Vifcofa ) folds fimplici-bus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
1 1 8. Ptelea with Jingh leaves. Carpinus vifcofa, fall- 
cis folio integro oblongo. Burm. Zeyl. 55. tab, 2-3. 
Vifcous Hornbeam with an entire oblong Willow leaf Plu- 
nder 
