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- tKcy muft be placed under a frame to fcreen them 

 from froft •, and in the ipring mod of the plants may 

 be turned out of the pots and planted in a warm 

 border, where they will abide through the common 

 winters very well, but in fevere frofts they are often 

 killed, unlefs they are covered with tan, or other 

 covering to keep out the froftj therefore a few of the 

 plants may be kept in pots, and fl:ieittred under a 

 frame in winter. 



The ftalks and leaves of this plant decay to the root 



. in autumn^ fo that if the furface of the ground about 



. the roots is covered two or three inches thick with 



' tan, it will fecure them from the danger of froft ; and 



..' in the fpring, before the roots flioot, will be the beft 



■ time to remove and part the roots ; but this Ihould 

 not be done ofcener than every third year, for when 

 they are often parted they will be weak, and will not 



flower fo well- 



■• The fecond fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope; this is a low plant, which rarely rifes more 

 than three or four inches high -, the leaves are narrow 

 and veined, the flowers are fmall, growing in a 



. downy head on the top of the flalk, but they make 

 little appearance, fo are only kept for the fake of 



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The third fort I raifed from feedl^ which were fcnt 



me from the Cape of Good Hope. This hath a round 



bulbous root a little comprefied, covered with a red 



' ' ikin, from which arife five or fix fword-fliaped leaves 



about three or four inches long, hairy," and with fe- 



veral longitutinal furrows •, thcfe embrace each other 



at their bale, but fpread afunder at the top ; between 



thefe come out the fiower-Halk, which rifes fix or 



eight inches high, is naked to the topi and terminated 



by a clufter of flowers, each Laving a fpatha or hood, 



. which dries and is permanent i the flowers are of a 



> deep blue colour, and appear in May ; thefe are fuc- 



■^ ■ ceeded by roundilh three-cornered feed-velfeis with 



three cells, filled with roundifli feeds which ripen in 



'"'' July, then the leaves and fl;alks decay. 



' - -^The fourth fort vv^as raifed from feeds in the Chelfea 



garden, which came with thofe of the former fort. 



,-This hath a fmall round bulbous root, from which 



arife four or five narrow, long, fword-lhaped leaves, 



fix or fcven inches long; between thefe come out a 



very flender round fl:alk about ten inches long, from 



' the fide of which there comes out one or two cluders 



■ of flowers, ftanding upon fhoft foot-fl;alks, and at the 



^top of the ftalk the flowers grow in a loofe fpike ; 



.' they are of a pure white, and Ihaped like thofe of the 



; other fpecies; vi Thefe appear in May, .and the feeds 



' ' . ; ripen in July. VAA^^j't-'^ v';^^ ;\\-5;;V^7'-v^A'>^V^-^:3fr^^^ 

 ^ The feeds of the fifth fort were fent me from the Cape 

 • ' of Good Hope ; this fias an oval bulbous root which 



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."^ IS a little comprefl^ed, from which come up 

 ■^r^^four narrow;' thin, fword-fhaped leaves, nek a foot * 

 r>¥;long; the flowep-ftalk' rifes a. little above. the leaves, 

 ■ v:^.it is very flendeCr naked, ^andteroiinate^ by a foynd 

 '" f- cluffer of flowers,' each having a fpatha or hood ; they^ 







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Tsjtare compofed of fix pretty large oblong petals which 

 r-'y'are c6ncave,-**and of a deep ^yellow colourj-each 

 M^zvingzhf^t black fpof-at tlie BSfe.JT^Jhis fldwers" 

 ^t^early in May, ^^a^^^ feeds ripen,^;bc J9,tter.end of 



^.yjjune,:5/:;;?^'!l^gnj.^^vl\v>-'^23^ ":;^^"- 



^'\^<^^ The fixtli fort hath n l^^V-^s about 



Ir^ifik orfeven inches long-, the ftalk rifes near a foot 



v'^ and a half high, garnifhed with one leaf at each of 



- -?, the IqwcY joints, of the Tame ft^ape .with the" other,* 



w; but fmaller ; thefe ^iPbrace the Italk. with their bafe, 



H} and ftand ered v.the upper part of the ftalk is adorned 



• ^> wth flowers, compofed of fix oblong oval petals of a 



\"^jr fulphur colour,'which are placed alternate on the ftalk, 



'"J which is bent at each joint where the flowers ftand ; 



' '• the Aiders have tfifee fliort ftamina which are joined 



v^ at their bafe, term.inated by long, flat, ered fummitsj 



; ';the germen isfituated under the flower, fupportinga 



'v .- long flender ftyle, crowned by a trifid ftigma-, the 



^ ': gernTen afterward becomes a roundifli capfule with 



' three cells,' filled with ro'undifli fmall feeds. ^The 



'i' ■; ftalks at each of the' lower joints thruft cut fmall 



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bulbs, which, if planted, will grow and product? 

 fiov/crs. 



