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foot hl^K and fprcads out into many branches, gar- 

 nillicd with fmall leaves, which end in many points j 

 the riowers are produced in fmall heads which fit clofe 



lUlks, coming out at every divifion of the 

 and at the end of the branches j thefe are of 



the 



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a dull white colour, lo make little appearance. 



They 



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littlejh 



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germenas long as theftamina^ with afijortjlyle^ crowned 

 vy afmallpermaneyitjtigma'^ thegermen afterward becomes 

 V a long, narrow J four-cornered pod with two cells y filed 

 ^ with fmall round feeds. 



: This genus of plants Is ranged in the fecond fe6]:ion 

 ,:of Linn^us's fifteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 :. plants whofe flowers have four long and two Ihort 



ftafniria, and the feeds are included in long pods. ; 

 i\- The Species are, ■■ : 



1. Erysimum (Officinale) filiquis fplcas adpreflis foliis 

 i runcinatis. Hort. Cliff. 337. Hedge Mufiard whofe pods 

 .-■ mprefjed clofe to the f pikes, Eryfimum vulgare. C. B. P. 

 ;■' 100. Common Hedge Mufiard. 



2, Erysimum ifBarharea) foliis lyratis extimo fubrotun- 

 t do. Flor. Suec. ^s^. Hedge Mufiard with harp-fhaped 

 c, leaves^ the outer fegment being roundifh. Sifymbrium 



erucse folio glabro flore. Tourn. Inft. 226- Winter 

 ■ Crefs with a docket leaf and yellow flower. 

 5. ERYsfMUM {Vernum) foliis radicalibus lyratis, eaulinis 

 ^.. pinnato-fmuatis, fioribus laxe fpicatis. Hedge Mufiard 



with lower leaves Jhaped like a harp^ thofe on the ftalks 

 - Jtnuated and winged, and flowers growing in loofe fpikes, 

 -. Sifymbrium erucse folio glabro minus & prsecocius. 



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fmooth Rocket leaf 



Winter-Crefs 



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Erysimum [Orientale) foliis radicalibus ovatis inte- 

 gerrimis, petiolis decurrentibus,- eaulinis oblongis 

 dentatis feffilibus. Hedge Mufiard with, lower leaves oval 

 and entire^ a winged foot-fialk, and the leaves upon the 

 ftalks oblongs indented^ and fitting f/i!?/^." Sifymbrium 

 Orienfale barbarei^ facie, plantaginis folio. Tourn. 



Sifymbrium with the appearance of 

 » Wat er-Crefs and a Plantain Leaf \ •,.■ j^-^ j _^ 



5. Erysimum {Minus) foliis inferioribus pinnato-finuatis, 

 f fuperioribus oblongis dentatis, floribus folitariis ala- 

 ■ ribus. Hedge Mufiard whofe lower leaves are winged and 



finuated^ the upper oblo;ig and indented, and ftngle flowers 

 proceeding from the fides of thefialks. Sifymbrium minus 

 erucse folio glabro nigro, craffo lucido. Boerh. Ind. 

 alt. 2. 16. Smaller Wittier Crefs^ with a fmooth^ dark^ 

 thick, fhining Rocket h ^ 



6. Erysimum {Alliaria) foliis cordatis. Hort. Cliff. 338. 

 Hedge Miiftard with heart-fiaped leaves, Hefperis al- 

 lium reddens, Mor. Hift. 2. 252. Dames Violet fmelling 

 hke Garhck, commonly called Alliaria^ Sauce alone^ 4)r 

 J^ck by the Hedge. 



7. Erysimum [Cheiranthoides) foliis lanceolatis integer- 

 rimis Flor, Lapp. 263. Hedge Mufiard with entire 



- Jpear^J/japed leaves, Leucoium hefperidis folio. Tourn. 

 ' • inft. 221. Cillifcwer with a Dames Violet leaf^ , . 



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not thrive in England, but in a warm ftove. it is 

 propnrratcd bv feeds, which muft be fown on a hot- 

 bed ■, and when the plants are fit to remove, they 

 fnould be each planted into a fmall pot, and plunged 

 into the bark-bed, and afterward treated like other 

 tender plants from the fame country ; the fecond year 

 they will produce flowers and feeds, foon after which 



they commonly decay. 



RYSIMUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 729. Tourn. Inlt. 

 R. H. 228. tab. III. ['EfuVi^txoi/, of £fuw, Gr. to draw 

 out, becaule this plant, by means of its hot quality, 

 has the quality of drawing any thing out of the body 

 in which it lies hid.] Hedge-Muftard j in French, 



Velar, or T! or telle. 



