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The ft'cond ibrc hath long flefhy roots, of a deep yel- 

 low colour, wiiich fprcad under the furfacc of the 

 giound like thofe of Ginger ; they are about the thick- 

 ncls of a man's finger, having many round knotty 

 circles, from which arife four or five large fpcar- 

 iliancd leaves, Handing upon long foot-llalks ; they 

 have a tliick longitudinal midrib, from which a nu- 

 ,„jrous quantity of veins are extended to the fides ^ 

 tKcfe leaves are of a glaucous or fea-green colour. 

 The flowers grow in loofe fcaly fpikes on the ton of^ 

 the foot-ftalks, which arifc from t!ie larger knobs of 

 the roots, and grow about a foot high ; they are of 

 a yellowifli red colour, and fliaped fomewhat like 

 thcfe of the Indian Reed. 



Thefc plants grow naturally in India, from whence 

 the roots are brought to Europe for ufe. They are 

 very tender, io will not live in this country, unlefs 

 they are placed in a warm ftove. As they do not pro- 

 duce feeds in England, they are only propagated by 

 parting their roots : the bell time for removing and 

 parting thcfe roots is in the fpring, before they put 

 out new leaves -, for the leaves of thefe plants decay 

 in autumn, and the roots remain inactive till the 

 fpring, when they put out frelli leaves. The roots 

 Ihould be planted in rich kitchen-garden earth, and 

 the pots Ihould be conflantly kept plunged in a bark- 

 bed in the ftove. In the fummer fealbn, when the 

 plants are in a growing ftatc, they will require to be 

 frequently refrelhed with water, but it fhould not be 

 given to them in lar^e quantities ; they fKould alfo 

 have a large fhare or air admitted to them in warm 

 weather. When the leaves are decayed, they fliould 

 have very little wet, and muft be kept in a warm 

 temperature of air, otherwifc they will perifli. 

 Thefe plants ufually flower in Augufl:, but it is 

 only the ftrong roots which flower, fo they muft 

 not be parted into fmall roots, where the flowers are 



defired. 



C U R R A NT REE. See Ribes. 



C U R U R U. See Paullinia. 



CUSPIDATED PLANTS [fo called, of cufpis, 

 LaL the point of a fpear] are fuch plants, the leaves 

 of which are pointed like a fpear. 



C U S T A R D-A P P L E. See Annona. 



CYANELLA. Royen. 



The Characters are, , . 

 T'he flower has no empalement ; it bath fix oblongs con- 

 cave^ fpreading petals^ which join at their bafe^ the three 

 lower hanging downward^^ with fix fljcrt fpreading fta- 

 minay terminated hy oblong ere£i fummits, and a three- 

 cornered obttfe germen^ fupporting afleytder ftyle the length 

 of the ftamina^ having an acute ftigma, T^he germen 

 afterward becomes a roundijh capfule^ having three fur- 

 rows^ with three cells ^ inclofing many oblong feeds. :::r 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn^us's fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogyriia, 

 the flower having fix ftamina and one ftyle. 



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This plant grows naturally at the Cape of Good Hope. 

 The root is fhapcd like thofe of the Spring Crocus -, 

 the leaves are long, narrow, and have a fulcus on their 

 upper fide; thefoot-ftalk of the flower arifes imme- 

 diately from the root, fupporting one flower with fix 

 petals, of a fine blue colour, which appears in May, 

 but the flowers have not been fucceedcd by feeds as 

 yet in England: . - . - - 



It is too tender to thrive in the full ground in this 

 countiy, therefore the roots fliould be planted in pots 

 filled with light earth ; and in winter muft be placed 

 in a frame, and treated in the fame manner as is di- 

 reded for Ixia, with which the plant will thrive and 

 produce flowers annually. 



CYAN US. See Centauria. 



C Y C A S, the Sago-tree. ' . 



There are feveral fmall plants of this fort in the Eng- 

 lilh gardens, but from thefe no charafters of the tree 

 can be drawn ; nor are there any juft accounts of thefe 

 to be met with in the feveral authors who have fi- 

 gured and defcribed the tree. •■ ' ■ ■ - ' 



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We knov; but one Spncics of iv .-r pr-K-ru viz. 

 vcAs(C/;w.v?//.0 ficndibus pinnacis circir.:ilibus, fulio 

 lis lincaribus planis. Lin. Sp. i6^S. SuZG'tr:t: wi:. 



p. lo^v. ::,i:^G'tr:c wiib 

 full hr end cs, ^kcf v:u:g$ arc pliad arcnLrlr, ami tie 



fnall leaves are plain, 

 Seb. Thef r. p. ^^y 



Arbor Zae:oc Amboiiici^fis. 



