The fifth fort fends out many trailing fmooth flalks, 

 A^hith branch out very much on every fide ; they 

 erow about kvcn or eight inches long, and are gar- 

 nilhcd Nvith Imall oval leaves placed oppofite. The 



l\alk 



flowers come out in whorls, fitting very clofe to the 

 3 • thev are white, and make but little appear- 

 ance ■ 'thefe are fuccecded by round capfules, tilled 



v/ith fmall feeds. 



The fixth fort fends out fevcral trailing ftalks about 

 lix inches long, which divide -into many fmaller 

 branches ; thefcare garnifhed with fmall oval leaves, 

 Ihndino- oppofite. The flowers come out fingly from 

 the fide oi the flalk ; they are of a bright yellow, and 

 ftand on long (lender foot-ftalks ; thefe are fucceeded 

 bv oval feed-veflels, filled with fmall feeds. 

 " The fourth fort is a perennial flirubby plant, which 

 will continue feveral years, if kept in a warm (love ; 

 ■' but the fecond, third, fifth, and fixth forts are annual, 



decaying foon after they have perfefled their feeds, 

 " Theie are propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown 

 in pots filled with light earth, and plunged into a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, where fometimes the plants will come 

 up in five or fix weeks, and at other times tlie feeds 

 do not vegetate till the following fpring -, this hap- 

 pens frequently when the feeds have been kept Ion 

 after they were gathered. When the plants are fit to 

 remove, they fhould be each planted in a feparate 

 fmall pot filled with light earth, not too rich with 

 ■ dung, and then plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 

 '. bark. When they have taken new root, theyiKould 

 be treated in the fame way as other plants from thofe 

 countries, by admitting proper air to them at all tirhes 

 : when the weather is \varm, and frequently refrefhing 

 . them with water: with this management the annual 

 ; forts will flower in July and Augull, and frequently 

 , ripen their feeds in autumn, if the plants are brought 

 ...forward early in the fpring, otherwifc the winter will 

 ; come on before their feeds ripen, . . ■; -, 



■_.The fhrubby kind muft be placed in the bark-flove 

 in autumn, and during the winter the plants lliould 

 be frequently refrefhed with water, but it mufl: not 

 ■ be given them in l^rge quantities, nor too often re- 

 . peated in cold weather, for moiflure will then deftroy 

 . .them ; the feconctyear the plants will flower and per- 

 fect their feeds. 





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ERIOCEPHALUS. Dill. Hort. Elth. no. Lin. 



• Gen. Plant, 890.. 





-The Characters are. 



. It hath a radiated flower^ compofed of female half flo- 

 rets which form the rays^ and hermaphrodite florets^ which 

 .' forin the difk\ thefe are included in one common fcaly em- 

 . palement.. "The hermaphrodite florets are funnel-fhaped^ 

 and cut into five parh at the brimy which fpread open ; 

 - 4hefe hflve five foort hairy ft a^nina, terminated by cylindri- 

 K\.calfim7nits\ they have a fmaUnaked germen^ fupporting 

 >\ a fwgle ftyk^ crowned by a pointed ftigma \ thefe are bar- 

 . ■■: tcn\ The female florets have their petals ftr etched out 

 on one fide like a tongue^ which is divided at the end into 

 :■'■ three finall lobes ; thefe have mftdmUa^ but an oval 

 , naked germeny 'with aftngle ftykyfctowned by an inflexed 

 filgma \ thefe have one naked feed^ fitting (M the naked plain 

 -.■receptacle. ....... . " :■,;/,■ .:^->^ .;,V 



1 nis genus of plants Is ranged in the fourth fedtion 



. Qt l.innasus's nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 



. ..plants with compound flowers, whofe hermaphrodite 



.florets are barren, and "the female half florets are' 

 iruitful. ' V ■ ■ - . . . .r. 





We 



Eriocenha- 



We know but one Species of this genus, viz.- 

 r^RiocKPHALus [Jfricanus.) Lin. Sp. Plant. 926. 

 nave no proper title for this in Knglifh. 

 lus lempervirens,. foliis fafciculatis & digitatis. Hort. 

