O X 



O X 



tan Ragwort, with Samphire-leaves. 



Thefe Plants are rang'd in the Ge- 

 nus ofRagwort by molt of the Writers 

 on Botany, till Dr. Boerhaa<ve, in his 

 Index of the Ley den Garden, fepa- 

 rated them into a diftincl Genus, 

 under the Title of Doria : but Dr. 

 Linn&us has fince feparated thefe 

 Species from the others, and applied 

 this Title of Othonna to them. 



They are all of them Natives of 

 the Country near the C-.ipe of Good 

 Hope ; fo will not live through the 

 Winter in England : therefore they 

 are planted in Pots, and placed in 

 the Green-houfe in the Winter. 

 They are ihrubby Plants, which 

 grow about three or four Feet 

 high in this Country ; but in the 

 native Place of their Growth, they 

 rife much higher. Thefe grow very 

 cafily from Cuttings ; which will 

 take Root very foon, if planted in a 

 lhady Border, during any of the 

 Summer-months ; and when they 

 have made goodRoots,they(hould be 

 taken up, and potted ; becaufe if 

 they are fuffer'd to (land long in the 

 Border, their Roots will extend to 

 a great Di (lance, and they will make 

 vigorous Shoots, fo that they cannot 

 be tranfplanted after wkh anySafety. 

 In all other refpecls thefe muft be 

 treated in the fame manner, as hath 

 been directed for Ofeofpermum. 



As there is little Beauty in the 

 Flowers of thefe Plants, fo they are 

 not generally efteem'd : but, where 

 there is room in the Green-houfe, if 

 a Plant or two of each Kind are 

 preferv'd there, they will add to the 

 Variety, by their different - maped 

 Leaves, which they retain the whole 

 Year, but efpecially the third Sort. 



OX-EYE. Fide Buphthalmum. 



OXYACANTHA. Vide Ber- 

 ber's. 



OXYS, Wood-forrel. 

 The Charafier; are ; 



It bath a bell-Jhaped Flower con* 

 ffing of one Leaf having its Brim 

 wide expanded, and cut into f truer at 

 Di'uijlons : the Point al, which rifes 

 from the Flower-cup, becomes an ob- 

 long) membranaceous Fruit, divided 

 into f<ve feminal Cells, opening out- 

 ward from the Bnfe to the Top, and" 

 inclofing Seeds which fart from their 

 Lodges, by reafon of the elaflic Force 

 of the Membrane which invohesthem. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Oxys fore albo . Tourn. Com- 

 mon Wood - forrel, with a white 

 Flower. 



2 . O x vs fore purpurafecnte. Tourn. 

 Wood-forrel with a purpliihFi'ower. 



3. Oxys lutea. J. B. Wood- 

 forrel with a yellow Flower. 



4. Oxys lutea Americana creclior. 

 Tourn. Upright yellow Wood for- 

 rel of America. 



5. Oxys bulbofa Africana rotun- 

 difolba, caulibus iff foribus purpureis 

 amplis. Hort. Amfi. Round- leaved 

 African Wood - forrel, with large 

 purple Flowers. 



6. Oxys bulbofa /Ethicpica mi- 

 nor, folio cordato^ftore ex albido pur- 

 purafcente. Hort, Amf. Ethiopian 

 Wood-forrel with an heart-fhaped 

 Leaf, and a purplim-white Flower. 



7. Oxys Americana, fore rubro 9 

 fbrofa radice. Inf. R. H. Ameri- 

 can Wood-forrel, with a red Flower, 

 and a hbrofe Root. 



8. Oxys lutea frutefcens America- 

 na, trifolii bitv.minofi facie. Plum. 

 Cat. Yellow fhrubby American 

 Wood-forrel, with the Face of link- 

 ing Trefoil. 



9 . Oxys purpurea Virginiana, ra- 

 dice fquamata. Inf. R. H. Purple 

 Wood. forrel of Virginia, with a 

 fcaly Root. 



10. Oxys bulbofa Africana to- 

 fundi folia, caulibus wrentibus, fort- 

 ius amplis purpureis. Breyn. Cent. 

 Bulbous-rooted African Wood-for- 

 rel, 



