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*VW\s genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fcflion 

 of Linnxus fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia fi- 

 liculofa, which includes thofe plants whofe flowcMS 

 have four long and two fhortcr ftamina, and the feeds 

 . are included in fliort pods, 

 7'he Species are, 



1, Lunar I A (Rediviva) filiculis oblongis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 653. Saiiin Fltrjjcr with oblong pods, Lunaria 

 major, fillqua longiorc. J. B. 2. 8S1. Greater Moomvort 

 with longer pods^ commonly called Honejiy^ or IVhite Satthi. 



2, Lunaria {Annua) filiculis fubrotundis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 6^^. Saitin Flcwer with romdijh pcds, Lunaria 

 major, filiqua rotundiore. J. B. Greater Moonwort ^cvith 



a rounder pod. 



3, Lunaria {Mgyptiaca) foliis fupra decompofitis, foli- 



olis trifidis, filiculis oblongis pendulis. Moonwort ^j:ith 

 leaves decompounded wlfofe lobes are trifid^ and oblong hang- 

 ingpods. Cardamine foliis fupra decompofitis, filiquis 

 unilocularibus pendulis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 656. Ladfs 

 Smock with leaves decompounded above, and hanging pods 



hang downward. 



filiculis oblongis, 



containing one cell, 



4. Lunaria (Perennis) pcrcnnis, ....^....^ ^^ 



foliis lanceolatis incanis. Perennial Moonwort, with ob- 

 long pods and fpear-Jhaped hoary leaves. Lunaria peren- 

 nis, lutea, folio leucoii, ramis expanfis, Vaill. Tello'U) 

 perennial Moonwort, with a Stock Gilliflower leaf and 

 expanded branches. . * : 



The firfl fort grows naturally in Hungary, Iftria, and 



Auftria, but has been long an inhabitant of theEng- 



lifli gardens. It is a biennial plant, which perifl^ies 



foon after the feeds are ripe ; it rifes with a branching 



. flalk from two to three feet high, covered with a 



reddifh hairy bark, fending out branches on every 



i • fide from the ground upward ; thefe are garnifhed 



with heart- Iliaped leaves placed alternately, ending in 



. . acute points indented on their edges, and are a little 



hairy ; the lower ftanding upon pretty long foot- 



' t ftalks, but the upper fit clofe to the branches. \ The 



flowers are produced at the top and from the fide of 



,.«i'the branches toward their ends, in clufters ; they are 



;;•*;; compofed of four purplilh heart- fhaped petalsj placed 



iu>;> in form of a crofs. Tfiefe appear in May, and are 



y.r-^ fucceeded by large flat roundifh pods with two cells, 



<\ i'' "inclofing twbrows of flat kidney-lhaped feeds, which 



-: have a border round them, t Thefe pods, when ripe, 



^.^.- turn to a clear white or fattin colour, from whence 



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fmooth, and of a lucid green. TW. fiOv/rr'> fiar-^ 

 €ach upon pretty long fiendcr foor-lh!ks, whicli cc:* c 

 out from t!ic lide, and alio at the end of the branches 

 in loofe fmall clufters ; they are of a purple colour 

 and are fucccedcd by oblong comprcflld pods, uhicix 



This tort flowers in June and fulv 

 the feeds ripen the beginning of 5kpten-iber, and the 

 plants decay foon after. 



This is propagated by feeds, which niould be {Ijwa 

 upon an open border where the plants are to ren':ain- 

 if they are fown foon after they arc ripe, the plants wilj 

 come up in the autumn, and livethroughthe winter ina 

 ftaeltered fituation \ thefewill flower early the following 



, whereby ripe feeds may be obtained ; they may 

 alfo be fown in the fpring in Hke manner. When the 

 plants come up, they wili require no other care but 

 to keep them clean from weeds, and thin ihcm where 

 they are too clofe. If the feeds are permitted to lat- 

 ter in the autumn, the plants will rife without care, 

 and may be treated in the fame wMy, which is much 

 preferable to the fowing tlic feeds in the fpring. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in the Archijiela^o ; 

 this hath a perennial root, from which arife two or 

 three ligneous fialks a foot high, covered with a white 



fummer 



hairy bark. 



dividing 



upward into fevcral frnallcr 



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branches, garnifhed with fpear-lhaped leaves fittino- 

 clofe to the (talks, which are a little hoary. The 

 branches are terminated by loofe fpikcs of yellow 

 flowers which appear in June, and arc fucceeded by 

 oblong flat pods, containing flat kidney-flupcd feeds, 

 which ripen in the autumn. 



