\ 



V • 



It - 



i 



1 ' 



- H 



G N 



/r 



Tlie heads of chis fort arc com- 



rymbnn of Hcv/ers 



noic^ of kc^vcs which are much longer ihan thofe ot 

 any other Ujv: ; u-c heads of tht: nowers are of a bright 



rills is propagated by cuttings, which 



manner as huili been 





fiivcr colour. 



fiioukl be planted in the iam 



directed for the tenth fort, and the plants fhould 



be treated in the ianie way. 



The twenty-firft fort was raifed from feeds in tlie 



Chelfea o-ardeii, wifich came from the Cape of Good 



Hope 5 the lower leaves of this are oblong and blunt. 



The ftalks arc flirubby, and divide into many irregular 



branches, which rife about three feet high ; theie arc 



aarniihed with oblong blunt-pointed leaves, hoary on 



tiieir under fide, but of a dark green above ; from tlie 



bafe of the leaves runs a border along the ftalk, like 



a wino", of the fame confidence with the leaves, fo is 



what the former botaniils termed a winged ftaik, but 



Dr. Linnasus calls it a running leaf. The Italks are 





4-t 



k , 



\ 



-I , 



terminated by a compound corymbus of flowers, which 



. are very clofely joined together, and are of a bright 



oold colour, but the flowers are fmall, and change to 



a darker colour as they fade; there is a fuccefiion of 



thefe flowers moft part of the fummer, and the early 



flowers are frequently fucceeded by feeds in England. 



Thi sfort may be propagated by flips, or cuttings, in 



. the fame manner as tJie tenth, and the plants may 



be treated in the fame manner as is directed for that. It 



is engraven in the 131ft: plate of the figures of plants. 



The^'twenty-fecond fort grows naturally in North 



/.America, from whence the feeds have been brought 



to England ; this ;?, a perennial plant, whofe lower 



leaves are large and oval -, from the main ft:alk there 



. come out runners, which take root in the ground, and 



", have young plants at their extremity. The fl:alks are 



finale, and garniflied with narrower woolly leaves, 



- placed alternate. The flowxrs are produced at the top 

 J of the fl:alks in a corymbus, they are of a white co- 

 , Jour and fmall. They appear in June and July, and 

 . .fometimes are fucceeded by feeds, but the plants pro- 

 pagate fo fafl: by offsets, that the feeds are little re- 

 garded ; this will thrive in the open air, if planted in 



, a dry foil and a warm fituation. 

 . ^The twenty-third fort grows naturally in North Ame- 

 rica j it is an annual plant, with woolly obtufe leaves. 

 . The ftalks are fingle, and rife about nine inches high. 

 The flowers grow in fpikes from the fide of the fl:alks', 

 . ;. they are of a dirty white colour, fo make no great 

 . appearance. -^ If the feeds of this are permitted to 

 ., fcattei:^ .the plants will rife without trouble, and only 

 ; require to be kept clean from weeds, 

 v The twenty-fourth fort grov/s naturally in Jamiaica, 

 ^ and other of the hot parts of America i this rifes with* 

 . a Ihrubby fl:alk about two feet high, garnifhed with 

 i .leaves about the fize and fliape of thofe of Sage, but 

 ;;. woolly on their under fide, and much veined ; from 

 ;;tKe bafe of each leaf runs a border along the flralk. 

 .^: The flowers' are produced in fpikes from the fide, and 



- at tlie end of the ftalk j thefe are long, and clofely 



V joined in the fpike. It flowers in July and Auguft, 

 -^.but never perfects feeds in England. , - v : ;:,^: . ■ . 



. .JSM propagated by feeds, which fl:iouId be fown on a 

 ., ^:^ot-bed in pots, becaufe the plants do not often rife 



V the fame year ^ therefore when it fo happens, the pots 

 . ftould be placed in the ftove in winter, and the fol- 



: lowing fpring put upon a frefli hot-bed to bring up 

 the plants ; when thefe appear they mufl: be planted 

 into pots, and kept conftantly in the hot-bed, other- 

 wife they will not thrive in England, v 



GNAPHALODES. SeeMicROPUs. 

 GNIDIA. 



*' 



■ The Characters are, ' ' v • 



-w hath a fmnel-JJxiped empalement of one coloured leaf 

 vjitb along tube divided into four fegments \ the flower 

 hath four plain petals fljorter than the empalement infer ted 

 io it^ and eight hriflly ere£l flamina^ terminated by fimple 

 fummits^ and an oval germenfuppor ting a flender fiyle on the 

 Jide inferted 'with thejlaminay crczvned by a flinging flig- 

 Kiia\ the germen afterward becomes one oval olliqiie-pcinted 

 fiedy inclofed in the empalement. - .,'- \ . ... ■ 



-T^^s genus of plants is ranged in .^he firfl: order of 



I 



G O U 



Linnrv^iis's eighth clai^, irtitled Ottandria Monogyn!^* 

 the t:ovv-cr iiuving tighr ftamiiia ■c.vA one tlyli'. 

