by fiat feed-V'eflels near three inches laihg, ending in 
two horns •, thefe open in two cells, which are filled 
with fin all angular feeds. 
The feeds of the feventh fort were feat me from Bar- 
badocs, where the plant grows naturally, for I have 
alio had it rife in the earth which came over from 
thence in tubs with growing plants : this rifes about 
the fame height as the fixth, fending out feveral weak 
fide branches, garniftied with long narrow leaves, 
which are rough, and fawed on their edges, fitting 
elofe to the branches ; between the larger leaves come 
out feveral finall ones, which are placed irregularly 
on the branches. The flowers are fmall, of°a pale 
yellow, and come out on the fide of the branches 
oppofite to the leaves ; thefe are fucceeded by very 
narrow comprefled pods two inches long, open- 
ing with two valves, and filled with fmall angular 
feeds. It flowers and feeds at the fame time with the 
former. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Jamaica ; this rifes 
with a fhrubby ftalk four feet high, dividing into a 
great number of fmall branches, which are clofely 
garniftied with fmall, oval, fawed leaves, fitting elofe 
to the branches ; between thefe are many very fmall 
leaves, placed without order: the flowers are pro- 
duced on the fide of the branches on very fhort foot- 
ftalks ; thefe are fmall, and the petals loon fall off, 
fo that it has been fuppofed to have no petals. The 
flowers are fucceeded by comprefled feed-veflels three 
inches long, which are rounded at their points, and 
Open with two valves at the top, containing a great 
number of fmall angular feeds. This plant hath a 
perennial ftalk, fo may be preferved through the win- 
ter in a moderate ftove, and the fecond year will 
flower in June, and produce ripe feeds in autumn ; 
but when the plants are brought forward fo as to 
flower the firft year, they feldom perfedt their feeds, 
and thefe plants cannot be fo well preferved as thofe 
Which are treated hardily in the fummer. 
All thefe forts are too tender to thrive in England in 
the open air, therefore their feeds muft be fown on a 
hot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are come 
up fit to remove, they fhould be tranfplanted on a 
frefn hot-bed to bring the plants forward, otherwife 
they will not ripen feeds. After the plants are rooted 
in the new hot-bed, they mull have free air admitted 
to them every day, in proportion to the warmth of 
the feafon, for they muft not be drawn up weak •, 
when the plants have obtained ftrength, they fhould 
be tranfplanted each into a feparate pot, and plunged 
into a hot-bed, obferving to fhade them from the 
fun till they have taken root ; then they muft have a 
large fhareof air every day, and fhould be frequently 
refrefhed with water ; and in June they fhould be 
gradually inured to the open air, and part of them 
may be fhaken out of the pots, and planted in a warm 
border, where, if the feafon proves warm, they will 
flower and per fed their feeds ; but as thefe will fome- 
times fail, it will be proper to put one or two plants 
of each fort into pots, which fhould be placed in a 
glafs-cafe, where they may be fereened from bad 
weather, and from thefe good feeds may always be 
obtained. The laft fort may alfo be treated in the 
fame manner during the fummer feafon, but in au- 
tumn they muft be removed into the ftove, and plung- 
ed into the bark-bed, and thefe will flower early the 
fecond year, and ripen feeds. 
CORD 1 A. Plum. Nov. Gen. 13. tab. 14. Sebeftena. 
-Dillen, Hort. Elth. 225. Sebeften. 
The Characters are, 
'’The flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf. \ in- 
dented in three parts. It hath one flunnel-Jhaped petal , 
whofle tube is the length of the empalement , and the top is 
divided into flour , five, or Jim parts, which are obtnfle and 
erebt. It hath five awl-Jhaped ftdmina , terminated by 
long flummits , and in the center a roundifh pointed germen , 
flupporting a bifid flyle , crowned by two obtufle jligmas. 