The fcvcnth fort hath fliorter and broader leaves than 

 the former-, the ftalk is flender and furrowed, an.. . 

 each of the lower joints is garnilhcd with one leaf of 

 the fame ftiape, embracinjr tlie ftalk with their bafi 



d a'c 



the flowers come out toward the top of th 

 two or th 



ftalk, 



at 



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inches diftance, each ftalk lupportlng 

 two or three fulphur-coloured flowers, which are each 

 compofed of fix fpcar-fliaped petals an inch and a 

 half long, equal in their lize and regular in pofition ; 

 they have a ftiort permanent empalemenc, cut into 

 two long and two fliorter acute fegments ; thefe are 

 fucceeded by round capfules with three cells, filied 

 with round feeds. This fort flowers in March, and 

 the feeds ripen about two months after. 

 The eighth fort hath very fmall, round, bulbous roots, 

 from which arife three or four long, flender, Grals- 

 like leaves, of a dark green colour-, between thefe 

 come out the ftalk, which is very" flender and round, 

 rifing a foot and a half high ; at the top the flowers 

 are collected in a fpike fitting clofe to the ftalk, 

 having a thin, dry^ permanent fpatha or flieath, which 

 covers the capfule after the flower is faiien. Tlie Hov/- 

 ers are of a pure whitej and ftiaped like thofe of the 

 other fpecies, but are fmaller; they are fucceeded by 

 fmall round feed-veflfels with three cells, each con- 

 - raining two or three round feeds. It flowers the latter 

 ; end Qi May, and the feeds ripen in July. 

 . There are fome other varieties of this gcnu6, which 

 ' have flowered in the Chelfea garden,' diftcring only 

 in the colour of their flowers, fo are not fupooled to 

 be diftinft fpecies -, one of which is purple on the out- 

 fide, and white within j another has \X-hite Hewers, 

 with a blue ftripe on the outfide of each petal, and a 

 third has white fiowerfwith yellow bottoms. Thefe 

 have already flowered in the Chelfea garden, where 

 there are many more, which have becri v^ViZ^ raifed 

 from feeds, whofe flowers have not as yet appeared \ 

 . ^nd at the Cape of Good Hope, where thefe plants 

 ', grow naturally, there are more than thirty varieties 

 mentioned in a catalogue of Dr. Herman's. The roots 

 *of moft, if not all thefe forts, are frequently eaten by 

 the inhabitants at the Cape of Good Hope, who 

 greatly efteem them. 



AH the forts multiply very faft by offsets, fo that 

 when once obtained, there ^ill be no occafion to raife 

 them from feeds ; for the roots put out ofi^sets in great 

 plenty," moft of which will flower the following feafon, 

 whereas thofe frorri feeds are three of four years be- • 

 ■ /ore^hey flower. .rThefe plants will not live through 

 tjie; A^nte/ io.the jfull ground in England, fo ftiould be 

 f planted in fmall pots filled with light earth, and placed 

 ^ uncfer a frame in winter, where they^may be protefted- 

 " frdfti froft, but in mild weather fliould enjoy the free 

 Jair ; but during the'wrhter they'rriuft be guarded frdn4 



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prevented will devour them. 



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a fmall permahenlmpaTemeW cut info fowr Jeg^ 



%4fments\ the flower bai' one funnel-Jhapid petals having i 



flender tube^ cut into four fegm 



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-fcurjhbrt flaminajituated in the dhiflons of i 

 minated by oblong fummits^ and a rcundifb germenflt 



?/ the involucrum^ flipporting a flender ftyl 



'ng'th oflihe tube^ crowned by a bifid ft ig\ 



%fterward becomes dlcrrywith t% 

 con'^icx angular feedsi >iiF:"t^ "*7SA^ 



containing 







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A .; . The Species arei-;. .&1 



I. IxoRA {Coccinea) foliis Ovatis femiamplexicaulibus, 



floribus fafciculatis. Flor. ZeyL 22. Lxora with cval 



' leaves l^alf embracing the ftalks^ and flowers growing in 



"bunches, Jafminum Indicum lauri folio, inodorum 



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