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HERMANNIA. 

 The ChuraBers arej 



The Cup of the Flower confifls of 

 one Leaf which refembles a Bladder, 

 find is cut into five Segments •■, the 

 Flower confifs of five Leaves, the 

 lowermojl of tchich are narrow, but 

 the upper ones are broad and twijied, 

 having a pentangular Ovary in the 

 Center, which is Jurrounded by five 

 Stamina, and is afterwards turn'd to 

 (t five-corner' d long Tube. 

 The Species are i 



1. Hermaknia i frutefcens, folio 

 oblongo, ferrato, latiori, Boerh. Ind. 

 Shrubby Hermannia, with a broader 

 oblong ierrated Leaf. 



2. Hermann I A ; frutefcens, folio 

 groJfulariA, parvo, hirfuto. Boerh. Lid. 

 Shrubby Hermannia, with a fmall 

 hairy, Goofeberry Leaf. 



3. Hermannia ; frutefcens, fojio 

 Ibifci, hirfuto, molU, caule pilofo, 

 Boerh. Ind. Shrubby Hermannia, 

 with a fofr, hairy Marfhmallow 

 Leaf, and a woolly Stalk. 



4. Hermannia j frutefcens, folio 

 oblongo, ferrato. Tourn. Shrubby 

 Hermannia, with an oblong, fer- 

 rated Leaf 



There are fome other Species 

 of this Plant in the Botanick Gar- 

 dens in Holland, but thefe here 

 mention'd are all the Sorts which 

 I have yet feen in the Fnglifh Gar-. 

 dens. 



Thefe Plants are all propagated by 

 planting Cuttings of them, during 

 any of the Summer Months, in a 

 Bed of light frelh Earth, obferving 

 to water and fhade them until they 

 are well rooted, which will be in 

 about fix Weeks after planting ; 



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which they may be expos'd to the 

 open Air, with Myrtles, Gera- 

 niums, 8cc. until the Middle or 

 latter End of OBober, when they 

 muft be remov'd into the Green- 

 houfe, obferving to place them in 

 the cooleft Part of the Houfc, and 

 where they may have as much free 

 Air as pofiTible, for if they arc too 

 much drawn in the Houfe, they 

 will appear very faint and iickly, 

 and feldom produce many Flow- 

 ers j whereas, when the are only 

 preferv'd from the Froft and have 

 a great Share of free Air, they will 

 appear flrong and healthy, and pro- 

 duce large Quantities of Flowers in 

 April and May, during which Sea- 

 ion they make a very handfomc 

 Shew in the Green-houfe: They 

 muft alio be frequently watered, 

 and will require to be new potted 

 at leaft twice every Year, i. e, in 

 May and September, otherwife their 

 Roots will be fo matted as to pre- 

 vent their Growth. 



Thefe Plants rarely produce good 

 Seeds with us j but when they are 

 obtain'd from Abroad, they mufl 

 be fbwn upon a moderate Hot-bed, 

 and when the Plants come up, they 

 muft be traniplanted into fmall Pots, 

 and plung'd into another very mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, in order to pro- 

 mote their Rooting j after which 

 they muft be harden'd by degrees, 

 to endure the open Air in Summer, 

 and may then be treated as the old 

 Plants. 



HERNANDIA; Jack in a Box, 

 vulgo. 



The Chara^ers are ; 



It hath a fhort, multifid Bell- 



then you fhould take them u^, pre- fhap'd Flower, or a Rofaceous Flower, 



ferving a Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots, and plant them into Pots 

 fill'd with light freflj Earth, placing 

 them in a fhady Situation until 

 they have taken frelh Root j after 



confifiing of fever al Fetals, which are 

 placed in a circular Order, thefe are 

 fometimes Barren, and at other times 

 are Fertile : The Cup of the Flower 

 afterwards becomes an ahnofl Sphe-^ 

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