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has fifteen or fixieen rifing fiamina which are awl-Jhaped , j • 
erebl, and the length of the petals , terminated by Jingle 
fiummits ; and a round, fh germen fupporting a jlyle the 
length of the fiamina , crowned by an acute bifid fiigma. 
' The germen afterward becomes a globular cap fide, fet with 
long prickles on every fide , having four cells , each contain- 
ing one feed , which is convex on one fide and angular on 
the other. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fecftion of 
Linnaeus’s eleventh clafs, which contains thofe plants 
whole flowers have from eleven to nineteen ftamina 
inclufive, and one ftyle. 
There is but one Species of this genus at prefent 
known, viz. 
Triumfetta ( Lappula .) Hort. Cliff. 210. Triumfetta 
fru&u echinato racemofo. Gen. Plant. 40. T riumfetta 
with prickly branching fruit. 
The title of this genus was given to it by Father Plu- 
nder, in honour of John Baptift Triumfetti, doctor of 
phyfic and philofophy at Bononia, who has publifhed 
fome curious trails in botany. 
This plant grows naturally in Jamaica, and molt of 
the other iflands of the Welt-Indies ; it rifes with an 
upright Item to the height of fix or leven feet, which 
becomes ligneous toward the bottom, and divides up- 
ward into four or five branches, which are garnifhed 
with leaves placed alternately their whole length ; 
thefe are about two inches and a half long, and almoft 
two inches broad toward their bale, divided almoft in- 
to three lobes- toward the top, and the middle divi- 
fion ending in an acute point ; they are veined on their 
under fide, are covered with a foft brown down, and 
have feveral veins running from the midrib to the 
Tides ; their upper fide is of a yellowifh green, and a 
little hairy ; their borders are acutely, but unequally 
Tawed, and ftand upon foot-ftalks an inch long. The 
branches are terminated by long fpikes of flowers, 
which come out in clufters from the fide of the prin- 
cipal foot-ftalk, at diftances of about an inch. The 
flowers are fmall, the petals narrow, and of a yellow 
colour ; thefe are fucceeded by burry capfules, fome- 
thing like thofe of the Agrimony, but are round ; 
the prickles are longer than thofe, and are placed on 
every fide. This plant generally flowers here in July 
and Auguft, and in warm fealons the feeds do fome- 
times ripen in England. 
It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a 
hot-bed early in the fpring ; and when the plants are 
come up, they fhould be each tranfplanted into a fe- 
parate pot filled with light, frefh, kitchen-garden 
earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tan- 
ners bark •, they muft be fhaded from the fun until 
they have taken new root, after which time they muft 
be treated in the fame manner as hath been directed 
for other tender exotic plants. During the fummer 
feafon the plants may remain in this hot-bed, but in 
autumn they muft be removed into the ftove, and 
plunged into the bark-bed, obferving to refreftt them 
with water frequently; but in very cold weather it 
muft not be given them in too great plenty. If the 
plants live through the winter, they will flower the 
following fummer, fo will ripen their feeds in au- 
tumn ; but they may be continued two or three years, 
provided they are carefully managed. 
x R O L L I U S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 620. Helleborus. 
Tourn.Inft. R. H. 272. Globe Ranunculus, or Locker 
Gowlans. 
The Characters are, 
d'he flower has no empalement ; it has about fourteen al- 
moft oval petals , whofie points meet together ; it has nine 
neclariums , which are narrow, plain, incurved, and um- 
bilicated, which are perforated at their bafe, and a great 
number of brifily ftamina, terminated by «rebt fiummits , 
with numerous germina fitting clofie like a column , having 
no ftyle s, but are crowned by pointed ftigmas. The germen 
afterward become fo many capfules collected into an oval 
head, each containing one feed. 
* This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh fedtion 
.of Linnaeus’s thirteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have many male and female 
parts. 
The Species are, 
1. Trollius {Europeans) corollis conniventibus, nec- 
tariis longitudine ftaminum. Lin. Sp. Plant. 556. 
Trollius with the petals of the flower meeting, and nedla- 
rimns the length of the ftamina. Helleborus niger, ra- 
nunculi folio, fiore globofo majore. Tourn. Inft. R. 
H. 272. Black Hellebore with a Crowfoot -leaf, and a 
large globular flower , commonly called Globe-flower, or 
Locker Gowlans. 
2. Trollius (. Afiaticus ) corollis patentibus, nedtariis 
longitudine petalorum. Lin. Sp. Plant. 557. Trollius 
with an open fpr ending flower, and nedtariums the length 
of the petals. Helleborus aconiti folio, flore globofo 
croceo. Amman. Ruth. 101. Hellebore with a Wolf 's- 
bane leaf, and a globular Saffron-coloured flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in the northern counties 
in England, and in many parts of Wales. I found it 
in great plenty growing in the park of Burrow-hall, 
in Lancashire ; it has a perennial, fibrous, black root, 
from which fpring up many leaves which referable 
thofe of Wolf’s- bane, cut into five fegments almoft 
to the bottom ; the ftalk rifes near two feet high ; it 
is finooth, hollow, and branches toward the top •, each 
branch is terminated by one large yellow flower, 
Ihaped like thofe of Crow-foot, which has no em- 
palement. Thefe are compofed of feveral concave pe- 
tals, whofe points turn inward toward each other, co- 
vering the parts of generation, fo are of a globular 
form, whence it had the title of Globe Ranunculus. 
It flowers the latter end of May and the beginning of 
June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. This plant is 
frequently kept in gardens about London, and is 
eafily propagated by parting of the roots ; the belt 
time for doing this is the latter end of September, 
when the leaves are beginning to decay. The roots 
fhould not be divided into fmall parts, if they are ex- 
pected to flower ftrong the following year; thefe 
fhould be planted at a foot diftance from each other, 
and require a fliady fituaiion and a moift foil. The 
roots need not be removed or parted oftener than once, 
in three years,, unlefs there is a defire of increafing 
them. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Siberia, from 
whence it was brought to the Imperial Garden at Pe- 
terfburgh, and has been communicated fince to feveral 
parts of Europe ; this differs from the firft in having 
larger^ leaves, which are of a lighter green colour ; 
their fegments are fewer and larger, refembling thofe 
of the yellow Monk’s-hood. The petals of the°flower 
fpreadopen, and do not converge at their points like 
thofe of the firft lbrt. The flowers, ftamina, and nec- 
tariums are of an elegant Saffron colour. It flowers 
in May. 
This fort may be propagated and treated in the fame 
way as the firft, but it requires a moifter foil, and 
fhould have a fliady fituation, but not under the drip 
of trees; it thrives belt on a north border, where the 
foil is loamy, but not too ft iff. In fueh fituations the 
plants will produce feeds in England, for if they are 
in a dry foil, or much expofed to the fun, they fre- 
quently die in fummer. I have feen this fort in the 
moft flouriihing ftate, where the furface of the ground 
was covered with Mofs to keep it moift. 
As the flowers of both thefe plants make 'a pretty ap- 
pearance during their continuance, they deferve a 
place in every good garden for the fake of variety, 
efpecialiy as they will thrive in moift fliady places 
where few better plants will live ; and by thus fuiting 
the plants to the different foils and fituations of a gar- 
den, every part may be furnifhed with beauties, and 
a greater variety may be preferved. 
TROPiEOLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 421. Carda- 
rnindum. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 430. tab. 244. Indian 
Crefs. 
The Characters are. 
The empalement of the flower is of one ' leaf, ending in five 
points ; it is eredl, fpr ending, coloured } and falls off. 
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