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tranfplanting after the plants are two years old. 
It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be treated 
in the manner directed for the former. Thefe 
flower the latter end of July and in Auguft •, and 
in warm feafons, fometimes ripen their feeds in Eng- 
land. Neither of thefe plants will live long in pots, 
for which reafon I have recommended their being 
planted in the full ground ; but they fhould have a 
warm flotation. 
The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth forts grow 
naturally at the Cape of Good Hope. I have alfo 
received feeds of the thirteenth fort from Alexandria-, 
and Mr. Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. gave me l'ome feeds 
of it, which were fent him from Minorca ; but it is 
not certain that it grows naturally there, but may have 
been carried thither from Africa. 
Thefe rife with upright fhrubby ftems to the height 
of feven or eight feet, and divide into many branches ; 
thole of the twelfth fort are garnifhed their whole 
length with long, narrow, fmooth leaves, ending in 
a point ; from the wings of the leaves the umbels 
of flowers are produced, upon long foot-ftalks ; the 
flowers are white, and grow loofely on the umbel ; 
thefe are frequently fucceeded by fhort, thick, fwelling 
pods, ending in a point, which are thick let with 
hairs, and filled with comprelfed feeds, crowned with 
a foft down. This flowers from June to O&ober, and 
the feeds ripen in winter. 
The thirteenth fort differs from the twelfth, in having 
much broader leaves, which are of a darker green 
the umbels of flowers are lmaller, grow upon ilaorter 
foot-ftalks, and the Angle flowers are larger. This 
flowers at the fame time with the former. 
The fourteenth fort doth not rife fo high as either of 
the former, and the branches grow at a much greater 
diftance ; the leaves are fhorter, and are covered on 
both fides with ftiort hairs. The flowers grow in 
fmall loofe umbels, and are white thefe appear in the 
fame feafon with the former. 
Thefe are propagated by feeds, which may be fown 
in April on a bed of light earth in the open air, and 
when the plants are three or four inches high, they 
fhould be each planted in a fmall pot filled with light 
earth, and fhaded until they have taken new root, 
then they may be placed with other exotic plants in 
a fheltered fituation till Odtober, when they mull be 
removed into the green-houfe, and during the winter 
flaould have but little water; for as they abound with 
a milky juice, much wet will rot them. The only 
care thefe will require, is to fhift them into larger 
pots as they advance in their growth-, but care fhould 
be taken not to put them in pots too large, and in the 
fummer to place them abroad with other plants from 
the fame country. 
Thefe three forts may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 
which if planted in July or Auguft, in afhady border, 
will foon take root, and may foon after be taken up 
and planted in pots, and managed as the feedling 
plants. The thirteenth fort hath lived in the open 
air in mild winters in the Chelfea garden, but in cold 
winters they are conftantly deftroyed. 
The fifteenth fort grows with an upright fhrubby 
ftalk to the height of fix or feven feet, dividing to- 
ward the top into three or four branches, garnifhed 
their whole length with ftiff roundifh leaves, which 
clofely embrace them. Toward the upper part, the 
flowers are produced on their fides, growing in ftiort 
compact umbels. Thefe are of an herbaceous colour, 
fo make but little appearance -, they come out chiefly 
in autumn and winter. This grows naturally at the 
Cape of Good Hope, and requires the lame culture 
as the former forts. There is a variety of this with 
deep green leaves, which fome have luppoled to be a 
different fpecies, butl have railed itfromthe famefeeds. 
The fixteenth fort grows naturally in the warm parts 
of America, the feeds were fent me from La Vera 
Cruz. This rifes with Angle ftalks four feet high, 
garnifhed with fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves, ending 
fn a point -, toward the top of the ftalk the umbels of 
flowers are produced from the wings of the leaves. 
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which are white, and Hand erect • .thefe are fucceeded 
by oblong pointed pods, filled with comprelfed feeds, 
crowned with foft down. It flowers in June and July, 
and the feeds ripen in Odtober. 
This plant is tender, fo muff be railed in a hot-bed, 
and tranfplanted into pots filled with rich earth, and 
plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove. It muft have 
but little water, and conftantly remain in the ftove, 
otherwife the plants will not thrive here. 
The feventeenth fort is alfo a native of the warm parts 
of America, the roots of which have been fent to 
England for Ipecacuana, from which it may be eafily 
diftinguifhed by its form, this being compofed of a 
great number of fmall fibres -, whereas the true Ipe- 
cacuana hath jointed roots, which run deep into the 
ground, and are flelhy. There have been may ac- 
counts of the bad effebls of the ufe of thefe roots, as 
alfo of the poifonous quality of the plant -, fo that the 
public fhould be cautioned not to make ufe of it, and 
alfo to be careful not to let the milky juice of the 
plant mix with any thing which is taken inwardly. 
This plant rifes five or fix feet high, with upright 
ftems, garnifhed with fmooth oblong leaves, placed 
oppoiite ; toward the top of the branches the umbels 
of flowers come out, which are Angle, and grow eredt ; 
the petals of the flowers are of a fcarlet colour ; 
and the horny nedfarii in the middle are of a bright 
Saffron colour, which make a pretty appearance ; 
tltfre is commonly a fuccefllon of thefe flowers on 
the fame plant from June to Odlober. The flowers 
are fucceeded by long taper pods filled with feeds 
crowned by a foft down, which ripen late in the au- 
tumn. 
It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a 
hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants fhould be treated 
in the fame manner as is before diredted for the 
former fort -, the roots of this may be continued three 
or four years, but after the fecond year the plants 
grow naked, and do not produce fo many flowers as 
before ; fo that it is much better to raife young plants 
to fucceed the other, efpecially as they produce plenty 
of feeds in England. 
The eighteenth fort rifes with upright ftems fix or 
feven feet high, Avhich are garniftied with thick oval 
leaves placed oppofite. The umbels of flowers are 
Angle ; the flowers are white, of a ftar figure, having 
five points ; the pods of this fort are very large, in 
fliape like an ox’s tefticles, and are filled with flat 
feeds, lying over each other like tiles on a houfe. I 
received the feeds of this fort from the Right Hon. 
the Earl of Northumberland, who procured it from 
India. 
This plant is tender, fo muft be preferved conftantly 
in the ftove, and treated in the fame manner as the 
two former forts, and fhould have veiy little wet, efpe- 
ciaily in the winter. 
The nineteenth fort I received from Carthagena-, this 
hath climbing ftalks, which fallen themfelves to the 
neighbouring plants, and rile to the height of ten or 
twelve feet -, the joints of the ftalks are pretty diftant 
from each other 5 at each are produced two oblong, 
fpear-fhaped, hairy leaves, growing oppofite, upon 
very Ihort foot-ftalks ; the umbels of flowers come 
out from the wings of the leaves, which are very 
compact, and the flowers are of a fulphur colour. 
Thefe appear in Auguft, but have not been fucceeded 
by feeds in England. 
This plant is tender, fo muft be conftantly preferved 
in the ftove, and treated in the fame way as is direct- 
ed for the former forts. 
ASCYRUM. Lin. Gen, Plant. 737. Hypericoides. 
Plum. Nov. Gen. 51. tab. 7. St. Peterfwort. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement is four leaved , the two outer being nar- 
row a/nd oppofite , the two inner are broad , heart-Jhaped , 
and ereft. The flower hath four oval petals , the two 
outer are large and placed oppofite , the two inner are 
fmall. In the center is fiituated an oblong gennen , . with a 
very fhort flyle , crowned by a fingle fiigma. 'This is at- 
tended by a great number of brifily jlamina , which are 
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