R O 



R O 



rafter, they agree with their Conge- 

 ners . 



Thefe Plants grow plentifully in 

 the Southern Parts of France, in 

 Spain, and in Italy, where, upon 

 dry rocky Soils near the Sea, they 

 thrive prodigioufly ; but, notwith- 

 itanding they are produc'd in warm 

 Countries, yet they are hardy enough 

 to bear the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well in the open Air, 

 provided they are planted upon a 

 poor, dry, gravelly Soil, on which 

 they will endure the Cold much bet- 

 ter than upon a richerGround, where 

 the Plants will grow more vigoroufl y 

 in Summer, and fo be more fubject 

 to Injury from Froft ; and they wiii 

 not have fo itrong an aromatic Scent 

 as thole upon a dry barren Soil. 



Thofe Sorts with ftriped Leaves 

 are fomewhat tender, and lhould 

 either be planted near a warm Wail, 

 or in Pots filled with frefb light 

 Earth, and fheitered in Winter un- 

 der a Frame, otherwife they will be 

 fubjecl to die in froily Weather. 



Ail thefe Sort:; may be propagated 

 by planting Slips or Cuttings of them 

 in the Spring of the Year, upon a 

 Bed of frcfls light Earth ; and when 

 they are rooted, they may be tranf- 

 planted into the Places where they 

 are deflgn'd to grow ; but it will be 

 proper to do this about the Begin- 

 ning of September, that they may 

 take Root before the frofty Weather 

 comes on ; for if they are planted 

 too late in Autumn, they feldom 

 live thro' the Winter, efpecially if 

 the Weather proves very cold ; fo 

 that if you do not tran (plant them 

 early, it will be the better Method 

 to let them remain unremoved un- 

 til March following, when the Froft 

 is over, obferving never to tranf- 

 plant them at a Seafon when the dry 

 Earl Winds blow, but rather defer 

 the doing of it until the Seafon is 



more favourable ; for if they are 

 planted when there are cold drying 

 Winds, they are apt to dry up their 

 Leaves, and kill them : but if there 

 happen to be fome warm Showers 

 foon after they are removed, it will 

 caufe them to take Root immediate- 

 ly ; fo that they will require no far- 

 ther Care, but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. 



Altho 1 thefe Plants are tender 

 when planted in a Garden, yet 

 when they are by Accident roo:ed 

 in a Wall (as I have feveral times 

 feen them), they will endure the 

 greateit Cold of our Winters, tho' 

 expoied much to the cold Winds; 

 which is occafion-d by the Plants be- 

 ing more {tinted and itrong, and 

 their Roots being drier. 



The Flowers of the narrow-leav'd 

 Garden Sort are uied in Medicine, 

 as are alfo the Leaves and Seeds. 



ROYEN A, African Bladder-nut. 

 The Characters are ; 



The E/np dement of the Flower is 

 of one Le 'if, fwellinr out in a Belly, 

 and blunt at the Brim, where it is 

 indent td in f<ve Parts : tb.: Flower is 

 of one Leaf having a Tube the Length 

 of the Empalcmcnt ; but fprends open 

 at the Fop, where it is /lightly cut 

 into f<ve Fat ts : in the Centre is fi- 

 tuated the hairy Point a I, which is 

 attendid by ten Jhort Stamina : the 

 Pointal afterward becomes an o-vat 

 Capfule, having fur Furrows open- 

 ing in-one Cell, in which are contain- 

 ed four oblong triangular Seeds, 

 The Species are ; 



1. R oven a foil is ovatis. Li v. 

 Hort. Cliff. Anican Bladder - nut, 

 with a fiagle mining Leaf. 



2. Roylna ^/m lanceolatis gla- 

 bris. Flor. Leyd. African Bladder - 

 nut, with fmooth fpear-fhapM 

 Leaves ; by fume cali'd African 

 Whortle-berry. 



3. Roy en a fviiii lanceclati? h;r- 

 4 « 3 'fitif. 



