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edges *, they are of a dark green colour, and are 
armed with the fame fort of fpines as thofe on the 
i i aiks, on both fides. The flowers come out in fmall 
bunches on the fide of the branches ; they are blue, 
and larger than thofe of the former fort ; thefe ap- 
pear in June and July, and are fucceeded by round 
yellow berries as large as Walnuts, which ripen in 
winter. 
The eleventh and twelfth forts are not fo tender as 
the tenth, but require an open airy glafs-cale, or a 
warm green-houfe in winter, but in fummer may be 
expofed in the open air with other exotic plants. 
Thefe may be propagated by fowing their feeds on a 
hot-bed as the former, and fhould be managed as 
hath been directed for them; with this difference, that 
they may be much fooner expofed to the air, and 
fhould not be bred fo tenderly. Thefe are preferved 
for their odd appearance, by fuch as are curious in 
cultivating exotic plants ; their fruits being ripe in 
winter, afford a variety in the green-houfe, and their 
leaves and flowers being very remarkable in their co- 
lour, ihape, &c. render them worthy of a place in 
every good colledlion of plants. 
The thirteenth fort hath a fhrubby ftalk which rifes 
two or three feet high, fending out feveral ligneous 
branches, which are armed with (hort, ftrong, yel- 
lowifli fpines ; the leaves are an inch and a half long, 
and an inch broad, woolly on both fides, and are an- 
gularly indented. Thefe are armed with fpines on 
both fides, in a row on the midrib. The flowers come 
out in longifli bunches from the fide of the (talks ; 
they are blue, and like thofe of the twelfth ; they ap- 
pear in June and July, and are fucceeded by round 
berries of a gold colour as large as Cherries, which 
ripen in winter. 
The fourteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
Houftoun at La Vera Cruz in New Spain, growing 
naturally there, from whence he fent the feeds to 
England, which fucceeded in the Chelfea Garden. 
This rifes with a prickly herbaceous (talk near two 
feet high, dividing into two or three branches, which 
are clofely armed with (lender yellow fpines of une- 
qual lengths. The leaves are fix inches long, and 
three inches and a half broad, of a bright green co- 
lour, and deeply flnuated •, the veins of the leaves are 
armed with yellow eredt fpines on both fides. The 
umbels of flowers (hand erect at the end of the 
branches ; the flowers are very large, and of a fine 
blue colour; thefe are fucceeded by round berries 
as large as common Cherries, which are marbled with 
white and green. The empalement of the flower is 
armed with fpines like a hedge-hog. It flowers in 
July and Auguft, but the fruit ripens late in the au- 
tumn, fo that unlefs the plants are brought forward 
in the fpring, they will not produce ripe feeds in 
England. 
The fifteenth fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 
New Spain, where the late Dr. Houftoun difcovered 
it. This hath fhrubby trailing (talks two feet long, 
which are armed with long yellow fpines, and covered 
with a gray bark ; the leaves are near four inches long, 
and aim oft two broad, very finely cut in form of wing- 
ed leaves alrnoft to their midrib ; they are woolly, 
and armed with long, (lender, yellowifti fpines on their 
veins on both fides. The foot-ftalks of the flowers 
arife from the wings of the (talks ; they are two or 
three inches long, each for the molt part fuftaining 
two large yellow flowers, having very prickly em- 
palements ; thefe are fucceeded by fmall round berries 
the fize of gray Peas, which are marbled with green 
and white. 
