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in Auguft and September, they make a pretty variety 
among other exotic plants. 
8. Anthericum triflorum, or three-flowered antheri- 
cura : leaves channelled - fword - thaped, fcape Ample, 
bra&es remote, three-flowered. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. It flowers in November. 
9. Anthericum canaliculatum, or channelled antheri¬ 
cum : leaves rather fiefiiy, hairy, fword-fhaped-trique- 
trous, channelled on the narrow tide ; fcape Ample. Na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. It flowers in April. 
10. Anthericum albucoidc-s, or Aripe-flowered antheri¬ 
cum : leaves linear, channelled, fmooth, with a cartilagi¬ 
nous edge ; fcape Ample. This and the foregoing were 
found at the Cape by Mr. Maffon. It flowers in Auguft. 
11. Anthericum liliago, or grafs-leaved anthericum: 
leaves flat, fcape perfectly Ample, corollas flat, piflil 
bending down. 114 s a native of Italy, Switzerland, Ger¬ 
many, France, and Denmark. 
12. Anthericum liliaftrum, or Savoy anthericum, or 
fpider-wort : leaves flat, fcape perfectly Ample, corollas 
Lell-fhaped, ftamens bending down. There are two va¬ 
rieties of this; the liliajlrum alpinum majus, and liliajlrum 
alpimim minus, of Tournefort. The flrft riles with a flow- 
er-Aalk more than a foot and half high ; the flowers are 
much larger, and there is a greater number upon each 
fialk than in the fecond fort. There is no elfential diffe¬ 
rence between them, but the flrft is by much the flneft 
plant, though the fecond is what we have always obferved 
in the gardens here ; the leaves of this are fomewhat like 
thofe of the fpider-wort, are pretty firm, and grow up¬ 
right ; the flower-ftalks grow about a foot and half high, 
and have feveral w’hite flowers at top, fliaped like thofe 
of the lily, which hang on each fide, and have an agree¬ 
able feent ; thefe are but of fhort duration, feldom conti¬ 
nuing in beauty above three or four days ; but, when the 
plants are ftrong, they will produce eight or ten flowers 
upon each ftalk. The French call it St. Bruno’s lily. It 
grows wild on the mountains of Switzerland and Savoy ; 
and was cultivated in 1629. 
13. Anthericum fpirale : fcape fpiral. A plant with¬ 
out leaves. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
II. Bulbine ; leaves flefhy, filaments bearded. 14. An¬ 
thericum frutefeeris, or fhrubby anthericum : leaves flefhy, 
columnar, ftem Ihrubby. It differs from the fifteenth by 
rifing into a ftem and branches, by having the leaves 
greener, longer, and narrower, with a firmer pulp, and a 
vifeid juice flowing copioufly from them when cut, of a 
greenifti yellow colour. In the fifteenth the leaves are 
paler, grow clofe, many together, are broader, and more 
tranflucid, foft, and pulpy ; they pour out a limpid juice 
like the white of an egg, only when preffed, and then they 
are hollow, like thofe of an onion. The root of the fif¬ 
teenth is tuberous, whereas in this it is fibrous, and not 
only the ftem but even the branches pour out fibres, which 
hang down, and when they reach the ground ftrike root, 
it is a native of the Cape of Good Hope ; was cultivated 
in the Chelfea garden in 1702; and was formerly known 
among the.gardeners by the name of onion-leaved aloe. 
15. Anthericum alooides, or aloe-leaved anthericum: 
leaves flefhy, fubulate, flattifti. It has broad, flat, pulpy, 
leaves, refembling thofe of fome forts ofaloe,and was there¬ 
fore formerly by gardeners called aloe with flowers of fpi- 
derwort. The leaves fpread open; the flowers are produced 
on loofe fpikes, like the former, but are fhorter ; they are 
yellow, and appear at different feafons. This, and the 
next fpecies, grow clofe to the ground, never rifing with 
any ftalk. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
16. Anthericum afphodeloides, or glaucous-leaved an¬ 
thericum : leaves flefhy, fubulate, femicolumnar, upright, 
and ftiff. The flowers are yellow, and grow on long 
loofe fpikes, as the former ; thefe appear at different fea¬ 
fons : thofe of the fpring and fummer are fucceeded by 
feeds in great plenty, which ripen very well. A native of 
3>he Cape of Good Hope. 
yj. Anthericum annuuin, or annual anthericum: leaves 
R I C U M. 
