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together upon very long foot- ftalks ; there Is a fuc- 

 ceffion of thcfe during all the fummer months, and 

 the feeds ripen accordingly about a month after the 

 flowers are fallen : there is a variety of this fort which 

 has a dark circle in the middle of the leaves, which is 

 mentioned as a diftind fpecies, but I find it is apt to 



vary from feeds. 



The thirty-fourth fort hath a very fhort flefliy flalk, 

 which divides near the ground into feveral heads, each 

 havino- many leaves, which arife on feparate foot- 

 ilalks from the heads ; thefe are hcart-Hiaped, foft, 

 and downy, and have a ftrong fcent like Anifeed ; 

 from thefe heads come out feveral (lender ftalks near 

 a foot in length, which lie proftrate on th 



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and are garnifhed with rounder leaves than rhofe near 

 the root, but are of the fame texture, and have the 

 like odour. The flowers are produced from the fide 

 of thefe ftalks, three, four, or five ftanding together 



■ upon (lender foot-ftalks; they are very fmall and 

 white, fo make little appearance, but the plant is pre- 



• fcrved in gardens for the fcent of its leaves. 



The thirty-fifth fort hath a thick, roundifh, tuberous 

 root, from which arife feveral hairy leaves, which are 

 finely divided, almoft like thofe of the Garden Carrot ; 

 thefe fpread near the ground, and between thefe come 



■ out the ftalks, which rife about a foot high, 'which 

 are garniftied v/ith two or three leaves of the fame fort 

 with thofe below, but are fmaller, and fit clofer to the 



■ ftalks ; from thefe arife two or three naked foot-ftalks, 

 ■/which are terminated by a bunch ofyellowifli flowers, 

 . marked with dark purple fpbts, which fmell very fweet 



■ after the fun hath left them ; thefe are frequently fuc- 

 , cceded by feeds, which ripen in autumn. This is the 



fort which has been long cultivatecl in the gardens, 



and is known by the title of Geranium noftu olens, 



or Ni^ht-fcented Crane^s-bilL 



The thirty-fixth fort hath a knobbed tuberous root like 



the laft, from which come out feveral pretty large ■ 

 ; leaves, compofed of many lobes, fet along the mid- 

 • ' rib in the form of a winged leaf-, thefe are narrow at 

 , /their bafe, but are very much enlarged at their ends, 



which are rounded, and cut all along their fide 



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''and top into many acute points ; the ftalks which 



fuftain the flowers arife immediately from the root, 



*and fometimes have one or two fmall leaves tov/ard 



■the bottom, where they often divide into two naked 



foot-ftalks, each being terminated by a bunch of pale 



* reddifti flowers, which fmell fweet at night. 

 The thirty-feventh fort hath oblong tuberous roots, 



;from which come out feveral decompounded winged 

 leaves, ending in many acute points; the fegments of 

 thefe leaves are broader than thofe of the thirty-fifth 

 Ibrt, and the leaves are very hairy. The ftalks rife 

 ''afoot and a half high, which are garnilhed with a 

 ^lingle leaf at the two lower joints; thele iire fingly 

 ■'winged, and the lobes are narrow, ftanding at a wider 

 ■diftance, and the fegments are more acute than thofe 

 ^7 of the lower leaves ; a't the two lower knots or joints, 

 'arife two long naked foot-ftalks, each being termi- 

 nated by a bunch of yellowilh flowers, which have long 

 'tubes, and fmell fw^et in the evening' when tne fun 

 ^has left them. This grows naturally at the Cape of 



* Good Hope. 



The thirty-eighth fort hath a tuberous root like the 

 ■'forrher, from which fpring out many hairy leaves, 

 'Which are finely divided like thofe of the Pulfatilla, 

 "which have a hoary appearance, and rife immediately 

 from the root, fpreading on every fide near the ground. 

 The foot-ftalk of the' flower is naked, and rifes from 

 the root; this grows about nine inches high, and is 

 terminated by a loofe bunch of flowers, which are of 



a very dark purple colour, and fmell fweet in the 



■evenino:. 



The thirty-ninth fort hath flefby tuberous roots like 

 thole of the former forts, from which come out three 

 or four broad^ leaves, divided on their borders into 

 feveral lobes, in form of a Vine leaf; thefe fpread flat 

 on the ground ; they are hairy, and crenated on their 

 '^dges, ftanding upon fl-iort foot-ftalks. The foot- 

 ftalks of the flowers arife immediately from the root, 



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and grovA about a foot high ; they are naked, and are 

 terminatcdby abunch of d:>rkpL:rple flowers, withlong 

 tubes, fitting clofe to the fout-ilalks, which have a 

 very agreeable odour in the evenino-. 



