nie 
208. 
Feb. 
pet ie ale Docs up to the Rim in the Radebed, 
Feces oe fhade them with Mats drawn over the Glafies. 
Plate 
tall they are well rooted : after this let them have a 
Jatt le Air in the Middle of mild Days; and when 
A COMPLEATOBODY 
they have. ftood about three Woakse in this Place, : Feb. 
remove them into the Stove. 
Whether they flower or not is of little Confe- 
quence, the Leaves afford fufficient Wonder. 
ae AFRICAN DROSERA. 
We propofe here to the: Curious. a 1 little Plant, 
The Seed Vettel is Of an oblong Form, and 
XXV. Gingular in its Kind for a Garden Ornament; and | contains in. a fingle Cell many fmall Seeds. 
Fig. 4. 
4% 
though a Native of the warmeft Parts of Africa, 
capable of bearing unhurt our Climate in a full 
xpofures? acts <°4 
_. Moft who. have. teased of. the African Plants 
have named it. Hzrman calls it, Ros folis folio 
lato: and Ray, Ros folts folis prelongis —Lin- 
weus, who has adopted for the Genus the Name 
Drofera, adds as the Diftin@ion of. this Species, 
foliis lanceolatis, [capts radicatis: Lanceolate leav’d 
Drofera, with the F lower- ftalk naked from. the 
Root. 
It is not Rls in the general F orm to the 
Sundews of Europe ; ; but larger, and more con- 
{picuous than them all; 
lour. 
: ‘The Root is fibrous, and. oun 
The Leaves are numerous, and. very elegant. 
They rife from. the Root by a narrow Bafe, and 
at the Height of an Inch begin to fwell out into 
Breadth. They are largeft in the Middle, and_ 
they terminate in a fharp and fine Point. The 
| “univerfal Tinct is red, a Mixture. of a brownifh 
- Caft’ obfeures the full Glare of the Colour, but 
there is with this fomewhat of crimfon and_ of 
: purple. | 
eight or ten,. not more; 
_ ‘They are cover’d with numerous long and {tiff 
Hairs : thefe are of a tawney redifh ; 
are moft frequent at the Edges. 
Upon the Surface of thefe Leaves ttand fifoe 
round Drops, of a tranfparent Fluid, reflecting 
the Colour of the Hairs ; and glittering like 
, Gems. 
OTe: Stalk ‘ehich fobtoies the Flowers rifes 
she with thefe, and exceeds them confiderable in 
c Height. Reo ‘ area 
 eiathe Lénerhi of the Ear when in fall Pest 3 
fection, is about five Inches, and their Breadth 
half an Inch; but this Stalk will grow to a Foot 
in Height 5 and rifes tolerably erect.and:firm.. Its 
Colour is a purplith brown and it has ‘neither | 
Leaves on it, nor Branches, 
The Flowers grow ina. fhort Spike Ahk Tdp, 
_and, they are -{mall. 
They do. not open freely ; ; but when they:ap- 
proach to it, their Milk white Colour affords a 
fine Contraft with the red of the whole Plant. 
and of a finer Co- | 
and they | 
Leaves; and thefe have fufficient Beauty : 
‘improbably they — alfo on. and gp 
Each Flower has. its feparate Cup, form’d of 
a fingle Piece, dented in five Parts at the Edge ; 
and of a pale green Colour, ting’d with red. 
The Flower is form’d of five Petals ; ae 
thefe throw themfelves into the Shape of a Bell. 
In the Centre ftands five Filaments, fhort and 
flender, and among thefe rife five Styles. This 
fhews the Plant to be one of tlie Pentandria. of 
Linnvzvs, the fifth. Clafs in that Author's Sy- 
ftem; and-one of the Pentagynia. | 
_» Gulture of this Drosera. 
Tt muft be raifed from Seeds; and that it may 
be we have Experience. Mr. Sherrard trom Seeds 
pick out of the Heads of Specimens, of the Plant 
from the Cape, raifed feveral promifing Roots 
Upen ¢ Bog. : | 
*Tis thus we muft endeavour its Culture. Na- 
turally, like our Species of Sundew, it lives upon 
the Surface of Bogs, trembling with the leaft 
Motion, and fupported by awet Mud. There it 
fpreads out its fhining Leaves in wild Profufion ; 
and mocks the hotteft Sun: the Liquid Gems 
that decorate them never evaporating without 
frefh Supplies. | 
‘It is only in ‘Gardens where there is damp 
fhelter’d Ground, that we advife the propagating 
this Plant; there it will rife with the Saracena ; 
and fome others we fhall occafionally name here- 
after; and give a peculiar Excellence to Spots of 
: Ground before difguftful and offenfive. 
‘The’ Method muft be to procure’ the Seeds 
from Africa; and to fow them early in Spring 
in fuch Ground, juft opening the: Surface: to. re- 
ceive them.» They will here fhew at leaft their 
not 
themfelves. 
The pearly Drops upon. the Surface of the 
~ | Leaves i in this Plant; and in our common Sun- 
dew, are Secretions of the fame Nature with the 
Fluid, which fills the: ftrange Vale of! the Nepen- 
thes: the Work of Glands fituated for that Pur- 
-pofe,- to difcharge redundant Moifture, 
5 PEARL 
Po ene sen, Sees woe ee 
