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The Species are, ... 



1. E.IMLOBIUM {AngtiJUfolhm) foliis fparfis lineari-lance- 

 'olatis, floribus inxqualibus. Lin. Sp. 493. Epilohtum 



ivith linear fpear-ftjapcd leaves zvbich are placed thinly^ 



and unequal fiovjers. Chamnt^nerion latifoliuni vulgare. 



' lourn. Intl. R.H. 302. Ccramon hroad-leaved PFtlloxv 



Herb^ or French fVillozv, 



2. Epilobium {Hirfutum) foliis oppofitis lanceolatis fcr- 

 ratis decurrenti-arnplexieaulibus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 145. Epilobiura with oppofite fpear-Jhaped leaves, 'xhich 

 are farced on their edges, Chama^nerion villofum, 

 magnoflore purpureo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 303. Heap 



^flower, commonly called Codlins 



and Cream. ^ r r 



There are feveral other fpecies of this genus, fome ot 



' which ^row naturally in fhady woods and moift places 



in moff parts of England, where they are often very 



troublefome weeds, therefore are feldom admitted in 



to o-ardens, fo I fliall not trouble the reader with their 



dillinclions. 



The firft fort here mentioned was formerly planted 

 in (wardens for the beauty of its flowers -, but as it 

 ■ ufullly fpreads far by the creeping roots, whereby it 

 over-runs all the neighbouring plants, it has been ge- 

 nerally caft out of mod gardens : however, in fome 

 low moift places, or in great Ibade, if there was a 

 place afTigned for this plant, it v/ill make a good ap- 

 pearance when it is in flower, and thefe flowers are 

 ven,^ proper to cut for bdbns to adorn chimnies in 

 theYummcr feafon. This ufually grows about four 

 feet hie;h, with (lender 'ftiff^ branches, which are befet 



• with le^aves, relembling tiiofe of the Willow, from 

 whence it had the name of Willow Herb, or French 

 Willcnv. On the upper part of the ftalks the flowers 

 are produced in a long ipike or ihyrfc, which are of 

 a fine Peach colour, and, if the feafon is not very hot, 

 they will continue near a month in beauty. : This fort 

 is found growing wild in divers parts of England, 

 but feveral botanifts have fuppofed it was only found 

 in fuch places where the plants had been caft oiit of 

 gardens •, however, I think it friuft be allowed to be 

 a native of this country, fince it is found in great 

 plenty in woods at a great diftance from any habita- 

 tion, particularly in Charlton forcft, and feveral other 

 woods in Suflex. It is a great creeper at the root, fo 

 may beeafily propagated. _ • ^ . ' , 



There is a variety of this with white flowers, which 

 is planted in gardens, but diff'ers from it only in the 

 ■colour of the flower; however, fome perfons are 

 fond of propagating thefe varieties, for which reafon 

 I mentioned it here. 



The fecond fort is found wild by the fide of ditches 

 and rivers in many parts of England. This plant 

 grows about three feet high, and produces its flowers 

 on the top of the ftalks ; but thefe are much lefs 



■ beautiful than thofe of the firft, an'd the plant being 

 a great rambler at the root, is feldom admitted into 

 gardens. The leaves of this plant being rubbed, 

 emiit a fcent like fcalded Apples, from whence fome 

 have given the name of Codlins and Cream to this 

 plant. 



EPI MEDIUM. Lin. Sp. Plant. 238. Tourn. Inft. 

 - R. H. 232. tab'. 117. Rail Mcth 

 renwort. ■ .' - ' 



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The Characters arc. 



Theflozver hath a three-leaved empalement which falls 

 off. It hath four ohtufe oval fruity vohich are concave^ 

 and fpread open, and four neSariums which are cup- 

 fhaped^ obttife at the bottom^ and as large as the petals. 

 It hath four fl. 



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The oblong germen is fduated at the bot- 



tom^ fuppDTting a fl. 

 The germen afUr-ivard becomes an oblong pointed pod^ 

 . with one cell, openvng with two valves^ inclofmg many 

 cblong feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fefticn of 

 LinnaLuis's fourth chils, intitled Tetrandria Monogy- 

 nia, the flower having four ftamina and one ftyle. 

