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Thefe plants may be alfo propagated by fuckers, 
which the old ones many times lend forth from their 
roots, but thefe are feldom fo well rooted as thofe 
produced from feeds, nor do they make fo good plants, 
for which reafon they are but rarely propagated that 
way. 
The fecond fort is not To hardy as the firft, lb thefe 
plants mull be kept in pots, and in the winter placed 
into the green-houfe, and treated in the fame way as 
other hardy exotic plants, being careful not to over- 
water them at that feafon, but efpecially when they 
have Hied their leaves. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which mull be pro- 
cured from the country where it naturally grows; 
thefe lhauld be Town in pots filled with light earth, 
and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, which 
will bring up the plants in about fix weeks, if the 
feeds are good. When the plants begin to advance in 
height, they fhould be gradually hardened, and in 
June they may be placed in the open air in a fheltered 
fituation ; but in autumn they mull be removed into 
fhelter, where they mull remain all the winter, and in 
the fpring, before the plants begin to pufh out their 
leaves, they Ihould be carefully tranfplanted, each into 
a feparate fmall pot, and plunged into a gentle hot- 
bed to forward their putting out new roots. In fu ai- 
mer they muft be expofed abroad, but in winter they 
muft be houfed. 
The third and fourth forts are tenderer than the for- 
mer, fo will not thrive in this country unlefs the plants 
are kept in a warm ftove. Thefe are propagated in the 
fame way as the former, but the plants muft be more 
tenderly treated, for they fhould not be wholly ex- 
pofed abroad at any time of the year ; in fummer they 
muft have a large fhare of air in warm weather, and in 
winter they muft be kept in a warm ftove. 
ZYGOPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 474. Fa- 
bago. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 258. tab. 135. Bean Caper. 
The Characters are, 
T he empalement of the flower is compofed of five oval ob- 
tufe leaves . The flower has five obtufe petals which are 
longer than the empalement , and are indented at their 
points ; it has a clofed nehlariam , which includes the ger- 
men , compofed of fever al fcales or little leaves , to which 
the bafes of the ftamina are faftened ; it hath ten awl-Jhaped 
jlamina , terminated by oblong fummits , and an oblong ger- 
men , fupporting an awl-Jhaped ftyle , crowned by a Jingle 
Jligma. The germen afterward become an oval five-cornered 
capfuls with five cells , containing fever al roundiJJj feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft lection of 
Linnaeus’s tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have ten ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Specie's are, 
1. Zygophyllum ( Fabago ) foliis petiolatis, foliolis ob- 
ovatis caule herbaceo. Lin. Sp. 551. Bean Caper with 
foot-ftalks to the leaves , and herbaceous Jlalks. Fabago 
Belgarum five peplus Parifienfium. Lugd. 458. Com- 
mon Bean Caper , or Peplus of the Parifians. 
2. Zygophyllum ( SeJJilifolium ) foliis feffilibus, foliolis 
lanceolato-ovalibus margine fcabris caule fruticofo. 
Lin. Sp. 552. Bean Caper with oval fipear-Jhaped leaves 
fitting clofe to the Jlalks, and a fhrubby Jlalk. Fabago 
Africana arborefcens, fiore fulphureo, fructu rotundo. 
Com. Plant. Rar. 10. Tree-like African Bean Caper , with 
a brimftone flower and a round fruit. 
3. Zygophyllum ( Morgfana ) foliis fubpetiolatis, foli- 
olis obovatis caule fruticofo. Lin. Sp. 551. Bean Caper 
with oval fmall leaves having Jhort foot-fialks , and a 
Jhrubby Jlalk. Fabago tetraphylla fiore tetrapetalo, 
frudtu membranaceo quadrangulari. Burm. Plant. 
Afr. 7. Four -leaved Bean Caper with a flower of four pe- 
tals, and a four- cornered membranaceous fruit. 
4. Zygophyllum ( Fulvum ) capfulis ovatis acutis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 386. Bean Caper with oval acute-pointed cap- 
fules. Fabago fiore luteo, petalorum unguibus ru- 
bris, frudtu fulcato acuto oblongo. Burm. Plant. Afr. 
