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umbels axillary two or three flowered. Found at the Cape 
of Good Hope by Thunberg. 
11. Apocynum juventas, or renovating dog’s-bane: ftem 
twining flirubby, leaves ovate hairy, racemes dichotomous. 
Native of Cochinchina. The phyficians of the country 
fancy the root of this plant to refrefh the animal fpirits to 
fuch a degree, as by a long ufe of it to endow old age 
with all the ftrength and vigour of youth. The Chineie 
have the fame opinion with refpeft to their ho xeu u, which 
they fuppofe to be the fame plant, but that is not certain. 
12. Apocynum alterniflorum, or alternate-flowered 
dog’s-bane: ftem climbing flirubby, leaves ovate acumi¬ 
nate fmooth, axils alternate umbelliferous. Native of the 
illands near Canton in China. 
13. Apocynum Africanum, or African dog’s-bane: ftem 
fubereft flirubby, leaves ovate-oblong, peduncles two or 
three flowered. Native of the coaft of Zanguebar, in 
Africa, on a fandy plain. 
14. Apocynum fcandens,or climbing dog’s-bane : leaves 
oblong-cordate Itiff,’ flowers lateral, ftem flirubby twining. 
Was difcovered by father Plumier, in fome of the French 
illands in America. It was aftenvards'found by the late 
Mr. Robert Millar, furgeon, growing plentifully near 
Carthagena, in New Spain, from whence he font the feeds, 
which fucceeded in feveral gardens. This plant has twi¬ 
ning ftalks, by which it mounts to the top of very tall 
trees, and ft iff', oblong, heart-fliaped, leaves, which are 
fmooth, and of a ftiining green colour, being of the fame 
thicknefs with tliofe of the citron-tree. The flowers are 
produced in frnall clufters from the fides of the branches, 
and are of an herbaceous colour, fo that they do not make 
any great appearance : thefe appear in Auguft and Sep¬ 
tember, but are not fucceeded by pods in this country. 
15. Apocynum nervofum, or nerved-leaved dog’s-bane : 
leaves ovate, nerved; cymes lateral ; flowers yellow, 
large; tube very long ; ftem fhrubby, climbing. Has a 
climbing woody ftalk, and rifes to a conliderable height, 
by the fupport of neighbouring trees. The leaves grow 
by pairs oppofite; they are ovate, ending in a fliarp point, 
and have many tranfverfe nerves from the midrib. The 
flowe'rs come out from the wings of the leaves, each (land¬ 
ing upon a feparate long foot-ftalk ; they are large, of a 
bright yellow colour, with very long tubes, fpreading 
open wide at the top; thefe are fucceeded by long com- 
prefled pods, which have borders on one fide filled with 
long channelled feeds, which are crowned with long plumes 
of foft down. This fort grows naturally at Carthagena, 
in New Spain, from whence Miller received the feeds. 
16. Apocynum eordatum, or heart-leaved dog’s-bane : 
leaves oblong-cordate pointed feflile, flowers lateral, ftem 
climbing. 17. Apocynum villofum, or villofe-flowered 
dog’s-bane: leaves cordate fmooth, flowers villofe lateral, 
on long peduncles, ftem climbing. Thefe were difcovered 
at La Vera Cruz, in New Spain, in the year 1729, by the 
late Dr. William Houfton, who fent their feeds to Eng¬ 
land. Thefe plants have both climbing ftalks, by which 
they mount to the tops of the tailed trees. In England 
they have climbed over the plants in the (loves, and rifen 
to upwards of twenty feet high. The (ixteenth fort has 
produced flowers in England (everal times ; but the feven- 
teenth, which grows more luxuriantly than the other, never 
had any appearance of flowers. The down of thele plants 
is in great efteem in France, for (luffing eafy chairs, and 
making quilts, which, being warm, and extremely light, 
are very proper covering for perlons afflidted with the 
gout. The French call it delawad; and, in the fotithern 
parts of France, where fome of the forts will thrive in the 
open air, and perfedl their feeds, there are many planta¬ 
tions made of thefe plants for the fake of the down. As 
many of thefe forts grow plentifully in the uncultivated 
lands in Jamaica, this cottony down might be eafily pro¬ 
cured from thence in plenty, and might probably become 
a vendible commodity in England, if once it were to be¬ 
come a falhionable furniture : efpecially as the plants re¬ 
quire no cultivation, and the only trouble is to colledl the 
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down, which, in fome of the forts with large pods, is 
produced in great quantity, and may be colledted with lit¬ 
tle trouble. 