The (ixteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
Houftoun, growing at La Vera Cruz ; this rifes with 
a fhrubby ftalk five or fix feet high, armed with (hort 
recurved fpines, and covered with a fmooth brownifh 
bark, garnifhed with oblong leaves fix inches long, 
and two and a half broad, which are regularly flnuated 
on both edges in form of winged leaves ; thefe rife, 
by two or three from the fame point, and ftand eredl ; 
they are armed with a few (hort fpines along the mid- 
SOL 
Tib on both fides. The flowers come out in fmall 
loofe bunches from the fide of the branches, to which 
they fit dole ; thefe are but fmall ; they have five 
white ftar-pointed petals, and are fucceeded by fmall 
berries abbut the fize of thofe of Juniper, which, when 
ripe, are red. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica ; this 
rifes with a fhrubby woolly (talk five or fix feet high, 
armed with (hort recurved thorns, and garnifhed with 
oval woolly leaves fix inches long, and four broad, 
which are angularly flnuated, and have a very few fhort 
crooked fpines upon the midrib on the under fide. 
The flowers are in (mail umbels fitting clofe to the fide 
of the branches ; they are fmall and yellow ; thefe are 
fucceeded by fmall round berries of a Saffron colour 
when ripe. 
The eighteenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica ; this 
rifes with fhrubby (talks three or four feet high, 
dividing into feveral irregular branches which have a 
gray bark, and are armed on every fide with (lender 
eredl fpines of a gray colour. The leaves are fpear- 
fhaped, an inch and a half long, and half an inch 
broad ; they are fmooth, and a little indented or 
waved on their edges. The flowers come out in long 
bunches from the fide of the ftalk, (landing upon 
long foot-ftalks ; they are of a fine blue colour, and 
are fucceeded by Saffron-coloured berries the fize of 
Peas. 
The nineteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
William Houftoun, growing naturally at La Vera 
Cruz ; this hath a fhrubby climbing ftalk which rifes 
ten or twelve feet high, covered with a fmooth brown 
bark, and divides into feveral branches. The leaves 
are oval, woolly on their under fide, but of a dark 
green on their upper ; they are two inches long, and 
one and a half broad. The flowers come out (ingly 
from the wings of the ftalk ; they are large, of a fine 
blue colour, and the petal is not divided into fegments 
like thofe of the other fpecies, but it hath five angles, 
each ending in a point ; thefe are fucceeded by round 
berries about the fize of gray Peas, which are red 
when ripe. 
The twentieth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
Houftoun at Campeachy ; this rifes with a fmooth 
fhrubby ftalk fix or feven feet high, fending out lig- 
neous branches on every fide, which have a fmooth 
brown bark, and are garnifhed with oval acute-point- 
ed leaves which are entire, and woolly on their under 
fide ; they are four inches long, and two and a half 
broad. The flowers are collected into umbels which 
ftand eredl ; thefe come out from the fide and at the 
end of the branches ; they are of a light blue colour, 
and are fucceeded by round berries the fize of (mail 
black Cherries, which are yellow when ripe. 
The twenty-firft fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
Houftoun at La Vera Cruz ; this hath a fhrubby ftalk 
which rifes four feet high, having a white downy 
bark, and armed on every fide with (trait brown fpines. 
The leaves ftand three inches afunder ; they are oval, 
and have flnuated indentures ; they are two inches 
long, and one and a quarter broad, woolly on their 
under fide,' and have prickly foot-ftalks. Their mid- 
rib is armed with two or three fmall fpines, fometimes 
on both fides, and at others but on one. The fpines 
are ail eredl ; the flowers are difpofed in an umbel 
fitting clofe at the end of the branches ; they are large, 
of a fine blue colour, and have woolly empalements ; 
thefe are fucceeded by round berries the fize of large 
Peas, which are red when ripe. 
The twenty-fecond fort grows naturally at Campea- 
chy ; this rifes with a woody ftalk eight or ten feet 
high, fending out feveral ligneous branches which are 
covered with a gray down, and are furrowed. The 
leaves are fometimes placed alternately on the branches, 
and at others are oppofite, (landing upon pretty long 
thick foot-ftalks ; they are feven inches long, and 
three and a half broad ; their edges are entire, and 
end in acute points, and are woolly on their un- 
der fide. The flowers terminate the branches in large 
eredl umbels, (landing upon long foot-ftalks ; they 
are, 
