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m ohlong Capfule, divided by a partition in the middle^ to 

 Kvhichjhe feeds arejused guite round -^ thefe arefmootb and 



almojt cylindrical 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 



Linnseus's fixth clafs, intitkd Hexandria Monogynia, 



the flower having fix ftamina and one ftyle. Dr. Dil- 



lenius has fuppoied this to be the fame with Plumier's 



Karatas, which miflake he was led into by Plumier's 



drawing, where the flower of his Caraguata is joined 



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to the fruit of his Karatas, sind vice verfa -, and from 

 hence Dr. Linnaeus has been induced to join thefe 

 and the Ananas together, making them only fpecies 



of the fame genus. 

 : The Species are, ,. , „ , , 



Bromelia {NudicauUs) foliis radicalibus dentato-fpi- 

 nofis caulinis integerrimis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 286- Bro- 

 melia with lower leaves indented and prickly^ and thofe of 

 ibeflalh entire, Bromelia pyramidata, aculeis nigris. 

 Plum. Nov. Gen. 46. . ,.. v^. 



Bromelia (Lingulata) foliis ferrato-lpinofis obtufis, 

 fpicis akernis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 285. Bromelia with 

 fazvedy prickly, pbtufe leaves, and fpikes of fiowers grow- 

 ing alternate. Bromelia ramofa & facemofa foliis A- 

 rundinaceis ferratis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 46. 

 The firft fort hath leaves very like fome qf the forts 

 of Aloes, but not fo' thick and fucculent, which are 

 Jharply indented on their edges, where they are armed 

 with ftrone black fpines -, from the center of the plant 

 strifes the flower-ftalk, which is near three feet high, 

 the lov/er part of which is garnifhed with ehtif-e leaves, 

 placed alternately at, every joint. The upper part of 

 the ftalk is garniihed with flowers, fet in a loofe fpike 

 or thyrfe \ thefe have three narrow herbaceous petals 

 fitting upon the germen, and fix (lender ftamina, with 

 the ftyle, which are fhorter than the petals.,' Thefe 

 lowers in the country where they naturally grow, are 

 fucce'eded by oval feed-rveflTels, having a longitudinal 

 partition, in the center of which are fattened cylindri- 

 cal feeds on every fide, which are fmooth. 

 The fecond fort hath ftiorter leaves than the firft, 

 which ftand eredt, and are narrow at the bafe, increaf- 

 ing in width gradually to the top, where they are 

 broadeft ; thefe are ftiarply fawed on their edges, and 

 are of a deep green colour. The flower-ftem arifcs 

 from the center of the plant, which divides upward 

 into feveral branches > the upper part of thefe ate 

 garniftied with fpikes of flowers, which come out al- 

 ternately from the fides of the brandies, each having 

 a narrow entire leaf juft below it, which is longer than 

 the fpike. The flowers are placed very clofe on the 

 fpikes, each having three ftiort petals fituated upon 

 the globular empalement ; when thefe decay, the em- 

 palement turns to an oval pointed feed-veflel, inclof- 

 mg feeds of the fame Ihape with the former. 

 Both thefe plants grow naturally in very warm coun- 

 tries. Father Plumier, who gave this title to the ge- 

 nus, found them growing in the French Iflands in 

 America-, and the late Dr. Houftoun obferved them 

 growing in Janiai'ca, and in feveral parts of the Spa- 

 nifh "Weft-Indies. 



coaft of Guinea, from whence I received the feeds •, 

 and the fecond fort was fent me frohi St. Chrifto- 



pher's. •'•..' 



Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 procured from the counciy where they grow naturally, 

 for they do not produce any in England. Thefe 

 muft be fown in fmall pots filled with light kitchen- 

 garden earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed 

 of tanners bark i the earth in thefe pots flioiild be 

 fprinkled over with water two or three times a week, 

 according to the heat of the^ weather, but muft not 

 have too muchmoifture. If the feeds arc mod, the 

 plants will appear in about five or fix weeks, and in a 

 month after will be fit to tranfplant, v>^hen they 

 iliould be carefully fliakcn out of the pots, and each 

 planted in a feparate fmall pot filled with the fame 

 earth as before \ dien they muft be plunged again into 

 a moderate hot-bed, obfcrving frequently to fprinkle 

 them over with water, but be cautious of giving them 

 too much, left the roots fl^culd be thereby rotted. 



