PtNTANDRIA LjSN^I. 
nosegay periwinkle. 
V I N c A rosea. 
ys^j ITU us this new favourite 1 IhouU Lb- 
V V much interior to d.c^^lu ^^ntry, tome hali-iiiftruacd 
ferve the prdent figure u ro P i, ],,, been thou"ht, the figures of this work 
wi. ~uy £., . h,j “-‘a” t ,. ,bi ,1,. did .!» 
i„ ,.p..r«« v.,y ig.... H»» -I J'" “ „„l, W„,, „,„,e ; 
honour to view tile fpeciir.ens witli me, viH decl..re tl.e) 
iho’ tiicv arc as like her works as I could make them. 
VVhenKeMrrr.R brought into Europe rhe fpedmens he had colleaed in Jap.n Hk 
P lants which Herwin had raifed, tho’ from the Seeds of the lame Shrubs, appear d fo 
Like to them, that many, at the hrft fghr, thought the Species derent : but thofe 
variations went no farther than eoloiir, number ol Howcrs, and the like accidents. The 
eFcntlal eharaaers were altogether the fame in thofe collecled iiealthy under . heir native 
ftv, and fuel! as ihc doves tmniflicd : t!x fhlkrciicc was in be^ity, imth.ng nior^ 
pJrhaps the Seeds colle-acd with thefe Specimens will yield Ibnts juft as different, or juft 
as much inferior to themfclvcs as the others cf that inftanee ; but the diflerenee is flight; 
fee here what the Plants arc in their c.xtremc perleaion ; and ii we would raife them 
to the fame beauty here, we mu.ft give them air. 
The name by which 1 have called this Shrub is a tranflation of the Chinese term ; they 
call it fo becaufe each Sprig cover’d with its clufter of Flowers is in itfclf a nofegay. 
The Shrub with them is four foot high, and grows naturally with a pleafing irregu- 
larity. 1 he Bark is tender, and the Wood not hard. The Flowers Hand ten, twelve, or 
more together at the fummit of every Branch ; and frefh Buds open as the firft blown 
Flowers decay. The nofegay is thus in part renewed daily, and yet feems evcrlafting. 
This is one of the Pentandria, the fifth Clafs : but the five Filaments are not here 
confpicuous ; they are lodged in the Tube, and the Flower muft be torn open to difeover 
them. This Tube fwells toward the top, and there are five prominences on its furfacc ; 
'tis in this part the five membranaceous Buttons are lodged. They form that fwelling, 
and thefe prominences ; and they furround the Embryo of the fruit ; a moft Angular Style 
fixed on the Rudiment of a double Pod. 
The Shrub is native of the East-!ndies, China, and the Cape of Good Hope ; and 
in all thofe Places it is nurs’d alfo in gardens: yet ’tis but within thefe few years we have 
known it. The figure of it on the China fkreens and other japan’d works always pleas’d 
the eye, but it was fuppos’d a mere piece of fidion. We once thought fo of their vail Hi- 
bifeus ; but we know otherwife now ; and we are in the way to more difeoveries. 
Vinca Caulc fruicfccnic crefto. 
