TIjb Ufeful Family HcrhaL x 9 1 



Rose of Jericho. 



rosa'hicracontea. 



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Little woody Plant, named a Rofc from no- 

 thing but its Size, and its Manner of fold- 

 ing itfelf np, by bending in the Tops of the 

 Branches, fo that it appears hollow and roundilli. 

 We are accuftomed to fee it dry, and in that Con- 

 dition, it is always thus drawn together. It is of 

 the Bignefs of a Man's Fill, and is compofed of 

 a Quantity of woody Branches, interwoven with 



one another, and all bending inward. When it 

 IS put into warm Water, it expands and becomes 



flattifli, but pn drying it, acquires the old Form 

 again. 



It is' in reality, a Kind of Tlilafpi, or Treacle 



Muftard, but of a peculiar woody Texture. The 



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there grow from this eight or ten Stalks, which 

 fpreod themfelves upon the. Ground, in a circular 

 Manner, as we fee the Stalks of our Birds Foot, 

 and many other little Plants. Thefe Stalks are 

 thick and woody, and about four Inches in 

 length: They lie upon the Ground toward the 

 Bale, but lay turned up a little at the Tops, and 

 each of them has a Number of Branches. The 

 Leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale Green; 

 they are very numerous, and they fland irregular- 

 , The Flowers are fmalL and white like thofe 



of our Shepherd's Purfe. The Seed Veffels arc 

 fmall, and contain feveral Seeds like thofe of the 

 common Treacle Muftard. 



This is the Appearance of the Plant, as it 

 grows^^ery frequent in the warmer Climates -, and 

 thus it has nothing fingular In it^ while in its Per- 

 ftftion of Growth, but after a Time, the Leaves 

 decay and fall off, and the Stalks as they dry, in 



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