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in beauty *, after the flowers fade, the germen becomes 
an oblong compreffed pod, which in warm feafons 
comes to perfection in England ; thefe ripen pretty late 
in the autumn. 
The leaves of this tree do not come out till late in 
the fpring, and they fall off pretty early in the au- 
tumn, which renders it Ids valuable than it would 
otherwife be, were thefe leaves to come out early in 
the fpring. 
The fecond fort is lefs common than the firfc. There 
was a large tree of this kind fome years paft, grow- 
ing in the garden of the Bifhop of London at Ful- 
ham, which produced plenty of feeds. The pods of 
this fort are much fhorter, and clofely belet with 
ihort prickles, but in other refpedts agrees with the 
fir it fort. 
The third fort grows naturally in Carolina, where it 
fometimes rifes to the height of twenty feet, but in 
England at prefent it feems to be of low growth •, the 
branches fpread out near the ground, and produce 
their flowers very young, which is a fure fign of its 
not growing tall here. The branches of this tree, and 
alfo the foot-ftalks of the flowers, are clofely armed 
with fmall brown fpines, like fome forts of Rofes •, 
the leaves are like thofe of the firft fort, but their 
lobes are larger and rounder. The flowers come out 
in bunches like thofe of the former, but are larger and 
of a deep Rofe colour. It flowers about the fame 
time with the firft, but has not as yet produced any 
pods in England. 
The fourth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, from 
whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds. This 
rifes with a ftrc-ng woody ftem to the height of thirty 
or forty feet, fending out many ftrong branches on 
every fide, which have large fwelling knots, and are 
clofely garnifhed with Angle winged leaves, compofed 
of eight or nine pair of oval lobes ending in points, 
terminated by an odd one •, thefe are curioufly marked 
with purple fpots on their under fide, which appear 
faintly on their upper. The flowers are produced in 
long clofe fpikes, Handing almoft eredt ; they are 
about half the fize of the flowers of the laft fort, and 
are of a fine Rofe colour. 
The fifth fort was found growing naturally at Cam- 
peachy by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this rifes with a 
woody branching ftalk twelve or fourteen feet high ; 
the old branches are covered with a dark brown bark, 
but the yoijng ftsoots and the foot-ftalks of the flow- 
ers are covered with an iron-coloured down ; the 
leaves are unequally winged ; the lobes are oblong, 
obtufe, and of a pretty thick confiftence ; they are 
frnooth on their upper fide, but have feveral tranf- 
verfe veins on their under. The flowers are produced 
at the end of the branches in long clofe bunches ; 
there are fix or feven of them gathered together in 
ciufters. The flowers are but fmall, and are of a 
yellowifh red colour ; the pods of this are like thofe 
of the firft fort. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, where the 
inhabitants give it the appellation of Dogwood. This 
hath a ftrong woody ftem which rifes forty feet high, 
and divides into many branches, which are covered 
with a dark brown fpotted bark, and garnifhed with 
unequal winged leaves, compofed of three or four 
pair of obverfe oval lobes, terminated by an odd one ; 
they are two inches and a half over, frnooth on their 
upper fide, but are veined on their under, which are 
of a buff colour. The flowers come out in branch- 
ing- bunches from the fide of the branches ; thefe ge- 
nerally appear at a time when the trees are deftitute 
of leaves, and as they have large ciufters of flowers 
at every joint, fo the trees feem covered with them. 
The bunches at the extremity of the branches are 
the largeft, and are formed pyramidally. The flow- 
ers are but fmall, and do not open fo fully as thofe 
of the firft fort, but are of a pale Rofe colour, fo 
make a fine appearance thefe are fucceeded by pods, 
having four broad membranaceous wings running 
longitudinally at the four corners of the pods, and 
thefe join at their bafe 5 covering the pods entirely ; each 
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of the pods contain four or five oblong kidney-fhap- 
ed feeds'. 
The feventh fort was difcovered by Plunder, in fome 
of the French fettlements of the Weft-Indies, and it 
was afterward found by the late Dr. Houftoun grow- 
ing naturally at Campeachy. This rifes with a ftrong 
woody ftem near thirty feet high, fending out many 
fpreacling branches, which are covered with a light 
gray bark fpotted with white, and garnifhed with 
double winged leaves, whofe lobes are oval and fit 
clofe to the midrib ; they are of a lucid green on 
their upper fide, but of a pale green on their under. 
The flowers are produced in long loofe pyramidal 
bunches toward the end of the branches, thofe on the 
lower part of the bunch having long foot-ftalks, 
which diminifh gradually to the top, fo as to form a 
pyramid ; thefe bunches are almoft eredt. The flow- 
ers are of a fcarlet colour, fo make a fine appearance. 
The eighth fort was found growing naturally at Cam- 
peachy by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this rifes with a 
woody ftem to the height of twenty feet, dividing at 
the top into feveral fpreading branches, which are 
covered with a very light gray bark, and garnifhed 
with equal winged leaves, compofed of ten or eleven 
pair of oval lobes placed oppofite ; they are of a 
lucid green on the lower part of the branches, but 
thofe toward the end are covered with a foft iron- 
coloured down. The flowers come out in long 
bunches from the fide of the branches, they are blue, 
and ftand upon long foot-ftalks ; thefe are fucceeded 
by pods fhaped like thofe of the firft fort, but are 
downy. 
The ninth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun, growing naturally at Campeachy. This fort 
rifes with a ftrong woody ftem upward of thirty 
feet high, dividing at the top into many ftrong 
branches, covered with a dark grayifh bark, fpotted 
with white, and are garnifhed with winged leaves, 
compofed of fix or feven pair of lobes, terminated 
by an odd one •, they are two inches and a half long, 
and an inch and a half broad, ending in a point, of 
a lucid green on their upper fide, but pale on their 
under. The flowers are produced in long loofe 
bunches from the fide of the branches *, they are of 
a pale Rofe colour, and have very long foot-ftalks ; 
thefe are fucceeded by oval pods two inches and a 
half long, and one inch and a half broad, fwelling 
in the middle, where is lodged one or two kidney- 
fhaped feeds. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Siberia and Tartary ; 
this grows with a fhrubby ftalk eight or ten feet high, 
fending out feveral branches which grow eredt, cover- 
ed with a frnooth yellowifh bark •, the leaves have each 
two pair of oval pointed lobes, which ftand upon fhort 
foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced upon Angle 
foot-ftalks which come outatthejointsof the branches; 
they are yellow, and fhaped like thofe of the Labur- 
num, but are fmaller ; thefe appear in May, and if 
the plants ftand in a moift foil and fhadyfituation, their 
pods will fucceed the flowers, and the feeds will ripen 
the end of Auguft. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in Siberia, from 
whence the feeds were fent to the Imperial Garden at 
Peterfburgh, where they fucceeded and perfected 
feeds, which were afterward tranfmitted to many parts 
of Europe. This rifes wit|a a tree-like ftem near 
twenty feet high, fending out many fide branches, 
garnifhed with abrupt winged leaves compofed of four 
or five pair of oval lobes placed oppofite ; the flowers 
are produced from the wings of the leaves, each 
foot-ftalk having one yellow Pea-bloffomed flower, 
which in a moift feafon is fucceeded by oblong taper 
pods, containing three or four feeds in each. 
The twelfth fort is alfo a native of Siberia ; this is a 
weak low fhrub, feldom rifing more than three feet 
high in England. The branches are flender, and 
have a light bark, garnifhed with leaves compofed of' 
four oblong lobes which fit clofe to the branches ; 
the flowers are produced fmgly upon foot-ftalks which 
arife from the wings of the, leaves ; they are yellow. 
