u 



r.nc/luul i but clic (hrubby forts very rarely arrive to 

 tharperfcaion, fo their I'eeds mull be procured t'roni 

 the countries where they naturally grow. l1ic feeds 

 nuilt be fown on a hot-bed early in the fpring, and 

 when the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be 

 each tranfplantcd into a fmall pot, and plunged into 

 a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, where t'ney 

 Ihould be fliaded from the fun till they have taken 

 frefli root ; then they mufr have air admitted to them 

 daily, in proportion to the warmth of the feafon *, 

 thev muft alfo be frequently refrclhed with water, 

 particularly the fecond, third, and fourth forts, which 

 will often require water, but the others fliould have 

 it more fparingly. After the plants are grov/n too 

 tall to remain in the frames, they fliould be removed, 

 cither into the fl:ove, or a glafs-cafe, wlicrc tliere is 

 a hot-bed of tanners bark, into which the pots fnould 

 be plunged, and there the annual forts will flower 

 and perfeCl their feeds ■, but the flirubby kinds muft 

 be removed into the bark-llove in the autumn, and 

 during the winter feafon they fliould have but little 

 water-, and the fl:ove fliould be kept in a good tem- 

 perature of heat, otherwife they will not live through 

 the winter in England. 



As thefe plants retain their leaves all the year, fo 

 they make a pretty variety in winter, when they are 

 intermixed with other plants, whofe leaves are of dif- 

 ferent forms and colours from thefe, .., ..^:'*; f'?-;'^- • 



CROWN IMPERIAL. :See PExamM.^-- - 

 CRUCIANELLA. Lin. Gen. Plant. ii8. Ru- 

 beola. Tourn. Inft. R;;-H. 130- tab. 50. Petty 



Madder. 



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J ^ 



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1 ' 



1 . ^ i 



The Characters are, 



■ The flower hath a two-leaved empalcment^ K.vhich is rigid 

 and comprejfed. It hath one petals with a Jlemier cy- 

 lindrical tube which is longer than the cmpalement^ and 

 cut into four parts at the brira. It hath four ftamina 



■ fituated in the mouth of the tube^ terminated hy fingle 

 fummits. It hath a compreffed germen^ fituated at the 

 bottora of the tube^ fupporting aflender bifid ftyle^ crowned 



. hy two obtufe fligmas. The germen afterward become two 

 . twin capfules^ each containing one oblong feed, 



■ This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl; fedlion of 

 LinnjEus's fourth clafs, intitled Tetrandria Monogy- 



' nia, the flower having four fliamina and one flryle, 

 . . The Species are, 



1. Crucianella {Angufiifolia) erefta, foliis fenis li- 

 nearibus. Hort. Upfal. 27. JJpi'ight Crucianella withfitx 

 narrow leaves. Rubeola angufl:iore folio. Tourn. Infl:. 

 130. Petty Madder. 



2. Crucianella {Latifolia) procumbens, foliis quater- 

 nis lanceolatis, floribus fpicatis- Hort. Upfal. 27. 



• Trailing Crucianella wjth four fpear-fhaped leaves and 

 fpiked flowers. Rubeola latiore folio. Tourn. Infl:. 130. 



3. Crucianella {Mariti^na) procumbens fufiruticofa 

 - foliis quaternis, floribus oppofitis quinquefidis. Lin. 



Sp. Plant. 158. Crucianella with trailing fhrubby ft alks^ 

 . four leaves at each joints and flowers growing in whofis. 

 Rubeola maritima. C.'B. P.v>,.:;;;-.>- ^,^.. - •,. ^. 



4. Crucianella {Hifpidd) caule , hifpido, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis hirfutis oppofitis, floribus umbellatis termi- 

 nalibus. Crucianella with a flinging flalky fpear-fhaped 

 hairy leaves placed oppofite^ and fiowers growing in um- 

 bels at the ends of the branches. Rubeola Americana 

 hirfuta, parietarise foliis, floribus umbellatis purpureis. 

 Houft. MSS. 



5. Crucianella {Americana) foliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 ' hirfutis oppofitis, caule ereclo villofo, floribus foli- 



tariis alaribus. Crucianella with narrow^ fpear-fhaped^ 

 hairy leaves placed oppcfiite^ an ere£l hairy flalky and fingle 

 flcwers proceeding from the fides of the branches. 

 The firft: fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 and Italy ; this is an annual plant, v/hich rifes with 

 feveral upright flralks a foot high, having fix or feven 

 very narrow linear leaves placed in whorls, at each 

 joint. The flowers grow in clofe fpikes at the top 



• and from the fide of the branches ; thefe are fmall, 

 white, and not longer than the cmpalement, fo make 

 no great appearance. It flowers in June and July, 

 and the feeds ripen in autumn. ..... 



