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The fifth fort fends out many trailing fmooth ftalks, 
which branch out very much on every fide ; they 
grow about feven or eight inches long, and are gar- 
nifhed with fmall oval leaves placed oppofite. The 
flowers come out in whorls, fitting very clofe to the 
ftalks ; they are white, and make but little appear- 
ance •, thefe are fucceeded by round capfules, filled 
with fmall feeds. 
The fixth fort fends out feveral trailing ftalks about 
fix inches long, which divide into many fmaller 
branches ; thefe are garnifhed with fmall oval leaves, 
ftanding oppofite. The flowers come out fingly from 
the fide of the ftalk ; they are of a bright yellow, and 
ftand on long flender foot-ftalks ; thefe are fucceeded 
•by oval feed-veffels, filled with fmall feeds. 
The fourth fort is a perennial fhrubby plant, which 
will continue feveral years, if kept in a warm ftove ; 
but the fecond, third, fifth, and fixth forts are annual, 
decaying foon after they have perfected their feeds-. 
Thefe are propagated by feeds, which fhould be fowrl 
in pots filled with light earth, and plunged into a mo- 
derate hot-bed, where fometimes the plants will come 
up in five or fix weeks, and at other times the feeds 
do not vegetate till the following fpring ; this hap- 
pens frequently when the feeds have been kept long 
after they were gathered. When the plants are fit to 
remove, they fhould be each planted in a feparate 
fmall pot filled with light earth, not too rich with 
dung, and then plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 
bark. When they have taken new root, they fhould 
be treated in the fame way as other plants from thofe 
countries, by admitting proper air to them at all times 
when the weather is warm, and frequently refrefhing 
them with water : with this management the annual 
forts will flower in July and Auguft, and frequently 
ripen their feeds in autumn, if the plants are brought 
forward early in the fpring, otherwife the winter will 
come on before their feeds ripen. 
The fhrubby kind muft be placed in the bark-ftove 
' in autumn, and during the winter the plants fhould 
be frequently refrefhed with water, but it muft not 
be given them in large quantities, nor too often re- 
peated in cold weather, for moifture will then deftroy 
them ; the fecon<J year the plants will flower and per- 
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ERIOCEPHALUS. Dill. Hort. Elth. no. Lin. 
Gen. Plant. 890. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a radiated flower , compofed of female half flo- 
rets which form the rays , and hermaphrodite florets , which 
form the difk thefe are included in one common fcaly em- 
palement. The hermaphrodite florets are funnel-fhaped , 
and cut into five parts at the brim , which fpread open ; 
thefe have five Jhort hairy flamina , terminated by cylindri- 
cal fummits ; they have a fmall naked germen , fupporting 
a fingle ftyle , crowned by a pointed ftigma ; thefe are bar- 
ren. The female florets have their petals fir etched out 
cn one fide like a tongue , which is divided at the end into 
three fmall lobes ; thefe have no flamina , but an oval 
naked germen , with a fingle ftyle , crowned by an inflexed 
ftigma ; thefe have one naked feed, fitting on the naked plain 
receptacle. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fection 
of Linnsus’s nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants with compound flowers, whole hermaphrodite 
florets are barren, and the female half florets are 
fruitful. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Eriocephalus ( Africanus .) Lin. Sp. Plant. 926. We 
have no proper title for this in Englifh. Eriocepha- 
lus fempervirens, foliis fafciculatis & digitatis. Hort. 
Elth. 132. Evergreen Eriocephalus with fingered leaves 
growing in bunches. 
