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irhe ninth fort grows naturally in Germany, from 

 whence the feeds were fent to the late Dr. Boerhaave, 

 in whofe curious garden near Lcyden I gathered the 

 feeds ; this fends out from a ligneous root a great 

 number of trailing ftalks, which are fmooth, and ex- 

 tend more than a foot each way, garnilbed with oval, 

 fpear-fliaped, fmooth leaves, placed oppofite, having 

 at their bafe three fpear-fhaped ftipula. The flowers 

 are large, yellow, and grow in fhort cludcrs at the 

 end of the branches-, this always continues the fame 



from feeds. 



The tenth fort grows naturally in Spain, from 



; whence I received it ; this hath a fhort, thick, woody 

 flalk, from which come out feveral Ihort fide- 



- branches, which are garnilhed with oval woolly leaves, 

 having three longitudinal veins. The flower- ftalk 

 which arifes from the main flem grows about nine 

 inches high, having two or three narrow. leaves placed 



: akernate.^The flowers are produced in pretty long pe- 

 dicles toward the top of the ftalk, and have very 

 fmooth empalements, " ' "- ' 



The eleventh fort was fent me from Verona, where 

 it grows naturally, this hath a low fhrubby ftalk, 

 from which come out a few fhort branches, garnifhed 

 with fmall woolly fpear-fliaped leaves, placed oppofite. 



■ The fiower-flalk rifes about fix inches high, and 

 'branches toward the top, where the flowers are pro- 

 duced on pretty long foot-ftalks -, they are white, and 

 fmaller than thofe of the common fort. 



■The twelfth fort hath long fhrubby flalks which 

 trail on the ground, and divide into many branches, 



■ which are garnifhed with oval veined leaves of a light 

 ,green on theiruppbr fide,but of a griayifh colour below, 

 with three narrow erect ftipula at their bafe. -The 



• flowers are pretty large, white, and grow in clutters 



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at the end of the branches. 

 ' ^The thirteenth fort hath fhrubby Halks which grow 

 • pretty upright, garnifhed with narrow fpear-fhaped 



leaves, placed oppofite, woolly 9n their under fide, 

 ■ with three very narrow ftipula growing at their bafe. 

 -The flowers are white, growing in long fpikes at the 



iendof the branched i this gr9ws naturally in the fouth 



' of France. 



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* The fourteenth fort liatK ah ere£t fhrubby ftalk. 



''which fen^s ollT many fide branches, whofe joints 

 are pretty clofe, and are garnifhed with very nar- 

 row leaves, placed oppofite, whofe borders are re- 

 flexed ; their upper fide is of a lucid green, and their 

 tinder fide hoary. The flowers are pretty large, white, 

 ' and grow in fmall clufters at the end of the branches; 

 . this grows naturally in Spain, from whence the roots 

 were fent me. "^-^ " 



The fifteenth fort w^as found by Mr. Edmund' Du 

 Bois, hear Croydon, in Surry, and was at firft fuppofed 

 " to be only an accidental variety of the common fort, 

 but the feeds of this always produce tfie fame. I 

 / have cultivated this above thirty years, and never have 

 found it vary from feeds ;^ this is" very like the com- 

 ■ mon fort, but the leaves arc hairy.. The petals of the 

 flowers are ftar-pointed, and fmaller than thofe of the 

 "■: common fort. ^.-^ .:;; s ":{'■■ : :>;^ v - ; 

 ^* The fixteenth fort hath upright fhrubby fialksj which 

 'rife 2. foot and a^half jiigh, fending out branches the 

 -' whole length J thefe are garnifiied with fmall fpear- 

 f fhaped filvery' leaves,- -placed oppofite, which are 

 ■^'imooth.' The flower-ftalks branch, and the flowers, 

 '"which arc w^hite, are produced in fhort fpikes at the 

 "end of the branches. ■»-;■ 





- The feventeenth fort was found growing naturally by 



'*the late Dr. William Sherrard, near Smyrna, who fent 



^'^the feeds to England •, this hath fhrubby ftalks' which 



r do not trail on the f^round, garnifhed with oblono- 



'/oval leaves placed oppofite, but tnofe toward the top 



are riarrow and placed alternate. The flowers are pro- 



ducccf at the end of the branches in long loofe fpikes ; 



