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fcabris. Lin. Sp. 193. Hounds 'Tongue ivitb l:rtcay\ 

 fpear-Jljapedj rough leaves. Omplialodes Lufitanica 

 clatior Cynoglofli folio. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 140. 

 CvNOGLOssuM {LinifoUum) foliis lineari-lanceoLitls 

 glabris. Hort. Cliff. 47. Hounds Tongue with fmooihy 

 narrow^ fpear-fiaped leaves. Omphalodcs Lufitanica 

 lini folio. Tourn. Inft. 140. Commonly called Venus 



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8. Cynoglossum (Omphalodes) repens, foliis radicalibus 



cordatis. Hort. Cliff. 47. 



Creeping Hounds Tongue^ 



Omphalodes pu- 



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'bofe lower leaves are heart-fiaped, 

 jnila verna fymphyti folio. Tourn. Inft. 140. 

 The firft fort grows naturally by the fide of hedges 

 and foot-ways in many parts of England, fo is feldom 

 admitted into gardens; the roots of this fort are ufed 

 in medicine, which are gathered by the herb-folks in 

 fields. The leaves of this plant liave a ftrong 

 odour, like that of mice in a trap. It flowers in 

 June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally on the Apennine 

 mountains ; the leaves of this fort are mucli larger, 

 the petal of the flower is fliortcr, and the plants 

 grow taller than thofe of the firft, and come earlier 

 to flower in the fpring ; this is equally hardy as the 

 common fort, and where the feeds are permitted to 

 fcatter, there will be plenty of the plants arifc with- 



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filvery leaves, having no foot-ftalks. 



out care. ..... 



The third fort grows naturally in Andalufia, I re- 

 ceived the feeds of this from Gibraltar ; this hath a 

 tall branching ftalk, garnilhed with oblong woolly 

 leaves, which embrace the ftalk with their bafe. The 

 flowers are produced in loofe fpikes, which come out 

 from the fide of the ftalk, and are from fix 'to eight 

 inches long, the flowers are thinly placed on one fide; 

 thefe are blue, ftriped with red, and appear in June. 

 The feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the root 

 decays. .. ■"- 



The fourth fort grows naturally in Spain, and alfo 

 in the ifland of Crete ; I received this from Gibraltar, 

 with thofe olF the former ; this rifes with an upright 

 ftalk little nnore than a foot high, garniflied with 



long, narrow. 



The flowers are produced from the fide, and at the 



'top of the ftalks, which are but thinly difperfed on 

 the fide,, but at the top of the ftalk are in fmall 



; clutters ; they are of a deep purple colour, and much 

 longer than the empalement -, thefe are fucceeded by 

 four broad buckler-fliaped feeds, which are rough. 

 It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn, 

 foon after which the roots generally perilli. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally in Virginia, and in 



- other northern parts of America ; this rifes with an 

 upright branching ftalk near four feet high. The 

 ftalks and leaves are covered with rough hairs, the 

 Jjranches are fpread out on every fide, and are but 

 thinly garnilhed with leaves, from three to near four 

 inches in length, and little more than one inch broad 

 in the middle, gradually lefTeningto both ends ; they 

 embrace the ftalks with their bafe, and are placed 

 alternate; the flowers grow fcatteringly toward the 

 end of the branches ; thefe are fmall and white ; they 

 appear in June, and are fucceeded by four fmall 

 feeds, which ripen in autumn, and then the plants 

 decay. 



The fixth fort grov/s naturally in Portugal, where it 

 ■was firft diftinguifl:ied from the feventh by Dr. Tour- 



nefort. 



The feventh fort had been longr before that 



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cultivated in the gardens for ornament, by the title of 

 Venus Navelwort, but of late years that has been almoft 

 loft; 'and the fixth fort is now generally preferved in 

 the Englifli gardens, and the feeds are fold by the 

 feedfmen under that title, and is a much larger plant 

 than the other, fo makes a better appearance. The 

 leaves of the fixth fort are broad at their bafe, and 

 are gradually narrowed to the end -, they are flightly 

 covered with hairs. The ftalks grow nine or ten 

 inches high, and divide into many branches, each 

 being terminated by along loofe fpike of white flow- 

 ers, ftanding on feparate foot-ftalks, which are fuc- 



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ceedcd by fcur umbilicated feeds, from whence it ha-l 

 the tide of NavcIwortT ■ ■ : 



The fcvendi fort feldom rifes more than five or fix. 

 inches high; the ftalks do not branch near fo much 

 as thofe of the fixth. The leaves are very narrov/ and 

 long, of a grayifli colour, and fmooth. The flowers 

 grow in fhort loofe panicles at the end of the branches; 

 tiiefe are white, but fmaller than tholb of the other* 

 fort, and are fucceeded by feeds of the fame form. 

