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beft of them into Errors; 
Comme tine, who firft. in Europe raifed it from 
‘Seeds brought from Africa; ranging it among the 
Afters, called it After Africanus fratefcens fplen- 
dentibus parvis © reflenis foliis; and fo it has been 
‘named by others after him. Linnzvus, in one 
Part of his Species Plantarum, p. 877. has joined it 
with the 4fers; but he had more juftly, many Pages 
before, 859, refer’d it tothe Xeranthemum, with. 
the Addition, Caulibus frutefcentibus provolutis foliis 
ciliatis birfutis: fhrubby Xeranthemum, _ with 
_ drooping Branches and hairy ciliated Leaves. 
The Root is long, woody, and {preading. 
The Stem is woody but flender, weak, and 
brown ; fcarce able to fupport its own Weight, yet 
loaded with innumerable Branches : thefe droop, 
and often lie upon the Ground, and throw them- 
{elves about in various elegant Manners. 
The Leaves are innumerable; they cloath all” 
the Stalks from Top to Bottom, and they are ~ 
fhort and fmall, but elegant. ‘They have no 
Footftalks, they hang drooping, and are bent 
‘every where from the Bonches, 
Their Colour is a deep, elegant, and. fhining 
green, and they have an Edge of ftiff Hairs all 
round them : 
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‘this is what the botanical Writers 
call ciliated, from the Refemblance of Eye-lathes; 
there are alfo a few Hairs upon the other Parts of 
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Flowers and Curious Plants now in their Perfection. 
1 DROOPING SHRUB XERANTHEMUM, 
rays very elegant Plant is little known 
among the Botanifts, and has led the very 
the Leaves, but lefs confpicuous. 
The Flowers are extremely fingular and beau- 
_tiful; only one terminates every Branch, but thefe 
are fo numerous, and thrown about in fuch odd 
Directions, that the Quantity of Flowers is very 
confiderable ;-and their Difpofition on the entire 
| Plant fingular and elegant. 
- Thefe numerous Flowers appear alfo of various 
Colours accordirie to their Pofition ‘and Degree of | 
Maturity ; the upper Scales of their Cups are the — 
moft confpicuous.Part 5 they are long, and flatted, 
and have the Afpeét of Rays of a Flower, thefe 
are purplifh on the outfide, and white within : 
-and this Purple is ftrongeft in thém before the 
Flower opens : confequently the Buds are of a 
deep purple. The half open’d Flowers on the out- 
fide are of a paler Hue;: and the full blown ones 
retain enough of the Tinge upon the Back of this 
Part of the Cup to be very elegant: - 
Thefe: Flowers in their various States of Matu- 
rity fhew themfelves varioufly and elegantly by. the 
bending, drooping, and winding of the Branches; 
and more by their Motion from the leaft Breath . 
of Wind: there are purple,. globular Heads, 
which are the firft Buds .of Bloom, and all the | 
other Tinges as the Flowers fhew more or lefs of | 
the back Part of their Petals :. this, with the 
glittering green of the Leaves, and the whole Dif- 
pofition of the Plant affords an Appearance fcarce 
_to be equalled, | 
7 R ! The 
Compteat Bopy of GARDENING. 
Sept. 
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