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The ninth fort vfill not thrive in England, unlefs it 
is preferved in the bark-ftove ; this plant will not bear 
tranfplanting, for I railed feveral from feeds which 
throve pretty well while they continued in the pot 
where they were fown, but when they were tranf- 
pl anted, they all decayed. 
D ATI SC A. Lin. Gen. Plant, 1003. Cannabina. 
Tounn. Cor. 52. Ballard Hemp, 
The Characters are, 
It is male and female in different plants > the male flow- 
ers have an empalement compofed of five narrow acute 
leaves , thefe have no petals , and fcarce any vifible fta- 
mina, hut have ten fummits which are much longer than 
the empalement. The female flowers have no petals , but 
the empalements are the fame as the male , having an ob- 
long pervious germen , fupporting three flyles , crowned by 
Jingle fligmas the empalement aftenvard becomes an ob- 
long triangular cap fide, opening with three valves , having 
one cell filled with fnall feeds, adhering to the three fides 
of the capfule. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth feftion 
of Linnsus’s twenty-fecond clafs, intitled Dicecia 
Dodecandriaffrom the male and female flowers grow- 
ing in feparate plants, and the male flowers having 
ten ftamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Datisca ( Cannabina ) caule lsevi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
1037. Datifca with a fmooth folk. Cannabina Cretica 
florifera& fru&ifera. Tourn. Cor. 52. 
2. Datisca (Hirta) caule hirfuto. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1037. 
Datifca with a rough ftalk. 
The firlt fort grows naturally in Crete, and fome 
other eaftern countries. This hath a perennial root, 
from which arile feveral herbaceous ftalks, about 
four feet high, garnilhed with winged leaves placed 
alternately, each being compofed of three pair of 
lobes, terminated by an odd one ; thefe are two 
inches long and half an inch broad, ending in acute 
points, and are deeply fawed on their edges, of a 
light green. The flowers come out in long loole 
fpikes from the upper part of the ftalks at the wings 
of the leaves, but having no petals, make but a poor 
appearance. The fummits of the male flowers being 
pretty long, and of a bright yellow colour, are the 
only vifible parts of the flowers to be difcerned at any 
diftance. 
The flowers on the female plants are fucceeded by 
oblong three-cornered caplules, filled with fmall 
feeds, which adhere to the three valves. The plants 
flower in June, and the feeds ripen in September. 
The ftalks decay in autumn and new arife in fpring. 
This fort may be propagated by parting the roots, 
which fhould be performed in autumn when the 
ftalks decay, (which is the beft time to tranfplant the 
roots), but they mull not be parted too fmall ; they 
may be planted in any open beds, where they are not 
under the drip of trees, and will require no other 
culture but to keep them clean from weeds. 
It may alfo be propagated by feeds, but thefe fhould 
be taken from fuch plants as grew in the neighbour- 
hood of male plants, otherwife they will not fucceed ; 
and if the feeds are not fown in autumn, they feldom 
grow the firft' year. The feedling plants when they 
rife, wilfjequire no other care but to keep them clean 
from weeds till autumn, when they may be tranf- 
planted where they are to grow. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Canada, and other 
parts of North America. This differs from the for- 
mer, in having hairy ftalks, which grow taller ; the 
leaves are larger, and do not ftand fo near each other 
upon the ftalks. It is equally hatdy with the flrft 
fort, and may be propagated in the fame manner, but 
fhould have a more fhady fituation and a moifter foil. 
DATURA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 218. Stramonium. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 118. Thorn Apple. 
The Characters are, 
The flower is of one petal which is funnel-fhaped , halving 
.a long cylindrical tube , fpreading open at the top , which 
in fome fpecies is pentangular , each angle being pointed ; 
the empalement of the flower is permanent , fwelling in 
the middle, five-cornered, and tubulous ; the flower hath 
five fidmina , which are as long as the empalement , tirniif 
nated by oblong compreffed fummits j it hath an oval ger- 
men, fupporting an upright flyle , crowned by a thick ob - 
tufe ftigma . The germen afterward becomes an oval cap- 
fule, divided into four cells by a crofs intermediate parti- 
tion, which are filled with kidney-Jhaped feeds adhering to 
the partition. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the flrft feclioh of 
Linneeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia^ 
the flower having five ftamina and one ftylej 
The Species are, 
1. Datura {Stramonium) pericarpiis fpinofts ereftis ova- 
tis, folds ovatis glabris. Hort. Cliff. 55. Datura with 
an oval efebl fruit having a prickly cover. Stramonium, 
fruftu fpinofo rotundo, flore . albo ftmplici. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 1 1 8. Thorn Apple with a round prickly 
fruit , and a fingle white flower . 
