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plants, grov.'ing naturally upon bogs, are with diffi- 

 culty pai'erved in gardens. 



NTHKK. a; [from 'A^S-zifo; flowery,] are the fum- 

 mits or little tops in the middle of a flower, fupported 



by the (lamina. 



9(^, a flower, and xiy^ 



Gr. a word,] a difcourfe or treatife of flowers. 



We have no Englifli name for 



ANTIIOLYZA. 



this plant. 



The Characters are, 



// hath an imbricated flocath growing alternate^ ivhii\ 

 is perraanent ; the flower is of one leaf tubulous^ an 

 cpcns above with comprejfcdjaws, 'Thd upper Up isjlendev 

 , ertSi^ and waved \ the two jazvs are JJjort^ an 

 joined at their bafe ; the tinder lip is trifid^ fljort^ and th 

 7niddle fegment turns dozvmvard^ it hath three longjlende, 

 flamfna, two of which are under the upper lip^ and th 

 ether lies in the under lip \ thefe are crowned by pointei 



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flower is fituated the germen^ fup 



flender flyle the length of the ft 

 y a flender^ trifid^ reflexedjh 



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hich 



IS 



'difh three-cornered veffel 



The germ en 



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tbree cells ^ tn which are lodged many triangular feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 

 Linna^us's third clafs, entitled Triandria Monogynia, 

 the flowers having three flramina and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, 



Antholyza {Ringens) corolla labiis divaricatls fauce 



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riant. 54. Antholyza whofe flower- 

 Gladiolus floribus ridlum referens 



coccineus fuprema lacinia erecSla & fifl:ulofa. Breyn. 2 1 . 

 2. Antholyza (Spicata) foliis linearibus fulcatis floribus 

 albis uno verfu difpofitis. Fig. Plant, pi. 40. Antho- 



lyza with 



furrowed leaves^ and white flt 

 fide of the ftalk 



ing ereft ^ 



Tlie firft fort hatJi round, red, bulbous roots, from 

 which arife feveral rough furrowed leaves, near a foot 

 long, and half an Inch broad ; between thefe comes 

 out the flower-ftem immediately from the root, which 

 rifes two feet high. Is hairy, and hath feveral flowers 

 coming out on each fide. Thefe are of one leaf, cut 

 into fix unequal parts at the top : one of thefe feo-- 

 mcnt.s is ftretched out much beyond the other, ftand- 



the margins are waved and clofed to- 

 gether, wrapping up the three ftamlna. The flowers 

 are red, and appear in June, and the feeds ripen in 

 September. 



The roots of the fecond fort are In fliape and fize like 

 thofe of the Vernal Crocus, but the outer fkin is thin 

 and white ; from this arifes five or fix long narrow 

 leaves, which are deeply furrowed. Between thefe 

 arife the flower-llem, which is a foot and a half high, 

 bending on one fide toward the top, where the flowers 

 come our, ranged on one fide, ftanding ereft. Thefe 

 have each a fpatha or flieath, of one leaf, divided into 

 two, ending in points, which are permanent. The 

 flower is of one leaf, having a long tube, but is di- 



vided into fix unequal fegments at the top, which 

 fpread open, their margins being waved and turned 

 inward. The three ftamina rife under the upper fe^*- 

 ment, wliich is larger than the others, and below is 

 fituated the trifid ftyle, crowned with purple ftio-ma. 

 After the flower Is paft, the germen becomes a three- 

 cornered feed-veflrl, opening in three cells, which are 

 filled with triangular feeds. The flowers of this fort 



May 



Auguft. 



