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4. Verbesina ( Profirata } foliis lanceoiatis ferratis alter- 
nis geminis feflilibus, floribus feflilibus. Verbefimawith 
fpear-Jhaped fawed leaves , and two flowers fitting clofe to 
the branches. An ? Verbefina foliis oppofitis lanceoiatis 
ferratis, floribus alternis geminis fubfefiilibus. Lin. 
Sp.Plant. 902. Verbefina with oppofite , fpear-Jhaped, flaw- 
ed leaves , and double flowers which are placed alternate , 
and fit clofe to the ftalk. 
5. Verbesina ( Pfleudo Amelia ) foliis lanceoiatis fubfer- 
ratis, pedunculis flore longioribus. Flor. Zeyl. 308. 
Verbefina with fpear-Jhaped leaves a little Jawed , and the 
foot-Jlalks longer. Bidens Zeylanica, flore luteo, me- 
liflbe folio, Acmella dicta. Seb. Thef. 1. p. 19. Bidens 
with a yellow flower and a Baum leaf., called Acmella. 
6. Verbesina ( Acmella ) foliis oblongo-ovatis trinerviis 
fubdentatis petiolatis, pedunculis elongatis axillaribus, 
floribus conicis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1271. Verbefina with 
oblong oval leaves having three veins , and long foot-ftalks 
from the wings of the Jtalks with conical flowers. 
7. Verbesina ( No diflora ) foliis ovatis ferratis, calycibus 
oblongis feflilibus caulinis confertis lateralibus. Amcen. 
Acad. 4. p. 290. Verbefina with oval fawed leaves , and 
oblong empalements in clufters fitting clofe to the wings of 
the ftalks. Bidens nodiflora, foliis tetrahit. Hort. 
Elth. 53. Bidens with a naked flower , and a Nettle leaf . 
S. Verbesina ( Mutica ) foliis trifldo-laciniatis ferratis, 
caule repente. Lin. Sp. Plant. 12 73. Verbefina with 
trifid , cut , fawed leaves , and a creeping ftalk. Chryfan- 
themum paluftre minimum repens, apii folio. Sloan. 
Cat. Jam. 126. Leaft Marfh Corn Mary gold, with a 
Parjley leaf. 
9. Verbesina ( Fruticofa ) foliis ovatis ferratis petiolatis, 
caule fruticofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1271. Shrubby Verbe- 
fina, with oval fawed leaves upon foot-ftalks. Bidens 
frutefcens, ilicis folio, flore luteo. Plum. Sp. 10. 
Shrubby Bidens with an evergreen Oak leaf, and a yellow 
flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands of 
the Weft-Indies ; it is an annual plant, with an up- 
right winged ftalk about two feet high, from the 
fides of which fpring out toward the top a few fhort 
branches. The leaves are oval, blunt, and waved 
on their edges •, they are three inches and a half long, 
and two broad, and are placed alternate ; from the 
bafe of each leaf is extended a leafy border running 
along two fides of the ftalk, fo that it is winged the 
whole length. The flowers ftand upon long naked 
foot-ftalks, arifing from the top and the wings of the 
ftalk •, they are of a deep Orange colour, and are 
compofed of hermaphrodite and female florets, in- 
cluded in one common fpherical empalement, and are 
both fruitful ; thefe are fucceeded by broad, com- 
prefled, bordered feeds with two teeth, which ripen 
in the empalement. This plant begins to flower in 
July, and continues till the froft kills them. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies •, 
this has an upright branching ftalk a foot and a half 
high. The leaves are fpear-fhaped, about two inches 
long, and three quarters broad, a little fawed on their 
edges, fitting clofe to the ftalk oppofite. The flowers 
arife from the wings of the ftalk, upon (lender foot- 
ftalks two inches long, three, four, or more fpring- 
ing from the fame joint ; each of thefe fuftain one 
white radiated flower compofed of many florets, which 
are fucceeded by oblong black feeds. It flowers at 
the fame time with the former. 1 
The third fort grows naturally in both Indies ; this 
rifes with an upright branching ftalk two or three feet 
high. The leaves are oval, acute-pointed, and fmooth, 
having three longitudinal veins •, they ftand oppofite 
upon pretty long foot-ftalks. The flowers fpring from 
the wings and ends of the branches ; they are yellow, 
and ftand upon fhort foot-ftalks. It flowers about the 
fame time with the former. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in India ; this has 
trailing ftalks which fpread on the ground ; they ex- 
tend two feet or more in length, and put out roots 
from their joints, fending out many fide branches. 
