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The Characters are, 

 q'he empakmenl of the fiower^ is made up of fix very 

 narrow leaves^ which are alternately fraaller and drop off, 

 'Xbe flower hasftx o-z'al acute petals^ which are twice the 

 kn?th of the empalement,^ and fix ne£lariums which are 

 fixed by fmall foot'ftalks to the bafe of the petals, 

 fix fhort flender fiamina,, terminated by ere£i fummits. In 

 the center is placed an oblong oval germen^ fupporting a 

 jhort taper ftyle^ inferted chliquely to the germen^ crowned 

 by a fimple fiigma, The germen afterward becomes a glo- 

 bular fwollen berry a little fucculent^ with one celU in- 

 clofing two or three globular feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion 

 of Linnseus's fixth clafs, which includes thole plants 

 whofe flowers have fix ftamina and one ftyle. ^^ 





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The Species are, 



1. Leontice {Chryfogonum) foliis pinnatis, petiolo com- 

 ' muni fimplici. Hort. Cliff. 122. Lion^s Leaf with 



winged leaves having one common fingle foot-ftalk. Leon- 

 topetalon foliis coftas fimpHci innafcentibus, Tourn. 

 Cor. 49. Lion^s Leaf with a fingle foot-ftalk to the 

 haves. ' ' ' .. " -■■-' — 



2. Leontice (Leon t ope t alum) foliis decompofitis, peti- 

 olo communi trifido, Hort. CliflT. 122:' Lion^s Leaf 

 with decompounded leaves^ and a common trifid foot-ftalL 

 Leontopetalon foliis coftas ramofas innafcentibus. 

 Tourn. Cor. 49. Lion^s Leaf with a branching foot- 

 fialk to the leaves. ' '- ' - '■ - ''' 

 Thefe plants both grow naturally in the Ifla-nds^ of 

 the Archipelago, and alfo in the Corn fields about 

 Aleppo, where they flower foon ittcr Chriftmas. They 

 have large tuberous "roots about the ftzie of thofe of 

 Cyclamen, covered with a dark brown bark ; the 

 leaves arifc upon flender foot-ftalks immediately from I 

 their roots, which grow about fix inches high ; that 



• of the firft fort is fingle, having many fmall folioli 

 ranged along the midrib, but the footfl:alks of the 



■ fecond fort are branched into three fmaller ; upon each 

 ' of thefe are ranged feveral folioli or fmall leaves/ in 

 "'■ the fame form as the winged leaves. The flowers fit 



upon naked foot-ftalks, thofe of the firft fort fuf- 

 ' tain many yellow flowers, but the flowers of the fe- 



■ '<:ond are fmaller and of a paler colour. Thefe in their 

 native country appear foon after Chriftmas, but in 



' • England they do not flower till the beginning of* 

 April, and are never fucceeded by feeds here; '- ^ 

 Both thefe plants are propagated by !eeds,"which 

 require to be fown foon after they are ripe, otherwife 

 they feldom fucceed -, but as they are brought from 



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their roots do not increafe in their bulk. If the plants 

 are not too clofe, it will be beft to let them remain in 

 the place unremoved till the fecond year-, but where 

 they are too clofe, part of the roots may be taken up 

 in Oftober, and tranfplanted clofe to a warm wall, 

 btino; very careful not to difturb the roots which are 

 ltl> ilaiiding ; and in November, before the hard froft 

 fets in, it will be a good w^ay to lay fome old tanners 

 bark over the furface of the ground, three or four 

 inches thick, to prevent the froft from penetratino- to 

 the roots j but this fliould be moft of it taken off^ in 



March 

 leaves 



before the roots begin to pufli 



out their 

 and if this is removed in part foon after the 

 hard froft is over in February, and another part three 

 weeks or a month after, it will be better than takino- 

 it all off at the fame time ; and if a thin covering of 

 the tan is left at the laft over the furface of the ground, 

 it will prevent the drying winds of the fpring from 

 drying the ground, which will be of great fervice to 

 the roots. Thefe roots ftiould have a dry loofe foil, 

 and muft be feldom removed •, but when that is done, 

 Oftober is the beft time, for then the roots are ina6tive. 

 LEONTODON. Lin. Gen. Plant. 8 1 7. Dens leo- 

 nis, Tourn. Inft. R. H. 468. Dandelion j in French, 

 "'■ Dent de Lion. 

 1 Th^re are four or five fpecies of this genus, which 

 ■^ grow naturally in the fields either in England or 

 'France, fo are feldom cultivated in gardens j but as 

 ^ fome people in the fpring gather the roots out of 

 the fields, and blanch them in their gardens for a fal^ 

 lad herb, fo I have mennoned the genus, but fhall 

 forbear faying any thing more of ^therh, than that 

 they are very bad weeds both in gardens and fields j 

 fo Ihould be rooted out before their feeds are ripe, 

 otherwife they will fpread to a great jdiftance, as they 

 have down adhering to them, by which they are 

 wafted about by the wind. - ..-.;* 



LEONTOPODIUM. See Plantago. 

 LEONURUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 187. tab. 87* 

 Phlomis. Lin. Gen. Plant. 642. [AsJvap©^, of AiutVf 

 lion, and 20a, a tail, becaufe the creft of this 



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flower feems to refemble the tail of a lion.] Lion's 



Tail. 



■^ The Characters are, 



The flower has a tubulous^ five-cornered^ perjnanent em- 

 palemott of one leaf -^ the flowers have one petals of the 

 lip or ringent kind\ the upper lip is longy cylindrical^ 

 hairy ^ and entire ; the lower is fhort^ reflexed,, and cut 

 intp^^ three parts.^ ' // hath four ftamina Jituated undet 



diftant countnes, they fhould be preferved in fand to I ^ the lower lip^ two of which are fhorter than the other ; 



be fent to England. I received a few of the leeds from f : - thefe are terminated by oblong c'omprejfed ftrnmits:' In the 



^l?ottomof the tube drefituated four gefm'en fupporting a 



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[ the Duke D'Ayen, which were Tent him from Aleppo, 



" put up in fand, and thefe came up better tharf'ahy of 



'• thofe which came over dry ; for of feveral parcels of 



thefe feeds which I have fown of both kinds for three 



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VVears fucceffively, I had not more than two plants 



'The plants are vei-y difficult to prcferve in England, 



* " for the roots will not thrive in pots j and when • they 

 are planted in the full ground, the froft frequently 



'' deftroys them In wihter, cfpecially where the roots are 

 young. Of late years the winters have proved fo very 

 .'unfavourable, as to kill all the young roots" which I 

 had raifed in the Chelfea garden : but before the fevere 

 winter in 1 740, I had fome of the ropts^ which were 

 planted in a fouth-weft border that flowered feveral 



' years, and without any fhelterfurvived the winters ; 

 put although I covered many of thofe roofs which I 

 had lately ^aifed, yet I' could riot prererveTflierh', "^ 

 The leaves of thefe plants deca3'" about Midfummer, 

 and the roots remain in an inaftive ftate till the fol- 

 lowing fpring, at which time the flowers and leaves 





S^ flender ftyle^ fttuated with the ftamina,, crowned by a bifid' 

 ^^'"alute ftigma,^ The germen afterward become four oblong 

 ^y angular feeds^ fitting in the empalement. i. 



^ This genus of plants is' ranged in the fecond feftioa 

 -" of Tournefort's fourth clafs, which includes the herbs 

 ' with a lip flower of one leaf, whofe upper lip is hol- 

 lowed like a fpoon. Dr. Linnasus has joined the fpe- 

 cies of this genus to the Phlomis, and has applied this 

 ^ title to the Cardiaca, from which he feparates thefe 

 - plants, becaufe they have no punftures on their fum^ 

 mits. Thefe he ranges in the firft feftion of his four- 

 teenth' clafs, which includes the plants with a ringent 



that have two lone and two 



(or grinning) flower, that have two long anj 

 Ihorter ftamina, and naked feeds fucceeding, \ 

 in the empalement. . : v -; ■ t» •■- - ', - 



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come up nearly at the fame time. 

 When the feeds are procured from abroad, the beft 

 way is to fow them as foon as they arrive, and cover 

 them with glafl^es in the winter to proteft them from 

 froft J and in the fpring, when the plants begin to 

 appear, they muft have the free air admitted to them 

 at all times when the v/eatKer is mild, "otherwife they 

 arc very fubjed to draw up tall with weakftems, and 



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,The Characters are, 

 I, Leonurus {AfrJcana) foliis lanceolatis, obtuse fer- 

 ■ ratis. Hort. ' Clifi\' 3 1 2. Lion^s Tail with fpear-fhaped 



which are bluntly fgfwed. Leonurus perennis 

 Africanus, fideritidis folio, ''ftore Phoenicio majore. 

 Breyn. Cent. 1.171. Perennial African Lion^s Tail with ■ 

 an Ironwort leaf,, and a larger fcdrlet flower. 

 Leonurus' {NepeUfolia) foliis ovatis, calycibus de- 

 cagonis, feptem dentatis, inasqualibus. Hort, CliflT. 

 '312.' Lion^s Taijwith oval leaves^ an empalement hav- 

 ing ten corners^ 'and feven unequal indentures. Leonurus 

 minor capitis Bons Spei, vulgo. Boerh. Ind. alt. i8o# 

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