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propagated by cuttings had been continued, fo that 

 no leeds were ever produced in England till within a 

 few years part, when I i*eceived feme feeds from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, from which I raifed many plants 

 of both fexes, and a few among them with her- 

 maphrodite flowers, which have produced feeds, 

 from which many plants have been raifed. 

 A N T H Y L L I S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 773. Vulneraria. 

 Tourn. Barba Jovis. Tourn. Ladies Finger-^ or Kidney 

 Velch. 



The Characters ^re^ 

 It ha^h a f welling^ bair)\ permanent empakment of one leaf 

 which is divided at the tip into five equal parts. The 

 flo'-jcer is of the hiitterf.y kindy having a long fiandard re- 

 fiexed on both fides beyond the empalement \ the two wings 

 are fijort \ the keel is of the fame lengthy and comprejfed. 

 "Thtrt are ten ftamxna^ which rife together y and are crowned 

 by fingle ftimmits'. In the center isfituated an oblong ger- 

 meny fupporting aftngle ftyle^ crowned by a blunt ft igma: 

 the gervien afterward becomes a fmall roundifh pod inclofed 

 by the empalement ^ having one or two feeds. 

 This genus is ranged in Linnreus's feventeenth clafs 

 of plants, entitled Diadelphia Decandria, the flowers 

 having ten Itaniina joined in two bodies. 



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The Species are, 



1. Anthyli.is {Tetraphylla) herbacea foliis quatcrno- 

 pinnatis floribus lateralibus. Hort. Upfal. 221. Her- 

 baceous Kidney Vetch with winged leaves^ having four 

 IcbeSy and flowers growing from the fide of the ftalks. 

 Vulneraria pentaphyllos. Tourn. Inft-. 



2. Anthyllis {Vtdneraria) herbacea foliis pinnatis ina^- 

 qualibus capitulo duplicato. Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. 

 Kidney Vetch with unequal winged leaves and double heads. 

 Vulneraria fupina flore coccineo. Raii Syn. Ed, 3. 



p. 325" ' 



3. Anthyllis (7?/^/Vfl) herbacea foliis pinnatis inaequa- 



libus foliolis'caulinis lineari lanceolatis floribus capi- 

 tatis flmplicibus. Herbaceous Kidney Vetch with unequal 

 winged leavesy whofe lobes are narrow^ fpear-fhaped^ and 

 Jingle heads of flowers^ called Ladies Fingers. Vulneraria 

 ruflica. J. B. 11. p. 362. 



4. Anthyllts (Af(?wM;/^) herbacea foliis pinnatis asqua- 

 libus capitulo terminali fecundo, floribus obliquatis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. Herbaceous Woundwort with equal 

 winged leaves y terminated by the head of flowers ^ w^hich 

 £ire oblique. Aftragaluspurpurcus. Dalechampii 1347. 

 Purple Milk Vetch. 



5. Anthyllis (Cornicina) herbacea foliis pinnatis injE- 

 . qualibus capitulis folitaris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. Her- 

 baceous IVcurukvcrty with unequal winged leaves^ and a 

 fingle head of flowers. 



6. Anthyllis (5^rZ'^ ^raj) fruticofa foliis pinnatis ^- 

 qualibus floribus capitatis. Hort. Cliffy 371. Shrubby 

 Woundwort.^ with leaves equally winged^ and flowers col- I 

 Iciledin a head. Barba Jovis pulchre luccns. J. B. i. 

 p. 385. Jupiter's Beard^ or Silver Bufij. 



. Anthyllis [Cytifcides) fruticofa foliis tcrnatis in.'E- 

 qualibus calycibus lanatis lateralibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 720. Shrublr/ Woundwort y with three unequal leaves^ and 

 n downy flower-cup growing from thefiides. Cytifus in- 

 canus folio medio longiore. C. B. P. 390. 

 S. Anthyllis {Erinacea) fruticola fpinofa foliis fim- 

 plicibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 720. Shrubby prickly Wound- 

 wort ^ with fiiyigld leaves. Gcnifta Spartium fpinofum 

 foliis lenticula: floribus ex co^rulco purpurafcentibus. 



C. B. P. 394. 



9. Anthyllis (/7^r?;7^/;?//>) fruticofa, foliis ternatis fub- 

 pedunculatis, calycibus nuciis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1014. 

 Shrubby V/cundzvort of Crete^ zvith ternate leaves., and 



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naked flower-cups. Barba Jovis Cretica, linarias folio, 

 flore luteo parvo. Tourn. Cor. 44. 

