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tHRtSOCOM A: Lin. Gen. Plant. 845, Dillcn. 

 ' Gen. 14.'. Co'ma aurH. Bdcrli. i. p. 121. G^ldy- 



locks. ' 



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The Characters are, 



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'tvtty fide to a cbnfidfe^able diftanc^, lending up 



many ereft ftalks, garniilied with flat foearfnaped 



■-leaves, ending in points; thcfe are rough, and have 



- three longitudinal veins-, the upper part oF theilalks 



ne tornrkdn inipdlansnt is imhicaUi!^ the fcates'are [ ■ branch out, and form loofe panicles of yellovy flow- 



itarrcKi\ thecufcr being convex and pointed \ thejlo'isJiris 

 compOjcA cf ikcu^y hermaphrcdiie florets^ ^j;hich are tubular^ 

 ■equals and fnnnel-Jheped^ cut into five fegments at the trhn^ 

 whi'S' 'turn lack \ thefe have each five JJjort fieftdey- fia- 

 Mntt^ 'tennmated ly cylindrical fummits i they have an 

 dblon^ ^ertnen^ fupporting a Jlcnder ftyle^ ^ 'crowned ly 

 two cblong deprefiedfiigmas. The girmen afterward be- 

 comes afingle^ oblcng^ cdinpreffed fced^ crczvncd diih hairy 

 do\ 



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foliis 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftibri of 

 Linnasus's nineteenth clafs, intitled Syhgehefi^ Po- 

 lygamic :Equalis ; the plants of this feftion have only 



hermaphrodite florets, which are fruitful. - '*;'-.. 

 The Speci^es are, : ^: 



CHRvsoddMA \Llnofyris) herbacca, foliis linearibus, 

 glabris, calycibus laxls. Lin. Sp. Plant. 841. Her- 

 baceous Goldyhcks with narrow fmodth leaves^ and loofe 

 tfnpalemcnts. Coma aurea Germanrca linari^ folio. 

 Park. Theat. 688. German Goldyhcks.' 

 t. Chrysocoma {Bificra) herbacea paniculata, 



lanceolatis trincrviis, punctatis, nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



■ 841.- Herbaceous Goldyhcks with flowers growing in pa- 



''f.iclesy 'and fpear-foaped leaves^ having three nerves, and 



yellow flowers growing in umbels, ■' , ■ "■■"/' 



Chrysocoma {Coma Aurea) {v\xi\coh foliis lineatibus 



dorfo decnrrentibus. Hort. Clifl' 397. Shrubby Goldy- 

 hcks with very narrow leaves^ wtofe back parts riin along 

 theftatks, 'vCoina' aiirca Africana fruticans, foliis 11- 



• i^arirE atigufl:is, ^major. Com. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 89. 



■' Greater firubby African Goldyhcks, with narrow 'Toad- 



i ^flax leaves. 



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erSj which are larger than thofe cf the former fort. 

 This flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen 

 in autumn. ' - - ' 



It propagates top faft by its creeping 'roots to be 

 admitted into the flower-garden, K)r the roots will 

 often extend two or three feet every way in the 

 compafs of one year. To that they will interfere with 

 the neighbciuring flowers -, but as the plants will grow 

 in any foil or iRtuation, fo a few roots may be planted 

 on the fide bf extenfi^eruiral walks round the borders 

 of fields, where they will require no care, and their 

 flowers will make a good appearance, and continue 

 long in beauty. 

 The third fort grows" hatuHlly it the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This rifes with a. ligneous ft:al|i: about a foot 

 high, /dividing into many fmall branches, which are 

 garhifhed with harrow leaves, of a deep green, coming 

 out on ev'et^ fide 'withbUt order ; the back part of 

 each leaf hath a fmall fliort appendix, which runs 

 along the ftalks. The flowers are produced at the 

 end of the' branches, on flender naked foot-ftalks ; 

 thefe are of a pale yellow, and fhaped like thofe of 

 the former forts, but are larger. This plant flowers 

 'gfekt part of the year, for which it is chiefly eflreemed ; 

 ' the feed^ ripen very well in autumn, which' if fown 

 on a comrnon border of light earth in the fpring, the 

 plants will come up, and may be tranfplanted into 

 pots, to be 'removed into ftieltcr in winter, for thefe 

 plants will not live through the winter in the open 

 air in England; ' ' 



The nidft 'feixpcfditious fnetliod of propagating this 



■4. CHkvsocoTviA (CerfHth) fubfruticofa, foliis liriearibus I plant is by cuttings, which, if pkntedin a common 



fnbtus pilofis, floribus ante florefcentiam cerhi^is. 



Hort. Cliff; 397. Shrubby Goldyhcks with very harrow 



%dtry kitv^'es, 'hnd flo'vJifsYodding before they are bloivn. 



Coma aufea foliis lin?,ri^ ausufliioribus minor. Hort. 