The germen afterward becomes a dry berry , which is glo- 
bular and pointed , fajiened to the empalement , and in- 
' elofles a furrowed nut with flour cells . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Moncgynkj 
the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Cordia ( Sebejtina ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, repan dis, 
fcabris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1 90. Cordia with oblong , oval, 
rough leaves , turning backward. Caryophyllus fpurius 
inodorus, folio fubrotundo, fcabro, flore racemofo, 
hexapetaloide, coccineo. Sloan. Cat. 136. Commonly 
called Lignum Aloes. 
2. Cordia {Myna) foliis tomentofis, corymbis lateral!- 
bus, calycibus decemftriatis. Lin. Sp. 273. Cordia 
with oval woolly leaves , flowers growing in a corymbus 
from the fide of the branches , and empalement s with ten 
flripes. Sebeftina domeftica five Myxa. Com. Hort. 
Amft. 1. 139. The cultivated Sebeften. 
3. Cordia ( Macrophylla ) foliis ovatis, villofis fefquipe- 
dalibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 274. Cordia with oval woolly 
leaves half a foot long. Prunus racemofa, foliis ob- 
longis hirfutis maximis, fructu rubro. Sloan. Cat. 
Jam. 184. 
The firft fort grows naturally in feveral iflands in the 
Weft-Indies : this rifes with feveral fhrubby ftalks 
eight or nine feet high, which are garniftied toward 
the top with oblong, oval, rough leaves, ftanding al- 
ternate on fhort foot-ftalks ; they are of a deep green 
on their upper fide. The flowers terminate the 
branches, growing in large clufters upon branching 
foot-ftalks, fome fuftaining one, others two, and 
fome have three flowers, which are large, funnel- 
fhaped, having long tubes, which fpread open at 
the top, where it is divided into five obtufe fegments 
they are of a beautiful fcarlet, fo make a fine ap- 
pearance. 
The fecond fort is by moft botanifts believed to be 
the Myxa of Casfalpinus, which is the beft Sebeften 
of the fhops i the fruit of which was formerly ufed in 
medicine, but of late years has been feldom brought 
to England, therefore is rarely ordered. This is called 
Aflyrian Plum, from the country where it naturally 
grows. It rifes to the height of our common Plum- 
trees, but was very rare in this country till the 
year 1762, when there was fome of the fruit fent 
from Egypt, by thofe perfons who were fent to tra- 
vel at the king of Denmark’s expence, from which 
fruit fome plants have been raifed in the Chelfea 
garden. 
The third fort was difeovered by father Plumier, in 
fome of the French iflands of America; and fince 
was found in the bay of Campeachy, by Mr. Robert 
Millar, who fent the feeds to England : this fort 
grows to the height of eighteen or twenty feet in the 
natural places where it is found wild ; it hath winged 
leaves, which are large, entire, and fmooth ; but it 
hath not as yet flowered in England, fo I can give no 
farther account of it. 
Thefe plants, being natives of warm countries, are 
too tender to live through the winter in this country, 
unlefs they are preferved in a ftove : they are all pro- 
pagated by feeds, which muft be procured from the 
countries of their natural growth ; thefe feeds muft be 
fown in fmall pots, which muft be plunged into a 
good hot-bed of tanners bark in the fpring ; and if 
the feeds are frefh and good, the plants will begin to 
appear in fix or eight weeks after. Thefe muft be 
brought forward in the hot-bed, by being treated as 
other teqder exotic plants, obferving frequently to 
water them in fummer ; and in July, if the plants 
have made much advance, they fhould be gradually 
hardened, otherwife they will grow fo* weak as not to 
be eafily preferved through the winter. As thefeplants 
obtain ftrength, they will become more hardy ; but 
during the two firft winters, it will be proper to plunge 
them into the tan-bed in the ftove ; but when they 
begin to have woody Items, they may be placed on 
fhelves, in a dry ftove ; where, if they are kept in a 
moderate degree of heat, they may be preferved Very 
well (elpecially the firft fort) which is fomewhat har- 
dier than the others. This may alfo be placed abroad 
in a warm fituation, in the beginning of July, where 
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