 4 1th. 132. Evergreen Eriocephalus with fingered leaves 

 gromng in bunches, ^ ' — 



This plant hath a Hirubby flalk, which rifes from 

 lour to fix feet high, putting out many fide branches 

 the whole length, clofely .garnifhed with woolly 

 ieaves, which come out in clufters ; fome of thefe 

 are taper and entire, others are 'divided into three or' 

 ■ tive parts which fpread opea like a hand -, they have 



'^^^ fmell when bruifcd,. approaching to that of 



a ilronfj 





Lavender Cotton, but not quite io rank. Tlie flowers 

 are produced in fmall clufters at the extremity c^ the 

 branches, fl:anding erecl -, they are tubulous. Tlic 

 female florets which compofc the ravs, form a liol- 

 low, in the middle of which the hern\aphrodite flow- 

 ers are fituared which form the diik. I'he border 

 is white, with a little reddifli cafb on the infide, and 

 the difk is of a purplifli colour. The flowers appear 

 in autumn, but are noi fucceeded by feeds in this 

 coujitry. . . . - 



This plant is propagated by cuttings, which mav be 

 planted any time from May to the middle of Auouft, 

 for if they are planted later in the feafon, there will 

 not be time for them to get good root before the 

 v/inter ; thefe cuttings fliiould be planted in fmall pots 

 filled with light earth, and plunged into a very mo- 

 derate hot-bed, v/here they Ihould be fhaded froiri 

 the fun till they have taken root ; thefe mull be re- 

 frefhed with water two or three times a week, but 

 they Ihould not have too much at each time, for 

 much moifture is very hurtful to thefe plants. When 

 the cuttings have taken root, they fhould be gradu- 

 ally inured to the open air, to prevent tlielr fnoots 



; from being drawn up weak \ afterward they Ihould 

 be removed into the open air, and placed in a fliel- 



■ tered fituation, where they may remain till Oci:ober, 

 when they muft be removed into an airy glafs-cafe, 



, that they may have' as much fun as poffible, anden- 



; : joy the free air in mild weather, but fccured from 

 froft'arkl damp air, either of which will foon deftroy 



- them. '■' During the winter they muft be fparingly wa- 

 tered, for the reafon befqre given ; but, in tlie fum- 

 mer, when the plants are placed in the open air, they 

 will require to be frequently refrefhed with water in 



- hot weather- ...■;» 



Hiefe plants retain their leaves all the year, fb 

 . they add to the variety of exotics in the w^inter 

 fealbn. ,_ : 



ERUCA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 226. tab. iii. Braf- 



„ fica. Lin. Gen. 734, Rocket ^ \v\^xt\\c\Roqi.iCtte. 



The Characters are, 



tt of the flower is compofed of ft 

 ftand ere£Jj forming a tube. 5 

 hath four oblong petals y placed in form of a croft 



f- 



■ : are rounded at their ends^ where they are broad, but 



baft 



hath fix ft amina, four of 

 ? empalementi the other 



Jh 



Jiig 



fupporting aftoortftyle^ crowned by an ohtufe bifid 

 li, ' The germen afterward becomes a taper-cornered 



filled with roundiflo feeds. 



.M 



r, This genus of plants is .ranged in the fecond feftion 

 .. of Linn^us's fifteentti clafs, which includes the plants 

 ^ , whofe flowers have four long and two Ihort ftamina, 

 and their feeds are contained in long pods. Dn 

 : Linn^us has joined the common Rocket to his ge- 

 nus of BrafTica, andibmeof the other ipecies he has 

 diftributed under his/ other genera ; but as the cohri- 

 mon Rocket has been long eftabliftied as an officinal 



plant, 

 title. 



I chufe to continue this genus by its old 



• - The Species are* -^ ■ - 

 i.'Eruca [ftativa) foliis pinnato-Iaciniatis, laciniis ex- 



ig-ftoaped jagged 



Eruca fa- 



terioribus majoribus. 



859- 



oft outer fegments are the largeft, 

 tiva major annua, fiore aibo ftriato. J. B. 2'. 

 Greater Garden annual. Rocket with a white ftriped 



flower.- . , , -v '. . 



, Eruca [Bellidis folia) foliis lanceolatis, pinnato-den- 

 tatis, caule nudo fimplici. ' Rocket with fpear-fhaped 



IL E- 



leaves 



naked flngle ft. 



Mor 



Rocket with a 



3 



Daify leaf. _ ,' 



Erv^ca {Perennis) foliis pinnatis glabris, caule ramo- 

 fo, floribus terminalibus. Rocket with winged ft. 



ngftalk terminated by ft 



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