The four firft forts of tiiberous-rooted Crane's-bill, are 

 by Linns^us fuppofed to be but one fpecies; bur I have 

 propagated them from^ feeds feveral times, and luive 

 never found either of them vary from their parent 

 plants, fo I m.ake no doubt of their being diftinft fpe- 

 cies, for their difference of leaves is as great as in 

 of the other fpecies. 

 The fortieth fort is an annual plant, which srov/s na- 

 turally ar the Cape of Good Hope ; this rifes with 

 herbaceous branching ftalks near a foot high, which 

 are garni(hed with doubly- winged leaves at each joint; 

 the lower lea\TS ftand upon long foot-ftalks, but thofe 

 on the upper part fit clofe to tlie ftalks. The flowers 

 ft-and upon naked foot-ftalks, which proceed from the 

 fide of the ftalks, on the oppofitc fide to the leaves ; 

 they grow three or four together upon fliort feparate 

 foot-ftalks ; thefe are ftiaped fomewhat like a papili- 

 onaceous flower; the two upper petals, which are 

 large, form a kind of ftandard, the other three petals 

 are narrow, and reflexed downward ; they are of a 

 pale flefli colour, appearing in July, and the feeds 

 ripen in September, foon after which the plants 

 decay. ■ . 



, The forty-firft fort hath a pretty thick tuberous root, 

 from which is fent out feveral irregular ftalks, v/hich 



. divide into branches, and grow difl'ufed; thefe have 

 fvvelling joints, and are' fomewhat ligneous ; they are 

 garniftied with one double winged leaf at each of the 

 joints, and oppofite to the leaves come out the foot- 

 ftalks of the flowers ; thofe which are fituared on the 

 lovv-erpart of the ftalk, are very long and naked, but 

 . thofe which terminate the branches are'fhbrter, and 

 have one or two fmall leaves fet at their bafei'thefc 

 . foot-ftalks are terminated by a fmall bunch of flowers, 



. ftiaped like thofe of the fonr.er fort, but larger, and 

 of a paler colour ; thefe continue in fucce(non moft 

 part of the fummer : this and the former fort are fup- 

 pofed to be the fame by Dr. Linnseus, but the former^ 

 is an annual plant in every country,' perifliing foon 

 after the feeds are perfeded, and the latter is aa 

 abiding plant with ligneous ftalks. 

 The forty-fecond fort is a biennial plant, which grov/s 

 naturally at the Cape of Good Hope ; this fends out 

 a great num.ber of very flender trailing ftalks, which 

 are proftrate on the ground, and extend a foot and a 

 half in length, garniflied with fmall,' roundifti,' hand- . 

 ftiaped leaves^, ^whjch are crenated on their edges. 

 The flowers jit "gpon ftiort flender foot-ftalks, which 

 come out at every Joint 'from the fide ofthe ftalks ; 

 they ard very fmall, and of 'a feddifti colour ; fome- 

 times they are iinglCj^^anyat 'other titnes there are 

 two or three flowers upon a foot-ftalk. They con- 

 tinue in fucceflion all the fummer, and the feeds ripen 

 in about five weeks after the flowers decay. ■ ••'- ^^ 

 The forty-third fort hatha ftirubby ftalk, "which rifes 

 to" the height of four or five feet, fending' oiit'^ feveral 

 branches, which are garniftied with oblong leaves^ 

 indented, and unequally fawed on their edges ; the 

 flowers ftand upon long foot-ftalks, which come out 

 from the fide of their branches ; they are large, of a 



■ red colour, and the two upper petals are larger than 

 the other; this fort flowers in June and July. • ' 

 The forty-fourth fort grows naturally in' the" ifle of 

 Chio in the Levant. This is an annual plant, 'which 

 fends out feveral branches a foot long; the lower leaves 

 are almoft heart- ftiaped, but thofe on the branches 



■ are formed in the ftiape of an ancient lyre. Thefe are 

 placed alternate on the branches"; the foot-ftalks of 

 flowers are produced on the fide of the branches, tfiefe 

 are fix inche's long, fuftaining many bright purple 

 flowers at the top, which are fucceeded each by five 

 feeds, having long flender beaks ; thefe ripen in five 

 or fix wrecks after the flowers fall away, and if they 

 are permitted to fcatter, the young plants will come 

 tip in the autumn; and if the winter is favourable, 

 they will live iri the open air, fo will flower early" th^ 



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