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are hairy, terminated by pjort two-pointed ficymiLs^ wt 

 (Imdere^^ The female fio-Jjers have the fa;m emp 

 mrnt and pdalsas the male, but no flamiua. In the , 



fttvated a deprejj'ed gernicn^ fupporting nine refu 



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Tna. 



p}'e(fed round berry of one celU inclofing vAne feeds placed 



iircularly. , . • i t i r a* r 



This f^enus of plants is ranged in the tnn*a lection oi 



Linn.TUs's twenty-fecond dais, which includes thofc 

 plants whofe male and female flowers grow on fe- 

 narate plants, and the male flowers have three 



Itamina. - t- i j 



We have but one Species of this genus in England, 



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Empetrum {Nigrum) procumbcns. Hort. Cliff. 470. 



f railing Berry-bearing Heath. Empetrum montanum, 

 fmct:u nigro. Tcurn. Inft. S79* Black-berried Heathy 

 Crow berries^ Crake berries. 



This little flarub grows wild upon the mountains of 

 StafFordlhire, Derbyihire, and Yorkfhire, and is fel- 

 dom propagated in gardens unlefs for variety fake -, 

 but it may be cultivated in fliady places, and will 

 thrive very well in gardens, where the foil is ftiif. 

 The plants fhould be procured from the places where 

 they grow naturally, for the feeds remain a year in 

 the ground before they vegetate, and afterward are 

 ■ very flow in their growth, fo they are not worth the 

 trouble of cultivating from feeds.. If the plant's are 

 . planted on a moid boggy foil in autumn, they will 

 get roots in the winter, and will require no farther 

 care than to clear them from weeds, provided they 

 have a moift foil, otherwife they will require to be 

 frequently watered ; for thefe low ftirubs commonly 

 grow upon the tops of wild mountains, where the 

 . . loil is generally peaty, and full of bogs. The heath 

 cocks feed much upon the berries of this plant; 

 . fothat wherever there is plenty of thefe low Ihrubs, 

 ■. .there are commonly many of thefe fowls to be found. 

 EMUSCATION, the clearing a tree of mofs, Lat, 

 ENUCLEATION, a taking out the nut or ker- 

 nel of any fruit, Lat. 



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See Inula. 



EPHEDRA. Lin. Gtn. Plant. 1007. Tourn. Inft. 

 ,, 663. tab. 477. Shrubby Horfe -Tail, vulgo. - . 

 ■..-,r. The Characters are,. - , 



• // hath 'male and female flowers in different plants ; the 



• 7nale flowers are colle£fed in katkins, which are fcaly ; un- 

 . der each fcale is a Jingle flower '^ thefe have no petals^ but 



fevenjiamina^ which are joined in form of a column^ and 



are terminated hy roundifh fummits. The female flower's 



; have an oval perianthium^ compofed of five feries of leaves^ 



^ which alternately lie over the divifions of the lower range \ 



. thefe have no petals^ but have two oval germen fitting 



: upon the perianthium, fupporting fhort JiyleSy^ crowned by 



fingleftigma. The germen afterward turn *to oval ber- 



^vjies, each having two fe^h.'^krr^y^^^^^^^^ y ^i^ofl 



', This genus of plants is ranged in the twelfth fec- 



^ tion of Linn^us's twetity-fecohd clafs, intitled Di- 



, cecla JMonadelphia, the plants' of this^!:clafs and fec- 



tion having male flowers on different plants from the 



lemale, and their flramina join in form of a column. ^ 



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PHEDRA {Diftachia) pedunculis Of 

 minis. Hort. Cliff. 465, Shrubby Horfe 



ftte foot-flalks^ and twin katkins. Ephedra m'aritima 

 minor. Tnnrn Leffe^ ^^^ TJnvr^^^^il rr-^^: ' 



off to rranfplant in the fpring. They love a prcrty 

 moift llrong foil, and will endure the cold of our or- 

 dinary winters very well in the open air. Some of 

 thefe plants were formerly prefcrvcd in pots, and were 

 houfed in v/intcr, but by later experience they arc 

 found to thrive better in the full (around 



E P M E M E R U M. See Tr aocVcavtia 

 EPIDENDRUM. Lin. Gen. 1016. Vanilla. 

