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fwuated^ acute leaves upon foot-fialks^ tind entire fwcllen 

 flowers. Hyofcyamus rubello flore. C. B. P. Henbane 

 ^itb a reddijh coloured flower. 



6. Hyoscyamus {Aureus) foliis petiolatis erofo-denta- 

 ' tis acutis, floribus pedunculatis frud:ibus pendulis. 



Lin. Sp. 257. Henbane with acute indented leaves ftand- 

 ing on foot-Jtalks^ the flower having foot-flalks, end the 

 fruit banging. Hyofcyamus Creticus luteus major. 

 C. B. P. Greater yellow Henbane of Candia. 



7. HvoscYAMus(P^//«j) foliis lanceolatis dentatis, flo- 

 ralibus inferioribus binis, calycibus fpinofis. Hort. 

 Upfal. 44. Henbane with fpear-fhapcd indented leaves-, 

 and a prickly empalement. Hyofcyamus pbfillus aureus 

 Amerlcanus, antirrhini foliis glabris. Pluk. Alrri. 188. 

 tab/ 37. fol 5. Low, golden, Jmerican Henbane, with 



fmootb Snapdragon leaf 



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The firft of thefe forts is very common in England, 

 growing upon the fides of banks and old dunghills 

 almoft every where. It is a blenilial plant with long 

 flelhy roots, which ftrike deep into the ground, fend- 

 ing out feveral large foft leaves, which are deeply 

 flafhed on their edges, and fpread on the ground •, 

 the following fpring the ftalks come out, which rife 

 about two feet high, garnifhed with leaves of the 

 fame fhape, but fmaller, which embrace the ftalks 

 with their bafe ; the upper part of the ftalk is gar- 

 nifhed with flowers (landing on one fide in a double 

 row, fitting clofe to the ftalks alternately ; thefe are 

 of a dark purplifh colour with a black bottom, and are 

 fucceeded by round ifh capfules, fitting within the em- 

 palement ; thefe open with a lid at the top, and have 

 two cells filled with fmall irregular feeds. This is a 

 very poifonous plant, and (hould be rooted out in all | 

 places where children are fuffered to come ; for in the 

 year 1729, there were three children poifoned with 

 eating the feeds of this plant,' near Tottenhaiti-cburt ; 

 two of which flept two days^ and two nights before^ 

 they could be awakened, and were with difficulty re- 

 covereii ; but the third being older arid ftronger, 

 efcaped bcrten^ V\:^':a^.^l:\ ,-^ .; :>^ --'^ ^-^ ^ 

 -The roots of. this plant are ufed for anodyije neck- 

 •' laces., to h^ng about children*s riecks^ being cut to 

 .'pieces and ftrung lilce beads, to prevent fits andcaufe 

 Van eafy breeding of their teeth, but they are very dan- 

 : gcrous'tdlafe inwardly. For fome years paft there was 

 t a mixture of thefe roots brought over with Gentian, 

 ■ apd ufed as fijch, which was attended with very bad 

 effefts, as hath been mentioned under tKe "article of 

 Gentian, fb I Ihall not repeat it here. - '^": \ 



The fecond fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 

 Archipelago. This hath rounder leaves, which are 

 obtufely fituated upon their borders, and ftand upon 

 fopt-ftalks i the ftalks branch more than thofe of the 

 -firft, and the flowers grow in clufters toward the end 

 of the branches, ftanding upon Ihort foot-ftalks ; they 



are of a pale yellow colour, with very dark purple 

 l)ottoms. '" ' " - \^ --'.. 



. The third fort is much like the fecond, but the 

 flowers are in larger bunches, fitting very clofe on the 

 ends of the branches; they are or a greenifti yellow 



.colour, with green bottoms. ' It grows naturally in 

 the warm parts of Europe^ arid is the fort whole feeds 

 fhould be ufed in medicine, being the white Henbane 



..of thefliops. 



