Flora londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth, and times of flowering, their several names according to Linnaeus and other authors, with a particular description of

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SAXI FRAGA HIRCUL Us. MARSII SAXI FRAGE.

SAXIFRAGA II reti j soliis catilinis lanceolatis alternis nudis inermibus, caule erecto. Lian. Setsi hexet . ed. 14. Imrr. p. 413. D. PI. M. s. p. 576. FI. Suec. ed. 2. n. 87C. 31 Ii . p. 38s. FI. Dan. r. 9OO. SAXIFRAGA ureia i soliis alternis laneeolatis integerrimis acutis nudis, caule adscendente solioso.

fAXIFRAGA solii; ellipticis caule uni soro. His . His n. 972.sAXIFRAGIA petatis latissimis luteis lineatis. Hian. Hys. I. H. GEUM angusti solium auctumnale, sore luteo guttato. P. R. H. 252. Resi. Sstn. ed. s. p. 355. SEDUM palustre luteum bicorne nardi celticae soliis. Mor. I s. m. III. 177. i. 12. I. 8. i 5. HIRCULUS frigeus Dorimanni. Gum. Cur. pos. 5. CHAM ECISTUS stificus soliis Nardi celli eae. AD M. Pin. s. 466. CHAM ECISTUS Frisieus. Frisian Dwarso Cistus. Ger. Em. p. 1984. A. 8. Pari. Th. p. 656. i. s. RADIX perennis, sbrosa. CAULIS sub spithamaeus, erectiusculus, simplex, soli 3-sus. teres, sub-bisorus, pilis raris sexuosis stiseescentibus sessitus.

SURCULI radicales solios, procumbentes, radiculas

promentes.

FOLIA sparsa, inferne magis conserta, suberecta, sessilia. ad basin tuberculo instructa, lineari-Janceolata, obtusiuscula, laevia, integerrima, cras suscula, pilis raris caulinis simillimis stiliata. FLORES savi, maiusculi, priusquam aperiuntur nu

tantes.

CALYX: Ppsti Λυτ 1υM s-phyllum, soliolis ovato- oblongis, obtusis pilis caulium similibus ciliatis,

concaviusculis, demum resexis.

COROLLA Pp math quinque ob ovata, sava, Calyce multo longiora; subnervosa, gibberibus duobusaeuminatis ad hasin insignita, punctisque numerosis aurantiacis ad medium usque macu

lata.

STAMINA: Fi LAMEuth decem, subulata, sava, erecta, alterna breviora, persistentia: AN- et Agnae favete, compres P, bi loculares, loculis demum inferne divergentibus. PISI ILLUM: Ggausu oblongum, majusculum, bi sdum: ST1GMATA duo, plana, villosa, insidentia.

It is so very disserent noni ait the European Saxifrages, that there is scareely a possibili ty os iis belint missu ensor any of them, 3 et it has heen eon unded with the utitum ID, srom whicli it obviotisy disseis in ille superio siste an forni os iis peta s. ille lower half os whicli is beauti sully spolied with orange, and to Variis ille baseos eaeli are two very singular potnted projections s M. fg. a.) which shews a petat magnifie .

Persolas not conversant Vith botanical Dames, are apt to astix a disserent meaning to iis trivial namst Hir is ,

to what it imparis, His Ius signifes a litile goat, and has been applied by sonte os the old Boianistes io ille V eriana cestica, Milich the pretent plant resembles in iis sollage. As this plant, When properly trealed, blows freely, and is very ornamental, we facili give a seis direction sor iis culture, and those indeed may be compri sed in a s mali compassi, it being one os thos e planis that willliue, is not egregi otisy neglected: ali iliat is necesary, is to place a root of it in a pol Os bog earili, and Leep the pol in a pati of water. so that the earth saal l be constantly mois: in the winter it Wili ho proper ios et the pol and pan under a frame, to guard against severe si in ; or the plant Will thiive very weli in the operibordes sis moist, and formed ehiesy of hog eari h) and throw out shoot . whici, Will tal e root and affordabundance of increasse: the phant also may be increassed by c attings os the shociis, whiel, will prike root is puti,nder a elose glasse towards ille elose os me summer: is the plant be hept in a pol, it Uilt be necesary to retieisit onee in two or three years.

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CERINTHE maritima procumbens. DAL H DL EDA. A M. CYNO GLOSSUM procumbens glaueophyllum maritimum nostras, foribus purpuro caeruleis,

seminibus laevibus. Ptal Am. p. 12o. r. 172. I. 3,

s ED UESSE L none RADIX perennis, lignosa, nigricans. CAULES plures, procumbentes, pedales et ultra, teretius uti, soliosi, superne ramosi. FOLIA numerosa, sparsa, selailia, obovata, acuta, bali angustata, integerrima, subtus Dervosa, un-du ata, apicibus saepius recurvis, superne punctis prominulis exasperata PEDUNCULI teretes, ad fores sub incrassati, verruCulos. CALYX Pg tau et uiues pentaphyllum, persistens, soliolis ovatis, acutis, integerrimis, carinatis, M. LCOROLLA monope ala, infundibuli rinis. infra medium coarctata, quasi vincula ligata suisset: Tti s h evis, latus, longitudine Calycis: L stis quinquefidus laciniis reflexis, salax pervia, gibbis quinque intrusis lutescentibus,

STAMINA: Fi husNTA quinque, fundo corollar inserta, subulata, convergentia, tubo corollae paulo longiora : ANTAE R M oblongae, lutear, incumbentes, A. 3,

PISI ILLUM: G auis A quatuor: si Lus filis Ormis, longitudine staminum: ST1GMA simplex A. 4.pERICARPIUM nullum

SEMINA quatuor, conniventia, trigona, acuta, lateri exteriori convexa, interioribus planis, A. 5.

The mimon tu mari Aa is found abundantly on many paris os our sea coaps, 3 et not generaliγ : like the risus/ maritimis, it has iis locat attachments'. Ita rooti, whicli are perenniat, strike deel ly into the sand. or among the pebbles, and it is proba te that bythis means the plant may be preserved ita very severe seasons: Mr. Licia τr Ooi regariis it as one of the mos beautistit os our Britisti planis, sueti it undo ubie ly is, and on that account hight y deserving os culture: yet werarely find it in the gar ens of the curiotis, and this we attribute to iis cultore nor heing weli undersood : wohave talieti much patiis to have this plant in persection, and, haVing succeed ii, re omniend the solio vitig

Is your plant has been ta en proper care os, it Will produce abundaneo cis seeds, mos os .hieli Uilt be ripe by the end of Augusti gather them as they ripen, sor is you pay illi thos e froni the last blown so vers a re sit,ihose si om ille siti Uilt have fallen out of the so ver cups: sois them either early in September or the ensui ingFebruary. in a pol os parili composed os three parta sea sand oti in lieti thereos, commoti scin and ones pari rothen eow dui g. finely si steti : in ah ut si X Mehs or two monilis sioni the February so Uing these seed si ill vegetate, cind in the Autumn ille planis Mill be si io transplant into separate pots, and mosi os them viii Illower the ensu ing year: snails and sugs are uncommon ly sonit os this plant: is yoia, theres ore. plant it in theopeti border, it Will in ali probability be destroyed: sor these animais not only d uour the plant when folly