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IS a rnccciTion of flov;ers which open daily for a con-| clofirig a hard fiieil which opens in five cells, crTch 

 fiderable time, fo that a few of thefe plants may be 

 allowed a place in every curious garden. 

 It rifcs with a branching ftalk a foot and a half 

 high, having many Ihort fpines which are foft, and 

 do not appear unlefs clofely viewed : the leav-es are 

 divided into three lobes, which are deeply jagged al- 

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mod: to the midrib; thefe jags areoppofite 

 fegmcnts are obtufe ; the flowers come out at 

 joints of die ftalks upon pretty long foot-ftalks, hav- 

 ing a double empalement, the outer being compofed 

 of ten long narrow leaves, which join at their bafe-, 

 the inner is of one thin leaf, fwoUen like a bladder, 

 ciit into five acute fegments at the top, having many 

 longitudinal purple ribs, and is hairy j both thefe arc 

 t5ermanent, and inclofe the capfule after the flower is 

 pafl:. 'The flov/er is compofed of five obtufe petals, 



, which fpread open at the top, the lower part forming 

 an open bell-lhaped flower ; thefe have dark purple 

 bottoms, but are of a pale fulphur colour above, 

 having the ftamina'and apices joined in a column in 

 the center ; after the flower is pafi:, the germen turns 

 to a blunt capfule opening in five cells, which are 

 filled with fmall kidney-fliaped feeds. It flov/ers in 

 June, July, and Augull, and the feeds ripen about a 

 month after. This fort is propagated by feeds, which 

 Ihould be fown where the plants are defigned to re- 

 main, for they do not bear ' tranfplanting well ; if 

 the feeds are fown in autumn, the plants will come 



'up ' early in the {onno:^ fo will flower in the 



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fummer, and thofe which are fown early in the fpring 

 will fucceed them ; fo that by fowing them at three 

 different feafons, they may be continued in fucceffion 

 till the froil fcops them. Thefe require no other cul- 

 ture but to keep them clean from weeds, and thin 

 them where they are too clofe ; and*if the feeds are 

 permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up full as 

 well as when fown, fo that it will maintain its fitua- 

 tion unlefs it is weeded but. 







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V The twentieth fort grows 'naturally' at *t1ie Cape of 



r' Good Hope'; this is alfo an annual plant v/hichTdfem- 



'^ bles the former, but the ftalks grow more ereft, are 



^: of a purplifli colour, and very hairy; the leaves are 



mpofed of three lobes, which are divided almoft to 



thd fo6t-'ftalk;^'thefe are narrow, the middle lobe 



ftretching out more than twice the length of the two 



fide lobes, and they are but flightly indented on tfieir 



edges, whereas thofe of the former are cut almoft to 



• " the midrib ; the flowers are larger, and their colour 



deeper, than thofe of the other. ■ ■ > • "\ - ' • 



The feeds of the twenty-fecond fort were fent me 



- from the Cape of Good Hope, a few years paft. This 

 is alfo an annual plant, having at firft fight fome re- 



- femb]ance of the other forts before-mentioned ; but it 

 ^rifes v/ith ftrong hairy branching ftalks, garnilhed 



with much broader leaves than either' of jhe former, 



- the lower beirtg divided into three, and the upper into 

 five obtufe lobes, which are crenated on their edges; 

 the flowers are large, but of a paler colour than thofe 



, of the other. This has maintained the difference ten 

 years, 



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/: All thefe are as fiardy as the nineteenth fort, fo njay 

 ,^ be treaVed in the fame wayT 



fo that there is no doubt of its being a diftinft 





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;, The "twenty-third fort grows naturally at Campeachy, 

 '4* from whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent me the feeds. 

 •"'iFThis difi'ers fo eflentially from the other Ipecies in its 

 --^fruftification, as to deferve another title ; for all the 

 ."other have dry capfule's with five' cells, including 

 i-^ many kidney-lhaped feeds, but this hath a foft vil- 

 'J: cous berry, v/ith a hard fhell inclofed, containing five 

 ^i^Troundilh feeds : it rifes with a {hrubby ftalk ten or 



;^ twelve feet high, dividing into many branches, which 

 '^ «re,' garni(hed with fmooth, heart-ftiaped, angular 

 - ' leaves, which are crenated on their edges ; the flowers 

 come out from the wings of the ftalks fingly, ftand- 



*thcy are compofed of five 



ing oh fhort foot-ftalks 



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oblong petals, which are twifted together and never 

 expand ; they are of a fine fcarlet, "and are fucceedea 

 by roundifti berries of a feariet colour when ripe, in- 



containing a fingle roundifii feed. 