The fecond fort grows in the iflands of tlie Arv:h:pr- 

 lago, and alio about Montpelier -, this is alfo an annual 

 plant, fending out feveral branchin 

 root, which lie proilrate, and arc garnifned with lour 

 fpear-fliaped leaves at each joiat.^ Tlie Howers arc 



g ftalks from \\\c 



produced in 



long 



fpike 



joint, 

 at t!ie 



lanie time as tiie 



extremity or the 

 branches •, thefe are very fmall, io make noLMvar ajv- 



pearance. It flowers abuut the 



former. 



Hie third fort is like the fecond in the appearance of 

 leaves and ilalks, but the flowers grow on tlic fide of 

 the fl:alks, almolt in whorls, and n:ake little appear- 

 ance. This grows naturally on the borders of the 

 lea, in the fouth of France and Italy. 

 Hiefe tlu'ce forts are preferved in fome gardens for 

 the fake of variety ; if the feeds are fown on a bed 

 of light earth early in theJpring, where they are de- 

 figned to remain, they will require no otlier culture, 

 but to thin them where they are too clofe, and keep 

 them clean from w^eeds j or if the feeds are permitted 

 to fcatter, the plants will come up in the fpring, and 

 require no other treatment •, but the third fort w^lll 

 not ripen its feeds here, when the autumn is not far 

 vourable. 



The fourth fort hath four-cornered, rough, prickly 



fl;alks, which bend ciownward, and arc garniflied w^itli 



fpear-fliaped leaves, which are hairy and fl:and op- 



pofite i the fiowers are produced in fmall cluftcrs at 



the end of the branches, which are blue, and cut into 



four parts at the top ; after thefe decay, they are fuc- 



cecded by twin capfules joined, in each of thefe \i one 

 oblong feed. 



Hie fifth fort rifes with a flirubby branching flralk 

 near three feet high, which is garniflied with narrow 

 fpear-fliaped leaves, covered with flinging Iiairs. The 

 flowers are produced from the wings of the leaves, 

 on eacli fide the ilalk fingly •, thele are of a pale 



blue colour, and are fucceeded by twin fruit like the 

 former. 



Both thefe forts grow naturally at La Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain, from whence the feeds were fent me by 

 the late Dr. Houftoun -, and the plants grew in the 

 Chelfea garden very well during the fummer fealbn, 

 but perilhed in the autumn before their feeds were 



npe. 



CRUCIATA. 



See Valantia^ 



CRUPINABELGARUM. See Serratula. 



CUCUBALUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 502. Tourn/ 

 Infl:, R. H. 339. tab, 176. Berry-bearing Chickweed* 



The Characters are. 

 The flower hath an oblong permanent empalement of one 

 leaf cut into flve fegments. • It hath five petals^ with 

 tails as long as the empalemcjit.^ but fpread open at the 



top 



It hath ten ftamina^ five of which are alternately 



I 



.\ 



infer ted in the tail of the petals ; thefe are terminated by 

 oblong fummits. In the center is fituated the oblong ger- 

 menj fupporting three flyles which are longer than the 

 flamina^ crowned by oblong hairy fligmas. The empale- 

 - ment afterward becomes a pointed clofe capfule with three 

 cells J opening at the top in five parts ^ and filled with 

 many roundifh feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fcftion of 

 Linn?eus's tenth clafs, intitled Decandria Trigynia* 

 the flowers having ten ftamina and three fl;yles. 

 • The Species are, 

 J. CucuBALus {Bacciferus) calycibus campanulatis, pe- 

 talis diftantibus, pericarpiis coloratis, ramis divari- 

 catis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 414. Cucubalus with a bell-fhaped 

 empalement^ petals flajiding afunder^ a coloured cover to 

 the fruit., and divaricated branches. Cucubalus Plinii. 



Lugd. 1429. 

 2. Cucubalus {Latifolius) caulibus ere<^is glabris, ca- 

 lycibus fubglobofis, fl:aminibus corolla longioribus. 

 Cucubalus with f moot h ereSl flalks., globular empalement s^^ 

 and ftamina longer than the petals. Lychnis fylvefl:ris 

 qu^ behen album vulgo. C, B. P. 205. Commonly 



called Ratling Poppy. 

 3vCucubaLus {Anguftifolius) calycibus fubglobofis, caule 



ramofo patulo, foliis linearibus acutis. Cucubalus 



itb globular empalementSy a branching fprcaJing ftalky 



and 



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