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HER 



{trep^psd like the male^ hut v) ant flam 

 roundtflj germen, fuf porting three Jlendt 

 hy acute ftigynas. The eivpalemcnt aftt 

 large^ fwollen, cblong fruity perforated 

 dofing one hard globular nut, 

 I'his o-enus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 

 Linn^us's twcnty-fi ft clals, incitkd Monoccia Tri- 

 andria, which includes thofe plants which have male 

 ■ and femak flowers in the fame plant, whofe male 

 flowers have three ftamina. ^ ^ ^ 



-'•We have but one Species of this ' " 



land, viz. ■ - _ 



Hernandia (Scnora) foliis peltatis. Hort. Cliff. 485. 

 tab. 1^. Hernandia amplo hederic folio umbilicato. 

 Plum Hernandia with a large umbilicated Ivy leafy com- 



JVeft-IndieSy J, 



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the Weft 

 Tack-in-a 



HE 



4. Herniaria {Fruti.cfa) caulibus fruticofis, floribus 

 quadnfidis. Amosn. Acad. 4. p. 369. Rupturewort 

 with ligneous ftalks and qmdrifid flcivcrs. Herniaria 

 fruticofa, viclculis lignofis. C. B. P. 382. 

 The two firit forts grow naturally in England, but 

 not very common ; they are low trailing plants, their 

 branches lying on the ground, and extend feven or 

 eight inches each way; they have leaves like the 

 fmaller Chickweed, the firft is fmooth, and thofe of 

 the fecond 



are 



hairy 



the flowers come out in 



npc 



and the nut in the infide becomes hard ; fo that when 

 the wind blows through the fruit, it makes a whittling 





* noife, which may be heard at a diftance ; fom whence, 

 I fuppofe, the inhabitants gave this name to the 

 plant. It grows in the gullies, where there are rills of 



water. \ ^ . 



' In Europe this plant is preferved in curious gardens, 



with other tender exotic plants. It is propagated by 



fowing the feeds in a hot-bed jn the fpring j and when 



the plants have arifen two inches high, they Ihould be 



. tranfplanted each into a feparate pot, filled with frelh 



rich earth, and plunged into tlie hot-bed again, ob- 



ferving to water and fhade them until they have taken 



" root -, afcer which time they muft have air admitted 



: to them, (by raifing the glaflfes) in proportion to the 



warmth of the air, or the heat of the bed in which 



* they are placed ; and ihould be frequently wa- 

 y tered, otherwife they will not thrive.' As the plants 



advance, they fliould be removed into larger pots, 

 •■„ which (hould be filled with rich earth ; but in doing 

 ' this, you fhould be very Careful not to break the 

 roots, as alfo to prcferve a' good ball of earth to 

 ' them; 'and if their leaves fhould hang after being 

 ' removed, the plants muft be fcreened from the fun 

 ■^ 'r^titil they have taken new root. The beft time to 

 : ihift thefe plants is in July, that they may be \ycll 



* rooted before the cold approaches-, the plants muft 

 •be conftantljr kept in the bark-ftove : in winter they 



{Kould have a moderate fhare of heat, and in the 



clufters from the fide of the ftalks at the joints ; 

 they are fmall, and of a yellowilh green, fo make no 

 appearance. ■ 



The fourth fort hath fhrubby ftalks which trail up- 

 on the ground, garniflicd with fmall hairy leaves 



like the fecond fort ; the flowers are alfo very like 

 that. . • ' ' ; ' 



The third fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 

 turally in France and Italy. This doth not fpread 

 fo much as either of the other forts, but the flowers 

 and leaves are fomev/hat like the firft, but larger. 

 Thefe plants are feldom cultivated, but in botanic 

 gardens for the fake of variety. The three firft are 

 annual plants, feldom continuing longer than one 

 year; and nhuft be permitted to flied their feeds, 

 .whereby they are better preferved than if fown with 

 ^art. The fourth fort is an abiding plant, which may 



-be propagated by cuttings; but as they are plants 

 of no beauty, they are rarely preferved in gardens. 

 The firft fort is whaxfliould be ufed in the ihops, but 

 is rarely fcen in London, the herb-women commonly 

 bringing the Parfley Breakftone to the markets, which 

 isfold infteadof this plant. • • .- " • /.' 



