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at the end of the branches, (landing fingly upon foot- j aribu". parallelis. Hoit. ClifF. 419. Oihonna ^vUh -vh:r 



ftalks, which are about an inch long ; tlie half floret? 

 which compofe the border or rays, are acute-pointed 

 and fpread open ; the dif! 

 which are barren. 



is compofed of florets 

 This fort is propagated by cut- 

 tings, in the fame manner as the other forts, and 



mull be treated in the fame way. 

 OSYRIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. c)y^. Cafia. Tourn. Infl:. 



R. H. 664. tab. 488. Poets Cafia. 



The Characters are, 



// is male and female in different plants ; the empalement 



of the flower is of one leaf %vhich is divided into three 



ttcute fegments. "The flower hath no petals^ hut thcfe on 



the male plants have three floor t ftamina ; the female have 



a germen, which afterwai'd changes to a globular berr)\ 



■ having a frngle feed. 



We know but one Species of this plant, viz: 



OsYRis {Alba) frutefcens baccifera. C. B. P. Shrulhy 



herry-hearing Poets Cafia ; and by fokie^ red-berried 



' fhrubby Cafta. ' ■ . :' 



This is a very low flirub, feldom rifing above two 

 feet high, having ligneous branches, which are gar- 

 nifhed with long narrow leaves, of a bright colour. 

 The flowers appear in June, which are of a yellowifli 

 colour, and are fucceeded by berries, which at firft 

 are green, and afterward turn to a bright red colour, 

 fomewhatlike thofe of Afparagus. 

 This plant grows wild in the fouth of France, in 

 Spain, and lome parts of Italy, by the fide of roads, 



■ as'alfo between the rocks, but is with great difficulty 

 ^ trahfplanted into gardens-, nor does it thrive after 



. being removed, lb that the only method to obtain 

 this plant is, to fow the berries where they are to re- 

 main. Thefe berries commonly remain a year in the 

 ground before the plants appear, and fomctimes they 

 will lie two or three years, fo that the grouhd fhOuld 

 not be difturbed under three years, if the plants do 

 npt come up fooner. Thefe feeds muft be procured 

 from the places ^vhere the plants naturally grow, for 

 thofe which Have beeh brought into gardens never 



• prb^ce any, and it is with great difficulty th^y arc 



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T HO NNAv.yn;. Gen/ Plant. 8J8 Doria. T?aii 



<pMeth Pfant. 33. Jacbbasa; Tourn. Infl. R. H, 485. j 



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The Characters are. 



. // hath a radiated flower^ conipofed of hermaphrodite flo- 

 rets which form Jhe dijk^ and female half florets which 

 form the rays or border •, thefe are included in one com- 

 mon finglc empalement of one leaf cut into eight or ten 

 fegments. The hermaphrodite floxvers are tiibulous^ in- 

 dented at the top in five parts \ the female half florets are 

 ftretched cut like a tongue^ and the point has three in- . 

 dentures which are reflexed. The hermaphrodite florets 

 "^ have fhort hairy ftamina^ terminated by cylindrical ftim- 

 mits^ and an oblong germen fupporting a flender ftyle^ 

 crowned^ by a flngleftigma. ' The female half florets have 

 9blong germen with aftender ftyle^ crowned by a large bi- 

 fid refie:Kcd fiigma, The hermaphrodite florets are feldom 

 fruitful^ but the female half florets .have an oblong feed^ 

 ■ which is fometimes naked^ and at others crowned with 

 down-y thefe flt in the permanent empalement. > 

 This genus bF plants is ranged in the fourth feftion 

 ^ of Linnasus's nineteenth dafs, which includes the 

 ' plant? with compound flowers, whofe female flowers 

 '^ are fruitful and the hermaphrodite barren. 



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The Species are, - . 



i, Othonna (Coronopifolia) foliis infimis lanceolatis in- 



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tegerrimis, fupcfioribus finuato-dentatis. Hort. ClifF. 

 •419. Othonna with fpear-fhaped lower leaves .which are 

 entire, and the upper ones indented infinufes. Jacobaea 

 Africana frutefcens coronopi folio. Hort. Amfl. 2. p. 



pointed leaves, whofe fegments are nayrcw and .paraltl 

 Jacob?ea Africana frutefcens, foliis abfinthiiun^ibdii' 

 fcri incanis. Hort. Amfh 2. p. 1^7. tab. 69. Sb^hh 

 African Ragwort, with hoaiy leaves like thofe of the 

 umbelliferous IVcrmwpod. 



