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are fmaller •, upon each of thefe is fituated a ft amen, 
which rifes almoft the length of the petal, and is ter- 
minated by oblong fummits. In the center of the 
dower is fituated the ftyle, which is longer than the 
ftamina, and is crowned by a trifid ftigma, which is 
reflexed. The flowers begin to open in the beginning 
of O&ober, and there is often a fucceflioji of them 
till March. The ftalks decay to the root in June, and 
new ones fpring up in Auguft. 
It is propagated by parting their roots, which muft 
be done with caution ; for if the roots are broken or 
wounded, the milky juice will flow out plentifully, 
fo that if thefe are planted before the wounds are 
fkinned over, it occafions their rotting-, therefore 
whenever any of them are broken, they fliould be 
laid in the green-houfe a few days to heal. Thele 
roots muft not be too often parted, efpecially if they 
are expended to flower well ; for by frequent parting 
the roots are weakened. The beft time for tranfplant- 
ing and parting their roots, is in July, foon after the 
ftalks are decayed. The earth in which thefe fhould 
be planted, fhould not be rich, for that will caufe 
them to be luxuriant in branches, and but thinly gar- 
nifhed with flowers. The foil in which they have 
fucceeded beft, is a light fandy loam, mixed with a 
fourth part of fcreened lime-rubbifh : when the roots 
are firft planted, the pots fhould be placed in the 
fhade ; and, unlefs the feafon is very dry, fhould not 
be watered, for during the time they are inadive, 
wet is very injurious to them. About the middle of 
Auguft the roots will begin to put out fibres, at which 
time, if the pots are placed under a hot-bed frame, 
and as the nights grew cool, covered with the glafles, 
but opened every day to enjoy the free air, it will 
greatly forward them for flowering, and increafe their 
ftrength when the ftalks appear, the plants muft be 
now and then refrefhed with water, which muft not 
be given too often, nor in great quantity. The plants 
thus managed, by the middle of September, will have 
grown fo tall, as not to be kept longer under the frame, 
fo they fhould be removed into a dry airy glafs-cafe, 
where they may enjoy the free air in mild weather, 
but fcreened from cold. During the winter feafon 
they muft be frequently refrefhed with water, and 
guarded from froft ; and in fpring, when the ftalks 
begin to decay, the pots fhould be fet abroad in the 
fhade, and not watered. 
The fifteenth fort grows naturally in fome of the north- 
weft counties of England. It is a biennial plant, 
very like the eatable fort, but the branches grow more 
horizontal, and the flowers fpread wider open. 
This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown in 
the autumn ; for thofe feeds which are fown in the 
fpring often fail, or at leaft lie a year in the ground 
before they grow. When the plants come up, they 
fliould be thinned and kept clean from weeds, which 
is all the culture they require. 
The fifteenth fort grows naturally in Germany and 
Sweden -, this hath rough leaves : the ftalk rifes 
two feet high, garnifhed with narrow fpear-fhaped 
leaves, and are terminated by an obtule fpike of 
flowers. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Crete, upon 
rocks, where the roots penetrate the fiffures, whereby 
the plants continue much longer than when they are 
transplanted into gardens. The ftalks of this rife a 
foot high, garnifhed with oval crenated leaves ; the 
flowers are large, blue, and placed alternate, nodding 
toward the ground ; thefe open in July, and are fuc- 
ceeded by feed-veflfels, having five cells filled with 
fmall feeds. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which, if fov/n 
in the autumn, will more certainly fucceed than when 
fown in the fpring. When the plants are fit to re- 
move, they fhould be tranfplanted into beds, and 
treated in the fame manner as the hardy forts before- 
mentioned ; but a few plants of the laft fort may be 
planted in pots, to be fheltered in winter. 
C AMPHORA. See Laurus. 
CAMPHOROSMA. Camphorata. Tourn. Inft. 
