Oaob. they will fhoot out their Leaves. 
Pl. VII. 
Fig. 3. 
This is all 
that mutt be expected. from them the firft Seafon ; 
but the next they will flower. 
“When the cold Weather comes on, ihe mutt 
be taken into the Stove; and after that, nothing Ogg 
more will be requir’d but. clearing the. Earth from 
the Top of the Pot to the Root once in-a Year, | 
and putting in frefh of the fame Compofition. 
ec NFR OR bad a, Fe os Be 
Every thing in this Plant confpires to recom- 
mend it to thofe who delight i in Exotic Beauties of 
ter ftand numerous Filaments : 
examined, to know the Place ‘which the Plant, 
thefe are to be, 
the Vegetable Kind: the Form, Regularity, and |. demands in the Linn& an Syftem. 
Difpofition of the Leaves; the wild {preading of 
the Stalks, and the fimple Elegance of the Flower. 
“We know what the Roman meant by that Phrafe 
which none could ever tranflate, Simplex munditiis ; 
and we read it in this plain but pleafing Flower. 
- Authors have not well known what to make of 
_ Plant which with all the Characters of Purflain 
had fo confpicuous a Flower. Van RovEn, and, 
in fome of his Works, Linyaus has call’d is it an | 
Anacampferos. 
Ditientvs haft diftinguith’d it by the Name of | 
— Telephiafirum folio globofo. 
ComMELINE Calis it Portulaca Africana femper- 
virens fore rubicundo ; 
multifloro caule fruticafo: Shrubby-ftalk’d Purflain, 
with fwelling oval Leaves, and feveral Flowers 
upon the Stalk. 
The Root is white sat, thick, and has many , 
fpreading Fibres. The Stalks are numerous, flen- 
der, of a woody Hardnefs, but not erect and 
bufhy: the Weight of the Leaves is more than 
they have Strength to fupport, and they fpread 
themfelves upon the Ground, or hang from the | 
Sides of the Pot, in a very pleafing pee 
The Leaves ftand thick upon them, and they 
are flefhy, fwell’d, pointed, and of a very fine 
and lively green. 
_. The Flowers grow at the Tops aa Extremities | 
of the Stalks and Branches, and they are large 
and of a fine blufh Colour. 
Chance of Culture fometimes makes them 
deeper, and fometimes paler than this exact Tinge,; 
but it is their natural Hue, and BE never are fo 
beautiful. 
The Seed-veffel follows, and. it is large, and 
full of {mall pale brown Seeds. 
_ The Cup, in which the Flower is plac’d, is 
~ divided into. two Parts, and is {mall. 
The Body of the Flower. is compos’d of rae 
broad, fhort, and pointed Petals: and in its Cen- 
| Syftem. 
| and this ranks it among the Monogynia of the firft 
and Linn vs, in his later 
Writings, Portulaca foliis ovatis gibbis pedunculo 
| very well makes amends for the Trouble ; 
We have before acquainted the careful Reader, 
that when there are in a Flower more than twelve 
Stamina, its Clafs is to be determined by the Place 
of their Origination. If they arife from the Infide 
of the Cup, it is of the icofandrous Clafs ; 
but if from the Receptacle, then the Plant belongs 
to the polyandrous Kind. 
On tracing the Filaments, in this Cafe, to their 
“Bate, they will be found adhering to the Recepta-. 
“cle, not to the Cup; therefore this is one of the 
Polyandria, the thirteenth Clafs in the Linn #an 
In the Center rifes a fingle fhort Style, 
Section. 
Culture of the EvurcREEN PuRsLain. 
This elegant. Plant is to be -rais’d from Seeds, 
or propagated by Cuttings; for. it fhuccesds equally 
well either Way. - | 
The Seeds ripen in Haplaibs nid it. will grow 
from them ; or it may be rais’d from fuch as are 
brought from the Cape of Good Hope, its natural 
Place of Growth: and thefe, if brought into Zw- 
rope tolerably. freth, ‘never fail to raife. the fineft 
Planes (sa | eat 
They are to: be! (oven: ina ‘Hot:Bed; nel rais’d 
in the Manner of annual Plants: and, when well 
grown, they are to be planted into Pots, in which 
they will fometimes flower the, firft Year; and ne- 
- ver fail the fecond. : 
The Cuttings. fucceed very well-in the common — 
Management of thofe of tender Exotics which we 
- have deliver’d already; and the fecond Year: ey 
will make good Plants. ©. >>> | 
In whatever, Way it is rast it muft. * 
defended from the Severity of our Winter, and ig 
for it is 
green and beautiful all the Year, and flowers the 
greateft Part of the Summer, 
4. SWEET CALLA. 
The Figure of this Plant will put the Reader 
in Mind of a very frequent one under our Hedges,. 
to which it has a general Refemblance : this is the 
common Arum, — But it is not for that the lefs 
worthy a Place in the moft curious Collection, 
| Notwithftanding the Tikencs | it bears to that 
Plant in the external Form, it is extremely different 
in the particular Parts, and even in the Generical 
Characters; and it has Beauty, Singularity, and 
Fragrance, to recommend it tg the Attention of 
2 thofe’ 