This plant hath a fhrubby ftalk, which rifes from 
four to fix feet high, putting out many fide branches 
the whole length, clofely garnifhed with woolly 
leaves, which come out in clufters •, fome of thefe 
are taper and entire, others are divided into three or 
five parts, which fpread open like a hand; they have 
a ftrong fmell when bruifed, approaching to that of 
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Lavender Cotton, but not quite fo rank. The flowers 
are produced in fmall clufters at the extremity of the 
branches, ftanding ere£t ; they are tubulous. The 
female florets which compofe the rays, form a hol- 
low, in the middle of which the hermaphrodite flow- 
ers are fituated which form the difk. The border 
is white, with a little reddifh caft on the infide, and 
the difk is of a purplifh colour. The flowers appear 
in autumn, but are not fucceeded by feeds in this 
country. 
This plant is propagated by cuttings, which may be 
planted any time from May to the middle of Auguft, 
for if they are planted later in the feafon, there will 
not be time for them to get good root before the 
v/inter ; thefe cuttings fhould be planted in fmall pois 
filled with light earth, and plunged into a very mo- 
derate hot-bed, where they fhould be fhaded from 
the fun till they have taken root ; thefe muft be re- 
frefhed with water two or three times a week, but 
they fhould not have too much at each time, for 
much moifture is very hurtful to thefe plants. When 
the cuttings have taken root, they fhould be gradu- 
ally inured to the open air, to prevent their fhoots 
from being drawn up weak ; afterward they fhould 
be removed into the open air, and placed in a fhel- 
tered fituation, where they may remain till O&ober* 
when they muft be removed into an airy glafs-cafe, 
that they may have as much fun as poffible, and en- 
joy the free air in mild weather, but fecured from 
froft and damp air, either of which will foon deftroy 
them. During the winter they muft be fparingly wa- 
tered, for the reafon before given ; but, in the fum- 
mer, when the plants are placed in the open air, they 
will require to be frequently refrefhed with water in 
hot weather. 
Thefe plants retain their leaves all the year, fo 
they add to the variety of exotics in the winter 
feafon. 
ERUCA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 226. tab. hi, Braf- 
fica. Lin. Gen. 734. Rocket; inErench, Roquette. 
The Characters are. 
The empalement of the flower is compofed of four oblong 
leaves , which ftand erebl , forming a tube. The flower 
hath four oblong petals , placed in form of a crofs , which 
are rounded at their ends , where they are broad , but 
narrow at their bafe , and are much longer than the em- 
palement. It hath fix flamina , four of which are a little 
longer than the empalement ; the other two are floor ter, 
terminated by acute fegments. It hath an oblong taper get* 
men , fupporting a Jhort ftyle , crowned by an obtufe bifid 
ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a taper-cornered 
pod with two cells , filled with roundijh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe&ion 
of Linnaeus’s fifteenth clafs, which includes the plants 
whofe flowers have four long and two fhort flamina, 
and their feeds are contained in long pods. Dr. 
Linnaeus has joined the common Rocket to his ge- 
nus of Braffica, and fome of the other fpecies he has 
diftributed under his other genera ; but as the com- 
mon Rocket has been long eftablifhed as an officinal 
plant, I chufe to continue this genus by its old 
title. 
The Species are, 
1. Eruca ( Sativa ) foliis pirinato-laciniatis, laciiiiis ex- 
terioribus majoribus. Rocket with wing-Jhaped jagged 
leaves , whofe outer fegments are the largeft. Eruca fa- 
tiva major annua, flore albo ftriato. J. B. 2. 859. 
Greater Garden annual Rocket with a White ftriped 
flowet. 
2. Eruca {Belli dis folia) foliis lanceolatis, .pinnato-den- 
tatis, cauie nudo fimplici. Rocket with fpear-fhapeft 
leaves which are indented , and a naked fingle ftalk. E- 
ruca bellidis folio. Mor. Hift. 2. 231. Rocket with a 
Daify leaf. 
3. Eruca {Petennis) foliis pinnatis glabris, cauie ramo- 
fo, fioribus terminalibus. Rocket with winged fmooth 
leaves , and a branching ftalk terminated by flowers. Eruca 
tenuifolia perennis, flore luteo. J. B. 2. 861. Narrow - 
leaved perennial Rocket 'with a yellow flower. 