C A N 
The Characters are, 
It hath a pit cher-jh aped four-pointed empalemetit , ivhub 
is permanent , hut no corolla. It has four fender ftamina, 
which are equal, terminated by oval fummits , and an 
oval compreffed gehnen , fupporting a fender fiyle longer. g 
than the empalement , crowned by acute ftigma. The ent- 
pcdement afterward becomes a capfule crowned with one 
cell open at the top , inclofmg one compreffed feed. 
The Species are, 
1. Camphor asm a {Monfpeliaca) foliis hirfutis linearibus, 
Amoen. Acad. i. p. 392. Camphorata with linear hairy 
leaves. Camphorata hirfuta. C. B. P. 486. 
2. Camphorata ( Glabra ) foliis fubtriquetris glabris 
inermibus. Amoen. Acad. p. 393. Camphorata with 
fmooth three-cornered leaves. 
The firft fort grows naturally about Montpelier. It 
is an annual plant, whofe branches trail on the ground, 
and extend each way a foot and more in length, gar- 
nifhed with linear hairy leaves placed dole on the 
branches -, the flowers are produced from the joints 
of the ftalks, which are fo fmall as to be fcarce per- 
ceptible, having no petals but a pitcher-fhaped em- 
palement, which afterward becomes a capfule to the 
feed. This, is an annual plant, which is propagated 
by feeds, which, if Town in the autumn, will more 
probably fucceed, than if fown in the fpring ; and if 
the feeds are permitted to fall in the autumn, there 
will be a fupply of young plants the following 
fpring. 
The lecond fort grows naturally in the Helvetian 
mountains. This is a perennial plant, whofe branches 
trail on the ground -, the leaves are fmooth, three- 
cornered, and unarmed. The flowers are not more 
viflble than thofe of the firft fort, and the empale- 
ment becomes a cover to the feeds. 
Thefe plants are preferved in fome gardens, more for 
the fake of variety, than for either beauty or ufe ; if 
the feeds are fown in any abjed part of the garden, and 
when the plants come up, they are thinned, arid af- 
terward kept clean from weeds, they will ripen their 
feeds, which, if permitted to fcatter, there will be a 
fupply of plants. 
CAMPION. See Lychnis. 
CANDLE-BERRY-TRE E. See Myrica. 
C A N D Y-T U F T. See Iberis. 
C A N N A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1. Indian flowering Reed.' 
In French Balifier. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a three-leaved empalement , which is per- 
manent , erect, and coloured. It hath one petal, which 
is divided into fix parts : the three . upper figments are 
eredl, and broader than the lower , which are longer , two 
of which are erebi, and the other turns back and is twifl - 
ed. It hath one fpear-fhaped fiamina rifling as high as 
the petal, having the appearance of a fegment , which 
hath a fender fummit fitting upon its border. Below the 
empalement is fituated a roundijh rough gerrnen , fupport- 
ing a flat fiyle , with a fender ftigma f aft ened to its bor- 
der. After the flower is paft, the gernien becomes an ob- 
long, roundiflo, membranaceous capfule , having three lon- 
gitudinal furrows, crowned by the empalement, which 
hath three cells filled with round fmooth feeds . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s firft clals, intitled Monandria Monogynia. 
The flowers of this clals have but one ftamen, and in 
this fedion but one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Canna ( ' Indie a ) foliis ovatis utrinque acuminatis ner- 
vofis. Prod. Leyd. 11. Canna with oval nervous leaves 
pinnted at both ends. Cannacorus latifolius vulgaris. 
Tourn. Inft. 367. 
2. Canna ( Latifolia ) foliis oblongo-ovato, acuminatis, 
fegmentis florum anguftioribus. Canna with oblong , 
oval, pointed leaves , and the fegments of the flower nar- 
row. Cannacorus ampliflimo folio florerutilo. Tourn. 
Inft. 367. 
3. Canna floe cine a) foliis ovatis obtufis nervofis, fpicis 
florum longiorihus. Canna with oval, obtufe , nervous 
leaves, and longer fpikes of flowers. Cannacorus flore 
Coccineo Tplendente. Tourn. Inft. 367. 
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