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6val-po:nted leaves^ and woolly empakments, Orobus 

 Virginianus, foliis fulva lanugine iacanis, folioruin 

 nervo in ipinam abcruiue. Pluk. Mant. 142. 

 Galega {Purpurea) Icguminibus ftridis adfccnden- 

 tibus glabris ractrmofis terminalibus, ftipulis iub- 

 ulatis, foliisoblongis glabris. Flor. Zeyl. 301. Goats- 

 rue with clofe^ fmooth^ afcending pods^ terminating th$ 

 ftalks in an oblong bunch, a-ivl-Jljaped ftipuU^ and oblong 



fmooth leaves, CoroniUa Zclanica herbacea, flore pur- 

 purafcente. Burm. Zeyl. 77- ^ 



The firft fort grows naturally in Italy and Spain, but 

 is propagated in the Englifh gardens for medicinal 

 ufe. This hath a perennial root, compofed of many 

 ftrong fibres, which are frequently jointed, from which 

 arife many channelled hollow (talks, from two to 

 three feet high, which are garnifhed w^ith winged 

 leaves, compofed of fix or feven pair of narrow fpear- 

 fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd one, which are 

 fmooth and entire ; the flowers terminate the ftalks 

 crowing in fpikes, they are of the Pea-bloflbm fhape, 

 and of a pale blue colour, and are difpofed in loofe 

 fpikes. They appear in June, and are fucceeded by ta- 

 per pods about one inch and a half in length, having 

 rowofkidney-ftiaped feeds, which ripen toward 





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the end of Auguft, 

 There is a variety of this with white flowers, and 

 another with variegated flowers, which have acciden- 

 tally been produced from feeds, fo are not conftant, 

 therefore are only mentioned here. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in Africa ; this dif- 

 fers from the forrrier, in having larger leaves, which 

 are compofed of eight or ten pair of lobes, broader 

 and blunter at their ends than thofe of the common 

 fort i the flowers are larger, and the fpikes are longer j 

 the feed-pods are alfo much thicker than thofe of the 

 common fort, but in other refpedts are very like it. 

 Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which may 

 be fown either in the fpring or autumn, upon a bed 

 of ground in an open fituation -, and when the plants 

 come i?p, they muft be kept clean from weeds till they 

 . are ftrong enough to remove ; then a Ipot of ground 

 fliould be prepared, in fize proportionable to the quan- 

 tity of plants defigned ; this Ihould be well dug, and 

 .cleared from the roots of all noxious weeds j then 

 the plants ihould be carefully taken up, and planted in 

 rows at a foot and a half diftance, and in the rows 

 one foot afunder, obferving to water them till they 

 Kave taken new root ; after which they will require 

 no farther care toTceep them clean from weeds, 

 which may be eafily done by hoeing of the ground fre- '' 

 quendy between the plants, and in the fpring the 

 ground between the rows fliould be dug, which will 

 encourage their roots, and caufe them to fhoot out 

 vigorous ftalks ; and if their ftalks are cut down be- 

 fore the feeds are formed every year, the roots will 

 continue the longer, efpecially if they grow on a 

 light dry foil. The feeds of thefe will grow where- 

 ever they are permitted to fcatter, fo that plenty of 

 the plants will come up without any care, and thefe 

 may be tranfplanted and managed in the fame man- 

 ner as is before direfted- 



The firft fort is ufed in medicine ; it is accounted 

 cordial, fudorific, and alexipharmic^ fo very good 

 againft peftilential diftempers, expelling the venom 

 through the pores of the fkin, and is of ufe in all 

 kinds of fevers. Mr. Boyle, in his treatife of the 

 Wholfomenefs and Unwholfomenefs of the Air, be- 

 flows three or four pages, in celebrating the virtues 

 of Goats-rue in peftilential and malignant difeafes,. 

 from his own obfervation and experience. ^ 



The third fort was difcovered by the late curious bo- 

 tanift Dr. William Houftoun, at Campeachy, from 

 vrhence he fent the feeds into Europe. This plant is 

 propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a hot- 

 bed early in the fpring; and when the plants come 

 ^P. and are fit to tranfplant, they muft be tranf- 

 planted each into a fcparate fmall pot, and plunged 

 into a hot^bed of tanners bark, fliading them from 

 the fun till they have taken new root; then they 

 muft be treated as hath been direfted for other 



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tender plants, which are kept in the bark-ftov?; 

 With this managetoent they will flower in July, and 

 in September they will perfect their feeds, but the 

 plants may be preferved through the wmtcr in the 

 bark-ftove. 