The Characters are, 

 "the empalement of the flower is compofed of four oblong, 

 cval, coloured leaves \ the flower hath four petals, placed 

 in form of a crofs ; thefe are oblong, plain, and ohtufe \ 

 it hath two neElarious glands, fituated between theftarnina. 

 It hath fix fiamina, four of which are the length of the 



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The firft fort is ufcd in medicine ; this grows naturally 

 on the fide of foot-paths, and upon old walls in moil 

 parrs of England, fo is rarely cultivated in gardens, 

 where, if it is once admitted, will foon become a 

 troublefome weed. 



The fecond and third forts alfo grow naturally on the 

 banks in m.ofl parts of England •, thefe were formerly 

 eaten in winter fallads, before the Enplifli o-ardens 

 were furniflied with better plants -, fmce when they 

 have been reje£ted, for they have a rank fmcll, and 

 are difagreeable to the palate. 



The fourth and fifth forts are not natives of this 

 country, but fince they have been introduced into 

 fome Englifli gardens, they have propagated them- 

 felves by their fcattered feeds in fo plentiful a manner, 

 as to become troublefome weeds. Thefe have a re- 

 femblance of the common Winter Crefs, but the 

 low^er leaves of the fourth fort are entire, and of an 

 oblong form ; the upper leaves are oblong and in- 

 dented, in which this differs. 



The fifth fort hath thicker leaves, v^^hich are of a 

 dark lucid green colour, and the flowers come out 

 fingle fron\ the wino;s of the ftalk the whole lenp;di. 



Thefe differences are lalling, and do not altei'. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally on the fides of banks 

 in many parts of England, fo is not fuffered to have 

 a place in gardens. This was formerly eaten as a 

 fallad herb by the poorer fort of people, who gave 

 ...it the title of Sauce alone. This hath a rank fmcU 

 and tafte of Garlick, and is very biting and hot on 

 the palate-, it is frequently prefcri bed in medicine. 

 The feventh fort is fometimes found growing natu- 

 rally upon old walls in fome parts of England, parti- 

 cularly at Cambridge and Ely, at both which places 

 I have obferved it. This hath pretty long, hairy, foft 

 leaves at the root •, the ftalks rife near a foot high, 

 their upper part being garnifhed' with fmall greenifh 

 white flowers in loofe fpikes ; thefe are fucceeded by 

 long compreffed pods which hang dov/nward. It 

 flowers in May, and the feeds ripen in July and Au- 

 guft ; but the roots will abide feveral years, if they 

 have a dry lean foil, or grow upon a wall, for in rich 

 land they foon decay. 



The other forts are fometimes kept in botanic o-ar- 

 dens for the fake of variety; they are biennial plants, 

 which perifti after they have perfefted their feeds! 

 Thefe may be propagated by fowing their feeds in' the 

 autumn, in the places where they are to remain, "and 

 require no other culture but "to thin them, and keep 

 -■ them clear from w^eds. ^ ...ji xh :<> ^rf! <;':5:ji£3 

 ERYTHRINA. Lin, Gen. Plant. 762. Corallo- 

 dendron. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 661. tab. 446. Coral- 



tree. 





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The Characters are^rf v;-;- 



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, The flower hath a tubulous empalement of one leaf, wh. 



is entire and indented at the brim. The flower is of . 



butterfly kind, compofed of five petals ^ the ftandard 

 fpear-Jhapedy and deflexed on the Jiyl 



ifes upward \ the two wings are fc 



1 fed of 



• petals which are no longer than the wings, and are in- 



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ftandard. 



half 



fummitS'y it hath an awl-fh, 



feeds 



■ foot-ftalk, narrowed at the ftyl 

 ?/ the ftamina, terminated by a fingle ftigma. 

 afterward becomes a long fwelling pod endin 

 te pointy having one cell^ filled with kidney-fh. 



The 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 

 Linnasus's feventeenth clafs, which includes the plants 

 with a butterfly flower, having XJtn ftamina joined in 

 two bodies- 



The Species are, 



. Erythrina {Herbacea) foliis ternatis, caule fimpli- 

 ciffimo incrmi. Hort. Cliff. 354. Erythrina with tri- 

 foliate leaves, and a ftngle fmooth ftalk. Corallodendron 

 humile, fpica florum longiffima, radice craffiffima. 

 Catefb. Carol, 49. tab. 49. Lovo CoraUtree with a 



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