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C HR Y SOCOM-A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 845. Dilien, 
Gen. 14. Coma aurea: Boerh. 1. p. 12 1. Goldy- 
locks. 
The Characters are, 
The common' empalement is imbricated , the fades are 
narrow , the outer being convex and pointed ; the flower is 
compofed of many hermaphrodite florets , which are tubular , 
equal, and funnel-fh aped, cut into five fegments at the brim , 
which turn back ; thefe have each five floort J lender fta- 
ntina , terminated by cylindrical fummits ; they have an 
oblong germen , fupporting a flender fiyle, crowned by 
two oblong deprejjed ftigmas. The germen afterward be- 
comes a Jingle , oblong , compreffed feed, crowned with hairy 
down. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fetftion of 
Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngenefia Po- 
lygamia fEqualis ; the plants of this fe&ion have only 
hermaphrodite florets, which are fruitful. 
The Species are, 
1. Chrysqcoma ( Linofyris ) herbacea, foliis linearibus, 
glabris, calycibus laxis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 841. Her- 
baceous Goldylocks with narrow fmooth leaves , and loofe 
empalements. Coma aurea Germanica linari^ folio. 
Park. Theat. 688. German Goldylocks. 
2. Chrysocoma [Biflora) herbacea paniculata, foliis 
lanceolatis trinerviis, pundatis, nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
841. Herbaceous Goldylocks with flowers growing in pa- 
nicles, and fpear-Jhaped leaves, having three nerves , and 
yellozv flowers growing in umbels. 
3. Chrysocoma {Coma Aurea) fruticofa foliis linearibus 
dorfo decurrentibus. Hort. Cliff. 397. Shrubby Goldy- 
locks with very narrow leaves, whofe back parts run along 
the ftalks. Coma aurea Africana fruticans, foliis li- 
nariae auguftis, major. Com. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 89. 
Greater florubby African Goldylocks, with narrow Toad- 
flax leaves. 
4. Chrysocoma ( Cornua ) fubfruticofa, foliis linearibus 
fubtus pilofls, floribus ante florefcentiam cernuis. 
Hort. Cliff 397 ’ Shrubby Goldylocks with very narrow 
hairy leaves , and flowers nodding before they are blown. 
Coma aurea foliis linaris auguftioribus minor. Hort. 
Amft. 2. p. 89. Lejfier Goldylocks with narrower Toad-flax 
leaves. 
5. Chrysocoma ( Ciliata ) fuffruticofa, foliis linearibus 
redis, ciliatis ramis pubefcentibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
481. Shrubby Goldylocks with narrow leaves and downy 
branches. Conyza Africana, tenuifolia, fubfrutefcens, 
fiore aureo. Hort. Eltb. 104. tab. 68. Narrow-leaved , 
African, Jhrubby Fleabane, with a golden flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Germany, and alfo 
in France and Italy; this hath a perennial root; the 
ftalks rife two feet and a half high, are round, ftiff, 
and clofely garnifhed with long, narrow, fmooth 
leaves, which come out without any order, of a pale 
green colour ; the upper part of the ftalk divides 
into many flender fbdt-ftalks, each fuftaining a Angle 
head of flowers, which are compofed of many her- 
maphrodite florets, contained in one common em- 
palement, having very narrow fcales. The flowers 
are of a bright yellow, and Hand difpofed on the top 
of the ftalk, in form of an umbel. Thefe appear in 
July ; and in favourable feafons are fucceeded by 
feeds, which ripen in September, foon after which 
the ftalks decay to the root, and new ones arife the 
following fpring. 
