The flowers come dut on long 





are of a tlcf^^ green. 



foot-ftalks froo^ the wings of the leaves, niany 

 growing together in round bunches \ they are variable 

 from a deep to a light purple, mixed with white, 

 and arc fucceeded by flender pods from two to three 

 inches long, ftanding ere£t. This plant^ flowers in 

 June, July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in au- 

 tumn. The roots of this plant creep very far under 

 ground, by which the plant increafes greatly ; which, 

 when permitted to remain unremoved for two or 

 three years, will fpread and overbear what plants grow 

 near it-, for which reafon the roots fliould be confined, 

 and it fliould be planted at a difl:ance from any other 

 plants ; it will grow in almofl: any foil and fituation, 

 but thrives befl: in a warm funny expofure, in which 

 the flowers will alfo be much fairer, and in greater 

 quantities. This plant was formerly cultivated to feed 



cattle. 



The feventh fort hath an herbaceous ftalk, which rifes 



t^vo feet high, garniflied with winged leaves, com- 



pofed of fix pair of fmall leaves, placed along the 



midrib, which is terminated by an odd one ^ thefe 



are larger than thofe of the fixth fort, and broader 3t 



the top. The foot-fl:alks of the flowers come out 



from the fide of the fl:alks, but they are fliorter than 



thofe of the fixth fort, and fufl:ain fmaller heads of 



flowers, which are fucceeded by five taper jointed 



pods, near two inches long. 



This is an annual plant, which grows naturally in 



the Archipelago, from whence Tournefort fent the 



feeds to the royal garden at Paris. The feeds of this 



fort fliould be fown on a bed of light earth in the 



fpring, where the plants are defigned to remain, and 



when the plants come up, they fliould be thiltfied 



•where they are too clofe, and afterward kept clean 



from weeds, which is all the culture they will require. 



In June they will flower, and the feeds ripen in au- j not this fupport, they will twift round other plants 



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fVame in winter, becdiufe in hard frofls the plants are 

 often defliroyed i but in mild weather they fliould be 

 expofed to thfe air, otherwife they will draw up 

 weak. 



The tenth fort was difcovefed by father Plumier in 

 America. I received the feeds of this plant from 

 Carthagena, which were fent me by my late ingenious 

 friend Dr. William Houftoun i this hatfi a flender, 

 hairy, twining fl:alk, of a brown colour, twilling round 

 any of the flirubs which fl:and near it, whereby it 

 rifes eight or ten feet high, and is garniflied with 

 winged leaves, for the molt part compoled of five 

 oval lobes, one inch long, and half an inch broad, 

 of a deep green. The flowers come out by pairs at 

 each joint, fl;anding on very fliort feparate foot-ftalks 

 erect ; they are large, and of a pale yellow -, thefe 

 are fucceeded by taper jointed podsj more than three 

 inches long, which are covered with fliort, foft, white, 

 hairy down, and ftand ereft. This plant is propa- 

 gated by feeds, which fliould be fown early in the 

 fpring on a moderate hot-bed ; and when the plants 

 are come up, they fliould be each tranfplanted into 

 a halfpenny pot filled with frefli rich earth, and 

 plunged into a hdt-bed of tanners bark, obferving to 

 fliade them until they have taken root ; after which 

 time they fliould have air and wat-er in proportion to 

 the warmth of the feafon, and when they have filled 



thefe pots with their roots, they fliould be fliifted into 

 pots of a larger fize, and plunged into the hot-bed 

 again, where they mufl: remain until autumn, when 

 they fliould be removed into the ft:ove, and plunged 

 into the tan. Thefe plants mufl: be conftantly kept 

 in the bark-fl:ove, and placed among plants which 

 require a moderate heat ; where they will thrive and 

 flower, and fliould be fupported by tall fl;icks, round 

 which thev will twine as Hods do ; for if thev have 





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The eighth fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort 

 in the Levant, from'wlience he fent the leeds to the 

 royal garden at Paris i this hath a perennial root, and 

 an annual ftalk, which rifes upward of two feet high, 

 il-anding ereft. The leaves are compofed of five or 

 fix pair of fmall oblong leaves, ranged along the 

 midrib, which is terminated by an odd one. The 

 foot-ftalks of the flowers are fl:rong, and upward of 

 fix inches in length, fupporting large bunches of 

 yellow flowers, which are fucceeded by fliort thick 

 pods about an inch long. This flowers in June and 

 July, and in warm feafons the feeds \yill ripen in 

 autumn: there is a variety of this with large white 

 flowers. 