HESPERIS. Tourn. Inft. R. H.^ 222. tab.^108. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 751. ffome derive the name of this 

 plant from Hefperia, Italy, from whence the people 

 were anciently called Hefperides ; but it is pretty 

 plain, that the name was taken from "Eo-Trfp©^, be- 

 caufe the flower commonly fmells moft in an even- 

 ing; either of thefe may be admitted. It is called 

 Viola Matronalis, becaufe it refembles the Violet, and 

 was at firft cultivated by women.] Dame's Violet, 

 Rocket, or Queen's Gilliflower ; m French, Juliane^ 

 ovjuliene. ' , 



The Characters are. 

 The flower is compofed of four oblong petals in form of 

 a crofsy whofe bafe or tails are narrow ^ and are Jituated 

 in a four-leaved empalementy which falls away.. It hath 

 fix awl-fhaped ftamina^ four of them as lon^ as the 



fum'merlhey^muft have plenty of air in hot weather. [ tube of the flower^ 'and two much Jhorter^ tlrnunated by 

 ''" ' ' * - - ... . tiArrow ereSi fummitSy reflexed at their pointsVJf hath a 



With 



■'^height of fixteen feet or more, and the leaves being }>oney'glafid Jituated between the two fhort flamina^ and 

 very large, will make a beautiful appearance in the I a four-cornered germen the l^^gth of jhj ftamina^ but no 



' " "^ *" ' ' * fiyky the oblong ere£l ft igma fitting on the germen\ the 



ftigma is divided into two parts^ which join at their 

 points. * The germen afterward becomes a plain^ long^ 



'[ ■ ftove." It hath not as yet flowered in England, though 

 ; we may expeft fome of the large plants to flower in a 



^fhorttime. ?"K:rr.; '^'\^.>; *..^ :r ' " ."; ''!;*:>^ 



* 

 b 



Rupturewort; -*^ • - > "' " ' ■ -.-*y' 





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HERNIARIA. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 507. tab. 228. . comprejfed pod with two cellsy divided by an int^^ 

 '-Lin. Gen. Plant, 272. [of i/i?r?//^>^Lat._ abrupture.] partitign^ incloftng many oval compreffedfeeds.\^^,^^^^^ 

 ' "" ^ ■ - This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 



of Linn^us's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamla Si- 

 liquofa, the flowers having four long and two fhort 

 lamina, and are fucceeded by long pods. ; ; 

 The Species are, 



1. Hesperis (Matronalis) caule fimplici erefto, foliis 

 ovato-lanceolatis denticulatis, petalis mucrone emar- 



" ginatis. Lin. Sp. 927. Darnels Violet wtth afingle ere£t 

 ft alky cvaly fpear-fhapedy indented leaves^ and the petals 

 of the flowers indented at the tcp,_ Hefperis hortcnfis, 

 flore purpureo. C. B. P. 202. Garden Rocket with a 



■ purple flower. '-' ■ .- / : - * . ' ■ 



2. PIesperis {Jlba) caule fimplici eredlo, foliis lanceo- 

 latis ferratis, petalis integns. Darnels Violet with aftngle 

 upright flalk^ fpear-fhaped flawed leaves:, and the petals of 

 the flower entire. Hefperis hortenfis flore candido. 

 C. B. P. 202.' Garden Rocket with a white flower. 



3. Hesperis (Inodcra) caule fimplici erefto, foliis fub- 

 haftatis dentatis petalis obtufis. Lin. Sp. 727. Darnels 



Violet with afingle upright flalk^ halbert-fljaped^ in- 



dentedy cbtufe leaves and petals. Hefperis fylveftrisin- 



odora. C. B, P. 202. Unfavoury wild Rocket. 



■' The Characters are, .,; : ': C^^ ;..: -^^ ' 



^ The flower hath no petals^ dut a coloured cmj^ui^cmcm 



-of one leaf cut into five parts which fpiredi open..:. It 



r^hathfive fmall awt-fhaped ftamina^' fttuated in the divi- 



\ Jons of the empalement^ terminated -h fi^g^^ fummits-, 

 ^and five others which are barren^ jlaced alternately be- 

 tween them. In the center ^is an oval germen with two 

 '• ftigmdSy which have acute points ; the germen afterward 

 • turns to a fmall capfule inclofed in the empalement^ having 

 cne oval-pointed feed. ' V . ': / ; > ;- : ';- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the, fecond fedtion 

 of Linnseus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Digynia, 

 which irx:ludes the plants whofe flowers have five fta- 

 mina and two ftyles. . , 

 The Species are, ' 



Smooth Rupturewort. 



J 



Rough or hairy Rupturewort. 

 Herniaria (Aljinesfoli 



futa) hirfuta herbacea. J 



kwecd leaf 



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