710 
A COMPLEAT BODY 
Nee nen TERETE REESE 
Oétob. they have no Footftalks'; they are narrower | by four naked Seeds. 
Ph, 60; 
eee. 
. 
Pl. 60. 
Fig. 4. 
and in Pairs upon the young Shoots. 
oblong, and of a frefh green. 
than thofe from the Root, oblong, and. waved 
lightly at the Edges, broadeft toward the middle, 
and obtufe. | 
The Flowers are numerous, they form a hand } 
fome Head upon the Summit of the Stalk, 
atid each has its feparate very flender Footftalk. 
They are large, and of a delicate blue, with 
fome Tinge of purplifh. | : 
Each ftands in a fmall Cup, formed. of one 
Leaf, and cut into five light Segments. - 
The Body of the Flower is formed of one Pe- 
tal; it is long, hollow, and widens from the 
Bafe to the Rim, where it is cut lightly into 
five Segments, and the Mouth is perfectly open. 
The Filaments are five, they are very fhort, and 
they have upright convergent Buttons. 
The five Filaments and fingle Style refer 
this to the Pentandria Monogynia of Linn aus. 
Culture of this PutMonaRiA: |, 
It is a Native of Virginia, where it thrives beftin 
a loofe dry Soil, With us it lives perfectly well 
throughout the Year in the open Borders; and ig 
eafily propagatéd by parting the Roots at Au; 
tumn, | | | 
The firft Stock is beft raifed from Seed, which 
ripens very well here, arid fhould be fown in Sep- 
tember ina Nurfery-bed. From thence the young 
Plants. fhould be removed the following April 
to the Places where they are to remain. 
Every Year they fhould be taken up and 
planted again in fome frefh Mould. The beft 
The Style is fingle, and the Flower is followed | Seafon for this is early in Spring. 
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This is one of the Zaft Indian Herbs which 
differ fo extremely from the European Kinds of the 
fame Genera, that we cannot wonder Writers 
who faw the Plants imperfeé&t, or judged of. 
them imperfeétly, referred them to wrong Kinds. 
Iswarp has named this Cynogloffoides; and. Piv- 
KENET, more fenfible of his not feeing the true 
Character, refers it to no Genus, but calls it, 
MAnchufe degeneris facie Indie Orientalis herba quadri- 
capfularis: an Eaft-Indian Quadricapfalar Plant, 
with the Afpect of baftard Alkanet. 
Linnvs, who could trace the true Charaéters } 
under an unlike Outfide, refers this to the Bo- 
rage, and calls it, Borago folis ramificationum op- 
pofitis, calycinis foliolis fagittatis : Borage with the 
Leaves in Pairs upon the Branches, and the Cup 
Leaves arrow-headed. | 
The Root is compofed of numerous thick 
Fibres, connected to a fmall Head. 
The Stalk is round, of a pale green, up- 
right, and divided into many Branches. © 
The Leaves ftand alternate on the main Stalk, 
They are 
The Flowers are minute, but the Cup Leaves 
‘ sr 
Every Gardener knows in what Rank to 
hold the Sowbreads, and all the botanical 
Writers havé defcribed them. 
This has been diftinguifhed by the Ndme 
Cyclamen folio angulofo, from the angulated Form | 
of its Leaves; and Serotinum, from its late Seafon 
of flowering. C.Bavntne calls it, Cyclemen He- 
dere folio; and our Parkinson, Cyclamen Hedere | Colour on the upper Side is a deep green, with 
foliis autumnale : autumnal Sowbread with Leaves — 
like Ivy. h bi i 
Diftinétion between this and the round leav’d 
Kind. _ He obfervés that there are fo many Va- 
rieties with Leaves. between round and ancu- 
no fixing the Boundary of the DiftinGion. 
gives to all the European Kinds the Name Cy- 
clamen corolla retroflexa : Cyclamen w'th thé Flower. 
INDIAN BORAGE, 
with crimfon. 
The Flower is compofed of a fingle Petal, the 
lower Part is tubular, and it is divided deeply into 
five Segments at the Edge. The Opening is 
{topped up by a Crown, compofed of five obtufe 
and convergent Scales. 
The Filaments are five, they converge alfo, 
and have oblong Buttons, which are fixed to their 
infide about the middle. 
The Style is fingle, and there follow each 
Flower four naked Seeds. 
The five Filaments and fingle Style refer the 
Plant to the Pentandria Monogynia of Linn avs. 
Culture of this Bornace. 
‘It is a Native of the Eaf and We/t-Indies ; an 
Annual; and with us muft be raifed from 
Seed in a Pot of light Compoft, fet up to 
the Rim ina Bed of Tanner’s Bark. 
The Beginning of March is the beft Time 
for fowing the Seéds. | 
The young Plants muft be often watered; 
when_ they are three Inches high, they thould 
be removed into feparate {mall Pots; and when 
_ they have ftood fhaded in the fame Bark-bed till 
extremely fingular ; they rife eréét, they are of | well rooted, they muft be removed into the Stove 
an arrow-headed Shape, and are ftain’d delicately | where they are to flower. 
VIOLET: CY:C LAM EN. 
turned back. | 
The Root is very large, and black on the Out< 
fide, but white within; and is rounded, but 
deprefied. 
The Leaves are numerous and not inelegant; 
they are large, oblong, angulated in various Man- 
ners, and waved or indented at the Edge. Their 
fome Blotches of white ; on the under Part they 
: is | are purple orcrimfon’: they ftand on Jo , thi 
Linn us does not allow the fuppofed fpecifick — iS 3 | y n Jong, thick, 
but not ftrong redith Footftalks. | | 
‘The Flowers rife fingly on long, naked Foot: 
flalks ; they are large, of a very fingular Form, 
de : | and. of a beautifu: Violet Blue. 
lated, in all Degrees and Forms, that there is | 
He - 
iach has a 
rounded fmall Cup, divided into five little Seg- 
ments. rik | 
_ The Flower is compofed of one Petal. The 
tubular 
O&tob. 