.\ they are of aRofe colour, and the fize of thofe of the 



common fort, : ■ 



. The eighteenth fort is annual ; this grows naturally 

 in France, Spain, Italy, and in Jerfcy, where the late 

 Dr. William Sherrard found it, and fent the feeds to 



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I England ; this hath a branching herbaceous flalk 

 which rifes four or five inches high, garniflicd wi^ii 

 narrow fpear-fl:iaped leaves, placed oppofire, which 

 are covered with hairs; thofe on the u::;pcr pari: of 

 the ftalks are placed alternate, and are nnrrower. Tl-e 

 flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the trid of the 

 branches, ftanding upon long foor-ftalks ; th.ey arc 

 fmall, and compoled of five yellow petals, with a dark 

 purple fpot at the bafe of each ; thefe flowers are very 

 . fugacious, for they open early in the morning, and 

 their petals drop off in a few hours after, ib that b- 

 ten of the clock the flowers are all fallen. 

 The nineteenth fort grows naturally upon Mount 

 Baldus, from whence the feeds were fcnt'me ; rhis i ; 

 an annual plant, which fends out many herbaceous 

 ftalks from the root, garnifhed with oval leaves, which 

 are hairy. ' The flowers are produced in loofe fpikes 

 at the end of the branches ; they are of a pale vellcw 

 colour, and very fugacious, feldom kfting tv/o' hours 



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before the petals fall off: there _ ^^^ 



this which grows about Verona, with upriaht ftalks. 

 r The twentieth fort grows naturally in the fouth of ' 

 - France and Italy, and was found by the late Dr. Wil- 

 liam Sherrard, grov/ing near Smyrna, who knt the feeds 

 to England and Holland by a new title, fuppofing ic 

 to be a different plant-, but when it was cultivated here 

 . it proved to be the fame with that growing in the 

 fouth of France -, for this plant puts on different ap- 

 pearances, according to the foil and ficuation where ic 

 grows; for, in a good foil, where the plants ftand 

 lingle, and are not injured by weeds, they will rife 

 near a foot and a half high, the leaves will be two 

 mches and a half long, and near half an incli broad 

 'in the iniddle • but in a poor foil, or v/here the plants 

 ^ftand too clofe, or are injured by weeds or neio-hbour- 

 j-'ing plants, they do not rife more than half that;' 

 'height. The leaves are"much narrower, and the feed- 

 ..vefTels not half fo large ; fd that any perfon findino- 

 thefe plants in two different fituations may be de- 

 ceived, and take them for different fpecies : but when 

 they are cultivated in a garden in the fame foil and fi- 

 tuation, they do not differ in any particular. This is 

 an annual plant, which perifhes foon after the feeds 

 are ripe. ^ • '> ■ 



■-The tiventy-firft fort Is an annual plant, which grows 

 naturally in Spain and Portugal •, this hath branching 



.'ftalks^ which rife a foot high, garnifhed with oval 

 oblong leaves placed oppofite on the lower part of 



* the ftalk ; but on the upper part they are alternate 

 and narrow, a fingle leaf being placed between each 

 flower, which occafions the title of Solitary Flowers, 

 for they grow in loofe fpikes at the end of the 

 branches, in the fame manner as the other fpecies. 

 The twenty-fecond fort was fent me by Dr. Adrian 

 Van Royen, who received the feeds from the Capecf 



' Good Hope. This rifes with a ftirubby ftalk about 

 nine inches high, garnifhed with very narrow 'fine ' 



. leaves, growing in clufters ; the flowers come out from 

 the fide and at the end of the branches, ftanding upoa 

 flender foot-ftalks ; tbey are of a pale Straw colour, 

 and very fugacious, feldom continuing longer thaa 



' two hours before the petals fall off. This feldom 

 continues longer than two years. . ' '■ 



-The twenty-third fort grows naturally in Egypt; 



•• this is an annual plant having flirubby ered ftalks, 

 garnlflied with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, ftanding 

 on foot-ftalks ; the upper part of the ftalks are adorned 

 with white flowers, whofe petals are hot fo large as^the 



' empalement, and being very fugacious they make 

 but little appearance : it flowers in July, and the feeds 

 ripen in September, fbon after which the plants decay. 



.The twenty-fourth fort'grows' naturally about Ken- 

 .dal in Weftmoreland, and in fomc parts of Lanca- 



* fhire, upon rocky fituations. This hath trailing her- 

 baceous ftalks, which feldom extend more than three 

 or Jour inches, garniflied with oval leaves, which 

 are very woolly, and lit clofe to the branches; 



* the flowers are produced at the upper part of the 

 branches j they are white and fmall^ fo make no great 





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