No. 148. 
PETIVERIA ALLIACEA. 
Class, Order. 
HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This plant was named by Plumier in 
honour of the celebrated James Petiver, an 
apothecary of London, well known as à 
collector of natural history; who published 
many very curious articles about the end of 
the seventeenth century. 
‘ It is a native of the West Indies, and has 
been long introduced into England, flowering 
in the autumn, and frequently producing 
ripe seeds; the leaves have a powerful un- 
pleasant smell: it is readily propagated by 
cuttings, and grows well in loamy soil. In 
winter it must be kept in the stove, bat in 
summer it does very well out of doors. 
