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yf'j^;ij ir//^ ^ very large and rounder kaf^ and a nodding 



flower, 

 A Geum {Mcnlanum) flore erefto folitario fru6tu oblongo, 



ariftis plumofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 501. Geum with a 



fuiTje upright flower^ end an oblong fruit with feathery 



beards, Caryophyllata montana flore luteo magno. J. 



B. 2. p. 398- Mountain Avens with a large yellow 



flcwer. 

 Geum {Alptnum) flore folitario eredlo, fru£lu globofo, 



ariftis tenuioribus nudis. Geufn with a Jingle ere£l 

 flower,, and a globular fruit 'with narrower naked beards, 

 Caryophyllata alpina minor. C. B. P. 322. Smaller 



Alpine Jvens. 

 6. Geum (Virginianum) floribus ere6tis, frudlu globofo, 

 ariftis uncinatis nudis, foliis ternatis. Hort. Clifi: 195. 

 Geum with upright flowers^ a globular fruit with naked 

 beards and trifoliate leaves, Caryophyllata Virginiana, 

 albo flore minore, radice inodora, H. L. in. Vir- 

 ginia Avens with a fniallcr white flower^ and a root 



without f cent, ^ 



The firft fort grows plentifully by the fide of hedges, 

 and in woods, in moft parts of England, fo is rarely 

 admitted into gardens. This ftands in the lifl: of 

 medicinal plants ; the root is the only part ufed, 

 which is efteemed cephalic and alexipharmic, and is 

 manifeftly of a binding nature, fo is ufeful in all 



fluxes, &c. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in moifl: meadows 



in the northern parts of England. This is of an hum- 

 bler growth than the firfl:, the lower leaves have two 

 pair of fmall lobes at bottom, and three large ones at 

 the top, that which terminates being the largefl:. The 

 leaves upon the ftalks are compofed of three acute 

 lobes which fit clofe to the ftalk ; the flowers are of a 

 purplilh colour, and nod on one fide j they appear in 

 May, and the feeds ripen in July. 

 The third fort grows upon the Alps, and alfo on 

 the mountains in the north ; this hath fome refem- 

 blance to the fecond, but the leaves are much 



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larger and rounder, and are indented on their edges ; 

 the flowers are larger and of a gold colour. This 

 flowers about the fame time as the fecond. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally upon the Alps -, this 

 hath leaves much larger than either of the other fpe- 

 cies ; the lower leaves are compofed of three or four 

 pair of fmall irregular pinnae fet along the midrib, 

 which is terminated by one very broad roundilh lobe. 



which is crenated 



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large, of a bright yellow colour, ftanding fingle on 

 the top of the ftalk, which feldom rifes more than 

 five or fix inches high. It flowers in May and June. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally on the Alps ; it is a 

 very low plant, the flower-ftalks are about three 

 inches long, and bend on one fide ; they are each ter- 

 minated by one bright yellow flower, about the fize 



. of thofe of the common fort. This flowers about the 

 fame time as the former. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in North America *, 

 the ftalks of this Tort rife a foot arid a half or two 

 feet high, and branch out at the top into fmall foot- 

 ftalks, each being terminated by a fmall white flower ; 

 the leaves of this fort are trifoliate, and the root 

 has no fcent. Thefe are all very hardy plants which 

 require a fliady fituation, but will thrive in any foil ; 

 they may be eafily propagated by feeds, which fliould 



= be fown in autumn ; for when they are fown in the 

 ^^'^g^ *^hey do not grow the fame year. ' . 



GILLIFLOWER, or JULY-FLOWER. See 



DlANTHUS. 



GILLIFLOWER, or S TOG K-G I LLL 

 FLOWER. See Cheiranthus. 



GILLIFLOWER, the Queen's or Dame's Vi- 

 olet. See Hesperis. 

 GINGER. See Amomum. 

 GINGIDIUM. See Artedia. 

 GLADE is an open and light paflage made through 



a wood, by lopping off the branches of trees along 

 that way. 



GLADIOLUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 55, Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H, 365. tab. 1 90. [takes its name of Gladius, Lat. 



