| Nov. 
Fi. xX. 
Fig. 4. Singularity i is its great Recommendation. 
nothing of that gorgeous Beauty which fills the 
~-and has no Petals. 
oo abe and con{picuous - 3 
four yellow Leaves, which from their Colour are, _ 
~ out at the Ends ; 
dria of that Author. 
~ amined, the Styles are to be fought. 
OF ot Poors 
The Cup is very confider- 
is compofed of 
by lefs accurate Obfervers, taken to be Petals, 
and properly to compofe. the Body of the 
Flower; but they are evidently no more than 
a Cup ; ‘and they are permanent, - remaining 
with the Fruit. 
The Tuft of Filarnents amounts to twenty 5 
they occupy the Centre at their Origin, and {pread 
and they have oblong Buttons. 
F¥yom the Infertion of thefe F ilemente the 
Clafs is to be determined. We have acquainted 
the Reader that the Icofandria and Polyandria in 
the Linn 2 4n Syitem, the twelfth and thirteenth 
Claffes, differ only in the Place where the nume- | 
~ rous Filaments charaéterifing both arife. 
Icofandrous Clafs thefe Filaments grow to the In- 
fide of ‘the Cup’; ‘and in the Polyandrous to the 
- Receptacle. 
This laft is their Place in the pre- 
fent Plant; therefore it-is one of the polyan- 
‘They oe- 
cupy the Centre of the Tuft, shee they are four: 
therefore the Plant belongs to that Divifion of the 
Polyandria, which is thence called Tetragynia. 
Culture of the Huxsactous TeTRAGonta., 
It is a Native of Africa, and there thrives beft | 
in deep rich Soil, where there is fome Shelter. 
This we are to imitate. The Seeds are the 
proper Source for propagating it: and as they 
ripen very well with us, they may be faved for 
that Purpofe here, when there is not an Oppor- 
tunity of having them from abroad. Wie 
Thefe fhould be fown i in the open Ground in 
the following Manner. | 
Dig up a Border, or Piece of. a Roses, where 
the Mould is very fine, and well enriched with 
Dung that has had Time to rot in it. Rake the 
Surface even, and fcatter on the Seeds. 
In the © 
Thus far having been ex- | 
Sift over them the a Mould half aa Inch | 
the Ground: 
with a Brick here and there at the Edges, 
In this Method the Ground will be’ Kept 
warm and moift, and there will be Air, — | 
Thefe are thé Advantages the Seeds warit ; adie 
in this Ta phish fa? | will shoot in a 1 moderate 
| ee 
the Plats will rife at all, or when. 
Here Jet them, take their Time; for accord- 
ing to their Age, their Degreé of Ripenefs, and 
Rdciree of curing, they will fhoot much fooner 
fome Times, and at others later. 
When they begin to appear, let the Mat be 
raifed higher from time to time; and thé Furzes 
113, 
being ‘vemoved, let them’ have: ‘frequent gentle 
Waterings, 
When they have obtained | five tnches in 
Height, let them be planted out into Pots; and 
no Compoft made fof them, but only” ule the 
beft and richeft Garden Mould. | 
Let a little of this be put in the this of 
each Pot, and then a Plant raifed with a good i 
Ball of its: own Earth about it: 
When it is well fixed give a gentle Watering. 
All the Plants being thus potted, let them be 
fet in a fhady fhelter’d Place, and once a Day wa- 
ter’d, till they have taken Root. 
Then let them be plac’d among the Green- bald 
| Plants, and at the Approach of Autumn remov’d 
into Shelter. ‘ 
“| © They will often flower the firft Year, always the — 
: fetond: and their wild Way of hanging down the 
Sides of the Pots is very pleafing. 
In Winter they muft have a little Water, bake a 
“great deal of Air. 
_ They are hardyer chan moft of the — | 
Plants 5. but: they die af i 
4. SPOTTED. AFRICAN HEBENSTRETIA, 
his is another of thofe Exotic Plants whofe 
It has 
Eye in the large-flower’d Plants; but Variety is 
to be confulted in thefe Collections next to Shew. 
This Plant ferves excellently for that Purpofe, and 
at the fame Time is not without its Prettynefs. © 
Mott who have fearch’d Africa for Plants, have 
been ftruck with the Singularity of this, and have 
given it a Place in their Works, tho’ uncertain to 
what Genus it mics Li or by what Name to 
call it. | 
BurRMAN makes: it a Pedicilaris ComMELine, 
a Valerianella,; and Ray calls it Valerionvides. 
ae Diverfity thew’d the Defect of a new Ge- 
s, which Linnaus has fupply’d, calling it | 
caine ; and adding, for’ Diftinction, foliis 
dentatis : Dentated-leav’d Hebenfiretia. 
The Root is fibrous, whitifh, and ill-tafted. 
N° x 
The Stalks are numerous, and oTrow irregularly. 
Some lean upon the Ground, and others ftraggle 
irregularly over the Surface; but thofe in the 
Midtt ufually rife tolerably ereét, and are a Foot 
and half in Height. They are round, edg’d, 
tender, purple at the Bottom, green toward the 
Top, and not much branch’d, ) 
The Leaves are numerous, and plac’d irregu-. 
larly : they have no Foot-ftalks, and their Colour 
is a lively green, often ting’d with purplith. 
- Thofe, from the Root, are very deeply divided ; 
thofe on the lower Part of the Stalk Samp lfetlens 
tated; and fuch as grow toward the Top, not at 
all ferrated. : 
The Flowers are fmall, but their Difpofition 
renders them confpicuous. They ftand in long 
Spikes at the Tops of all the Branches. Their 
| Colour is a pure and perfect white; but in the 
{ Centre there is a Spot of a fine glowing red. 
Gg Each 
“Jet ‘this be — 
| placed upright in the Pot, ‘and then the whole 4 
i filled to the Rim with Mould. 
Nav. 
thick, and then throw fome Furze Bufhes por 
Over thefe lay a Mat, raifing it e 
Fie 