; This fort is propagated by feeds, which, if fown in 



■ : the autumn, will fucceed better than in the fpring-, 

 they fhould be fown on a warm border, and on a diy 

 poor foil, otherwife they will not live through the 



.- winter ; but in a rubbifhing foil the plants will conti- 



':; nue two or three years. - 



LUPINUS.. Tourn.Inft.R.H. 392. tab. 213: Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 774. Lupine-, in French, L/.^;;/,./ 

 The Characters are, --iri^^'*- - ; 'V'* 



The empalement is bifid and of one leaf \ the foiver^ is 



M' of the butterfly kind-, the flandard is rourJlfld-^hcart- 

 fhaped, indented at the top, ' and the fides rejiexed and 



'. compreffed, The wings are nearly oval, and almofl c.s 

 long as the ftandard \ they are not fixed to the keejy hut 



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clofe at their hafe -, the keel is as long as the wings^ hut is 



■}i'^: the title of Sattin Flower Kas been given to it, and are j narrow, falcated, and ends in a point.' It halb ten Jia- 



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mina foiited at their hafe in two bodies, but as they rife 



.^v^iiuThe fecd-veflfels of this plant, when they are full J * are dijtin£l above, terminated by five oblong fummits. hi 



ripe, become very tranfparent, and of the appearance 

 of white fattin, at which time the branches are cut off" 



■.' the center is fttuated a hairy, compreffed^ awUfhapei gtr- 

 - men, fiippor ting a rifmgftyle^ terminated by an cbtufeftig- 



^: ^.continue a long time in beauty. 



i- This is propagated by feeds, which ftaould be fown 



- in the autumn ; for thofe which are fown in the 



*-;" fpring often mifcarry, or lie a long time in the ground 



before they appear...; The plants will grow in almofl: 



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; -•• any foil, but love a fliady fituation ; it requires no 



r^; ' otner culture, but to keep it cj.ean froni weeds. If 



' -•'<• the feeds are permitted to fcatter, the plants will rife 



^ without any farther care -, and if they are left unre- 



■ --' -.nioH^ed, thcy^will grow much larger thari^t^ofe wliich 



^r^arejranfolan^^ the.rogts^of this fort periflifoon af- | :^ the undergone ahnoft trifid. 

 ^ ;>;!* ter the feeds are ripe. <^^^^\^A''^'^ A*^ ^.::\ -y-e 





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and dried ; after which they are preferved to place in I . ma. The germen afterward becomes a large, chlong, thick 

 the chimneys of halls and large rooms, where they j pod with one cell, ending with an acute point, including 



'■ fevcral rcundijh compreffed feeds. % ■•..;■ V* ■ 



'■ This genus of plants is ranged in the third fection of 

 Linn^eus's feventeenth clafs, intitled Biadelphia De- 

 candria, which includes thofe plants whofe, flowers 

 have ten fl:amina joined in two bodies, v... 

 uvx;;\The Species are, '-:' '■ ^^v j_ : *V 



i'. LupiNus {Varius) calycibus femiverncillatis appen- 

 diculatis, labio fuperiore bifido, inferioi-e fubtriden- 

 r:^ tato." Hort. Cliff. 499. Lupine with etnpdlenients^hdf 

 ^whorled, having' appendages, whofe' iifptf Up ts bifida arJ 



'- Lupihus fylveitrisV purpu- 



ytreo flore, femine rotundo vario. J.,^B. 2. 29 r. ffild 

 - Lupine, with a purple flo%ver and a round variegated feed, 

 'y~ commonly called the lefjer blue Lupine, ■^"-■'r -fi" ' \'*" 



r^ The fecond fort grows" iiatiirally upon the mountains 

 y-^ In Italy ; this hath fialks and leaves very like theTTrfl, 

 yn but the flowers are rather larger, and of a lighter pur- 

 • 'pie colour i but the principal jdifference is in the'pods 

 of this being: longer and narrower than thofe of the 



*''**5»rn other.v** It flowers and feeds at the fame time with th? 

 - i^vl firft," and requires the fame culture. -,'i nxini'n- -^ 

 Vv% CThe third fort is an annual plant, which grows natu- 

 ; rally in Egypt.,:, This rifes with a fmooth branching 





^^ ftalk little more than a foot high, garniflied with 

 - ^ winged leaves, compofed of feveral pair of lobes 

 '*ranged along the midrib, terminated by an odd one ; 



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■ tl^^fe.lobes are of unequal fizes, and vary in their 

 .c form ; fqme pf^them are almoft entire, and others are , 



cut at their extremities into three parts j they ^tt \ ^ yellow Lupine. 



Sp. Plant. y2i.^Lupinlmth ,en?palemcnts having ahcr- 

 nate appendages ^whofe ujyperUp is divided into two, and 

 the under one ^^//r^.^vLupiiius anguftifolius cceriil(:us 

 elatior.Raii Hift:. qc^.' Nafrow^leavedtalkrblu{Ltipin:. 

 LupiNus [Lutetis) "calycibus vcrticillatis appendicu- 

 latis, labio fuperiore bipartito,^ inferiore tridentato. 

 Hort. Cliff'. 499. Lupine %vith empakments growi::g ^n 

 whorls, having appendages to them, whofe upper lips are 

 cut into two parts, md the under one into three. Lnp^- 

 nusfylveftris, flore luteo. C. B. P. 348. fhecomr.cn 



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