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T he thirteenth fort grows naturally in the fame coun - 
try as the laft mentioned, and was lent me by the 
Tune gentleman ; this rifes with a Ihrubby ftalk eight 
or ten feet high, dividing into many long {lender 
branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, three 
inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad in 
the middle, ending in acute points; the fmaller 
branches are fet with very narrow, oblong, pointed 
leaves, which grow clofe to the {talks ; and at each 
joint is produced one pretty large white flower, 
with a purple empalement ; thefe flowers come out 
the whole length of the fmall branches, fitting dole 
to the bale of the leaves, fo that the plants make a 
pretty appearance in flower. This may be propa- 
gated in the fame way as the fourth, and with that 
management it hath flowered very well, but it doth 
not produce feeds in England. 
The fourteenth fort was fent me from Carthagena by 
the beiore-mentioned gentleman, who found it grow- 
ing there in great plenty. This hath a ftrong woody 
fern, rifing ten or twelve feet high, divided upward 
into many fhort ligneous branches, whofe joints are 
very clofe to each other. The leaves come out al- 
ternate on every fide the branches, to which they fit 
very clofe ; they are frnooth, one inch long, and half 
an inch broad, ending in acute points, having three 
longitudinal veins. The flowers are white, and pro- 
duced in Ihort clofe fpikes, which come out from the 
fide of the branches, and are fucceeded by oblong flat 
feeds, crowned with down. 
This is a tender plant, fo requires the fame treatment 
as the fourth fort, with which it hath flowered very 
well, but hath not produced feeds in England. 
'The fifteenth fort rifes with a Ihrubby Idem to the 
height of fix or feven feet, dividing into feveral 
branches, which have a dark brown bark, and are 
clofely garnilhed with oval, fpear-fhaped, frnooth 
leaves, having three longitudinal veins, handing on 
Ihort foot-ftalks, placed alternate on every fide the 
branches. The flowers are produced on long naked 
foot-ftalks, which extend five or fix inches beyond 
the end of the branches ; thefe are purple, and form 
a kind of round bunch : the empalement of the 
flower is compofed of Ihort chaffy fcales. 
This grows naturally at Campeachy, from whence the 
feeds were fent me by Mr. Robert Millar. It is a ten- 
der plant, fo muft be treated in the fame way as is di- 
rected for the fourth fort, with which it hath flowered, 
but hath not produced feeds in this country. 
The fixteenth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, 
from whence I received the feeds ; this rifes with a 
Ihrubby ftalk to the height of ten or twelve feet, 
fending out many ftrong ligneous branches, covered 
with a dark-coloured bark, garnifhed with oblong, 
oval, blunt leaves, fawed on their edges, and half 
embrace the ftalks with their bafe : the flowers are 
purple, grov/ing in round bunches at the end of the 
branches, and are fucceeded by flat feeds, crowned 
with down. 
This is alfo a tender plant, and requires the fame 
treatment as the fourth lbrt, with which it hath flow- 
ered, but doth not produce feeds in England. 
If the feeds of thefe plants are fown in autumn foon 
after they are ripe, there is no danger of their mif- 
carrying ; but as thefe are moft of them brought from 
abroad, they do not arrive here in good time, fo the 
plants rarely come up the firft year ; therefore the 
feeds fhould be fown in pots, that they may be pre- 
ferved through the winter, and the following fpring 
the plants will come up. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica; 
this rifes with a fhrubby branching ftalk about four 
or five feet high. The lower branches and ftalk are 
garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves about four inches 
long, and one broad in the middle ; they are fawed 
on their edges, and have Ihort foot-ftalks ; the leaves 
on the upper branches are much narrower, and end 
in acute points. The flowers are purple, and are 
precluded in round bunches' at the end of the branches, 
and are fucceeded by downy feeds like the other fpe- 
COP 
cies. T his is tender, and requires the fame culture 
as the fourth fort. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in China : this 
is a biennial plant, which perilhes foon after the feeds 
are ripe. The ftalks are hairy, rifing about two feet 
high, garnifhed with oblong oval leaves, which are 
entire, rough on their upper fide, but have many 
ftrong pale hairs on their under, placed alternately 
on the branches. The flowers are purple, confirm- 
om from the fide of the branches in oblong fpikes. & 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown in pots in the autumn, if they can be procured 
at that feafon ; but the pots ftiould be placed in a o-ar- 
den-frame in winter, to prevent the feeds fuffering by 
cold and wet. If the feeds are fown in the fpring, 
the plants rarely come up the fame year, therefore 
it will be proper to fcreen this in winter ; when this 
is obferved, the plants will rife the following fpring. 
When the plants are fit to remove, they fhould be 
each planted in a feparate pot, and placed into a very 
moderate hot-bed, where they muft be fcreened from 
the fun until they have taken root ; after which they 
fhould be gradually hardened to bear the open air, 
into which they fhould be removed the beginnino- of 
June, placing them in a ftieltered fttuation, , where 
the fecond feafon they will flower, and if the hummer 
is good, they will ripen their feeds. 
C O N S E R VAT O RY. See Green-House. 
CONVAL LITY. See Convallaria. 
COPAIFERA, the balfam of Capevi. 
The Characters are. 
It hath no empalement ; the flower conflfts of five leaves , 
which expands in form of a Rofe ; it hath ten floor t fla- 
vnina , crowned by long Jummits. ’The point al is fixed in 
the center cfl the flower , which afterward becomes a pod % 
in which are contained one or two feeds , which are fur- 
rounded with a pulp of a yellow colour . 
We know but one fort of this tree, which is, 
Copaifera( Officinalis) foliis pinnatis. The balfam of Capevi, 
This tree grows near a village called Ayapel, in the 
province of Antiochi, in the Spanifh Weft-Indies ; 
this is about ten days journey from Carthagena. There 
are great numbers of thefe trees in the woods about 
this village, which grow to the height of fifty or fixty 
feet. Some of thefe trees do not yield any of the 
balfam, thofe which do are diftinguifhed by a ridge 
which runs along their trunks ; the trees are wounded 
in their center, and they place calabafh {hells, or fome 
other vefiels to the wounded part to receive the bal- 
fam, which will all flow out in a fhort time. One of 
thefe trees will yield five or fix gallons of the balfam ; 
but though thefe trees will thrive well after being 
tapped, yet they never afford any more balfam. 
As this balfam is ufed in medicine, it deferves our 
application to procure the trees, and cultivate them in 
fome of the Englifli colonies of America ; for as the 
Englifh are poffefled of lands in fo many different la- 
titudes, they might cultivate moft kinds of trees and 
plants from the different parts of the world, which 
are ufeful in medicine, dyeing, or for any other purpofe 
of life. 
The feeds of this tree were brought from the coun- 
try of their growth by Mr. Robert Millar, furgeon, 
who fowed a part of them in Jamaica, which he in- 
formed me had fucceeded very well ; fo that we may 
hope to have thefe trees propagated in great plenty 
in a few years, in fome of the Englifli colonies, if the 
fiothfulnefs of the inhabitants doth not fuffer them to 
perifh, as they have the Cinnamon-tree, and fome 
other ufeful plants, which have been carried thither 
by curious perfons. 
There are not at prefent any of thefe trees in Eu- 
rope, that I can learn ; for thofe feeds which Mr. 
Millar fent over to England, were all deftroyed by 
infefts in their paffage, fo that not one fucceeded in 
the feveral places where they were fown ; but could 
frefh feeds be procured, the plants might be raifed in 
England, and preferved in the bark-ftoves very well ; 
for the country of their growth is much more tempe- 
rate than many others, from whence we have been 