 We knoY/ but one Sprciks of this genus, viz, 

 i.Ei'iMEDiuM {Alpi'num.) Hort. Cliff. 37. Alpine Barren- 



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This plant hath a creeping root, from which arf- 

 many ftalks about nine inches high, divided at tP 

 top into three, each of which is again divided inr 

 three fmaller; upon each of thefe ttands a ftiff hear- 

 ftiaped leaf, ending in a point, of a pale green on tlie 

 upper fide, but gray on the under. A little below 

 the firft divifion of the ftalk comes out the foot-ftall- 

 of the flowers, which is near fix inches lono-, ^\y\l^ 

 ing into fmaller, each of thefe fuftaining three flow- 

 ers ; thefe are compofed of four leaves, placed in 

 form of a crofs ; they are of a reddifli colour, witli 

 yellow ftripes on the border. In the center of the 

 flower arifes the ftyle, fituated upon the o-crmen 

 which afterward turns to a flender pod, containing 

 many oblong feeds. It flowers in May, and the leaves 

 decay in autumn. The roots, if planted in a fhady bor- 

 der, Ihould be every year reduced, fo as to keep them 

 within bounds, otherwife it will fpread its roots and 

 interfere with the neighbouring plants. It grows na- 

 turally on the Alps, but I received fome plants of ic 

 which v/ere found growing naturally in a wood in the 

 North of England. 



EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS PLANTS [of 



In], upon, ^ixxcv, a leaf, and X-n-ipfjix, Gr. feed,] fuch 

 plants as bear their feeds on the back of their leaves 

 the fame as capillaries. ..; 



EQJLJINOCTIAL, EQUINOCTIAL [of 



equus, equal, and nox, Lat. night.] A great and 

 immoveable circle of the fphere, under which the 

 equator moves in its diurnal motion. 

 The equinoftial, or equinoftial line, is ordinarily 

 confounded with the equator j but there is a difference, 

 the equator being moveable, and the equinodlial un- 

 moveable, and the equator drawn about the convex 

 furface of the fphere, but the equinoftial on the con- 



cave furface of the Magnus Orbis. 



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The equino6tial is conceived, by. fuppofing a femi- 

 diameter of the fphere, produced through a poiht of 

 the equator, and there defcribing a circle on the im- 

 ^moveable furface of the Primum Mobile, by the ro- 

 tation of the fphere about its axis." >,~ 

 Whenever the fun comes to this circle, in his pro- 

 grefs through the ecliptic, it makes equal day and 

 night all round the globe ; as then arifing due eaft, 

 and fetting due weft, which he never does at any 

 other times of the year. , ... . .^ - v* , . 



The people who live under this circle, have their 

 days and nights conftantly equal ; and the fun is in 

 their zenith at noon, and cafts no fliadow. 



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E QU I N O X E S are the times when the fun enters 

 _ into the equino6tial points, which are the two points 

 where the equator and ecliptic interfecl each other; 

 ■ the one being in the firft point of Aries, called the 

 vernal equinox ; and the other in the fii'ft point of 

 Libra, called* the autumnal equinox. . : -">, 



So the equinoxes happen when the fun is in the equi- 

 noftial circle, when, of confequence, the days are 

 equal to the nights throughout the world, which is 

 the cafe twice a year, viz. about the 21ft of March, 

 and the iid of September ; the firft of which is the 

 vernal, and the fecond the autumnal equinox. 



E QU I S E T U M [of equus, a horfe, and feta, a 

 briftle, becaufe the leaves and branches reprefent the 

 briftles or hair of a horfe's main or tail. It is by the 

 Greeks called "iTTTrap?, of "Itttt©^, a horfe, and Ou>a\ 

 a tail ; and hippofeta, of IVtt©^ and feta.] Horfe- 

 Tail. ' ....--■' 



There are feveral fpecies of this plant, which are 

 found in England, on the fides of ditches, or in fhady 

 woods ; but as they are plants wliich are never cul- 

 tivated in gardens, I fliall pafs them over in this 

 place. 



ERANTHEMU M:. See Adoms. 



ERICA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 435. Tourn. Inft. R-H. 

 602. tab. 373. ['RpuKn, of sf.^iV.o;, or ej*'xy, Gr. to break, 

 becaufe this plant is faid to have the virtue of break- 

 ing the ftone in the bladder.} Heath ; in French, 

 B'ruvere. 



The Cn.A.RACTERs arc, 

 Thefowcr hath a coloured permanent empalement of fo^^ 



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