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tukure rhey require : the fecond year they will flower 

 and iced, after wliich the plants ulually decay ■, when 

 the leeds are fown in the ipring, the plants 

 cop'^e up the fame year. 



DODECATHEON. 



never 



See Meadia. 



DOG's TOOTH. See Erythronium. 

 ]; O G-W O O D. See Cornus. 

 D O L I C H O S, Kidney Bean. 

 The Characters are, 



The empakment is of one leaf fmrt^ and ait into four 

 equal ft gments, The fozvcr is of the butterfly kind, hav- 

 ■ ing a large round vexillum ivhich is reflexed. The zvings 

 are oval, obtufe^ and the length of the keel. The keel is 

 moon-fiaped, cowpreffedy and the top afcends -, it hath 

 ni-nefiamina joined below ^ and afingle one fianding fepa- 

 rate^ terminated by Jingle fummits^ with a linear com 

 preffed germen^ fuppcrting an afcending flyle^ crowned by 

 a bearded ftignia. The germen afterward becomes a large 

 oblong pod with two 'valves, containing compreffed ellipti- 



cal feeds. 



This genus is diftinguifJoed from Phafeohs, hy the keel of 



the flower not being fpiraL 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 

 Linnsius's feventeenth clals, intitled Diadelphia De- 

 candria, the flower havinsr ten icamina in two bodies. 



The Specie 





IcgumJnibus ovato- 



are, 

 i. DoLicHos {Lablab) volubilis, 



acinaciformibusj feminibus ovatis hilo arcuato ver- 

 fus alteram extremitatem. Prod. Leyd. 368. Boli- 

 chos with a winding flalk, oval bill-fljaped pods, and 

 oval feeds. Phafcolus ^Egyptiacus nigro femine. 



C. B. P. 341. 



2. DoLiCHos (Uncinatus) volubilis, pedunculis multi- 

 fioris leguminibus cylindricis hirfutis apice unguiculo 

 fubulato hainato, caule hirto. Lin. Sp. ioig,^''Doli- 

 chos tvith a winding fialk, many flowers on each foot-ftalk, 

 cylindrical hairy pods, whofe points are crooked and awl- 



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3 



4 



fhaped, . ■>'--=•'•■■ i —■•■^ ,*- 1 



DoLicHos [Pruriens) volubilis, leguminibus racemb- 

 fis hirtis, valvulisfubcarinatis, pedunculis ternis. Jacq. 

 Amer. 2y,' Dolichos with a winding ft alk^ hairy pods 

 growing in a racemus,- almoft boat-fhaped valves^ and 

 each foot'ftalk having three pods, 

 DoncHos {Urens) volubilis, leguminibus racemofis 

 hirtis tranfverfim lamellatis, feminibus hilo cinftis. 

 -^icq. Amer. 27. Dolichos with a winding ftalk, hairy 

 pods in a racemus, whofe hairs arefttuated in tranfverfe 

 lameU<e, commonly called Cow-itch. 

 There are many other fpecies of this genus, as there 

 are alfo of Phafeolus , but as there are few of them 

 cultivated in the Englifh gardens, it would fwell this 

 work to a great bulk, if they were all inferted which 

 have come to our knowledge, as the author has cul- 

 tivated more than fixty fpecies, befide many varieties. 

 The two firft forts here mentioned, are cultivated in 

 warm countries for the table, but in England thefe 

 feldom perfect their feeds ; and were they to thrive 

 here as well as in the warm countries, they would be 

 little efteenied, becaufe we have much better forts 

 in our gardens already; for the fcarlet flowering Kid- 

 ney Bean is preferable to all the other forts for eating, 

 fo deferves our care to cultivate it more than any 

 other. - " " •■ 



The third and fourth forts are fometimes preferved 

 in botanic gardens, but efpecially the fourth, whofe 

 pods are clofely covered with ilinging hairs, com- 

 monly known by the title of Cow-itch ; but thefe are 

 too tender to thrive in the open air in this country, 

 fo that whoever is defirous to have the plants, ftiould 

 fow their feeds in a hot-bed in March ; and when the 

 plants arecom.e up, they fl:iould be each planted in a 

 feparate pot, and plunged into the hot-bed again, 

 being careful to fhade them till they have taken 

 root; after which theymuft have frefn air every day 

 admitted to them, in proportion to the warmth of 

 the feafon -, and when the plants are too tall to re- 

 main in the hot-bed, they Ihould be removed into 

 the bark-ftove, where, if they arc allov/ed room to 

 run, they will flower and perfeft their feeds. - ■ 

 DORIA; See SoLiDAGO and Othonna. - 



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DORONICUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 862. tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 487. tab. 477. Leopard's Banc. 