 10. Anthyllis {HcteropLxUa) fruricofa, foliis pinnatis, 

 floralibus tcrnatis. L:n. Sp. i'Jant. 1013. Shrubby 

 Woundwort of PortugaU ivith winged leaves^ but thofe 

 ne.ir the flowers ternate. Bai ba Jovis minor Lufitanica, 

 flore minimo variegato. Tourn. Inft.' 6/51. 

 Tl>c firft foit grows naturally in Spain, Italy, and 

 Sicily. This is an annual plant, with trailing branches, 

 which iprcad liat on the grorind ; the leaves grow by 

 fours at each joijit, and die flowers come out in cluf- 



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empalements, out of which the extreme parts of the 

 petals do but jufl: appear; thefe are of a yellow co- 

 lour, and are fucceeded by fliort pods inclofed in the 

 empalement. It flowers in June and July, and the 

 feeds ripen in September. The feeds of this fort 

 ftould be fown on a bed of light earth in April, where 

 the plants are to remain, and will require no other 

 care, but to thin them to the diftance of two feet, 

 and keep them clean from weeds. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 

 gal, from both which countries I have received the 

 feeds J it alfo grows wild in Wales, and the ifle of 

 Man. This is a biennial plant, having fingle leaves 

 at bottom, which are oval and hairy j but thofe which 

 grow out of the fl:alks are winged, each beinp: com- 

 pofed of two or three pair of lobes terminatecf by an 

 odd one: the flowers grow collefted into heads at 

 the top of the fl;alks, thefe are of a bright fcarlet co- 

 lour, fo make a pretty appearance : it flowers in June 

 and July, and the feeds ripen in Oftober. When 

 the plants of this fort grow on poor land, they will 

 fometimes continue three years, but in gardens they 

 feldom laft longer than two. 



The third fort grows naturally upon chalky grounds 

 in many parts of England, fo is rarelj^ admitted into 

 gardens. Dr. Linnaeus fuppofes this and the former 

 fort to be the fame, but from having cultivated thef^t 

 for many years, I can affirm they are different fpecies, 

 never altering from feed. The leaves of this fort are 

 much narrower than thofe of the former, and have 

 generally one or two pair of lobes more in each. The 

 heads of flowers in this fpecies are fingle, wherea 

 the other has generally double heads ; add to thefe, 

 the root being perennial, which makes an eflcniial 

 difference between them. 



The fourth fort is a perennial plant with trailing 

 branches, garniflied with winged leaves, which have 

 an equal number of hairy lobes at the extremity of 

 the branches ; the flowers are produced in heads, thefe 

 are of a purple colour, and globular form. This 

 fort grows naturally on mountains in the fouth of 

 France and Italy, from whence I have received the 

 feeds. It is propagated by feeds, which may be fown 

 either in the autumn' or fpring : thofe which are fown 

 in the autumn, wmU rife the following fpring, and 

 more certainly grow, than thofe wiiich are fown in 

 the fpring, which feldom grow the fame year. When 

 the plants come up, they muff: be kept clean from 

 weeds ; and where they are too clofe together, they 

 mufl: be thinned. The following autumn, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted to the places where they are to re- 

 main, and will require no particular management af- 

 terward. This fort flowers in June and July, and 

 the feeds ripen in Oftober. 



The fifth fort approaches near to the third, but the 

 leaves are hoaiy, and the flowers are produced on the 

 fide of the branches-, thefe are yellow, and collefted 

 into fmall heads. It is an annual, or at mofl: a bien- 

 nial plant i for when it flowers, early in the fummcr, 

 it commonly decays foon after the feeds are ripe ; 

 whereas thofe plants w^hich flower later in the feaion, 

 and do not perfect feeds, will abide another year. 

 This may be propagated by feeds, in the lame manner 

 as the former. 



The fixth fort is the Barba Jovis, or Jupiter's Beard, 

 by many called Silver Bulli, from the whitenefs of 

 its leaves. This is a fhrub which often grows ten or 

 twelve feet high, and divides into many Literal 

 branches, garniflied with winged leaves, compofed of 

 an equal number of narrow lobes, which arc veiy 

 white and haiiy , the flowers arc produced at the ex- 

 tremity of the branches, collected into fmall heads-, 

 thefe are of a bright yellow colour, and appear in 

 June J fometimes they are fucceeded by fliort woolly 

 pods, contaming two or tliree kidney-fliapcd feeds -, 

 but unlefs the fcafon proves v/arm, they do nor ripen 

 in this country. It is propagated either by feeds or 

 cuttings -, if by feeds, they fiiould be fown in the au- 

 tumn, in pots filled with light earth, and placed under 



a frame 