4. Othonna {Abrotanifolia) foliis mukifido-pinnatis li 

 nearibus. Flor. Leyd. Prod. 380. Othonna with ven 

 7iarrcw leaves, ending in many winged points, . Jacobjca 

 Africana frutefcens, foljis abrotani, fc. crithmi maicr 

 & minor. Volk. Norim. 225. Shrubby African Ra?^ 

 wort, with a Southernwood or Samphire leaf 



5. Othonna {Bulbofa) foliis ovato-cuneiformibus den- 

 tatis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 926. Othonna with ovrd, wed^c- 

 fhaped, indented leaves, Solidago foliis oblonms den- 

 tatis glabris, floribus magnis umbelhtis. Burin Afr 

 164. tab. S9- JVoundwort with oblongs indented, fmocth 

 leaves, and large flowers growing in umbels. 



The firfl fort grows naturally in j^lthiopia. This 

 rifes with a fhrubby ftalk four or five feet hio-h di- 

 viding into leveral branches, garnifhed with srayifh 

 leaves placed without order, thole on their low^r part 

 being narrow and entire, but the others are indented 

 on the'edges after the manner of Hartfliorn. The 

 flowers are produced in loofe umbels at the end of 

 the branches -, they are yellow, and are fucceeded by 

 downy feeds. 



The fecond fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Shaw, 

 growing naturally near Tunis in Africa, from whence 

 he brought the feeds. This fends out many ligne- 

 ous ftalks from the root, which fpreads out on every 

 fide, declining toward the ground, garniflicd with 

 grayilh leaves, which are narrow at their bafe, en- 

 larging upward, and are broad at their points, where 

 they are rounded ; thefe fit clofe to the flalks. The 

 -' flowers are produced upon long, thick, fucculentfoot- 

 .. ^ Aalks at the end of; the. branches j they are yellow; 

 V the rays are ftiarp-pointed, and not much lopgerthan 

 • "tlie empalem^ent -, the 'difk is large, and the fiorecs are 

 as long as the empalement'; the feeds are crowned 





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139. Shrubby African Ragwort, with a Hartfhorn leaf 

 2. Othonna (Calthoides) foliis cuneiformibus integer- 



riniis feffilibus, caule fruticofo procumbente, pedun- 



culis lofjgifTimis. Othonna with entire wedge-floapcd 



leaves fitting clofe, a florubby trailing ftalk, and very long 

 • foot-ftalks to the flowers. Calthoides Africana, glafli 



folio. ]uK. African JBaftardMarygold, with a ff^oad leaf 

 3-. Othonna {PeiJinata) foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis line- '' prefervedin green-houfes through the winter, but re- 



with a long down. 

 The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence the feeds were brought to Hol- 

 land, and the plants were raifed in the Amfterdam 

 Garden in 1^9. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk 

 about the thicknefs of a man's thumb, two or three 

 feet high, which divide into many branches, covered 



withahoary down, and garnilhedwithhoaryleavesabout. 

 three inches long and one broad, cut into many nar- 

 row fegments almofl to the midrib -, thefe fegments 

 are equal and parallel, and are indented at their ends 

 into two or three points. The flowers are produced 

 on long foot-flalks which arife frorrl the wings cf 

 the flalks ; toward the end of the branches they 

 have large yellow rays, or borders, with a difk of 

 florets, and are fucceeded by oblong purple feeds 

 crowned with down. 



The fourth fort grows naturally on the hills near die 

 Cape of Good Hope, and was raifed from feed in the 

 Amfterdam Garden. This hath a low, fhrubby, 

 branching flalk ; the leaves are thick like thofe of 

 Samphire^ and are cut into many harrow fegftients. 

 The flowers are produced on fhort foot-flalks at the 

 end of the branches; they are yellow, andfhaped 

 like the other fpecies of this genus, and are fucceeded 

 by brown feeds crowned with foft down. 

 The fifth fort grov/s naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This hath a thick Ihrubby flalk, dividing into 

 feveral branches which rife five or fix feet high ; the 

 leaves come out in cluflers from one point, fpread on 

 every fide ; they are fmooth, narrow at their bafe, en- 

 larging gradually to their points, which are rounded *, 

 their edges are acutely indented like thofe of theHoiiy. 

 prom the center of the leaves arife the foot-flalks of 

 the flowers, which are five or fix inches long, branch- 

 ing out into feveral fmaller, each fullainingone yel- 

 low radiated flower, fhaped like the former ; thefe 

 are fucceeded by flender feeds crowned with down. 

 The firfl, fecond, third, fourth and fifth forts, are 



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