6. Bean Caper with a yellow flower, the tails of the pe- 
tals red, and an acute, oblong , furrowed fruit. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Syria ; this has been 
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long an inhabitant of Tome curious gardens in England: 
The root is thick, flefhy, and ftnkes deep into the 
ground, and will grow as thick as a man’s arm when 
old. The ftaiks decay every autumn to the root* 
from which fpring new fnoots every year, in number 
proportionable to the fize of the root ; they rife three 
or four feet high, fending out a few fide branches ; 
thefe are ftnooth, green; and jointed ; they are gar- 
nifhed with fmooth flefhy leaves like thofe of Purflane, 
two [landing together upon the fame foot-ftalk, which 
is an inch long ; they are of a bluifh green colour. 
The flowers are produced from the wings of the ftalk, 
two or three arifing at the fame joint upon fliort foot- 
ftalks ; they are compofed of five roundifh concave 
petals of a reddifh colour on their outfide, and ten fta- 
mina which are twice the length of the petals. The' 
flowers are fucceeded by long prifmaticai capfules 
with five fides, which have cells filled with roundifh 
feeds. This fort flowers in June and July, and the 
feeds ripen in autumn. 
The fecond fort grows naturally at the Gape of Good 
Hope ; this rifes with a thick woody ftalk three or 
four feet’high, fending out many branches, which are 
garnifhed with fucculent leaves placed by fours, fitting 
clofe to them. From the wings of the ftaiks the flowers 
are produced upon pretty long flender foot-ftalks ; 
they are compofed of five fulphur-coloured petals 
which have a brown fpot on each of their tails ; thefe 
are fucceeded by roundifh depreffed fruit having five 
cells, each containing two roundifh feeds. This plant 
continues flowering all fummer and autumn, and the 
feeds ripen in winter. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this has a fhrubby ftalk which divides into 
many irregular jointed branches, which rife four or 
five feet high, and are garnifhed with thick fuccu- 
lent leaves, which are larger, and more obtufe than 
thofe of the fecond fort ; they are placed by fours at 
each joint, two on each fide the ftalk oppofite. The 
flowers come out from the wings of the ftalk upon flen- 
der foot-ftalks ; thefe have but four petals, which are 
broader than thofe of the fecond fort, but of the fame 
colour, each having a brown fpot at their tails. The 
fruithasfour broad membranaceous wings, refembling 
the fails of a mill. This plant flowers moft part of 
fummer, but the fruit feldom ripens well in England. 
The fourth fort is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
The ftaiks of this branch out greatly from the bot- 
tom ; they are fhrubby, jointed, and irregular. The 
leaves are of the confidence of thofe of Purflane; they 
are narrow at their tails, but oval toward their points, 
and are placed by fours at each joint like the former. 
The flowers come out from the wings of the ftalk 
upon flender foot-ftalks ; they are of a pale yellow co- 
lour, each petal having a pretty large red fpot at their 
tails. The fruit is oval, about three quarters of an 
inch long, having five deep furrows, and is divided into 
five cells, which are filled with roundifh feeds. This 
plant flowers great part of the year, and the fruit ri- 
pens in autumn and winter. 
The firft fort is propagated only by feeds, which ri- 
pen very well in England in warm feafons ; thefe may 
be either fown upon a moderate hot- bed in the fpring, 
or on a warm border of light ground ; thofe which 
are fown upon the hot-bed will come up in three 
weeks or a month, and about a month after, the 
plants will be fit to remove, when they fhould be each 
planted in a feparate fmall pot filled with frefh light 
earth, and plunged into a gentle hot-bed to promote 
their taking root, and fhaded from the fun in the day 
time ; afterward they muft be gradually hardened to 
bear the open air, to which they fhould be expofed all 
the fummer ; but in autumn, when their ftaiks begin 
to decay, they fhould be placed in a hot-bed frame to 
fhelter them from the froft in winter, for while they 
are young, they are a little tender. The fpring fol- 
lowing they may be turned out of the pots, and planted 
in a fouth border clofe to the wall, in a dry rubbifhy 
foil, where they will endure the cold without cover- 
ing. 
