treated in the fame manner as thofe before ; but in j 
autumn they fhould be placed in the ftove, where | 
they will live through the winter, and flower early 
the following fummerj lb will period their feeds very 
well. 
The feeds of the fifth fort were brought me from the 
coaft of Malabar, which fucceeded in the Chelfea 
garden. This rifes with an angular ftalk near four 
feet high, dividing upward into three or four branches, 
garniflied with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, placed al- 
ternately on very Ihort foot-ftalks ; they are pretty 
clofely covered with foft fiivery hairs. The flowers 
are produced at the end of the branches, in loofe 
fpikes ; they are large, and of a deep yellow colour, 
and the ftyle Hands out beyond the ttandard. The 
flowers are iucceeded by large turgid pods, containing 
one row of large kidney-fhaped feeds. 
This plant is annual in England, but by the lower 
part of the ftalk growing woody, it appears to be of 
longer duration in the country where it naturally 
grows ; though it will not live through the winter 
here, for if the plants are placed in a ftove, the heat 
is too great for them, and in a green-houfe they are 
very fubject to mouldinefs in damp weather. I have 
fown the feeds of this in the full ground, where the 
plants have grown upward of three feet high, and 
have flowered very well, but no pods were formed on 
tliefe ; and when they have been treated tenderly, 
the plants have grown much larger, and produced a 
greater number of flowers, but thefe have produced 
no feeds. The only way which I could ever obtain 
any feeds, was by raifing the plants in pots upon hot- 
beds ; and the beginning of July, turning them out 
of the pots into the full ground on a very warm 
border under a wall, in which fituation they flowered 
very well, and fome few pods of feeds were ripened. 
The fixth fort was fent me by the late Dr. Dale from 
South Carolina, who had the feeds fent him from the 
country, at a great diftance from the Englifh fettle- 
ments. By the defcription fent me with the feeds, 
it grows with a flirubby ftalk four or five feet high ; 
but the plants which were raifed here, perifhed at the 
approach of winter, fo that they only flowered, with- 
out producing any pods. The ftalks of this are round, 
and covered with a light brown bark, garnifhed with 
fmooth, oval, heart-fhaped leaves, which are about 
four inches long, and near three broad ; furrounding 
the ftalk in fuch a manner, as if it were run through 
the middle of the leaves. The flowers grow fingly, 
fitting clofe to the bofom of each leaf, toward the 
upper part of the branches ; they are of a pale yellow 
colour, and appear here in Auguft ; but as the plants 
did not produce any pods, fo I can give no account 
of them. This is one of the moil Angular plants of 
the genus I have yet feen. 
The feventh fort rifes with an herbaceous ftalk near 
three feet high, dividing upward into feveral branches, 
• garnifhed with oblong leaves, which are narrow at 
their bafe, but gradually widen to the top, where they 
are rounded and indented in the middle in the fhape 
of a heart ; they are of a pale green, and fmooth. 
The flowers are produced in fpikes at the end of the 
branches, they are pretty large, and of a yellow co- 
lour. Thefe appear in July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn, provided the plants are brought forward in 
the fpring, and afterward treated in the fame manner 
as hath been directed for the firft fort. This grows 
naturally in the ifland of Ceylon, and is an annual 
plant, perifhing foon after it perfe&s feeds. I re- 
ceived the feeds of this plant from the late Dr. Boer- 
haave, profeffor at Leyden. 
The eighth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I received the feeds. This rifes 
with a fhrubby ftalk about five feet high, dividing 
into feveral branches, garnifhed with roundifh leaves, 
fitting clofe to the branches ; they are of a hoary 
green, and foft to the touch, the branches are taper 
and fmooth •, the flowers are produced at the end of 
the branches in loofe fpikes ; they are about the ' 
fize of thofe of the firft fort, and of a fine blue cour. I 
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This plant flowers in June and July, and in warm 
feafons will ripen its feeds in autumn. It is propagated 
by feeds, which muft be fown upon a good hot-bed in 
the fpring, and when the plants are fit to remove, <0 
lhould be each tranfplanted into a fmall halfpenny 
pot, and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, and 
after muft be treated in the fame manner as hath 
been directed for the fourth fort, placing the plants 
in a moderate ftove in winter, otherwife they cannot 
be preferved in England j the fecond year the plants 
will flower, and with proper care their feeds will 
ripen. 
The ninth fort was fent me, from Campeachy, where 
the plant grows naturally ; this rifes with a taper up- 
right ftalk near three feet high, dividing upward 
into feveral hairy branches, which grow erecft, 
garniflied with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, of a pale 
green colour ; the flowers are produced fingly from 
the fide of the branches, which are of a bright yellow, 
and are fucceeded by fhort turgid pods, having one 
row of kidney-fhaped feeds. It flowers in July and 
Auguft, and with the fame treatment as hath been 
directed for the firft fort, will perfeft feeds in autumn. 
This is an annual plant, which perifhes foon after the 
feeds are ripe. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in India ; this rifes 
with a fhrubby ftalk four or five feet high, dividing .■ . 
into many branches, garnifhed with ternate oval 
leaves ending in points •, the flowers are large, yellow, 
growing in large bunches from the fide of the 
branches ; they appear in July, Auguft, and Sep- 
tember, but I have not feen any pods fucceed them 
here. However, when the plants are in flower, they 
make a fine appearance. 
It is eafily propagated by cuttings, during the fummer 
months, if the cuttings are planted in pots, and 
plunged into a moderate hot-bed, being careful to 
fhade them till they have taken root, and frequently 
refrefh them with water : during the months of July, 
Auguft, and September, the plants may be expofed 
to the open air in a fheltered fituation, where they 
will produce many flowers ; but in the autumn they 
fhould be placed in a temperate ftove, to preferve them 
in winter. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in Virginia and 
Carolina, from both thofe countries I have received 
the feeds ; there are two varieties of this fpecies, one 
with a white, and the other a blue flower; but 
the feeds of one will produce both varieties, as I have 
more than once experienced. The root is perennial, 
fending up every fpring a number of leaves, in pro- 
portion to the fize of the root ; the foot-ftalks of the 
leaves are fmooth, rifing two feet high, dividing 
upward into three or five branches, garnifhed with 
ternate fmooth leaves, whofe lobes are oval, fpear- 
fhaped, and entire ; the foot-ftalks of the flowers arife 
immediately from the root, and advance rather higher 
than the leaves, being terminated by a thyrfe of large 
butterfly-fhaped flowers, near a foot in length; in 
one variety they are white, and in the other deep blue : 
thefe are fucceeded by large fwelling pods, of a black 
colour when ripe, having one row of kidney-fhaped 
feeds. It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in the 
autumn. 
It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown on 
a moderate hot-bed in the fpring ; when the plants 
come up they fhould have free air admitted to them 
daily, to prevent their drawing up weak, and as foon 
as they are fit to remove, they fhould be each planted- 
in a feparate fmall pot, plunging them into a mo-, 
derate hot-bed again, obferving to fhade them till 
they have taken frefh root ; then they fhould be gra- 
dually inured to the open air ; but in the autumn 
they fhould be placed in a common frame, or covered 
with mats in winter to fhelter them ; but the following 
fpring they fhould be turned out of the pots, and 
planted in the full ground, where, if the foil is dry, 
- and the fituation fheltered, they will live many years, 
producing flowers and feeds annually. 
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