rymbus of flowers. The heads of this fort are com- 
peted of leaves, which are much longer than thofe of 
any other fort ; the heads of the flowers are of a bright 
filver colour. This is propagated by cuttings, which 
fhould be planted in the fame manner as hath been 
directed for' the tenth fort, and the plants fhould alfo 
be treated in the fame way. 
The twenty-firft fort was raifed from feeds in the 
Chelfea garden, which came from the Cape of Good 
Hope ; the lower leaves of this are oblong and blunt. 
The {talks are fhrubby, and divide into many irregular 
branches, which rife about three feet high •, theft are 
o-arnifhed with oblong blunt-pointed leaves, hoary on 
their under fide, but of a dark green above •, from the 
bafe of the leaves runs a border along the ftalk, like 
a wing, of the fame confidence with the leaves, fo is 
what the former botanifts termed a winged ftalk, but 
Dr. Linnaeus calls it a running leaf. The ftalks are 
terminated by a compound corymbus of flowers, which 
are very clolely joined together, and are of a bright 
gold colour, but the flowers are fmall, and change to 
a darker colour as they fade ; there is a fucceflion of 
thefe flowers moft part of the fummer, and the early 
flowers are frequently fucceeded by feeds in Engla id. 
Thi sfort may be propagated by flips, or cuttings, in 
the fame manner as the tenth, and the plants may 
be treated in the fame manner as is diredted for that. It 
is engraven in the 131ft plate of the figures of plants. 
The twenty-fecond fort grows naturally in North 
America, from whence the feeds have been brought 
to England ; this is a perennial plant, whofe lower 
leaves are large and oval ; from the main ftalk there 
come out runners, which take root in the ground, and 
have young plants at their extremity. The ftalks are 
Angle, and garnifhed with narrower woolly leaves, ’ 
placed alternate. The flowers are produced at the top 
of the ftalks in a corymbus, they are of a white co- 
lour and fmall. They appear in June and July, and 
fometimes are fucceeded by feeds, but the plants pro- 
pagate fo faft by offsets, that the feeds are little re- 
garded ; this will thrive in the open air, if planted in 
a dry foil and a warm fituation. 
The twenty-third fort grows naturally in North Ame- 
rica ; it is an annual plant, with woolly obtufe leaves. 
The ftalks are Angle, and rife about nine inches high. 
The flowers grow in fpikes from the fide of the ftalks ; 
they are of a dirty white colour, fo make no great 
appearance. If the feeds of this are permitted to 
fcatter, the plants will rife without trouble, and only 
require to be kept clean from weeds. 
The twenty-fourth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, 
and other of the hot parts of America •, this riles with 
a fhrubby ftalk about two feet high, garnifhed with 
leaves about the ftze and fhape of thofe of Sage, but 
woolly on their under fide, and much veined ; from 
the bafe of each leaf runs a border along the ftalk. 
The flowers are produced in fpikes from the fide, and 
at the end of the ftalk ; thefe are long, and clolely 
joined in the fpike. It flowers in July and Auguft, 
but never perfedts feeds in England. 
It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown on a 
hot-bed in pots, becaufe the plants do not often rife 
the fame year ; therefore when it fo happens, the pots 
fhould be placed in the ftove in winter, and the fol- 
lowing fpring put upon a frefh hot-bed to bring up 
the plants -, when thefe appear they muft be planted 
into pots, and kept conftantly in the hot-bed, other- 
wife they will not thrive in England. 
GNAPHALGDES. See Micropus. 
GNIDI A. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a funnel-fhaped empalement of one coloured leaf 
with a long tube divided into four fegments •, the flower 
hath four plain petals floor ter than the empalement infer ted 
to it, and eight briftly erebl ftamina , terminated by fimple 
fummits, and an ovalgermen fupporting a fender ftyle on the 
fide inferred with the ftamina , crowned by a flinging ftig- 
maf the germen afterward becomes one oval oblique-pointed 
feed , inclofed in the empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft order of 
Linnaeus’s eighth clafs, intitled Octandria Monogyms, 
the flower having eight ftamina and one ftyle. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
1. Gnidia ( Pinifolia ) folks fparfis lineari-fubulatis, flo- 
ribus verticillatis, aggregatis terminalibus. Lin. Sp, 
512. Gnidia with linear awl-fhaped leaves , and flowers 
placed clofely in whorls terminating the branches. Kapun- 
culus foliis nervofis linearibus, floribus arsenteis non 
galeatis. Burm. Afr. 112. 