 The Characters are. 



It hath a flower ccmpofd of fever al hermnphr edit e florets^ 

 which arefituated in the center, and form the dtfh^ ai-d 

 of female florets which compofe the rays \ thefe are tK- 

 eluded in one common empalcment, zvhich hath a dcuhU 



S 





feries of 



fl.orets are funnel-fhi 



The hermaphrodite 



fupp 



^fe have five floor t hairy flamina, terminated by 

 drical fummits. In the bottom is fituated the gmnev. 

 orting aflender flyle, crowyied by an indented ftigma • 

 tioe germen afterward becomes a f^ngle, oval^ comprefed 

 feed, crowned with hairy down. The female fl.orets are 

 form.ed like a tongue, which are fpread out and compofe 

 the border -, thefe have a germen, fupporting a flyJe^ 

 crowned by two reflexed ftigmas, but have no ftamtna; 

 the germen becomes a ftngle furrowed feed^ covered with a 

 hairy down. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 

 of Linnseus*s nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngenefia 

 Polygamia fuperflua. The plants of this feftion have 

 female and hermaphrodite flowers, which are both 

 fruitful. 



The Species are, 

 . DoRONicuM {Pardalianches) foliis cordatis obtufis, 

 denticulatis radicalibus petiolatis, caulinis amplexi- 

 caulibus. Lin. Mat. Med. 394. Leopard^s Bane with 

 cbtufe, heart'fhaped, indented leaves^ thofe from the root 

 having foot flalks, and thefe above embracing theftalks. 

 Doronicum maximum, foliis caulem amplexianti- 

 bus. C. B. P. 184. Great eft Leopard's Bane with leases 



: 1. 



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embracing the ftalks. 



2. 'DoKon^icvM (Plantagineum) foliis ovatis acutis, fub- 

 dentatis, famis alternis. Hort. ClifF. 411, Leopard's 

 Bane with oval-pointed leaves indented at bottom, and aU 



-iernate branches. Doronicum plantaginis folio. C. B. P. 

 184. Leopard's Bane with a Plantain leaf. 



3. Doronicum {Heheticum) fohis lanceolatis, denticu- 

 latis, fubtus tomentofis, caule unifloro. Prod. Leyd. 

 160. Leopard's Bane with fpear-fhaped indented leaves, 

 woolly on their under Jide, and 07ie flower on aftalk. Do- 

 ronicum Helveticum incanum. C. B. P. 185. Hoar^ 

 Helvetian Leopard's Bane. 



4. Doronicum {Bellidiaftrum) caule nudo fimpliciffimo 

 unifloro. Hort. Cliff; 500. Leopard^ s Bane with a naked 



Jingle ftalk having one flower. Bellis fylveftris media 

 caule carens. C. B. P. 261. Middle wild Daify having 

 a tall ftalk. -.- '- 



The firfl: fort grows naturally in Hungary, and upon 

 the Helvetian mountains, but is frequently preferved 

 in the Englifli gardens. It hath thick flefliy rolDts, 

 which are divided into many knots or knees, fending 

 out ftrong flefhy fibres, which penetrate deep into the 

 ground ; and from thefe][arife in the Ipring a clufter 

 of heart-ihaped leaves, which are hairy, and ftand 

 upon foot-ftalks ; between thefe arife the flower-ftalks, 

 which are channelled and hairy, growing near three 

 feet high, putting out one or twofmaller ftalks from 

 the fide, which grow eredt, and are garnifhed with one 

 or two heart-ihaped leaves, clofely embracing the 

 ftalks with their bafe ; each ftalk is terminated by one 

 large yellow flower, compofed of about twenty-four 

 rays or female florets, which are about an inch long, 

 plain, and indented in three parts at the top. In the 

 center is fituated a great number of hermaphrodite 

 florets, which compofe the difl< ; thefe are tubulous, 

 and flightly cut at the top into five parts. The flowers 

 appear in May, and are fuccceded by feeds which 

 ripen in July; thefe are crowned by a hairy down,, 

 which ferves to convey them to a diftance. ' 

 This plant multiplies very faft by its fpread ing roots, 

 and if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, they will pro- 

 duce plants wherever they happen to fall, fo that it 

 becomes a weed where it is once eftablifiied ; it loves 

 a moift foil and a ftiady fituation. 

 The fecond fort hath oval leaves, ending in acute 

 points ; thefe are indented on their edges toward their 

 bafe, but their upper parts are entire ; the ftalks rife 



■ about two feet high ; each is terminated by a large 



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