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 <J'be ^c-"'^'^'^ ^^'^'-^ ^ ptrwancn!^ angnkr^ bell-Jhaped em- 

 pcler.ient, cut into five parts at the top. It hat b five oval 

 Hvnt petals, which fpread open, and ten awl-Jhaped fia- 

 fftpi^y terminated by roundifi fummits. In the center is 

 fituaUd a globular germen, fupporting two /lender fiyks^ 

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 This t^enus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linnseus's tenth dafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have ten ftamina and two ftyles. 

 The Species are, 

 J GvPSorHYLA {Aggregata) foliis mucronatis recurva- 

 ' tis, floribus aggregatis. Lin. Sp. Plant 



in a head. ^Lychnis Hifpanica kali 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 338. Spanifij Lychnis with a Glajf 

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foliis lanceolato-lineari- 



bus obfolete triquetris lasvibus obtufis fecundis. 

 Lin! Sp. Plant, 407. Gypfophyla with narrow fpear- 

 fkaped leaves^ having three blunt angles^ and fniooth ob- 

 tufe leaves in clufters. Saponaria caule fimplici, foliis 

 lincaribus ex alis foliorum confertis teretibus. Hort. 

 Cliff. 166. Sopezvort with a fmgle ftalk^ very narrow 

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3. GvpsopHYLA (Projlrata) tolas lanceoiatis lasvibus, 

 caulibus diffufis, piftillis corolla campanulata longio- 

 . ribus. Lin! Sp. Plant. App. 1195. Gypfophyl 



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fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves^ dtffufed ftalks. 

 longer ti?an the petal, which is bell-Jhaped. 

 Gypsophyla {Perfoliata) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, fe- 

 miamplexicauUbus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 408. Gypfophyla 

 with oval fpear-floaped leaves, half embracing the ftalks. 

 Lychnis Orientalis, faponariae folio & facie, florepar- 



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5. Gypsophyla (Paniculata) foliis lanceoiatis fcabris, 



... floribus dioicis corollis revolutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



407. Gypfophyla with rough, fpear-Jhaped leaves, male 

 ■^ and female in different plants, and the petals of the 

 ^ fton^m recurved. ^ Alfine frutefcens caryophylli folio, 



flore parvo albo. Gerb. Shrubby Chickweed with a Clove 



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' Spaln,^ and Italy, upon the mountains. • This hath 



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 in clulters ; the upper part of the Ita^k divides into 

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 bunch of fmall white flowers. Thefe appear in Julv, 

 and arc fucceedcd by fmall oval capfulcs, filled with 

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The fecond fort is fomewhat like the firft, but the 

 leaves are much narrower, and almofl: three-cor- 

 nered ; they are placed in clufters, which come out 

 from the ilde of the ftalk ; the bunches of the 

 flowers are fmaller, and not fo clofely joined. This hath 

 a perennial root, and grows naturally upon the Hel- 

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The third fort hatha perennial root, from which arife 

 fmooth fpcar-fhaped leaves in clufters ; the ftalks are 

 near a foot long, but are proftrate on the ground -, 

 the flowers have a purplifli caft, and theftamina are 

 much longer than the petals of the flowers. This 

 flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripeii in 

 autumn. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in the Levant, and 

 alfo in Spain. It hath aftrong, flefliy, fibrous root, 

 which ftrikes deep in the ground, fending up feveral 

 thick, flefliy ftalks, which rife near two feet high, 

 garniftied with oval fpear-fliaped leaves, which half 

 embrace the ftalks with their bafe •, the upper part of 

 the ffalk divides Into many fmaller branches, which 

 are terminated with loofe bunches of fmall white 

 flowers! Thefe open In July, and the feeds ripen in 

 autumn. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Siberia andTartary, 

 the feeds of it were fent me from Peterfburgh." This 

 hath a perennial root, from which arife many branch- 

 ing ftalks a Foot and a half high,' garnilhed with 

 narrow fmooth-pointed leaves, fhaped like thofe of 

 Gilliflowers; at the top of the ftalks are produced 

 loofe clufters of very fmall white flowers, which ap- 

 pear at the fame time with the former forts, and the 

 feeds ripen in the autumn. 



Thefe plants have no great beauty, fo are rarely cul- 

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They are propagated by feeds, which Ihould be fown 

 in a bed of light earth, and when the plants are fit to 

 remove, they may be tranlplanted into the places where 

 they are defigned to remain, and will requireno other 

 culture but to keep tnem clean rrom weeds ; for the 



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^ MAN THUS. Tourn. Inft. R, R 657, 

 tab. 433. Lin. Gen. Plant. 394. Dracunculoi- 

 des. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 226, L.x»f««,i,vsj^, 

 rjt*a, blooci, and ''Avfl©^, flos, a flower, 1. e. 

 Blood-flower.] 



^ The Characters are, , .. \ 

 The flower has a permanent empalement of fix l 

 is large, and fhaped like an umbel I^ bath on 

 which is cut into fix partSy having afhort a 

 and fix awl-fbaped ftamina^ which are infer ted 





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This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 

 Linnseus's fixth clafs, Entitled Hexandria Monogynia, 

 which includes the plants whofe flowers have fix fta- 

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