 This fort is generally propagated here by cuttinf^s 

 becaufe the feeds do not often ripen here ; if the cut* 

 tings are planted in pots filled with light earth an ^ 

 plunged into a gentle hot bed, keeping the airVroni 

 them, they will foon take root, and flioulilbe c-radu- 

 ally inured to bear the open air, Thefe pLints require 

 a moderate ftove to preferve them tlirough the wjntcr- 

 and if they are kept in warmth in fumirier, thev will 

 flower, and fometimes ripen fruit, though they m-iv 

 be placed abroad in a fhcltered fituation for two or 



■it'hr&e months in fummer, but the plants fo treated fel- 

 dom flower fo welL 

 HIERACIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 8i8. Tourn 

 Inft. R. H. 469. tab. 267. [of'%g, Gr. a havvk "; 

 fo called, becaufe hawks as well as eagles, have a 

 ftrong and quick fight ; and it is reported, that if by 



• reafon of the heat of the air, a film grov/s over the 

 eyes of this bird, tlien the parent let falls a drop of 

 the juice of it in its eye, which takes it ofF^ and that 



■ in like manner, it is goX)d to clear the human fight.] 

 Hawkweed. ' ' . ^ 



The Characters are, ' r . '-' ' 



■// bath afozvef compcfed of ntany ha-maphodite f.crets 



'■■ which are included in one common fcaly empakmoit 



whofe fcales are narrow^ and very unequal in th'drfenhh 



r and-pofttion ; the florets are equal and miiform s'thcy havs 



one petal which is Jhaped like a tongue^ indented in five 



fegments at the pointy placed imbricatim cvet each ' other \ 



thefe have each five fhort hairy ft arnina^ terminated by 



' cylindrical fummits . ' At the botto^n of the petal is fttu- 



i'ated the germen^ fupportihg a flender ftylc;- crowned 



- h.two recurved fiigmas \ the germen afterward lecomh a 



-port four-cornered feed crowned with down^ fitting in the 



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plante is r-angeA 



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-/JUnnaeus!s nineteen^h^pl^^^^ indudes'the pl^ts 



^'.Vith a compound -flower, compofed only of fruitfui/ 

 -■ florets. "".'- : ^v '^-^li^t^iH thrH^^ 'tl;'^! r^-^n im^- 



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There are a great number o-f fpecies of this genus,, 



many of which grow naturally as weeds in England, 



and the others arefo in different countries, therefore I, 



fliall only feleft thofe wihch are the moft beautiful, 



and beft worth cultivating from the number, which to 



enumerate, would fwell this work greatly beyond its., 

 bounds. V "rr :;r.\ ■- . "..-r 





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HiERACiuM {Aurantiacum) foliis integris caule fub- 

 nudo fimpliciflimo pilofo corymbifero. Hort. Cliff. 



■'''388. Hawkweed with entire leaves^ and' a fingle^ hairy y 

 naked Jlalk^ terminated by a cor^mbus of flowers, Hiefa- 

 cium hortenfe, floribus atro purpurafeentibus. C. B, 



^ P, 128. Garden' Hawkweed with dark purple flowers, : 



2. HiERACiuM {Cerintkoides) foliis radicalibus oB6vatis 

 denticulatis, caulinis oblongis femiamplexi&ulibus. 

 Prod. Leyd. 124. Hawkzveed with oval indented leaves 

 at the roGt^ thofe on the ftalks oblongs and half embracing 



' them. Hieracium Pyrenaicum folio cerinthes! Schol. 

 '■' Bot. Pyrenian Hawkweed with a Honey wort lcafr'''i 



3. Hieracium {Blattarcides) foliis lanceolatis amplexi-' 

 caulibus dentatis, floribus folitariis, calycibos mm 



-Hort. Cliff*. 387. Hawkweed with fpear-fhaped indented 



, leaves embracing the ftalks^ flowers grming fingiy^'^^ (ini 



' loofe empalements. Hieracium Pyrenaicum,- blattarix 



■'folio minus hirfutum. Tourn. Inft.' 472: Pyrcmn 



Hawkweed with a Moth Mullein leaf^ lefs hairy ^'^'y'- ' 



4v Hieracium' {Amplexicaide) . foliis ampjexicaulibus 



cprdatis fubdeptatis, pedunculis unifloris hirfutis, caule 



-■'ramofo, Hort. Cliff; 387. Hazvkweedzvithheart-fhapedj 



hairy ft 

 fl.Gwer^ and a branching ftalk 



Hieracium Pyre 



naicum rotundifolium amplexicaule. Schol, Bot. Pj- 

 - renean Hawkweed^ with round leaves embracing the ftalks, 

 5. Hieracium {Sabaudum) caule erefto muldfloro, fo- 

 liis ovato-Ianceolatis dentatis femiamplexicaulibu5. 

 Prod. Leyd. 124. Haivkweed with an mB ftalk bear- 

 ding many flowers^ and oval fpear-fljaped leaves half 

 embracing the ftalk. Hieracium fabaudum alniTitnurD, 

 -V foliis latis brcvibus, crebrius nafcentibus. Mor. Hii*-. 



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