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mid more fttcciilenf. Thftle dcfhmfT,1 li of}'enure, ay' in 
the otlier, blit break off at the beginning of the foot-flalks, 
which are very flrong and thick, and always continue ; 
lb tiiat the main ftalk of the plain, and the lower part of 
the branches, which are definite c>f leaves, are fet round 
On every fide with three truncated foot-flalks: and thus is 
the Item defended in a fiiygnlar. manner from external in¬ 
juries. This fpecies was cultivated in the garden of Jas. 
Sheiwrd', M. D. at Eltham, about ■ the year 172+. It was 
lent from Batavia, bttt probably came originally from the 
Cape of Good Hope, where it is known to be a- native. 
It has not yet produced any flowers in England. 
• 2. Cacalia anteuphoi bium, or oval-leaved cacalia : ftem 
fhrubby; leaves ovate-oblong, flat ; petioles having a tri¬ 
ple line at the bale. This rifes ; with many fucculenr llalks 
from the root, as large as man’s finger, br.mching'oiH’up- 
wat'ds into many irregular (talks of the fame form, but 
(mailer. Leaves fucculenr, alternate, blunt ; under each 
footftalk are three (month lines or ribs which run along' 
the branch. It is generally Into vn by *he name of an't'eu- 
phoibiunti being fuppofed to have qualities contrary to eu- 
phorbium. It lias been cultivated in European gardens 
1 inee the year 1570, when it was growing in Boilot’s gar¬ 
den at Bruliels. It appears in Gerardh’s catalogue, and 
therefore wascultivated here in 1596. It very rarely flow, 
ers in Europe; in 1732, however, it flowered iii Mr. 
Blaithwait’s’garden at Dirham in GlducelFefflvire ; and the 
f];Ovvers were lent up by P nets his gardener to Dillenius, 
who has figured them. This alfo is a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
3. Cacalia cuneifolia, or wedge-leaved cacalia : firm 
fhrubby; leaves wedge-form, flelhy. Stem fiefbv, fmaller 
than in the fifth, feventh, and eighth, fpecies. Leaves 
fcattered, veinlefs, without any rib, Hat above, but fome- 
what convex underneath, and flelhy. Native of tlie Cape. 
Cultivated at Upfal-, but it lias not flowered there. 
4. Cacalia Kleinia, or oleander-leaved cacalia or cab¬ 
bage tree: Hem Ihrubby, compound; leaves, lanceolate, 
flat; fears of the-petioles obfolete. This riles whh a 
thick flelhy Item, divided at certain diftances, as it were, 
into fo many joints; each of thefe divilions fweils much 
larger in the middle. The (talks divide into many irre¬ 
gular branches of the fame form ; which, towards their 
extremities-, have long, narrow leaves, of a glaucous co¬ 
lour, (landing all lound without order. As thefe fall off, 
they leave a fear-at the place, which always remains on 
thte branches. 1 he flowers are-produced in large cinders, 
at the extremities; they are of a fa'int carnation colour 
The receptacle is-narrow, fmooth, and has obfolete flelhy 
dots fcattered over it. The feeds are aimed cylindrical, 
fmooth, and mtefeent : the dou n is longer than the calyx, 
of'a ft IkV whitenefs, with capillary 'rays very minutely 
feothletted. It grows naturally in tire Canary ifl-md-: ; 
and flowers in Auguft, September, and the greater part of 
October, but does nor produce feed in this country. It 
was- cultivated in 1732-, in the El t-h am garden; but was 
probably known earlier, fmee Mr. Miller fays that it has 
Itimgibeen an inhabitant of : the Engiifli gardens, Ihiscall- 
ed cabbage 1 ree by tl,e gardeners-, from the refemblance 
which the (ladles have to thofe of cabbage. Others have 
named it carnation-tree, from the drape of the leaves drid 
colour-of the flowers. Thefe have-been 1 dills dog-up in 
fome parts of England, which Dr. Woodward fuppofed to 
have impreflions of this- plant- upon them. Glufius is tire 
full who mentions this plant. A figufekind defeription of 
it-were fent him from London by Garret, who received it 
fifom the Itall Indies. TlvefC are both imperfect : they 
are adopted however by John Bauhln ; and- his- figure is 
better than-Plukenet'SV. Linnaeus, in lus former works, 
made it a (eparute genus-, under the name of Man fay from 
Klein, who pubmhed a figure and defeription- of this 
plant, .under the-name of tithVmaloidetipin die year 1730. 