 This plant was formerly titled Linum UmbiUicatimy 

 i. e. umbilicated Flax-i from the leaves having Ibme ap- 

 pearance of Flax, and the feeds having a hollow like 

 I a navel. 



Thefe are both annual plants, and have been com- 

 monly fown in gardens, with ether low annual flow- 

 ers, to adorn the borders of tte flower-garden ; but 

 thefe fliould be fov/n in autumn, for thofe v;hich are 

 fov/n in the fpring often fail, efpecially in dry feafons^ 

 and the autumnal plants ahvays grov/ much larger 

 than thofe which arife from the fpring fowing, and 

 come to flower earlier in the year. The feeds fhould 

 be fown where the plants are defigned to remain, for 

 they do not bear tranfplanting, unltfs it is performed 

 while they are young. The plants require no other 

 culture but to be thinned where they are too clofe,, 

 and kept clean from weeds. They flower in June and 

 July, and the autumnal plants come a month earlier;, 

 their feeds ripen in autumn. ' 



The eighth fort is a low perennial plant, which grows 

 naturally in the woods or Spain and Portugal, where 

 it ufually flowers about Chriftmas ; this hath trailing. 

 branches, which put out roots from their joints, 

 ■^whereby it propagates very faft. The leaves are 

 heart-ftia'ped, of a bright green colour, and ftand 

 ,. upon Jong flender foot-ftalks. The flo%vers grow in 

 loofe panicles, which arife from the divifions of the 

 ftalk ; they afe fliaped like thofe of Borage, but are 

 fmaller, and of a lively blue colour; they appear in 

 'March and April, and in a cool fhady fituation con- 

 ' tinue great part of May, but arcT'rarely fucceeded by 

 feeds; but the plants propagate themfelves fo faft by 

 their trailing branches, as to render the cultivation 

 of them by feeds unnecefl^ary. It delights in a moid 

 cool fituation. - 



CYPERUS, Cyprefs Grafs. 



There are about twenty fpecies of this genus known, 

 fome of which grow naturally in England, but the 

 far greateft number are natives of America, where 

 they grow in moift fqualid places ; and as there ar 

 not above two or three fpecies which are preferved ia 

 gardens, fo it will be to little purpofc to enunierate 

 the others. 



The Species are, .. - 



1. Cyperus {Longus) culmo triquetro foliofo, umbclla 

 foliofo fupra decompofita, pedunculis nudis, fpicis 

 alternis. Prod. Leyd. 50. C)prefs with a threc-cDrncred 

 fialky an umbel with mayiy leaves^ alternate fpikes crt 

 naked foot-Jtalks, Long-rooted Cyprefs of thejhcps. 



2. Cyperus (Rotundus) culmo triquetro fubnudo, urn-- 

 bella decomipofita, fpicis alternis linearibus. Flor. 

 Zeyl. 36. Cyprefs with a three-cornered naked Jlalk^ ^ 



' decompounded umbel^ and linear fpikes placed altcrncte. 

 Round-rooted Cyprefs of the fhops.' ^ / 



The firft fort grows naturally in France and Italy^ 

 from whence die plant was brought for medicinal 

 ufe, but at prefent it is very feldom ufed in England. 

 > The roots of this fort are compofed of many ftrong 

 flefliy fibres which root deep in the ground, fending 

 up every fpring a great number of graflTy three-cor- 

 nered leaves near two feet long; die flower-ftaks are 



.' triangular, nearly of the fame length, fuppornng an 

 umbel at the top, having many naiTOW triangUi^J" 

 leaves' under it ; the fpikes of the umbel are like thole 

 of fome forts of grafs, but the feeds rarely ripen m 

 England ; fo the plant is here propagated by diviuing 

 the root in the fpring, and if planted in a warm h" 

 tuation, will thrive here in the open air. 



' The fecond fort is tenderer than the firft, fo the round 

 compreflfed roots fliould be planted in pots, and fh^l- 



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