to England, and fold in the druggifts {hops by the 
name of Tournfole. 
The fecond fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 
New Spain, from whence the feeds were fent me by 
the late Dr. Houftoun ; this is an annual plant, which 
rifes about a foot high ; it hath an angular ftalk ; the 
branches are naked from their divifions to the top, 
where they are garnifhed with a few oval fpear-fhaped 
leaves, which are fawed on their edges ; they are an 
inch and a half long, and three quarters of an inch 
broad, Landing on foot-ftalks one inch long. The 
flowers are produced in clofe fhort fpikes at the end 
of the branches, thole on the upper part being male, 
and the lower female ; they are white, and the male 
foon falls away, but the female are fucceeded by 
roundifh capfules, having three lobes ; thefe grow in 
clofe clufters, they have three cells, each containing 
one roundifh feed. It flowers in July, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. 
The third fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun at La Vera Cruz, from whence he fent me the 
feeds •, this is alfo an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally in low marfhy grounds, where it hath a very 
different appearance from what it puts on when fown 
upon dry land ; thole of the watery places have broad 
flat ftalks, and leaves three inches long, which are 
fcarce a quarter of an inch broad ; thefe are rough, 
and but little indented on their edges ; but thofe 
plants upon dry ground have oval leaves three inches 
long, and upwards of two inches broad, which are 
fawed on their edges. The flowers are produced at 
the wings of the leaves, in fhort loofe fpikes, having 
four or five herbaceous male flowers at the top of 
each, and three or four female flowers at the bottom, 
which are fucceeded by roundifh capfules with three 
lobes, covered with a prickly hulk ; thefe have three 
cells, each inclofinga Angle feed. It flowers and feeds 
about the fame time as the former. 
The fourth fort was difcovered by the fame gentle- 
man, at the fame place as the former ; this is an an- 
nual plant, which rifes with a taper herbaceous ftalk 
a foot and a half high, dividing into feveral branches, 
garnifhed with fmooth leaves, Landing upon very 
long foot-ftalks, and are for the moft part placed op- 
poflte, as are alfo the branches ; the lower leaves are 
divided deeply into five oblong fegments or lobes, 
and the upper into three, which are {lightly fawed on 
their edges, ending in acute points. The flowers 
are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches, thofe on the upper part being male, and 
the lower female, they are of an herbaceous colour ; 
the female flowers are fucceeded by oblong capfules, 
having three lobes, which open in three parts, having 
three cells, each containing one oblong feed. This 
flowers and feeds at the fame time as the former 
forts. 
The fifth fort was found growing naturally at the 
Havannah, by the late Dr. Houftoun, who fent me 
the feeds ; this is an annual plant, which rarely grows 
more than fix inches high, dividing into two or three 
branches ; the lower part of thefe are garnifhed at 
each joint with four leaves placed in form of a crofs, 
two of which are three inches long, and one inch 
broad near their bafe, ending in acute points •, thefe 
ftand oppofite, and the other two leaves between 
thefe are about two inches long, and a quarter of an 
inch broad ; they are of a light green on their upper 
fide, and of a gray or Afh-colour on their under. The 
flowers are produced in long loofe fpikes at the top 
of the ftalks, two or three of thefe fpikes arifing from 
the fame joint ; die upper part of thefe fpikes have 
male, and the lower female flowers, of an herbaceous 
colour ; the female flowers are fucceeded by round 
capfules with three cells, each containing one roundifh 
feed. This flowers and feeds about the fame time 
with the former forts. 
The fixth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun in the ifland of Jamaica, where it grows na- 
turally. It rifes with a fhrubby ftalk to the height 
of feven or eight feet, which is covered with an Afh- 
coloured bark, and' divides into many Lender branches 
upward ; fome of theie branches are terminated by 
five or fix fmaller, which arife from the fame joint ; 
theie are naked below, but toward their upper part 
they are garnifhed with fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves, 
about two inches and a half long, and three quarters 
of an inch broad, Landing on pretty long foot-ftalks 
without order ; the flowers are produced in fhort 
fpikes at the end of the branches, in the fame manner 
as the former ; they are of an herbaceous colour, and 
inclofed in large green empalements. 
Hie feventh fort was fent me from Jamaica, by Mr. 
Robert Millar ; this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk feven 
or eight feet high, fending out many irregular 
branches, covered with an Alb-coloured' bark," and 
garnifhed with heart-fhaped leaves, near four inches 
long, and two inches broad in their wideft part, 
ending in acute points ; they are of a light green on 
their upper fide, but woolly on their under, Landing 
on flender foot-ftalks without any order, fometimes 
Angle, and at others, two or three arife from the fame 
joint. The flowers are produced in fhort fpikes from 
the fide of the branches ; they are of a whitifh 
green colour, and the female flowers are fucceeded 
by capfules, having three cells, each including a Angle 
feed. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun ; this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk about fix or 
feven feet high, fending out many fide branches, 
which are covered with a fmooth bark, of a yellowifh 
white colour, garnifhed very clofely with narrow ftiffi 
leaves near three inches long, and about one eighth 
of an inch broad, of a light green on their upper fide, 
but their under fide is the fame colour as the bark ; 
the midrib is furrowed on their upper fide, and very 
prominent on the lower; the upper part of the 
branches divide into four or five fmaller, which arife 
from the lame joint, and are nearly equal in their 
length, and betweeifthefe arife a long loofe fpike of 
whitifh green flowers. The whole plant hath an aro- 
matic odour when rubbed. The feeds grow in 
roundifh capfules having three cells, each including 
a Angle feed. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence it was fent me by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this 
rifes with a fhrubby ftalk fix or feven feet high, di- 
viding upward into feveral branches, which are co- 
vered with a yellowifli down, garnifhed with long 
heart-fhaped leaves, ending in acute points ; thefe 
are two inches and a half long, and one broad in 
their wideft part. Landing on long foot-ftalks, co- 
vered on both fides with a woolly down of the fame 
colour as the branches. The flowers are produced 
on long clofe fpikes at the end of the branches ; the 
male flowers, which are fituated on the upper part 
of the fpikes, have white flowers of one leaf, divided 
into five parts almoft to the bottom, and have five 
taper Lamina, fituated in the bottom. The female 
flowers on the lower part of the fpikes, have large 
woolly empalements, and are fucceeded by round 
capfules with three cells, each including a Angle 
feed. 
The tenth fort rifes with a fhrubby ftalk near four 
feet high, dividing into many fmaller branches, which 
have a filvery bark, and are garnifhed with fmall 
heart-fhaped leaves, about three quarters of an inch 
long, and half as broad at their bafe, ending in acute 
points ; thefe are woolly on both fides, but their 
under fide is filvery, their upper fide of a yellowifh 
green. The flowers are produced in fhort fpikes at 
the end of the branches, which are fmall, white, and 
have woolly empalements. The female flowers on 
the lower part of the fpikes are fucceeded by 
roundifh capfules with three cells, each containing 
one feed. 
All thefe plants except the firft, are natives- of warm 
countries, fo will not thrive in England, unlefs they 
are tenderly treated. They are all propagated by 
feeds ; thofe which are annual perfect their feeds in 
England ; 