flefhy, fubulate, columnar, fcape fubfacemed. This is 
a low annual plant, growing clofe to the ground, having 
pretty long fucculent leaves which are taper, but flatted 
on their upper fide ; the flowers grow in loofe fpikes, 
which are fhorter than either of the other forts. They 
are yellow, and fucceeded by round feed-veffels, like thofe 
of the former forts ; the plants perifh foon after their feeds 
ripen. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
18. Anthericum hifpidum, or, hairy-leaved anthericum: 
leaves flefhy, compreffed, hifpid. A native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
III. Narthecium; leaves fword-fhaped. 19. Antheri¬ 
cum oflifragum, or Lancafhire anthericum, or afphodel: 
leaves fword-fhaped, filaments woolly. It grows wild in 
the northern countries of Europe on bogs ; in Lancafhire, 
and other northern counties ; in Cambridgefhire, Norfolk, 
on Putney-heath, Sec. flowering in July and Auguft. 
20. Anthericum calyculatum : leaves fword-fhaped, pe- 
rianthium three-lobed, filaments fmooth, flowers three- 
piftilled. An extraordinary liliaceous plant with a peri- 
anthium; the agreement in appearance with the laft fpecies 
forbids us to make a different genus of it, though it differs 
totally in the fructification; having naked filaments, three 
ftigmas without ftyles, a fubglobofe pericarpium, and a 
three-valved perianthium. It grows wild on the moun¬ 
tains of Lapland, Sweden, Denmark, Siberia, Switzer¬ 
land, &c. and in feveral places in Scotland. 
21. Anthericum japonicum : leaves fword-fhaped, con¬ 
volute, fmooth ; fcape branching, angled, flowers racemed, 
nodding. A native of Japan, China, and Java. 
22. Anthericum filiforme, or thread-leaved anthericum : 
leaves filiform, rather cylindric, rough ; filaments fmooth, 
petals lanceolate. It is perennial. A native of the Cape 
of Good Flope ; was difeovered there by Mr. F. Maffon, 
and introduced in 1774. It flowers in April. 
23. Anthericum flexifolium : leaves fubulate, fmooth, 
flexuofe; ftem branching. 24. Anthericum muricatum: 
leaves flefhy, compreffed, muricated, ftreaked. 25. An¬ 
thericum latifolium: leaves flefhy, wide-fword-fhaped, 
fmooth ; raceme very long; ftem Ample. 26. Antheri¬ 
cum cauda-felis : leaves channel-fword-fhaped, fcape Am¬ 
ple, raceme oblong. 27. Anthericum triquetrum: leaves, 
filiform, triquetrous, fhorter than the fimple fcape ; raceme 
ovate. 28. Anthericum ciliatum: leaves fword-fliaped, 
flefhy-fubtriquetrous, ciliate ; fcape fimple ; raceme very 
long. 29. Anthericum falcatum: leaves flefhy, fword- 
fhaped-fickled, fmooth ; ftem branching, racemed. 30. An¬ 
thericum contortum: leaves flat, fword-fhaped ; ftem 
branching, flowers very remote. 31. Anthericum fca- 
brum: leaves triquetrous, ferrulate, ftem branching, rug¬ 
ged; fruit-bearing peduncles recurved. 32. Anthericum 
fquameum : fcape imbricate, with membranous tumid 
feales. Natives of the Cape of Good Hope; where all 
but the laft were found by Thunberg. 
33. Anthericum cirratum : leaves lanceolate, flattifh ; 
fcape panicled, leaves bearded, bicirrate. A native of 
- New Zealand. 
34. Anthericum adenanthera: leaves linear-enfiform, 
connate at the bale; a gland between the filament and an- 
therae. A native of New Caledonia. 
Propagation and Culture. All thefe, except the fever . 
teenth, are perennial plants, and may in general be increa- 
fed by offsets or fuckers, taken off during the fummer or 
autumn; and the fpecies wdiich do not throw out thefe 
freely, may be propagated by feeds, fown in the fpring 
or autumn, on a bed of light fandy earth, in a warm fitu- 
ation. In autumn, when the leaves decay, they ftiould be 
carefully taken up, and tranfplanted into a bed of light 
earth, at the diftance of a foot from each other. If the 
winter fhould prove fevere, the bed muft be covered with 
ftraw, peafe-haulm, or fuch light covering, to keep out 
the froft; or fome old tan from a hot-bed may be fpread 
over the ground. In this bed they may remain one year; 
by which time they will be ftrong enough’to flower; there¬ 
fore the following autumn they ftiould be carefully taken 
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