Tliis tree luis been ranged in the tri'oc of Pa!m.% to 



Vt'hich it has great aiFiniiy, cipcciailv by its ourcr 



appearance the branches and trunk liaving tlic fair.c 



ftructure. 



Th.is tree requires to ht plunged into tanners bark in 



a ftove, v;hicl) fliould be kept up full to temperate 



heat in winter ; but in fummer fliould be much 



warmer, v/hen it fliould be frequently refteft.ed with 



water during hot v/eather, but in autumn and winter 



it fliould be given fparingly. 



Moft of the plants of this kind now in the Emrlifli 





gardens, have been coniniunicated to the poflTclfors 

 by Richard Warner, Efq-, of Woodford, in Eflex, 

 who received a tree of this fort, which was brought 

 from India by the late Captain Hutchenfon \ but his 



■ fliip being attacked by the French near home, the 

 head of the tree was fliot oft', but the ftem being pre- 

 ferved, put out feveral heads, which being taken off, 

 produced fo many plants. 



CYCLAMEN. Lin. Gen. Plant, i S4. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 154. tab. 68. Cyclamen ^ in French, Pain de 

 Pourccati. [Ku/.A^uti/^^, of K*j''xA(^, GV. a circle, be- 

 caufe the root or this plant is orbicular ; it is called 



. Sov/bread, becaufe the root is round like a loaf, and 

 the pjws eat itl. Sowbread. 



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The Characters are, ■■. 



The flo-jjcr hath a roundifi permanent empalement of one 

 leaf divided into five part's at the top. It hath ^cne pe- 

 tal with a globular tube^ which is much larger than the 

 empalement ; the upper part is divided into five large fig- 

 ments^ which are rcflexed\ it hath five fmall ftamina fitu-^ 

 ated within the tube of the petals terminated by acute 

 fummits^ which are conne^ed in the 7icck of the tube. It 

 hath a roundifh gerracn^ fupporting a flender ftyle^ which 

 is longer than the ftamina^ and crowned by an acute ftipua, 

 The germen afterward becomes a globular fruit with one 

 celly opening in five parts at the tcp^ inclofing many oval 

 angidar feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linna::;us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 

 the flow'er having five ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, . ; ' 



1. CyciAMEN {Europium) foliis haftato-cordatis angu- 

 latis. Cyclamen with fpcar-pointed heart-fhaped leaveSy 



' which are angular I ' Cyclamen hederse folio. C. B. P. 

 306. Sowbread with an Ivy leaf f . , , ; ' ' 



2. Cyclamen (Purpurafcens) foliis orbiculato-cordatis, 

 inferne purpurafcentibusl Cyclamen with round heart- 

 Jhdped leaves^ purple on their under fide. Cyclamen or- 



biGulato folio inferne purpurafcente/ C. B. P. 308. 



■ Round-leaved Sowbread with a purple tinder fide. 



3. Cyclamen {Perficiim) foliis cordatis ferratis. Cycla- 

 men withfawcd keart-fioapcd leaves ; or Perfian Cyclamen. 



4. Cyclamen {Vernale) foliis cordatis angulofis inte- 



ris. Cyclamen with heart-fhaped angular leaves which 



Cyclamen hyeme & vere florens folio an- 



gulofo amplo, flore albo, bafi purpurea, Perficum 



diftum. H.R. Par,','" 



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CyclXmen {Orbiculatum) radice insequali, foliis or- 

 biculatis. Cyclamen with an unequal root and round 

 leaves. ' ' Cyclam.en radice caftaneas 



magnituamis* 



C. B. P. 308. 



6. CYCLAiMEN (Ccum) foliis orbiculatis planis, pediculis 

 brevibus floribus minoribus. Sowbread with orbicular 

 plain leaves, fhorter foot-ftalks and fmaller flowers. Cy- 

 clamen Hyemale, orbiculatis foliis inferne rvibenti- 

 bus, purpurafcente flore Coum Herbariorum. H. R. 

 Par. 



The firft fort Is the moft common in the Englilli gar- 

 dens. This grows naturally in Auftria, Italy, and 

 other parts of Europe, fo will thrive in the open air 

 in England, and is never killed by the froft. It hath 

 ;i large, orbicular, compreffed root, from which ^rife a 

 great iiumber of angular heart-fluped leaves, upon 



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