The fourth fort grows naturaly in Virginia and Caro- 

 lina ; this hath a perennial root, and an annual Italk 

 which rifes three feet high •, the lobes of the leaves 

 are oblong and oval, generally itvtn or nine to each 

 leaf: the whole plant is covered with a filvery down. 

 The fiov/ers are of a red colour, and arc produced in 



fpikes at the end of the branches : thefe are fucceeded 

 by fickle-ftiaped comprefled pods of a filvery colour, 

 containing one row of kidney-ftiaped feeds. 

 This plant, although it is tolerable hardy, yet it is 

 with difficulty prcferved in gardens ; for the feeds 

 rarely ripen in England, and the plants are often de« 

 ftroyed by froft in v/inter. The only method in which 

 I have been able to keep the plant, has been by pot- 

 ting them, and placing them in a common frame in 

 winter, where they enjoyed the free air in mild wea- 

 ther, but were protected from froft ^ in this way I have 

 kept the plant three years, but it has not ripened feeds 

 here. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Ceylon, and in many 

 parts of India, from whence I have received the 

 feeds. This fort was annual here, and decayed be- 

 fore the feeds were ripe. It hath an herbaceous ftalk^ 

 which rifes two feet high, garniftied with winged 

 leaves, compofed of eight or nine pair of oval lobes, 

 terminated bv an odd one ; the foot-ftalks of the 

 flowers come out oppofite to the leaves ; thefe fuftain 

 a long loofe fpike or thyrfe of fmall purple flowers, 

 which are fucceeded by flender ereft pods. 

 This may be cultivated in the fame way as the third 



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GALENIA. Lin. Gtn. Plant. 443. Sherardia. Ponte3. 

 Epift. 14. ' " ■ ' 



The title of this genus was given to it by Dr. Lin- 

 n^us, from the famous phyfician Galen. 



The Characters are. 

 The flower hath a fmall qucJrifid empalement of one 

 leaf'y it hath 7to petals, but hath eight hairy Jlhmina the 

 length of the empalement^ terminated by double fummits. 

 In the center is fituuted a roundiflo germen^ fuppWting 

 two reflexed ftyles^ crowned by fimple ftigmas. The em- 

 palement afterward becomes atpundip capfuk with twi> 

 cells ^ containing two oblonz anzular feeds.' ^ ■- ■ 



■ This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe<Slon 

 of Linnseus's eighth clafs, intitled Odan^fia Digyiiia,; 

 which includes thofe plants whofe flowers have eight 



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We know but one Species of th 

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Sherardia.. Ponted. Epift. 14. and the Atriplex Afri- 

 cana, lignofa frutefcens, rofmarini folfis. Hort. Pif; 

 20. Shrubby African woody Atriplex^ with Rofemar^ 

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This Ihrub grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and in other parts of Africa ; it rifes with a 

 Ihrubby llalk^abput four or five feet high, fending 

 out many weak branches, earniftied with very nar- 

 row leaves, which are placed irregularly on every 

 fide the branches -, they are of a light green, with a 

 furrow running longitudinally through the middle ; 

 -the fiowers are produced in loofe panjtles from the 

 fide and at the end of the branches ; they are very 

 fmall, and have ,nq petals, fo , make little appearance. 

 The flowers come out in July and Auguft, but are not 



fucceeded by feeds in England. . - 

 This plant will not live throijgh the winter in the 

 open air in England, fo muft^be placed in the green- 

 houfe, or under a frame, with other hardy exotic 

 plants, where it may haye^a large fli are of air in mild 

 weather, for it only requires to be protefted trom 

 froft. In the fumpier it may be expofed in the open 

 air, with other plants of the fame country,, and in dr/ 

 weather it muft be frequently watered. This maybe 



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