5. Cacalia ft co ides, or (bit-leaved cacalia : ftem rtmib- 
by ; leaves comprelfed, fleflvy. 1 his -rifts with flrong 
roucul ltaiks-lo-ilieheight ol ieven or eight feet.; they-are- 
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woody at bottom, but (oft and fucculent upwards, .fend¬ 
ing out many irregular branches. Thefe, for more than 
half their length, have thick, taper, fucculenr, leaves, a 
little comprefled on two lidcs, ending in points, covered 
with a whitifh meal; when broken, they emit a drong 
odour of turpentine, and are full of a vifeid juicy. At 
tlie extremities of the branches the flowers‘are produced, 
in fmall umbels; they are white, and cur into five parts at- 
top : the digma is of a dark purple colour, and lianas 
ere iff above tlie tube. The feeds do not ripen in England.. 
In France, the leaves are fometimes pickled, with the 
white meal preferred on them. It grows'’nafu rally at the 
Cape of Good Hope ; and was cultivated in 1727 by Rd. 
Bradley, profelfor of botany at Cambridge. It flowers 
from June to November. Mr. Miller lays, that it was in¬ 
troduced from Holland about the year 171k. 
6. Cacalia repens, or glaucous-leaved cacalia: ftem 
fhrubby; leaves deprelfed, flelhy. The whole plant in 
flature very much refembles the fifth fort ; it is alfo co¬ 
vered with a glaucous meal ; but the leaves have their 
tipper Atrfac'e concave, and are not comprefled on the 
fides. 'F!ie root is creeping, whence the trivial name. It 
is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was cultivated by 
Mr. Miller in 1737, and flowers in June. 
7. Cacalia fuftriuicofa, or flax-leaved cacalia.: ftem tin- 
derflmibby, branching; leaves linear, flat, fcattered. 
Thi$ is an underfhrub, a palm in height, varioufly branch¬ 
ed, and filiform. Native of Brail!. 
8. Cacalia laurifolia, or bay-leaved cacalia: fhrubby, 
fmooth; leaves pc-tioled, ovate, triple-nerved, obtufe, 
quite entire, very fmooth ; thvrle terminal ; calyx four- 
leaved, fmooth. A very fmooth Ihrub; found in Mexico-* 
by Mutis. 9 Cacalia cordifoba, or heart-leaved cacalia : 
Ihrubby, hirlute; leaves petiolieef,. cordate-ovate, nerved, 
acute, fcijbrous; calyx four-leaved, four-flowered, pu~ 
befeenr. Leaves oppolite, on long petioles,, broad ovate, 
acuminate., ferrate, hifpid-fcabrous, three nerved, and 
veiny. Petioles tomentofe. Panicles terminal, clothed, 
with floral leaves. Calyxes very fmooth (the thagnolis 
fays pubefeent)', naked; leaflets equal, oppofite, lanceo- 
lare, fmooth, creel ; border of the corolla, .four-parted ; 
flyles fcarcely longer than the damens; down of the feeds-! 
entirely Ample, longer than the calyx. It varies with en¬ 
tire and ferrate leaves. Obfervcd in South America by 
Mutis. Thefe two fpecies agree fo "exactly in the flower; 
and arc fo remarkable in the fourfold divilion. of the ca¬ 
lyx, and the number of the flofcules, that they might 
very well make a fe pa rate genus, it we were not averl’e 
from multiplying ge'nera. 
10. Cacalia afcl^piadea.orafclepias-like cacalia : thru! «- 
by, tomentofe; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, quite et = 
tire, very fmootli above, tomentofe beneath, the edges roll¬ 
ed back, panicles terminal. Stems round, hoary, with a 
fo ft nap, flra'ight. Found in South America by Mutis. 
11. Cacalia appendiculata, or ear-leaved cacalia : Ihrub- 
bv, to-ihe'ntofe ; leaves cordate, ovate, acute, angular, to¬ 
mentofe beneath, petioles with leafy append'icles. Stein 
angular, tomentofe, hoary; flowers yellow. Pound in wa.- 
tery places of the iflund of TenerifFe, by Francis Msflon ; 
who fent another plant, found on the mountainous parts ct; 
thi* ifum'd, u liich fie looked upon as a -d.11 event (pecics 
biit it differs "from this, only in having the flem very' 
fihboj'lF; mid the leaves 'cordate-oblong, a little toothed. 
1 2 ,Cacalia tbivien'ofir, or w oolly-leaved cacalia : fhntb- 
bv, tomentofe ; leaves lanceolate, toothed, tomciuale be- - 
neath, fefiile. Found at the Cape by Thunbcrgl ' 
11 . Herbaceous. 13. Cacalia pofophyllnm, or perfora¬ 
ted cacalia,: flem herbaceous, undivided ; leaves elliptic, - 
fuberenate: Stem from eight inches to a foot in height, " 
round, Tender. It is an annual plant, and .a native of * 
America. Introduced here in 17 80 by Benjamin Bewicke,' 
Efq. and'flowering from June- to October. This (pedes 7 
and cacalia rudbatis differ from tlie genus in their habit, ■ 
arid in having a fiibturbinate calyx ; but there are noi othvr 
generic marks feparut'.ng.them from cacalia, 
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