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~DISANDRA PROSTRATA. TRAILING 
7 DISANDRA. 
SHidteeebeinkibdeivistibaa 
Cla/s and Order. 
Herpranpria Monocynyta. 
a Generic Chara@er. 
Cal. {ub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, {ubfeptem-partita. Czp/. 2 
locularis, polyfperma. _ 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
DISANDRA proftrata. Linn. Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 
— Suppl. Pl. p. 32. 214. Ait. Kew. V. 1. p. 493. 
SIBTHORPIA peregrina. Linn, Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 880. 
The foliage of this plant greatly refembles that of Ground 
Ivy, and its branches trail on the ground fomewhat in the 
_ fame-manner, extending to the length of feveral feet; but it 
is not on the ground that it is beft feen, as its flowers are apt 
to be hid among the leaves: it appears moft -advantageoufly 
when growing in a pot, placed on a pedeftal, or in fome ele- 
vated fituation, where its branches may hang carelefsly down: 
thus treated, when fully blown, it becomes a moft pleafing 
objeét. : oo 
Linnaeus, the fon, in his Suppl. Plant. obferves, that the 
Difandra varies extremely in the number of its ftamina, as it 
does alfo in the divifions of its calyx, and corolla; in -this 
refpeét, indeed, we do not know its equal: fortunately for 
_thofe fyftems of Botany, which are formed from the number 
of certain parts of the fru€tification, few fuch inconflants exift. 
Profeflor Murray obferves, that feven is the moft pre- 
valent number of its ftamina, five the moft natural. 
Linnaus defcribes it as a native of the Eaft; Mr. Arron 
informs us, that it was introduced here about the year 1771, 
from Madeira. 3 : . : Peak: 
It flowers during moft of the fummer months; in the 
winter it muft be kept in the green-houfe ; in the fammer it 
will béar the open air, grows. readily from cuttings, fhould 
be planted in rich earth, and plentifully watered in dry 
weather, SEE Ss PE Deg Raat Te 
