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TETRAGONOCARPOS. 

 The Char after s are ; 



It hath an apetalous Flower, 

 ivhofe Empalement is divided into four 

 Parts : in the Middle of the Flower 

 rifes the Pointal, attended by a great 

 Number of Stamina, crcwnd with 

 fiat Summits, and reft on the oval 

 Pointal, which afterward becomes a 

 Fruit, having /cur Wings or Comers, 

 and four Ceils ; in each cj which is 

 contain d one Seed. 



The Species are ; 



*I . Tetragonocarpos Aficana 

 fruticans,foliis longis& angujlis. H. 

 Amft. African fhrubby Tetragono- 

 carpos, with long narrow Leaves. 



2. Tetragonocarpos Aficana, 

 folio portulacse longo, fore herbaceo. 

 Boerh. Ind. alt. African Tetrago- 

 nocarpos, with a long Purflain-kaf, 

 and an herbaceous Flower. 



3. Tetragonocarpos Africana, 

 radice magna craffa Iff carnofa. Hort. 

 Amft. Tetragonocarpos with a 

 large flemy Root, and oval Leaves. 



The two firft Sorts are pretty com- 

 mon in the Englifi Gardens, where 

 there are Collections of rare Plants. 

 Thefe may be propagated by Cut- 

 tings, which mould be cut off from 

 the Plants a few Days before they 

 are planted, that the Part where they 

 are cut may be healed, otherwise 

 they will rot ; for the Leaves and 

 Stalks of this Plant are very full of 

 IVioilture. The bell time to plant 

 thefe Cuttings is in July, that they 

 may have time to make good Roots 

 before Winter. Thefe Cuttings may 

 be planted on a Bed of frelh Earth ; 

 and if the Cuttings are fnaded from 

 the Sun in the Heat of the Day, it 

 will be of Service to them. They 

 mould be frequently refrem'd with 

 Water ; but they mult not have it in 

 too great Plenty, for that will rot 

 them, In about fix Weeks after 

 Planting, tha Cuttings will be fuf« 



ficiently rooted to tranfplant ; there- 

 fore they mould be taken up, and 

 planted into Pots niPd with frefh 

 light undungM Earth, and plac'd in 

 a mady Situation, until they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they may be plac'd with other hardy 

 Exotic Plants, in a fhelter'd Situa- 

 tion, where they may remain till 

 the Middle or Latter-end of Oftober; 

 at which time they mould be remov'd 

 into the Green -houfe, and plac'd 

 where they may enjoy as much free 

 Air as poliible in mild Weather ; for 

 they only require to be protected 

 from the Froft, being pretty hardy 

 with refpect to Cold ; but they Ihould 

 not have too much Moifturein Win- 

 ter. Jf thefe Plants are planted in 

 the full Ground in the Summer-fea- 

 fon, they will grow prodigioufly 

 rank and large; as they alfo will, if 

 they are permitted to root into the 

 Ground through the Holes at the 

 Bottom of the Pots; therefore the 

 Pots mould be frequently remov'd to 

 prevent it : for when they grow too 

 freely, their Leaves will be very full 

 of Moifture ; which, together with 

 the Weight of the Fruit, which are 

 always produced at the Extremity of 

 the Branches, will weigh the Bran- 

 ches upon the Ground, and render; 

 the Plants very unfightly. Tke 

 Plants of this Kind commonly grow] 

 very flraggling ; therefore, the more] 

 their Roots are confin'd in the Pots,] 

 the more clofe aad Hinted will bel 

 the Heads of the Plants ; which is] 

 what they mould always be kept to,] 

 in order to render them fightly. The-. 

 Flowers of this Plant have no great] 

 Beauty; but as the whole Face of! 

 the Plant is peculiar, it may be afl 

 low'd a PJace in every Collection on 

 Plants, for the fake of Variety ; fince 

 it requires no great Trouble to cul- 

 tivate it. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated 



