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cond and third Sorts ; but there is 

 not fo much Danger of the fourth, 

 which is not fo vigorous, nor fo eafy 

 in taking Root, as the other. Du- 

 ring the Summer - feafon the Pots 

 mould be frequently remov'd, to 

 prevent the Plants from rooting 

 through the Holes in the Bottom of 

 the Pots, into the Ground, which 

 they are very apt to do when they 

 continue long undifturbed, and then 

 they moot very luxuriantly ; and, on 

 their being remov'd, thefe Shoots, 

 and fometimes the whole Plants, will 

 decav. 



OSYRIS, Poets Cafia. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is Male and Female in different 

 Plants : the Empalement of the Flow- 

 er is of one Leaf \w hie h is divided into 

 three acute Segments : the Flower 

 hath no Petals ; but thofe on the Male 

 Plants have three jhort Stamina ; and 

 thofe on the Female have a roundifh 

 Pointal, which afterward changes to 

 a fengle globular Berry , having one 

 Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant; viz. 



Osyris frutefcens baccifera. C. 

 B. P. Shrubby berry-bearing Poets 

 Cafia : and by fome, Red - berried 

 mrubby Cafia. 



This is a very low Shrub, feldom 

 riling above two Feet high, having 

 lignous Branches, which are gar- 

 jiiuYd with long narrow Leaves, of a 

 bright Colour : the Flowers appear 

 in June, which are of a yellowifli 

 Colour; and arefucceeded byBerries, 

 which at firft are green, and after- 

 ward turn to a bright-red Colour, 

 fomewhat like thofe of Afparagus. 



This Plant grows wild in the 

 South of France, in Spain, and fome 

 Parts of Italy, by the Side of Roads, 

 as alfo between the Rocks ; but is 

 with great Difficulty tranfplanted 

 into Gardens ; nor doej it thrive af- 



ter being removed : fo that the only 

 Method to obtain this Plant is, to 

 fow the Berries where they are to 

 remain. Thefe Berries commonly 

 remain a Year in the Ground before 

 the Piants appear, and fometimes 

 they will lie two or three Years : fo 

 that the Ground mould not be dif- 

 turbed under three Years, if the 

 Plants do not come up fooner. Thefe 

 Seeds muft be procur'd from the 

 Places where the Plants naturally 

 grow ; for thofe which have been 

 brought into Gardens never produce 

 any, and it is with great Difficulty 

 they are preferv'd alive. 



OTHONNA, African Rag-wort* 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath a compound Flower , con fif- 

 ing of many Florets and Half f .rets, 

 inclofed in one common Empalement : 

 the Florets are Hermaphrodite ; thefe 

 are tubulous, and indented at thzBrim: 

 the Half -florets are Female ; thefe are 

 f retched out on one Side with a nar- 

 rovj Segment, like a Tongue, beyond 

 the Empalement : the Hermaphrodite 

 Flowers have each five fmall Stami- 

 na : the Female Flowers have an ot>* 

 long Point al, which afterward turns 

 to a fingle oblong Seed cravjned with 

 a Down. 



The Species are ; 



I . Otkonna foliis infimis lances* 

 latis integerrimis, fuperioribus finua- 

 to-dentatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Shrub- 

 by African Ragwort, with anHartf- 

 horn-leaf. 



z. Othonna foliis lanceolatis 

 integerrimis. Lin. Hort. Clifl. Shrub- 

 by African Ragwort, with intire 

 fucculent Leaves. 



3. Othonna foliis pinnatifidis, 

 laciniis linearibus parallelis. Lin, 

 Hort. Cliff. Shrubby African Rag- 

 wort, with Leaves like umbellife- 

 rous Wormwood. 



4. Othonna foliis multifidis line- 

 aribus. Flor. Leyd. Shrubby Afri- 



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