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The fifteenth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, 
in New Spain, by the late Dr. Houftoun. This rifes 
with a ftrong upright trunk, to the height of twenty- 
five, or thirty feet, dividing into many branches, 
which are covered with an Alh-coloured bark, garnifhed 
with winged leaves, having long foot-ftalks ; each 
being compofed of two pair of oblong oval lobes, 
four inches" long, and near two broad, which are 
fmooth, of a dark green on their upper fide, but 
paler underneath. The flowers are produced fome- 
times from the fide of the' {talks, where they are few 
and fcattering, but the ends of the branches have large 
round bunches of flowers, which branch out from 
one center •, they are of a deep yellow, inclining to 
an Orange colour. Thefe are fucceeded by comprefled 
pods, near nine inches long, having a border on each 
fide, and contain one row of oval, fmooth, comprefled 
feeds. 
This fort may be propagated by feeds, which: ihould 
be fown on a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 
plants come up, they will require the fame treatment 
as. the feventh fort; with which management the 
plants will thrive, and produce their flowers in a few 
years. 
The Sixteenth fort hath very fiender trailing italics, 
about two feet long, garniihed with winged leaves, 
fitting clofe to the branches, compofed of many 
narrow pinnae, like thofe of the Senfitive Plant •, the 
flowers come out Angle from the fide of the fcallc, 
upon long fiender foot-ftalks, which are fmall, of a 
bright yellow colour, fnaped like thofe of the other 
fpecies ; they are fucceeded by fhort flat pods, con- 
taining two or three feeds. This grows naturally in 
Jamaica. It is a biennial plant, and requires the fame 
treatment as the firft fort. 
The feventeenth fort was fent me by the late Dr. 
Houftoun from La Vera Cruz, where he found it 
growing naturally. This rifes with feveral fhrubby 
trailing ftallcs, which are two feet long, fending out 
many fide branches, clofely garnifhed with winged 
leaves, compofed of feveral pair of very narrow pin- 
nte, fmaller than thofe of the fenfitive Plant. The 
flowers are produced Angle from the fide of the 
branches, on very fhort foot-ftalks ; they are large, 
of a deep Orange colour, and are fucceeded by fhort, 
narrow, fmooth pods. This plant differs much from 
the Chamas crifta pavonis major, of Breynius, in 
having a fhrubby trailing Italic ; the leaves are much 
fhorter, having but half the number of pinnae, 
which are alfo narrower and fhorter, the flower is alfo 
larger. 
This plant will continue two or three years, and pro- 
duce flowers annually, but it muft be treated in the 
fame manner as the other tender forts ; for it will not 
thrive unlefs it is preferved in a warm ftove, where 
it will perfedt feeds the fecond year. It flowers in July 
and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The eighteenth fort was fent me from Campeachy, 
by the late Dr. Houftoun. This rifes with a fhrubby 
fiender ftalk about two feet high, dividing upward 
into feveral branches, which are thinly garnifhed with 
winged leaves, compofed of three pair of oval lobes, 
the upper being the largeft ; thefe ftand upon long 
foot-ftalks, from the bafe of which comes out the 
flower, Handing Angle on a fhort foot-ftalk, of a pale 
yellow colour, and is fucceeded by a bending pod, 
near four inches long, having five longitudinal wings, 
ending in a point. 
It is a biennial plant, which if brought forward in the 
fpring, will flower the fame fummer, and fometimes 
perfedt feeds in autumn ; but if the plants are placed 
in a warm ftove, they will live through the winter, 
and the following feafon will flower earlier, and good 
feeds may then be obtained. 
The nineteenth fort rifes with a fhrubby ftalk to the 
height of ten or twelve feet, dividing upward into 
many branches, garnifhed with winged leaves, com- 
pofed of five pair of ftiff fpear-fliaped lobes ; the 
flowers come out from the fide of the branches, on 
long branching foot-ftalks, colledted into large loofe 
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| fpilces thefe are of a deep Orange colour, large, aftcl 
fliaped like thofe of the other fpecies, and are fuc- 
ceeded by flat brown pods, about four inches long, 
containing one row of flat, fmooth, oval feeds. This 
fort was fent me from Carthagena, by the late Mr. 
Robert Millar, 
This fort is propagated by feeds in the fame manner 
as the other fpecies, and requires a warm ftove to 
preferve it, where it will thrive and produce flowers 
annually. ' 
The twentieth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, 
by the late Dr. Houftoun. This hath feveral trailing 
herbaceous ftalks, about two feet long, garniihed 
with winged leaves, having long foot-ftalks, which 
are placed at a confiderable diftance from each other; 
they have two pair of oval fmooth lobes. The flow- 
ers come out Angle from the fide of the branches, 
which are of a pale yellow colour, and are fucceeded 
by fhort, fiat, hairy pods, containing one row of flat 
feeds. 
This is an annual plant, which muft be raifed on a 
hot-bed early in the fpring, and treated in the fame 
manner as the other annual forts before-mentioned. 
It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The twenty-firft fort grows common in all the iflands 
of the Weft-Indies. This rifes with a fiender ftalk 
about two feet high, fending out a few fide branches 
upward, garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of 
many pairs of narrow pinnse, like thofe of the Senfi- 
tive Plant. The flowers come out upon fhort foot- 
ftalks from the fide of the branches, each foot-ftalk 
fuftaining two or three yellow flowers, of the fame 
form with the other fpecies of this genus ; thefe are , 
fucceeded by fhort flat pods, containing three or four 
flat feeds in each. 
This is an annual plant, and requires the fame treat- 
ment as the laft ; but as the ftalks of this grow up- 
right, they will be too tall to remain under a frame 
all the fummer •, therefore v/hen the plants are ad- 
vanced fo high as to be near the glafies, they Ihould 
be removed into the ftove, or a glafs cafe, where they 
may have room to grow, and be fcreened from the 
cold, but in warm weather fhould have a good fhare 
of air admitted to them ; with this management they 
will flower in July, and perfect their feeds in 
autumn. 
Thefe plants are frequently preferved in the gardens 
of feveral curious perfons, therefore I have enume- 
rated them here, though feveral of them have not 
much beauty to recommend them, but are chiefly 
kept for the fake of variety. The moft beautiful are 
the fourth, the eighth, tenth, eleventh, fifteenth, 
and nineteenth forts ; thefe all make a good appear- 
ance in the ftove, efpecially v/hen they are in flower ,; 
and as they retain their leaves all the year, they 
make an agreeable variety in the winter feafon, when 
intermixed with other plants from the fame countries. 
All the fpecies of this genus contract their leaves 
every evening as the fun declines, and open them 
again with the ruing fun in the morning ; which is 
alfo common to many other plants, feme of which 
turn their upper furface outward, but all thofe of 
this genus turn their under furface outward, the 
upper being very clofely folded together. Thefe are 
what Linnaeus titles fleeping plants. It muft alfo be 
obferved that moft of thofe plants, whofe under fur- 
face is turned outward, are fuch as grow upon dry 
fandy land, where their roots do not find a fuppiy of 
moifture, fo that the lower furface of their leaves 
being generally covered with a fhort foft down, or 
hairs, detain the nightly dews, which are inhaled by 
the leaves, and furnifti part of their nourifhment ; 
whereas the other, whofe upper furface is turned 
outward, do not ftand in need of this fuppiy ; being 
fmooth, the moifture is call oft, and not imbibed by 
them. 
C A S S I D A [i. e. an helmet, j Scull-cap. See Scu- 
tellaria. 
CAS SI NE. Lin. Gen. Plant. 333, The Caffioberry 
Buffi, and South-Sea Then. 
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