' Amfl:. 2. p. 86. Lejfer Goldyhcks with narrower Toad-flax 



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leave's, . .; _ 



3, ChrVsoco.a!ia {Ciliata) fuffruticofa, foliis linearibus 



• reftis, ciliatis ramis pubefcentibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



48 1. Shrubby Goldyhcks wlt% harrow leaves and downy 



IrMchcs, Cony^a Afncana^tenuifolia, fubfrutefcens, 



fiore aurco. Hort. Elth. 104. tab. 68. Narrow-leaved, 



African. fJonihly Fleabdne, with a golden flow,er, 



I'he firit fort grows naturally in Germany, and alfo 



' in 'Frafice and Italy ; 



this hath a perennial root 5 the 

 ftalks rife t\Vo fccr and a half high, are round, fliiff', 

 and clofely gai'nifhed V/ith long, narrow, ^finooth 

 leaves, Vv^hich come out without any order, of a pale 

 green colour; the upper part of "the ftalk divides 

 into ipftfiy flcndcT foot-ftalks, each fuftaininga fingle 

 head of flowers, which are coYrspofed of many her- 

 inaphrodite 'florets, contained in one common dm- 

 'palemenr, hp.\'jng very narrow fcales. The flowers 

 are of a bright yellow, and fl:and difpofed on the top 

 of the'flialk,^ in foim of an iimbel, Thefe appear in 

 July; and in favourable feafons are fucceeded by 

 feeds, which ripen in Septem^bcr, foon after which 

 the ftalks decay to the "root, *aind new ones arife the 

 following fpring. ' ' * 



This plant is generally propagated by parting of the 

 roots, that being the mcft expeditious method; for 

 the fcedli: 



"third 



This alfo flowers great 



g plants 'do 'Hot flower till the TeCond or 



'ear. 1 he bcfr time to rcrrove the plants and 



part tneir rocr.% is focn after the iLiilks decay in au- 



plants may get frcfli roots before 

 \vintcr. It dclipihts in a dry Iccfc foil, in virhich it 



tumn, that the plants may cct frcfli 



^vul live in the open air, and propagate by its roots 

 very 'fin:; ^bdt in flrcnG; wet land, the roots often rot 



in wihre'r. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Sibcrih, ' 

 ■y/Iufhce tlic feeds v/erc ii^ut to Pcterlhui-g!i, "pai 



from 



. "part of 

 v/hich I received from the late Dr. Amnnan, who 

 v;;;q pi-ofelTor of bordny in that univcrfity. This plane 

 hath a perennial creeping root, which fpreads on 



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border Fn any of the furtimer months, and covered 

 ■ ^ith hand-glafles, will eafily tal<!e root,' provided they 

 kre fhaded ff6itt We fuh' ahS '^uly WatfeVed : when 

 thefe have gotten good roots they fliould.bc carefully 

 taken up, and each planted in a feparate po\, filled 

 witla light ■eatth, placing them til tne fti'ade till they 

 have taken new root ; then they rniy be expofed with 

 other hardy exotic plants till autumn, when they 

 fnufl: be removed into the green-houfe during the 

 winter feafon ; they fliould enjoy a large fliare of 

 free air in mild weather, for they only require pro- 

 te6tion from frofl:, fo mufl: not be too tenderly 

 treated. 



The fourth fort is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Flope, from whence I received the feeds ; this is a 

 lefs plant than the former, it hath a Ihrubby fl:alk,. 

 branching out in the fame manner; the leaves are 

 fhorter, and a little hairy ; the flowers are not half 

 fo large, of a pale fulphur colour, and nod on one 

 fide before they are blown, 

 part of the year, and ripens feeds very well ; but 

 this is generally propagated in the fame manner as 

 the former, and the plants require the fame treat- 

 ment. 



The fifth fort is alfo a native of the fame country as 

 the two former ; this hath a low ihrubby ftalk, which 

 branches out on every fide, very narrow, fliort, 

 'rough, and reflexed ; the flowers ftand fingle on the 

 t6p of 'naked foot-ftalks, which arife from the upper 

 part of the branches ; thefe flowers are larger than 

 thofe of the laft, and ftand ereft. This plant requires 

 ^ the fame treatment as the two former, and is pro- 



'pagated by cuttings in the fame manner. 

 CHRYSOPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 233. 

 Cainito. Plum. Nov. Gen, 9. tab. 9. The Star 

 Apple. 



The Characters are. 

 The cmpalement is permanent, and confifts offlve fmall, 

 rcundiflj, concave petals ; the flower is compofed cf fi-ve 

 petals, which fpread open, and are Cut in the middle into 

 two parts ; // hath five flamina placed alternate to the 

 fegmenis of the petals, terminated by heart-fljaped fum- 



niits : the oval gcr men is fituated in the center, fi^pp''^'^' 



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