The firft fort alfo grows on the 



During the fummer feafon the plants fhould have a 

 moderate fliare of air, in proportion to the heat of 

 the weather ; and, in autumn, they muft be removed 

 in the bark-ftove, and treated in the fame manner aii 

 the Ananas, or Pine Apple, with which management 

 they will make good progrefs ■, but after the firft v/in- 

 ter, they may be placed upon ftands in the dry ftove, 

 though they will thrive much better if they are con- 

 ftant^ kept in the tan-bed, and treated like the A- 

 nanas, and will flower in three or four years \ whereas 

 thofe in the dry ftove will not flower in twice that 



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The other parts of their culture is only to (hift them 



intofrefli earth when they require it 5 but they fliould 



by no means be put into large pots, for they will 



not thrive if they are over-potted j n'dr muft they have 



much wet, cfpecially in winter. ^: 



Thefe plants make a pretty variety in the hot-houle, 



fo thofe who have room, may allow a planter two of 



each fort to have a place in their coUedtion of exotic 



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ROOM, the common. See Spartium. 



ROOM, the Spanifh. Set Spartium and Genista. 



ROWALLIA. Lin. Gen, Plant, 691. Hort. 



Clifi^. 318. 



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of one leaf, and indented at 

 the top in five itneqttal parts. The flower is ftinnel-fhaped, 

 of one leaf, having a cylindrical tube twice the length of 

 the empalefHent ; the upper part is fpread open, and di- 

 vided into five parts, the tipper fegment or lip being a 

 little larger than the others, which are equal. It hath 



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and reflexed to the mouth of the tube, which inclofe them ; 

 thefe are terminated by ftngle incurved fummits. In the 

 center is fituated an oval germen, fupporting a flender 

 flyle the length of tie tube, crowned by a thick, com- 

 preffed, indented fiigka. The empalement afterward be- 

 comes an oval obtufe veffel with one cell, opening at the 

 top in four ;parts, and filled with fmall compreffcd 



feeds, :■-. * /., " . >,. ■ 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedlion 

 of Linn^us's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 

 Angiofpermia, the flower having two long and two 

 Ihort ftamina, and the feeds included in a capfule. ^ 



The Species are, -. ' : . - 



Browallia {Bemiffa) pedunculis unifloris. Hort. 

 Cliff. 318. Browallia with one flower on a foot-ftalL 

 The title of Browallia was given to it by Dr. Lin- 



nasus, in honour of profefiTor Browall, of Amfter- 

 dam. 



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2. Browallia {Elala) pedunculis unifloris multiflorif- 



que. Lin. Sp, 880. 

 foot-ftalk, and fomet\ 



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bert Millar, from Panama, in the year 1735 ; which 

 fucceeded in the Chelfea garden, where it has conti- 

 nued to flower, and produce feeds every year, but 

 the plants are annual, foperifti in autumn ; the feeds 

 of this plant muft be fov/n upon a hot-bed in the 

 Ipring, and the plants brought forward on another, 

 otherwifi they will not perfeft their feeds in England. 

 Some of thefe plants may be ' tranfplanted in June 

 into the borders of the flov/er-garden, where, if the 

 feafon proves warm, they will flower and perfeft 

 feeds ; but left thefe fliould fail, there fliould be two 

 or three plants kept in the ftove for that purpofe. 

 The plants ufually grow about two feet high, and 

 fpread otit into lateral branches, garniftied with oval 

 leaves which are entire, ending in "a point, having 

 fliort foot-ftalks. Toward the end of the branches 

 the flowers are produced fingly, upon pretty long 

 foot-ftalks, arifing frOm the wings qf the leaf. Thefe 

 have a fliort empalement of one leaf, which is cut 

 into five parts ; out of the center of the empaIemen^ 

 the flower arifes, which is crooked and bent down- 

 ward ; the top of the tube is fpread open, and the 

 brim, or Open part of the flower, has fome refem- 

 blance to a lipped flower, being irregular. Jt is of a 



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