Thefe plants are natives of Africa, from whence their 

 feeds liave been obtained, and were firft raifed in the 

 Dutch gardens, where one of die forts has long 

 been ^n ornament in the curious gardens of that 



country. * 



They are propagated by off^sets, which the bulbous 

 roots lend fortli in pretty great plenty, or by feeds, 

 which are fometimes perfefted in Europe. Thefe 

 feeds fiiould be fown foon after they are ripe; for if 

 they are kept out of tlie ground till the following 

 Ipring, tliey often mlfcarry, or at leaft remain a year 

 in the ground before they grow. If the feeds are fown 



in pots of light earth, and plunged into an old bed of 



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tan ^vhkh lias loft its heat, and iliaded In the vvAdi'* 



of the day mliot weather, tJie feeds will come up the 

 following winter -, therefore they muft be kept cohered 

 witli gla les to fcreen tliem from cold, oth,erwifc the 



young plants will be, deftroyed. Thefe may remain 

 in the pots two years, if the plants are not roo dole, 

 by which time they will have ftrength enough to be 

 planted each into a leparate fmall pot filled v/ith lic-hf 

 earth The time for tranfplanting of thefe roots is 

 in July or Auguft, when their leaves are decayed 

 In fummcr the pots may be placed in the open ?ir 

 but m winter they muft be removed, and placed under 

 a hot-bed frame, for they are not very tender ; but 

 where any damp arifes, it is very apt to occafion a 

 mouldinefs upon their leaves. The roots flioot up in 

 autumn, and the flowers begin to appear in May • 

 the feeds ripen in Auguft, and foon after their leaves 

 and ftalks decay -, when the roots may be taken up, 

 and kept fix weeks or two months out of tlie ground^ 

 fo may be eafily tranfported from one comitry to 

 another at that time. Thefe flowers are ornamental 

 when they appear, and they are plants which require 

 but little culture, fo deferve a place in every o-ood 



garden. 



A N T H O S P E R M U M, Amber-tree, vulgo. 

 The Characters are, 



// is male and female in different plants ; the male fu 



into four parts almofl 

 tfes four fender fl 



of one leaf 



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fquarefummits^ having a deep furrow through their middle. 

 The female flowers have the fame firuBure as the male, 

 'but have no ftamina ; inflead of -which, there is an oval 

 germen, fituated in the bottom, fupporting two recurved 

 ftyles crowned with a flender ftigma. 'The germen afterward 

 becomes a roundiflo capfule having four cells, which contain 

 feveral angular feeds. 



Dr. Linnsus has ranged this genus in his twentieth 

 clafs of plants, but it properly belongs to his twenty- 

 fecond, becaufe the plants are male and female in dif- 

 ferent plants ; whereas thofe of his twenty-third, have 

 male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on the fame 



plant. 



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foliis tevibus. Horr. 



This plant has been long known in the curious gar- 

 dens, under the title of Frutex Africanus, ambram 

 fpirans, or Amber-tree. 



It is preferved in moft curious gardens which have 

 collections of tender plants, and is eafily propagated 

 by planting cuttings during any of the fummer 

 months, in a border of light earth j which will take 

 root in fix weeks time, provided they are watered and 

 ftiaded as the feafon may require : or if thefe cuttino-s 

 are planted in pots, and plunged into a very moderate 

 hot-bed, they will take root fooner, and there will 

 be a greater certainty of their grow;ng. Afterv/ard 

 theyftiould be taken up, with a ball of earth to their 

 roots, and planted into pots filled with light fanciy 

 earth, and may be expofed to the open air until Oc- 

 tober-, at which time they fiiould be removed into 

 the confervatory, where they fliould be placed as free 

 as pofiible from being over-hung with other plants ; 

 and, during the winter feafon, they muft be refreftied 

 with water, but fliould not liave too much given tliem 

 each time ; and fliould have as much air admitted to 

 them as tlie weather will permit, for if they are kept 

 too clofe, they will be kibje6t to grow mouldy, and 

 generally decay foon after; fo that if the green-houfe 

 is damp, it will be difficult to preferve tJiefe plants 



through the winter. 



The beauty of this fiirub is in its finall ever-grccn 

 leaves, which grow as clofe as heath j wliich being 

 bruifed between tlie nnc-ers, emit a \'ery fraoran't 

 odour, 

 cuttings, foi 



Thefe plants muPc be frequently renewed by 



feldoni cont 



ir the old plants are very fiibjecL to decay, 

 inuing above three or four years. 

 .Tt Is but of late years there have been any of tlie fe- 

 male plants in tlie gardens, for all thofe wliicii were 

 formerlv in the frardens, were the mule, which bcincT 



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