This plant is generally propagated by parting of the 
roots, that being the moft expeditious method ; for 
the feedling plants do not flower till the fecond or 
third year. The befc time to remove the plants and 
part their roots, is foon after the ftalks decay in au- 
tumn, that the plants may get frefh roots before 
winter. It delights in a dry loofe foil, in which it 
will live in the open air, and propagate by its roots 
very faft ; but in ftrong wet land, the roots often rot 
in winter. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Siberia, from 
whence the feeds were font to Peterfburgh, part of 
which I received from the late Dr. Amman, who 
was profeffor of botany in that univerflty. This plant 
hath a perennial creeping root, which fpreads on 
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every fide to a confiderable diftance, fending up 
many erefb . ftalks, garniihed with flat fpear-fhaped-- 
leaves, ending in points ; thefe are rough, and have 
tnree longitudinal veins ; the upper part of the ftalks 
branch out, and form loofe panicles of yellow flow- 
ei s, which are larger than thofe of the former fort. 
This flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen 
in autumn. 
It propagates too faft by its creeping roots to be 
admitted into the flower-garden, for the roots will 
often extend two or three feet every way in the 
compafs of one year, fo that they will interfere with 
the neighbouring flowers ; but as the plants will grow 
in any foil or Atuation, fo a few roots may be planted 
on the fide of extenfive rural walks round the borders 
of fields, where they will require no care, and their 
flowers will make a good appearance, and continue 
long in beauty. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope. . This rifes with a ligneous ftalk about a foot 
high, dividing into many fmall branches, which are 
garnifhed with narrow leaves, of a deep green, coming 
out on every fide without order ; the back part of 
each leaf hath a fmall fhort appendix, which runs 
along the ftalks. The flowers are produced at the 
end of the branches, on flender naked foot-ftalks ; 
thefe are of a pale yellow, and fhaped like thofe of 
the former forts, but are larger. This plant flowers 
great part of the year, for which it is chiefly efteemed; 
the feeds ripen very well in autumn, which if fown 
on a common border of light earth in the fpring, the 
plants will come up, and may be tranfplanted into 
pots, to be removed into Ihelter in winter, for thefe 
plants will not live through the winter in the open 
air in England. 
The moft expeditious method of propagating this 
plant is by cuttings, which, if planted in a common 
border in any of the fummer months, and covered 
with hand-glafles, will eafily take root, provided they 
are Ihaded from the fun and duly watered : when 
thefe have gotten good roots they Ihould be carefully 
taken up, and each planted in a feparate pot, filled 
with light earth, placing them in the flhade till they 
have taken new root ; then they may be expofed with 
other hardy exotic plants till autumn; when they 
mu ft be removed into the green-houfe during the 
winter feafon ; they Ihould enjoy a large Ihare of 
free air in mild weather, for they only require pro- 
tection from froft, fo muft not be too tenderly 
treated. 
The fourth fort is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I received the feeds ; this is a 
lefs plant than the former, it hath a Ihrubby ftalk,, 
branching out in the fame manner ; the leaves are 
fhorter, and a little hairy ; the flowers are not half 
fo large, of a pale fulphur colour, and nod on one 
fide before they are blown. This alfo flowers great 
part of the year, and ripens feeds very well ; but 
this is generally propagated in the fame manner as 
the former, and the plants require the fame treat- 
ment. 
The fifth fort is alfo a native of the fame country as 
the two former ; this hath a low Ihrubby ftalk, which 
branches out on every fide, very narrow, Ihort, 
rough, and reflexed ; the flowers Hand Angle on the 
top of naked foot-ftalks, which arife from the upper 
part of the branches ; thefe flowers are larger than 
thofe of the laft, and Hand ereft. This plant requires 
the fame treatment as the two former, and is pro- 
pagated by cuttings in the fame manner. 
CHRYSOPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 233. 
Cainito. Plum. Nov. Gen. 9. tab. 9. The Star 
Apple. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement is permanent, and confifts of five fmall , 
roundijh , concave petals ; the flower is compofed of five 
petals , which fpread open, and are cut in the middle into 
two parts ; it hath five ftamina placed alternate to the 
fegments of the petals , terminated by heart-fhaped fum- 
mits i the oval germen is fitnated in the, center, fupporl- 