 Vv'e liiivc but Ciie Spixihs of t'lis gtivvs \-.7. 



rihiss vcrticilkris, ;!p;;t>:rep;aci'^ tern-^inulihu;;. Ll;i. S^>. 



Cnidia Kzhh Unc-r aid-fhcip-:d lea-cs, a;:d p-.-:<'. s 

 vccfu clokly in ivlcrh trnrdnr.iir,? il: hrr.;:ih::. T.api.n- 



.-ai'ibus, iloribus arf:c;irei.s non 



h ! 2 



i 



cuius foliis nervofis line 

 galcaiis. Burm. Afr. 112. 



This phnt grows naturally in A^rhiG]:;;a. Ir hatli a 



lov/ jlirubby italk, which rifes three or four icet hie!i, 

 fencing out a few fide branches, garnifiyjd witr: narrow-, 

 oblong, acute-pointed leaves, which are green on their 

 upper Jide, but pale on their under, v/ith a ftron^r 

 lonc-ltudinal nerve, refeniblinQ- the leaves of Kofcniary ; 

 the rlov/ei's come out almofl: in v/horls from betv/een 

 the leaves on the extremity of the branches. Handing 

 on fliort foot-fl:alks \ they have long fien-Jer tubes, and 

 are divided at the top into four fegmenrs v/hich fpreail 

 horizontally, having eight very fliort ftamina in the 

 bottom of the tiibe, and an oval germen v;ith a flender 

 ftyle fattened to the fide of the Itamina ; the germen 

 is afterv/ard iucceeded by one oval-pointed feed* 

 There are two varieties of tliis, one with a \yhite3 and 

 the other hath a blue flower. 



This is ufually propagated here by cuttings, which if 

 carefully planted during the fummer months, in pots 

 filled with light earth, plunged into a very moderate 

 hot-bed, covering the pots clofely with cither bell or 

 h^nd-glafl"es to exclude the air, being careful tofnadc 

 the glaflfes daily, the cuttings will put out roots in fix 

 weeks, when they fliould be gradually inured to the 

 open air. In winter the plants fliould be placed in a 

 dry airy glafs-cafe, where they may enjoy free air in 

 mild weather, but protedled from froft and damp air. 

 GOMPHRENA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 279.>maran- 

 thoides. Tourn, Infl:. R. H. 654. tab. 420. 



The Characters arc, * 



^he flovjcr hath a large three-leaved empalement-, which is 

 coloured and permanent , The petal is crett., and cut into 

 five parts at the top \ it hath a cylindrical tuhulous em- 

 palement the length of the petals cut into five fmall parts 

 at the brim^ which fpread open ; it hath fi.ve ftamina 

 fcarcely difcernible^ Jituatcd in the brim if the ncHarium^ 

 terrninated by fummits, fijut up in the mouth of the nee- 

 tarium> In the center is fituated an oval-pointed germen, 

 with two finallfiyles^, crowned withfingle ftigma the length 

 of the ftamina, The germen afteri^ard becfimcs one large 

 TGundifh feedy inclofed in a thin cruficd capfule with one 



rpJJ ' ■ ^ '- K- 'J:' ■.•■-■ >■ •■-'■■'■''••- ■ ■•'--1 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe6lion 

 of Linna;us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, . 

 which includes the plants^^'hpfe flowers have fiveila- 



'. 



i • 



«. 





1 



mina an.d twQ ft:ylcs. 

 The Species are, 

 r. GoMPHRENA [Globofa) caule erefto, foliis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, capitulis folitaris, pedunculis diphyllis. Hort. 

 Clifi\ 86. Gomphrena with an ere£l ftalk^ cval fpear- 

 fhapcd leaves^ fingle heads., and foof-Jlalks having two 

 leaves. Amaranthoides Lychnidis folio, capitulis pur- 

 pureis. Tourn. Inll., R. H. 654- Globe Amaranthiis with 



purple heads, . " - 



2. Gomphrena (^^rr^/.^) caule ere£lo, fpica interrupta. 

 Prod. Leyd. 419. Gomphrena with an ereolftalk^ and an 

 interrupted fpike of flowers. . -- > _ ^ ' _ 



3. Gomphrena [Perennis) foliis lanceolatis, capitulis di- 

 phyllis, flofculis peHanthio proprio diftin£tis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 224. Gomphrena with fpear-fijaped leaves^ two 

 leaves to the heads, and each floret having its proper ^ em- 

 palement, Amaranthoides perenne, floribus fl.ramineis 

 radiatis. Hort. Elth. 24. tab. 20. Perennial Glohc Ama- 

 ranthus with radiated ftraw-coloured fl.cwers. 



The firft fort grows naturally in India, from whence 

 the feeds were brought to Europe, and the plants have 

 been many years cultivated in all the curious gardens; 

 it is an annual plant, which rifes with an upright 

 branching fl:alk about two feet high, garniflied with 

 . fpear-lhaped leaves placed oppofite. The branches 

 . alfo come out oppofite, and the foot-fl:alks of .llje 



fiowers> which are long and naked, having tv;o ihojt 



'" leaves, 



•f '. 



\ 



I 



\ 



\ 



■ V < ■ 



-' - 



4 'V -^ 



■* 



