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The Characters are ; 

 It huth radiated Fioroers, having 

 many Florets rphich are fertil, but 

 the half Florets are barren: The 

 Placenta is commonly conical, and 

 filled TPith chaffy Empalcmcnts, -ivhich 

 appear folded Hp, in each of which 

 is an Ovary, which is fljap'd like an 

 obelisk reverfed, having a hollow 

 Bafe. Thefe Farts are contained in 

 one common Flower-cup, which is 

 deeply cut into fever al Segments, and 

 expands in Form of a Star, to which 

 may be added, the Leaves are pla- 

 ced alternately. 



The Species arej 



1. Obeliscotheca 5 integrrfolia, 

 radio aureo, umbone atrorubente, 

 Hort. Elth. Dwarf Sun-l^ower, 

 with entire Leaves, the Rays of 

 the Flower ot a Gold Colour, and 

 a dark red Disk. 



2. Obeliscotheca ; Doronici fo- 

 lio, radio purpureo, umbone atroru- 

 bente. Dwarf Sun-flower, with 

 Leaves like Leopard's-bane, the 

 Rays of the Flower purple, and a 

 dark red Disk. 



Thefe Plants are both Natives of 

 America, the firft of them was 

 brought from Virginia, and the 

 other from Carolina, They may 

 both be propagated by parting of 

 their Roots in the Spring, planting 

 the Heads into Pots filled with 

 frefii rich Earth, placing 'em in an 

 open Situation, where they may 

 have the Benefit of Sun and Show- 

 ers, in which Place they may re- 

 main during the Summer-fealbn ; 

 but in Winter they mull: be flicl- 

 ter'd under a Frame, to protedl 

 them from fevere Froft, oblerving 

 to let them have as much free Air 

 as poflible in mild Weather : They 

 muft be frequently refrefh'd with 

 Water, efpecially in Summer, when 

 it fViould be given them in Plenty j 

 but in Winter they muft have ic 



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more fparingly. The firfl Sort in- 

 creafes pretty faft in England^ 

 whereby it is become pretty com- 

 mon, and is preferved for the Sake 

 of it5 Flowers, whicli are produ- 

 ced in Plenty, and arc of long Du- 

 ration, each Flower continuing in 

 Beauty five or fix Weeks 5 and thele 

 being fucceeded by new Flowers^ 

 the Plants are commonly furniih'd 

 with them four or five Months, 



The fecond Sort is kCs common 

 than the firfl, by Reafon of the 

 few Off-fets it produces from the 

 Side, and the Seeds rarely being 

 perfecfted in Europe, the Plants can- 

 not be greatly increas'd j therefore, 

 if a Perfbn could procure the Seeds 

 of this Plant from Carolina^ at 

 would be the ilireft Method to ob- 

 tain a Stock of the Plants. The 

 Stcdis of both thefe Plants flioul«l 

 be fown on a moderate Hot-bed, 

 and when the Plants are grown to- 

 lerably ftrong, they fliouid be ^ach 

 planted into a feparate Pot, and in- 

 ur'd to the open Air, by Degrees, 

 alter which they muft be treated 

 as hath been directed for the >oId 

 Plants. 



OCULUS CHRISTI5 -vide Hot- 

 minum Sylvcftre. 



OCYMUM5 Bafil. 

 The CharaEters are 5 



// hath a. labiated Flower, confin- 

 ing of one Leaf, whofe Crefl (or Up- 

 per-lip) is upright, roundijh, notched^ 

 and larger than the Beard (or Low- 

 er-Up) which is generally curl'd or 

 gcfjtly cut. Out of the Florver-cup 

 rifes the Fointal, attended by four 

 Embryo's, which afterwards become 

 fo many Seeds inclos'd in a Hush, 

 which was before the Flower-cup-^ 

 this Husk is aivided into two Lips, 

 the upper one growing upright, and 

 is fplit into two, but the under qji^ 

 is CHt into feveral Farts, 



The. 



