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it to this of Pbaca ; rejecting the 

 other on account of its being a com- 

 pound Name. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of Por- 

 tugal and Spain, from whence the 

 Seeds have been procured by fome 

 Perfons who are curious in collect- 

 ing rare Plants : the firft Sort has 

 been long preferv'd in fome curious 

 Gardens in England ; but the other 

 is more rare at prefent. 



The Roots of thefe Plants will 

 abide many Years, and run very- 

 deep into the Ground ; but the 

 Branches decay every Autumn, and 

 the Roots produce frem everySpring, 

 which will rife near Four Feet high, 

 and grow ligneous. The Flowers 

 are produced in fhort Spikes from 

 the Wings of the Leaves : but, un- 

 lefs the Seafon proves very warm, 

 they rarely flower in England ; for 

 which Reafon the Plants are not 

 much efteem'd : for it is not once 

 in feven Years, that the Flowers ar- 

 rive to Perfection, nor do the Plants 

 ever produce Seeds in England: fo 

 that the Seeds mutt be procur'd from 

 abroad, by thofe who are defirous to 

 have the Plants. 



The Seeds mould be fown in the 

 Place where the Plants are to re- 

 main ; for as they moot their Roots 

 very deep into the Earth, fo it is 

 very difficult to tranfplant them 

 with any Safety, efpecially after 

 they have remain d any confidera- 

 ble time in the Seed - bed. The 

 Plants mould be left about fix Feet 

 afunder, that there may be room to 

 iig the Ground between them every 

 Spring, . which is all the Culture 

 :hey require. 



PHALANGIUM, Spiderwort. 

 ( The Characters are ; 



It is a Plant with a Li ly -flower t 

 ! cmpofed of fix Petals , from whofe 

 j Centre rifes the Point a I, which af- 

 ., erward becomes a roundifh Fruity di- 



vided into three Cells, and full of an- 

 gular Seeds : to thefe Marks tnuft be 

 added \ A fibrofe Root, in order to di- 

 fiingui/h it from the Ornithogalum. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Phalangium par<vo fore, ra- 

 mofum. C. B. P. Branch'd Spi- 

 derwort, with a fmall Flower. 



2. Phalangium par<vo fiore y non 

 ra?nofum. C. B. P. Unbranch'd 

 Spiderwort, with a fmall Flower. 



3. Phalangium A fricanum, fa- 

 rib us luteis par<vis. Raii Hi ft. Afri- 

 can Spiderwort, with fmall yellow 

 Flowers. 



4- Phalangium acaulon, foliis 

 fubulaiis, fioribus in thyrfo luteis. 

 Low African Spiderwort, with flat 

 Onion-leaves, and yellow Floweri 

 difpos'd in a loofe Spike. 



5. Phalangium Africanum, fo- 

 liis cepaceis, fioribus fpicatis aureis. 

 Boerh. Ind. African Spiderwort, 

 with Onion-leaves, and goldenFlow- 

 ers growing in Spikes, falfly call'd 

 an Aloe. 



6. Phalancium AEthiopicum ra- 

 mofum, fioribus albis, petalis refitxis. 

 Hort. Amft. Branchy Ethiopian 

 Spiderwort, with white Flowers, 

 whofe Petals are turned backward. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 abiding Plants, which are propagated 

 in curious Gardens, for the fake of 

 their Flowers ; and though they are 

 not very beautiful, yet, for their long 

 Continuance in Flower, they de- 

 ferve a Place in the open Borders 

 of every curious Flower-garden. 



Thefe may be propagated either 

 from Seeds, or by parting their 

 Roots. The belt time to fow the 

 Seeds is in Autumn, foon after they 

 are ripe, in the manner directed for 

 bulbous-rooted Flowers, with which 

 thefe Plants 2gree in their Culture, 

 and the fecond Year after fowing 

 will produce Flowers. The Sea- 

 fon for parting their Roots is ia 

 X x x 2 Sef 