Propagation and Culture. They are propagated by part¬ 
ing the roots in March, before they put out new ftems. 
They are hardy enough to thrive in the open ground, but 
the foil (hould be light and dry, otherwife the roots are 
apt to rot in winter. They flower in July, and their ftems 
decay to the root in autumn, fcldom ripening their feeds. 
The fecond fort fpreads fo much by its creeping roots as 
to be troublefome in a garden. The firft four fpecies will 
live in the open air, provided they be planted in a warm 
fituation. The other fpecies are tender, and mull be con- 
(lantly kept in the hot-houfe, plunged in the tan-bed. 
They may be propagated by cuttings during the fummer 
months; thefe (hould be laid in the (love three or four 
days to dry, before they are planted: or by feeds, procu¬ 
red from their native places, for they rarely produce any 
in England. Thefe (hould be fown in pots filled with; 
light fandy earth, and plunged into the tan-bed: they 
will appear in a month or (ix weeks, and finould then be 
watered fparingly. They muff be kept coriftantly in the 
tan-bed ; and, as they advance in height, will require lar¬ 
ger pots; but care mud be taken not to overpot them; 
for, unlefs their roots are confined, the plants will not 
thrive. The fccond year, the plants will generally flower, 
if they have been fkilfully managed, in July or Auguft. 
Some of thefe make a fine appearance ; and the leaves, be¬ 
ing of a beautiful green, and keeping on the plant all the 
year, are an ornament to the (love at all feafons. See As- 
clepias, Cerofegia, Cynanchum, and Echites. 
APODACRY'TICS, f. [from dignifying nega¬ 
tively, and $a.y.pv, Gr. a tear.] Medicines which firft ex¬ 
cite, and then evacuate, the (uperfluous moifture of thy 
eyes, thus preventing preternatural moifture there. Such 
are onions, celandine, hellebore, &c. 
APODEC'TdE.y; in antiquity, a name given to ten ge¬ 
neral receivers appointed by the Athenians to receive the 
public revenues, taxes, debts, &c. The apoaedtae had alfq 
a power to decide controverfies arifing in relation to money 
and taxes, all but thofe of the mod difficult nature and 
higheft concern, which were referved to the courts of ju¬ 
dicature. 
APODECTdE'I, f. in the Athenian government, offi¬ 
cers appointed to fee that the meafures of corn were juft. 
APODE'MICA,y. ^cr7rQ^ri[/.tu, Gr. I travel.] The doc¬ 
trine or fcience of travelling, whether for know ledge, de¬ 
votion, or other purpofes. Jo. Meraker has publilhed an 
Apodemica; Ranzovius a Method us Apodemica. 
A'PODES,y. in a general fenfe, denotes things without 
feet. Zoologitls apply the name to a fabulous fort of 
birds, faid to be found in fome of the illands of the New 
World, which, being entirely without feet, fupport them- 
felves on the branches of trees by their crooked bills. 
Afodes, in the Linnrean fyftem, the name of the firft 
order of fifties, or thofe which have no belly-fins. See 
Zoology. 
APODIC'TICAL, adj. [from ctirohiZ k, Gr. evident 
truth; demonftration.] Demonftrative; evident beyond 
contradiction. 
APODIX'IS, f. [s47ro^£i|i;, a?ra<iiy.vvv, Gr. to demon- 
ftrate.] A plain proof or evident demonftration. 
APODO'SIS,/ [a-TrsoWij, Gr. ot a-iro, and. to 
reftore.] A recompenling or giving again. 
Apodosis, in rhetoric, makes the third part of a com¬ 
plete exordium, being properly the application, erreftrir- 
tion of the protajis. The apodofis is the fame with what 
is otherwife called axiefis- and (lands oppofed to protafis .- 
e. gr. protafis, all branches of hiftory are neceffary for a 
(Indent; catefceue, fo that, without thefe, he can never make 
any conliderable figure; apadofis, but literally hiftory is of 
a more efpecial ufe, which recommends it, See. 
APODYTE'RIUM, f. [from Gr. to un¬ 
clothe.] A private room before the entrance into the baths, 
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