 There arc near thirty fpccies of this genus, v/h:ch 

 grow naturally upon trees in Africa and bodilndi.ts i 

 but as the plants cannot, by any art yet known, be 

 cultivated in the ground, it would be to little purpcfe 

 the enumerating of them here ; though could the 

 plants be brought to thrive by culture, many of thetn 

 produce very fine flov/ers of uncoi-nmoii 'forms. I had 

 three fpecies of them fent me from^ America, which 



were ftripped from the trees on which they grew ; 

 thefel planted with care in pots, v/hich v/ere placed in a 

 fliove, where diey came fo far as to fhew their flowers. 



but the plants foon after pcriflaed. 

 EPIG/EA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 



aSo. 



Memecylum. 



Mitch. 13, Trailing Arbutus. 

 . The Characters are. 



The flower hath a double cmpalcraent^ which is perma^- 

 nent \ the outer is compofed of thrcCy and the inner of one. 

 leafy divided at the top into five parts. The flower is cf 

 the falver Jhapey with one petaly having a cylindrical 

 ■: tubey which is longer than the empalernenty and hair-; 

 :mthin.,^ The brim is cut into five part Sy which fpre^d 



- openll' It hath ten Jl^nder ftamina the length of the tubc^ 

 which are fixed to the bafe of the petaly and arc tcrrui' 

 nated by oblong fummitSi' In the center is fituated a glo- 

 bular hairy germeny crowned by an obtufe qiiinqiiefid Jltg- 

 ma. The germen afterward becomes a depreffedy half glo- 



- bidary five-cornered fruity having five cellsy opening with 

 fivevalveSy containing feverdl feeds. ■--- .. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft: feftion of' 

 Linnaeus's tenth clafs, intitled DecandriaMonogynia, 

 the flowers having ten fliamina and one fl:yle. 

 . We know but one Species of this genus, viz, 



Epig^a, Lin. Gen. Plant. 486. Trailing Arbutus. 

 This. plant grows naturally in North America, from 

 whehce it has been introduced to the Englifla gardens. 

 It is a low plant, with a trailing flirubby fl:alk, which 



. puts out roots at the joints, and when in a proper 

 foil and fituation, multiplies verj^ fafl:. The fl:alks 



* are garniflied with oblong rough leaves which are 



_ waved on their ed^ses. ^ The flowers are produced at. 



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the end of thefe branches in loofe bianOHes ; thefe are' 

 white, and divided at the top into Eve' acute fegments,* 

 which fpread open in form of a ftan ' It flowers irt 







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July, bijt^doth not produce fruit in England.' 

 .The plants are^eafily propagated by their trailing 

 ftalks, which put out roots at the joints, fo may be 

 cut off from the old plant^ and placed in a fliady fitu- 

 ation and a hioift foil : the befl: time for this is in au- 

 tumn, that the plants may, be well rooted before the 

 fpringr-: ■ If the winter fliould prove very feyere, it 

 will be proper to lay a few dried leaves, or forne fuch 

 : light covering over* them, which will prevent their 

 . being injured by frofl; \ and after they are well root-* 

 .'ed, they will require no fardier" care but to keep 

 ... them clean from weeds. .1 



EPILOBIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 426. Cham^ene- 

 rion. Tourn. R. H. 302. tab. 157. Willow Herb, or 

 ,^' Freinch Willow. :Vr. i;/;; , . \ ,- v.'.^r'v" 

 /:-:v"The Characters are. 



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.::This is a low flirubby plant, which grows naturally - The empaUment of the flower is compofed of foiir oblong 



wpon the rocks by the fea in the fouth of France,' in 

 Spain, and Italy ; it is alio preferved in feveral gar- 

 , dens for the fake of variety, but has little beauty. 

 This hath a low flirubby fl:alk, which puts out a few 

 ftort branches, rifing about two feet high, which 

 have many protuberant joints, at which come out fe- 

 veral narrow rufliy leaves, like thofe of the Horfe- 

 Tail, which continue green all the year, but the 



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, pointed leaveSy which are coloured. The flower hath four 

 bordered petals which fpread openy and eight ftamina 

 which are alternately porter y terminated by .oval com- 

 preffed fum/nits. Below the flower is fituated a long cylin- 

 drical germeny fupporting a fiender ftyky crowned by an 

 obtufe quadrifidfligma. The germen afterward becomes a 

 longy cylindricaly furrowed capfute with five cellsy filled 

 with oblong feeds y crowned with down, 



..„^. This genus of plants is ranged in tlie firfl: fe6tion' of 



:ay be propagated^by off'sets, which tfie plants [ Linna^us's eighth clafs, intitled O^SlandriaMonogyniay 

 lend iorth in great plenty j for the roots creep under [ the flower having eight flamina and one flyle. 



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