. This fort is propagated by feeds, which fliould be 

 fown on a warm border of light earth in the fpring •, 

 and when the plants come up, they niuft be carefully 

 cleaned from weeds ; when they are fit to remove, 

 they fliould be tranfplanted into a warm border, 

 where they are to remain, fliading them from the fun 

 till they have taken frefli root, after which they will 

 require no farther care in fummer, but to keep them 

 clean from weeds ; and in autumn, when the fl:alks 

 are decayed, if the furface of the ground is covered 

 \vith fome old tan to keep out the froft, it will be a 

 fecure method to preferve the roots. The fecond 

 year the plants will flower, and, if the fame care is 1 

 taken in winter, the roots may be continued fome 

 years. 



The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain -, this rifes 

 irom two to four feet high, having many flender lig- 

 neous branches, garniflied with narrow fpear-fliaped 

 leaves, which are fometimes trifoliate, and at other 

 times have five lobes on each foot-ftalk; the flowers 

 ftand upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which come out 

 from the wings of the ftalk, and are collefted in fmall 

 bunches j they are of a bright yellow colour, and 

 appear for fix or feven months together, but have 

 not been fucceeded by feeds llere as yet. 

 This is propagated by feeds in the fame manner as 

 the firft fort, and fome of the plants fliould be planted 

 in pots that they may be ftieltercd under d common 



and fpoil them. Thefe are very proper plants to 

 place againft an elpalief on the back part of the ftovcv 

 amongft other climbing plants, where they will make 

 an agreeable variety. 



If the plants are carefully managed in the winter^ 

 they may be preferved two or three years, and will 

 annually flower in July, and fometimes they wiU pro- 

 duce ripe feeds in England. 



C O R O N O P U S. See Plantago. 



CORTUSA. Lin. Gen. Plant. i8i. [This plant is 

 fo called from Cortufus, a famous botanift, who firft 

 brought it into ufe.] Bears-ear Sanicle, 



The Characters are, 

 The flower hath a fmally fpreadingy permanent empale- 

 menty which is indented at the brim in five farts j this 



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wheel'fiaped petals fpreadi 



having fi' 



tubercles at the bafe. It hath five Jhort obtufe ftamina^ 

 which are terminated by oblong ercEl fummits; In the 

 center is fituated an oval germen^ fupporting a fiender ftyky 

 crowned by a fingle Jligma, The germen afterward becomes 

 an ovaly oblongs pointed capfule^^ having two longitudinal 

 furrowsy and one ceU^ opening with two valves^ filled 

 with fmall oblong feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fe(5tion of 

 Linnseus's fifth clafs, inritled Pentandria Monogyiiia, 

 the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, ... 



Cortusa (Matthioli) calycibus corolla breviorlbus. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 144. Bears Ear Sanich '^^^ ^^ ^^'' 



fhorter 



if Matthiolus 



2. Cortusa {Gmelini) calycibus corollum excedentlbus. 

 Amoen. Acad. 2. p. 340. Bears Ear Sanicle with art 

 empalement longer than the petal. 

 The firft fort grows naturally on the Alps, and alfo 

 on the mountains in Auftria, and in Siberia. This 

 plant fends out many oblong fmooth leaves, which 

 are a little indented on the edges, and form a fort of 

 head, like the Auricula^ The foot-ftalks of the 

 flowers come out in the center o^ the leaves -, thefe 

 rife about four inches high, and fupport an umbel 01 



flowers, ^ach fit^ng on a flender, feparate, fliort foot^. 