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thofe of the common fort, but their tubes 

 fwollen. ^ 



All thefe are biennial plants, which perifh foon af 

 ter they have perfefted their feeds. They flower in 

 June and July, and their feeds ripen in the autumn 

 which, if permitted to fcatter, will produce plenty 

 of the plants the following fpring ; or if the feeds are 

 fown at that feafon, they will fucceed much better than 

 in the fpring -, for when they are fown in fpring, the 

 plants feldom come up the fame year. They are all 

 hardy except the fifth fort, and require no other cul 

 tare but to keep them clean from weeds, and thi 

 the plants where they are too clofe. The fifth fort 

 fhould have a warm firuation and a dry foil i 

 which it^ will live much better through the wijjter 

 than in rich ground- 



The fixth fort grows naturally in Candia ; this is ^ 



perennial plant with weak ftalks, which require a fun! 



port J the leaves are roundilh, and acutely indented 



on their edges, ftanding upon pretty long foot-ftalks- 



the flowers come out at each joint of the ftalk ; they 



are large, of a bright yellow, with a dark purple bol 



torn ; the flyle of this fort is much longer than the 



petaL It flowers moft part of fummer, and fome- 



times ripens feeds in the autumn. If thefe feeds are 



fown in pots as foon as they are ripe, and placed 



under a hot-bed frame in winter, the plants will come 



up in the fpring ; but if they are kept out of the 



ground till fpring, they rarely fucceed. This fort will 



continue feveral years, if they are kept in pots and 



ftieltercd in winter, for they will not live in the open 



air at that feafon, but it only requires to beproteded 



from froft ; therefore if thefe plants are placed un^er 



a common hot-bed in winter, where they may enjoy 



as. fhuch free air as poftible in mild weather, they 



.will thrive better than when they are more tenderly 



treated. This fort may be eafily propagated by cut- 



tihgsTwhichjJf planted in'^a ftiady border duringany 



of the fummer months^* will take root in a month or 



fix weeks, and may be afterward pranted in pots, and 



treated like the old plants, ^rj^.^ :irr- v^ ' s», 



Y P E C 9 U M. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 230. tab. x 15; 



Hypecoum; Lin. Gen. Plant. 157.: We have no 



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Englifli nime for this plant. 

 The Characters arc. 





empalement of the flower is compofed of two fmll 

 leaves, which are oppojite and eredt. The flower 

 four petals \ the two outer which are oppoflte, are 



alternate. 



obtufe 



points. It hath four ft amina fituated between the petals, 

 which are terminated by oblong fummits. In the center is 

 placed an oblong cylindrical germen, fupporting two Jhort 

 ftylesy crowned by acute fligma. The germen afterward he- 



effed ' 



'difh compr effed feed 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fcftion of 

 Linnasus's fourth clafs, which contains the plants 

 whofe flowers have four ftamina and two ftyles. • -- 

 The Species are. 



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I. Hypecoum {Procumbens) filiquis arcuatis comprefils 

 articulatis. Hort. Upfal. ^\. Hypecoum with compreffd 



jointed pods bent inward. • Hy^^coMm latiore folio. 



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Tourn. Broad-leaved Hypecoum. 



2. Hypecoum {Pendulum) filiquis cernuis teretibus cy- 



lyndricis. Hort. Upfal. 31. Hypecoum with taper, g- 



lindrical, nodding pods. Hypecoum tenuiore folio. 



Narrow 



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The fourth fort was brought from the Levant by 



Dr. Tournefort This hath ' a fmaller ftalk than ei- 



ther of the former,"whofe joints are further diftant j 

 ^ the leaves are roundifli, and deeply indented in ob- 

 ■ tufe fegments, ftanding upon pretty long foot-ftalks ; I 3. Hypecoum {Ere£lum) filiquis eredis teretibus toru- 



the flowers come out fingly from the fide of the ftalks, y lofis. Hort. Upfal. 32. Hypecoum with taper, ereB 

 -at a good diftance from each other ; they are of a yel- wreathed fods. Hypecoum filiquis ereftis teretibus. 

 >low colour with dark bt)ttoms. ■ 

 -:The fifth fort grows naturally in Syria; this rifes 



with a branching ftalk two feet high, garniflaed with 



'long fpear-fliaped leaves having foot-ftalks •, the 



lower leaves are regularly cut on both fides into acute 

 fegments which are oppofice, lb are fliaped like the 

 winged leaves, but the upper leaves are entire ; the 

 flowers grow at the end of the ftalks in bunches ; 

 they are of a worn-out red colour, and Ihaped like 





Amm. Ruth. 58. Hypecoum with ere£l taper pods. 

 The firft fort hath many wing- pointed leaves of a 

 grayifli colour, which fpread near the ground, and flen- 

 der branching ftalks, which lie proftrate on the fur- 

 face of the ground ; thefe are naked below, and at 

 the top are garniftied v/ith two or three fmall leaves 

 of the fame ftiape and colour with the under ones; 

 from between thefe leaves come out the foot-ftalks of 

 the flower, each fuftaining one yellow flower with four 



petals, 