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fword i q. d. little fword ; becaufe the leaves of thi'j 

 plant refemble a fword.] Cornfiag i in French, Glaicul 



The Characters arc, 



The flowers are included in fhcaths,, which ftand at a 



diftancefrom each other j the petal of the flower is cut into 



fix parts,, three of the upper are near together^ the three 



under fpread cpeny but they aliform aflwrt incurved tube 



with their bafe ; they have three awl-fhaped ftamina^ 



which are infertedinto every other petals and all of them 



afcend to the upper petals^ and are terininated by oblon<f 



fummits. The gerrnen is fituated below the flower^ fiip- 



for ting a Jingle ftyle the length of the ftamina^ crowned 



by a concave trifid ftigma. The germen afterzvard 



becomes an oblongs fweliing^ ihree-cornered capfule^ with 



three cells ^ opening with three valves,, filled with roundifh 



feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fed:ion of 

 Linnaius*s third clafs, intitled Triandria Monogynia, 

 which includes thofe plants whofe flowers have three 

 ftamina and one ftyle; 



The Species are, 



1. Gladiolus {Communis) foliis enfiformibvis, floribus 

 . diftantibus, Lin. Sp. Plant. 36. Cornflag with Sword- 



Jhaped leaves and flowers ftanding at a diftance. Gladio- 

 lus floribus uno verfu difpofitis. C. B. P. 41. Corn- 

 flag with flowers difpofed on one fide the ftalk. 



2. Gladiolus (Italicus) foliis enfitbrmibus, floribus an- 

 cipitibus. Cornflag with fword Jhaped leaveSy and flowers 



ftanding on both Jides the ftalk. Gladiolus utrinque 

 floribus. C. B. R 41. Cornflag with flowers on each 

 fide the ftalk. ' , . 



Gladiolus (Byzantinus) foliis enfiformibus, fpathis 

 longioribus. Cornflag with fword-Jhaped leaves and 

 longer fheaths to the flowers. Gladiolus major Byzan- 

 tinus. C. B. P. 41. Greater Cornflag of Byzantium.' 



Gladiolus {Indicus) foliis enfiformibus, floribus 

 maximis incarnatis. Cornflag with fw or d-fh aped leaves^ 

 and very large incarnate flowers, 'Gladiolus maximus 

 Indicus. C. B. P. 41. Greateft Indian Cornflag, 



Gladiolus {Anguftis) foliis linearibus floribus dif- 

 tantibus, corollarum tubo limbis longiore. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 



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37. Cornflag with very narrow leaves^ flowers 

 ftanding at a diftance from each other,, and the tube longer 

 than the margins of the petal. Gladiolus Africanus, 

 folio gramineo, floribus carneis, maculam rhomboi- 



^ deam infcriptis uno verfu pofitis. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2, 

 127. African Cornfiag,^ with a graffy leaf and flefh-co- 

 loured flowers^ ^narked with a purple rhomboid fpot ranged 

 all on one fide the ftalk. . .> , 



6. Gladiolus (STn/w) foliis lineari cancellatis corplHs 



campanulatis. Cornflag with very narrow channelled 

 leaves-, and a ftalk bearing bell-fhaped flower si ^ Li- 

 lio-Gladiolus bifolius & biflorus, foliis qiiadrangulis. 



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. The firft fort grows naturally in arable land in moft 



. of the warm countries in Europe', and was formerly 

 cultivated in the Englifti gardens, where theroots 



have multiplied fo greatly as to become a iiibft trou* 

 blefome weed, and are very difficult to eradicate ; 

 this hath a round, compreflTed, tuberous root, which is 

 of a yellowifti colour, covered with a brown fur- 

 rowed ikin, like thofe of the large yellow vernal Cro- 

 cus J from the root arife two flat fword-fhaped leaves, 

 which embrace each other at their bafe, and between 



^ thefe arife the flower-ftalk, which grows near two feet 

 high, having one or two narrow leaves embracing it 

 like a flieath ; the ftalks are terminated by five or fix 



. purple flowers, ftanding above each other at fome 

 diftance, and ranged on one fide of the ftalk ; each 

 of thefe has a fpatha (or flieath) which covers the 

 flower-bud before it expands, but fplits open length- 

 ways when the flowers blow, and fnrivel up to a dry 

 fkin, remaining about the feed-velTel till the feeds 

 are ripe. The flower hath one petal, which is cut 

 almoft to the bottom in fix parts, fo as to appear like 

 a flower of fix petals ; the three upper fegments ftand 

 near together, and rife like a labiated flower \ the under 

 one turns dowHward, and the two fide fegments form 

 the chaps of the flower, and fpread open at the top, 



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