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manner as the perennial Sunflower. It is very hardy 

 in refpeft to cold, but loves a moid foil. 

 The fifth fort has a perennial root like the former, 

 and is a native of the fame country. This hath 

 fmooth green (talks, which rife higher than thofe of 

 the former -, the leaves are all compofed of five lobes 

 which are much narrower, and end with fharper 

 points than thofe of the former, and are very acute- 

 ly indented on their fides. The flowers are fmaller, 

 and the petals narrower than thofe of the former fort, 

 but anpear at the fame feafon. It is equally hardy 

 with the former, and may be propagated in the 

 fame way. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in North America, and 

 ahb in Siberia, from both which countries I have re- 

 ceived the feeds. This hath a perennial root like 

 the two former ; the leaves at bottom are compofed 

 of feven9rnine lobes, fome of which arc entire, and 

 others are jagged to the midrib, they are of a dark 

 green and fmooth ; the ftalks rife fix feet high, and 

 divide into many branches. 'They are of a purple or 

 iron colour, and are very fmooth j thefe are garnifhfed 

 with leaves, which toward the bottom are hand-fhaped, 

 and compofed of five lobes ; higher up they have but 

 three, and at the top the leaves are fingle.. The flow- 

 ers are fmaller than thofe of the two former forts, but 

 are of the fame fhape and colour. .. ^ . 



The feventh fort grows naturally in Virginia. This 

 hath a perennial root ; the fl;alks rife four or five feet 

 high ; the leaves are narrow, fmooth, and placed op- 

 pofite ; the rays of the flower are long, yellow, and 

 are twelve in number ; the difk of male florets are of 

 a dark red, and the fcales of the empalement ipread, 

 and are almofl awl-fliapecJ/ .* ' ■' ./ /' '^i' 



Thefe four lafl: mentioned forts may be propagated in 

 plenty, by parting of their roots ; the beft time for 

 this is in October, when the fl:alks will begin to decays 

 for if they are removed in the fpring, they will not 

 produce many flowers the fame year. They love a 

 moifl: foil, and fliould be allowed room, for if they 

 are too near other plants, they will rob them of their 

 nourifhment and defl:roy them. They are proper fur- 

 niture for large gardens, where they maybe allowed 

 '.room, or in walks round fields, becaufe they require 



" little culture. 



RUELLIA. Plum. Nov. Gen. 12. tab. 2. Lin. Gen. 



,. Plant. 702." .,'...- ■ 



The Characters are, 

 . The flower has a permanent empalement of one leaf, which 

 IS cut into five narrow acute fegments at the top^ which 

 are ere 51. It has one petals with a tube the length of the 

 .,: cup^ which /preads_and inclines at the neck^ Mt the M 

 ' fpreads open^ where it is cut into Jive fegments^ the two 

 \ upper being large and reflexed, ^7t hath four "Jfamma ft- 

 '' , tuated in the fpreading part ^^ oj ^ the tujbe^ 'conneSled in 

 ,\ pairs ^ terminated hy fhort fummttSy and a roundifh ger- 

 ,^_ men fupporiing a fender fiyle^ 'crowned by a bifid ftigma. 

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each endy having two cells ^ inclofing roundifh compreffed 

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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linn^eus's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have two long and two fliort fl:a- 

 mina, and the feeds are included in a capfule. . 

 The Species are, 



1. RuELLiA {Tuberofa) foliis ovatis crenatis, peduncu- 

 ., lis bifloris. Ruellia witb oval cfenated leaves^ and foot- 



ftalks hearing two flowers. Ruellia humilis, flore ci- 

 - ruleo, afphodeli radice. Plum. Nov. Gen, 12. Bwarf 

 ^; Ruellia^ with a blue flower and an Jfphodel root. * 



2. Ruellia (Strepens) foliis petiolatis, floribus verticil- 

 latis fubfeflilibusr Hort. Upfal. 178. Ruellia with 



■^_ leaves having foot-ftalks^ and flowers growing in whorls^ 

 ;.^ fitting clofe to the ftalks. Ruellia ftrepens, capitulis 



comofis. Hort. Elth. 328. Snapping Ruellia with hairy 



heads. 