2. Datura ( 'Tatula ) pericarpiis fpinofts ereftis ovatis* 
foliis cordatis glabris dentatis. Lin. Sp. 2 56. Datura 
with an erebl ovcd fruit with a prickly cover, and fmooth , 
heart-floaped, indented leaves. Stramonium fructu 1 pi- 
no fo oblongo, flore violaceo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 1 19. 
Thorn Apple with an oblong prickly fruit, and a Violet- 
coloured flower i 
3. Datura ( Metel) pericarpiis fpinofts nutantibus glo- 
bofis, foliis cordatis fubintegris pubefcentibus. Horti 
Cliff. 55. Datura with a globular nodding fruit having 
a prickly cover,, and heart-floaped, entire , hairy leaves * 
Datura alba. Rump. 5. p. 242.- 
4. Datura ( Ferox ) pericarpiis fpinofts ereftis ovatis, 
fpinis fupremis maximis convergentibus. Amoen. A- 
cad. 3. p. 403. Datura with an oval erebl fruit , whofe 
upper fpines are largefl, and converge together. Stramo- 
monium ferox. Bocc. 50. Rough Thorn Apple. 
5. Datura ( Inoxia ) pericarpiis fpinofts inoxiis ovatis pro- 
pendentibus, foliis cordatis pubefcentibus. Datura with 
an oval hanging fruit, whofe cover is beflet with harm- 
lefs fpines , and heart-fhaped hairy leaves. Stramonium 
folio hyofcyami, flore toto candido, frudu propen- 
dente rotundo, fpinis inoxiis ornato. Boerh. Ind. alt. i„ 
6. Datura ( Faftuofa ) pericarpiis tuberculofis nutantibus 
globofts, foliis laevibus. Lin. Sp. 256. Datura with 
a globular nodding fruit, whofe cove v* is fet with tuber- 
cles and foft leaves. Stramonium fEgyptiacum flore 
pleno, intus albo, foris violaceo. Tourn. Inft. 119. 
Egyptian Thorn Apple with a double flower , white on 
the infide , and Violet-coloured on the outfide. 
7. Datura ( Arborea ) pericarpiis mermibus nutantibus, 
caule arboreo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 179. Datura with a 
nodding fruit having an unarmed cover , and a tree-like 
ftalk. Stramonioides arboreum, oblongo & integro 
folio, fruftu Jaevi, vulgo. Flori pondio. Feuil. tab. 46. 
The firft fort here enumerated is the molt common 
Thorn Apple in Europe, and was probably firft intro- 
duced from Italy or Spain, where it naturally grows 5 
but it is now become 1b common about London, and 
near other great towns in England, as to appear like 
a native plant ; for there are few gardens or dunghills 
without this plant in fummer, though it is only near 
fuch places, where the plants may have been culti- 
vated firft in the gardens ; and wherever any of thefe 
plants are permitted to feed, they will furnifh a fup- 
ply of the plants for fome years to come, as they pro- 
duce a vaft quantity of feeds, fome of which will lie 
years in the ground, and when they are turned up to 
the air will vegetate. 
This fort feldom grows much more than two feet 
high, dividing into many ftrong irregular branches 
which are hollow, garnifhed with large fmooth leaves 
divided into irregular angles, and emit a foetid odour. 
The flowers come out firft from the forks or divifionsof 
the branches, and afterward near the extremities of the 
branches •, they have long fwelling tubes, which are 
dilated at the top into large pentagonal brims, each, 
angle ending in a long point or ligula ; thefe ftand 
in long, green, five-cornered empalements, and are 
fucceeded by large roundifh feed-veffels, covered 
with ftrong thorns, divided by four furrows, to 
which adhere the partitions, which feparate the four 
cells, filled with black kidney Thaped feeds. It flowers 
in July, Auguft, and September, and the feeds ripen 
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