The leaves are two inches long, and half an in,ch 
broad, fmooth and entire. The flowers are very fmall 
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and white ; thefe fit clofe to the ftalks at the bafe of 
the leaves. They appear at the fame time with the 
former. , 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Ceylon ; this is an 
annual plant whofe ftalks rife two feet high, which 
are garnifhed with fpear-fhaped fawed leaves placed 
oppofite. The flowers come out from the wings of 
the ftalk upon very long foot-ftalks ; they are yel- 
low, having fhort rays of female florets, of the fame 
colour. 
The fixth fort is the true Acmella, which is a plant 
greatly efteemed in India : this grows naturally in 
Ceylon. The ftalks rife two feet high, which are 
garnifhed with oblong, oval, indented leaves placed 
oppofite at each joint ^ the foot-ftalks of the flowers 
are very long;, each fupporting one yellow flower, 
whofe rays are very fhort. This begins to flower in 
July, and continues producing them till the froft puts 
a flop to them, when the plant decays. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands 
of the Weft-Indies j it rifes with ftalks more than 
three feet high, which are garnifhed with oval fawed 
leaves placed oppofite •, they are near two inches long, 
and one broad ; the flowers fpring from the fides of 
the ftalks in clufters, fitting very clofe thereto, hav- 
ing fcarce any foot-ftalks. The flowers are long, 
compofed of feveral hermaphrodite florets which are 
yellow 5 thefe appear in July, and are fucceeded by 
others till the froft flops them. The feeds ripen foon 
after the the flowers decay, and the firft froft kills the 
plants. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in moift places in 
Jamaica, where the ftalks trail upon the ground and 
emit roots at their joints, which are garnifhed with 
trifid leaves, cut and fawed on their fides, Handing 
oppofite. The flowers are fmall ; thefe arife from th£ 
joints of the ftalks in July, and the feeds ripen in 
Auguft. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 
Weft-Indies ; this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk feven or 
eight feet high, garnifhed with oval leaves which are 
deeply fawed, and cut on their borders, fomewhat 
like thofe of the Ilex or Evergreen Oak. The flow- 
ers are produced from the fide of the ftalks ; they are 
yellow, and appear in July, 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which fliould 
be fown upon a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, and 
when the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be 
tranfplanted on a frefh hot-bed to bring them for- 
ward ; they muft be fhaded till they have taken new 
root, then they muft be treated in the fame way as 
other tender annual plants, being careful not to draw 
them up too weak. In June they may be taken up 
with balls of earth, and planted in a warm border, 
where they muft be fhaded and watered' till they have 
taken new root, after which they will require little 
care. Thefe will produce good feeds in autumn, but 
feveral of them may be kept through the winter in a 
ftove. 
VERONICA. Tourn. Inft. R. IT. 143. tab. 60. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 25. Male Speedwell, or Fiuellsn ; 
in French, Ve ronique. 
The Characters are, 
The floiver has a permanent empalement cut into five acute 
fegments •, it has one petal , with a tube the. length of the 
empalement ■, the brim is cut into four oval plain fegments 
which fpread open , and two ftamina which are rifling, ter- 
minated by oblong fummits , with a compreffed germen fup- 
porting a fender declining ftyle, crowned by a Jingle ftigma. 
The germen afterward becomes a compreffed heart-jhaped 
capfule with two cells , filled with roundijf: feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feclion of 
Linnaeus’s fecond clafs, which contains thofe plants 
whofe flowers have two ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Veronica ( Officinalis ) fpicis lateralibus pedunculatis, 
foliis oppofitis, caule procumbente. Lin. Mat. Med. 
1 1 . Speedwell with /pikes of flowers growing upon foot- 
ftalks, and Jpringing from the fides of the ftalks, leaves 
placed oppofite, and a trailing ftalk. Veronica mas fu- 
13 X pina 
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