This plant grows naturally in ^Ethiopia. It hath a 
low fhrubby ftalk, which rifes three or four feet high, 
fending out a few fide branches, garnifhed with narrow, 
oblong, acute-pointed leaves, which are green on their 
upper fide, but pale on their under, with a ftrong 
longitudinal nerve, refembling the leaves of Kofemary : 
the flowers come out almoft in whorls from between 
the leaves on the extremitv of the branches, {landing 
on fhort foot-ftalks ; they have long flender tubes, and 
are divided at the top into four fegments which ipread 
horizontally, having eight very fhort ftamina in the 
bottom of the tube, and an oval germen with a flender 
ftyle fattened to the fide of the ftamina ; the germen 
is afterward fucceeded by one oval-pointed feed. 
There are two varieties of this, one with a white, and 
the other hath a blue flower. 
This is ufually propagated here by cuttings, which if 
carefully planted during the fummer months, in pots 
filled with light earth, plunged into a very moderate 
hot-bed, covering the pots clofely with either bell or 
hand-glaffes to exclude the air, being careful to fhade 
the glaflfes daily, the cuttings will put out roots in fix 
weeks, when they fhould be gradually inured to the 
open air. In winter the plants fhould be placed in a 
dry airy glafs-cafe, where they may enjoy free air in 
mild weather, but protected from frolt and damp air. 
GOMPHRENA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 2 79. Amaran- 
thoides. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 654. tab. 420. 
The Characters are, 
I he flower hath a large three-leaved empalement , which is 
coloured and permanent. The petal is ereffi , and cut into 
five parts at the top ■, it hath a cylindrical tububus em- 
palement the length of the petal , cut into five fmall parts 
at the brim, which flpread open *, it hath five ftamina 
fcarcely difcernible, fituated in the brim of the ncBarium, 
terminated by fummits, flout up in the mouth of the nec- 
tarium. In the center is fituated an oval-pointed germen , 
with two fmall ' ftyle s, crowned with Jingle ftigma the length 
of the ftamina. The germen afterward becomes one large 
roundijh feed , inclofed in a thin cruft ed capfule with one 
cell. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fection 
of Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, 
which includes the plants whole flowers have five fta- 
mina and two ftyles. 
The Species are, 
1. Gomphrena ( Globofa ) caule eredto, foliis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, capitulis folitaris, pedunculis diphyllis. Hart, 
Cliff. 86. Gomphrena with an erebl ftalk, oval flpedr- 
jhaped leaves. Jingle heads , and foot-ftalks having two 
leaves. Amaranthoides Lychnidis folio, capitulis pur- 
, pureis. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 654. Globe Amaranthus with 
purple heads. 
2. Gomphrena (Serf at a) caule eredto, fpica interrupt;!. 
Prod. Leyd. 419. Gomphrena with an ere hi ftalk, and an 
interrupted fpike of flowers. 
3. Gomphrena ( Perennis ) foliis lanceolatis, capitulis di- 
phyllis, flofeulis perianthio proprio diftindtis. Lin. Sp, 
Plant. 224. Gomphrena with fpear-fhaped leaves , two 
leaves to the heads, and each floret having its proper em- 
palement. Amaranthoides perenne, floribus ftramineis 
radiatis. Hort. Elth. 24. tab. 20. Perennial Globe Arna- 
ranthus with radiated ftr aw -coloured flowers. 
The firft fort grows naturally in India, from whqnce 
the feeds were brought to Europe, and the plants have 
been many years cultivated in all the curious gardens : 
it is an annual plant, which rifes with an upright 
branching ftalk about two feet high, garnifhed with 
fpear-fhaped leaves placed oppofite. The branches 
alfo come out oppofite, and the foot-ftalks of the 
flowers, which are long and naked, having two fhort 
leaves. 