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Ruellia {Clandeftind) foliis petiolatis, pedunculis 

 longis fubdivifis nudis. Lin. Hort. Upfal. 179. Ru- 

 ellia with leaves having foot-ftalks^ and long naked foot- 

 ftalks to the flowers^ which are divided. Ruellia cap- 



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fulis teretibus. Hort. Elth. 328. Ruellia with taper 



cap files, ■ 



4. Ruellia {Crifpa) foliis fubcrenatis lanceolato-ova- 

 tis, capituhs ovatis, foliofis hifpidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 6 is. Ruellia with oval fpear-flaped leaves which are 

 fomewhat crenated, oval pods, and prickly, hairy, fmall 

 leaves, 



Ruellia {Paniculata) foliis integerrimis pedunculis 

 dichotomis lateralibus calycibus feflilibus, lacinia fu- 

 prema majore. Lin. Sp. Plant. 885. RudUa with en- 

 ttret leaves J a forked ftalk, and the upper figment of 

 the flower large. Speculum veneris majus impatiens. 

 Sloan. Hifl:. Jam. i. p. 158. 



The firfl: fort grows naturally in many of the iflands in 

 the Wefl:-Indies ; the roots of this are compofed of 

 many fwelling flefliy tubers, which run deep into the 

 ground, ' 



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and are like thofe of the Day Lily, but 

 The fl:alk rifes about four or five inches 



; high, and fends out two or three fhort'fide branches, 

 which arc garniflied with leaves placed oppofite ; fome 

 of thefe are fmall and fliaped like a fpatula, others are 

 much larger ; they have fliort foot-ftalks, and -are a 

 httle crenated on their edges. The flowers are pro- 

 duced on the fide, and at the end of the fl:alk ; thofe 

 on the fide have two flowers upon each foot-fl:alk,' 

 , which come out oppofite at each joint, but thofe at 

 the top fuftain three. The flowers have narrow tubes 

 about an inch long, then they fprcad out to a fort of 

 . bell-fliape, and at the top they are cut into five ob- 

 ; tufe fegments," which are large and fprcad open -, they 

 .are of a fine blue, but of Ihort duration, each flower 

 feldom lafl:ing in beauty one day ; after the flower 

 fades, the germen becomes a taf^er pod one inch and 

 <- a ,Ralf long, haying two cells, which, when ripe, burfl: 

 ; with a touch,^ and cafl: out the feeds to a diftance,' It 

 flowers in July, and the feeds ripen the beginning of 

 September. ; . ' *>.; *":"■. -:^ ""'•■;-.. ~\,_^ 



• The fecond fort grows naturally in Carolina i the root 

 of this is fibrous ah3*perennial ; the ftallcs rife about 

 a foot high, they are four-cornered, and have two 

 longitudinal furrows, one on each fide ; the joints are 

 three or four inches afunder, at each fl:and two oval 

 leaves upon very ftiort foot-ftalks: The flowers come 

 out from the wings of the leaves on each fide, two or 

 three rifing from the fame point, fitting very clofe to 

 the ftalks j they are fmall and of a pale purple co- 

 lour, ^but are very fugacious ; they open early in the 



.morning, but are ^one by ten or eleven o'clock in the. 



.;fer^?Pon; thefe are fucceeded by fliort taper pods,. 



" furrounded by the hairy fegments of the empalement. 



^ It flowers and perfefts its feeds about the fame time 



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' -this hath a perennial root, .compofed of many flefliy 



'fibres ; the leaves and ftalks lie clofe to the ground ; 



: ^he ftalks grow five or fix inches high •, the leaves are 



.placed by pairs at each joint; they are two inches 



long, and one inch and a quarter broad, ftanding up- 



. on foot-ftalks half an inch long.', Th« foot-ftalks 

 which fuftain the flovyers are naked, and divide into 

 two fmaller, each fuftaining one fmall purple flower, 

 which is very fugacious ; their empalements are cut 



. into very narrow fegments to the bottom. After the 

 flowers are paft, the germen becomes a taper capfule 



.about ah inch long, including roundifli comprefled 

 rieeds. "■ \' ' ^^^ "^- " .'. ' \ '-\- • ''/ ■ —'' •' 



' The fourth fort grows naturally in both Indies; I re- 

 ^■ceived the feeds of this from Carthagena in New 

 ; Spain. This hath a ligneous creeping root ; the ftalks 

 rife about five or fix inches high, they ^re fingle, ta- 

 per, and jointed ; the leaves are oval, fpear-ftiaped, 

 and have very ftiort foot-ftalks ; they are a little wav- 

 ed on their edges, are hairy and curled. The flowers 

 are produced from the fide of the ftalk at their joints 5 

 thele fuftain one fmall yellow flower, coming out be- 



tween rough, hairy, fmall leaves, 

 and the feeds ripen in September. 



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The fifth fort hath a perennial root; the ftalks rife 

 four or five feet high, are very diffufed and forked, 

 and garniflied with oblong, oval, entire leaves placed' 



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