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ire terminated by three or four fmall flowers, of a 

 bright purple colour, growing in a bunch. This 

 f owers in June, but is rarely planted in gardens. 

 The ninth fort is a perennial plant with trailing ftalks, 

 which grow naturally in moift woods in moft parts 

 of England, fo is not cultivated in gardens. The 

 leaves Hand oppofite at each joint ; they are fmooth, 

 oval, and acute-pointed. The flowers come out fingly 

 from the fide of the ftalk, upon long foot-flalks ; they 

 are yellow, and fpread open like the flowers of Chick- 

 weed. This flowers in May and June, and the feeds 



ripen in autumn. 



The tenth fort grows naturally among Rufhes and 

 Reeds, by the rivers fides in Holland; this hath a 

 perennial creeping root like the firft. The fl:alks rife 

 a foot high ; they are flender, and are garnifhed by 

 fpear-fliaped leaves an inch and a half long, and a 

 'quarter of an inch broad in the middle, placed fome- 

 timcs by pairs, at others by threes, and often four at 

 each joint, furrounding the ftalk. The flowers alfo 

 come out at each joint, four of them ftanding round 

 the ftalk in whorls, each having a diftinft flender foot- 

 ftalk an inch long. The flowers are fmall and yel- 

 low;, they appear in June, and are fometimes fuc- 

 ceeded by feeds which ripen in autumn ; it may be 

 treated in the lame manner as the firft fort, and is 

 equally hardy. 



LYSIMACHIA G ALERI CULAT A. 



7 



See 



Scutellaria. 



LYSIMACHIA NON PAPPOSA. Sec 



CEnothera. ■ . ■ 



LYSIMACHIA SILIQJJOSA. Sec Epilo- 



BIUM. ' ' 



LYTHRUM. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 532. Salicaria. I fpike at the top of the ftalk ; 



Tourn. Inft. R. H. 253. tab. 120. JVtllow Herk or 

 purple Loofinfe. 



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ahove alternate^ andjiowcrs having fix JiiV.r.'ma. Sallca. 

 ria Hifpanica, hyflx)pif(^lia, lloribus oblonais faturaJ 

 cxruleis. Tourn. Inft. 253. Spanifi miU^J^ Ikrb uM 

 a Hyjfop Jeaf^ and oblongs decp^ blue flozvers. 

 6. Lythrum {yertidllatum) foliis oppoficis, fubtus to 

 mentofis fubpetiolatis, floribus verticillatis btcralibus 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 446. Willo-d) Herb ivilh cfpofue haves 



which are woolly on their under ftde^ ^'^^^fio-juers ^vG-^lnl 

 in whorls round the ftalks, ^ ^ 



Lythrum (Petiolatum) foliis oppofitis linearibus pc. 

 tiolatis, floribus dodecandris. Lin. Sp, Plant. 446 

 Willow Herb with linear leaves placed oppofite, havim 

 feot-ftalks^ and flowers with twelve ftamina. 



8. Lythrum' {Lineare) foliis oppofitis linearibus, flo- 

 ribus" oppofitis Hexandris. Lin. Sp. Plant, 447/^//. 



low Herb 'with linear oppofUe leaves^ and flowers havino- 

 fix fta7nina^^which are placed oppofite. ^ 



9, Lythrum (Americanum) foliis oblongo-ovatis in- 

 ferne oppofitis Tupefne alternis, floribus hexandris 

 caule eredto. PFillcw Herb with oblong leaves placed op- 

 pofite below ^ and above alternate^ ivith flowers having fix 

 ftamina and an ere£l ftalk, Salicaria Americana, hyf- 

 fopi folio latiore, floribus minimis. Houft. MSS. Ame- 

 rican Willow Herb with a broader Hyjfop leaf and v£ry 

 fmall flowers. 



The firft^ fort grows naturally by the fide of rivers and 

 ditches in moft parts of England. It has a peren- 

 nial root, from which come forth feveral upright ao^ 

 , gular ftalks, which rife from three to foiir feet. high; 

 they are of a purple colour, and are garnifhed with 

 oblong leaves, placed fometimes by pairs oppofite, at 

 others there are three leaves at each joint, ftanding 

 round the ftalk. The flowers are produced in a long 



i-hefl-alV. tVey are of a fine pur- 



The Characters are, 



tJ-' 4*t4- 





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The flo'wer hath a cylindrical Jiriated mpalemenf of one 

 leaf indented a^^the brim in twelve parts^ which are al- 

 ternately fmaUer, It has ^pc oblong Hunt petals which 

 fpread open^ whofe tails are infertea in the indentures of 

 the empalementy and tm Jknd& ft atnina the length of the 



" empalementy the upper heing floor ter than the lower ^ ter- 



^ minated hyfingle rtfmg fummits. ^ In the center is fituatei 

 an oblong germen^ fupporting an awl-fhaped declining ftyle^ 

 crowned by a rifing orbicular ftigma. The germen after- 

 ward turns to an oblong acute capfule with two cells^ filled 

 with fmall feeds^ ; - , 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnasus's eleventh clafs, intitled Dodecandria Mo- 

 nogynia, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 



. have twelve ftamina and one ftyle. " ' 



''- ; The Species are, 



tl Lythrum {Salicaria) foliis oppofitis cordato-lance- 

 olatis, floribus fpicatis dodecandris. Lih, Sp. Plant, 



''%^6, Lythrum i^ith heart fpear-fljaped leaves placed op- 

 pofite^ and flowers growing in fpikes^ having twelve fta- 

 mina, SaHcaria Vulgaris, ^purpurea^ folis oblongis.' 

 Tourn. Inft. R, H., 253'; Common purple Willow Herb 

 with oblong leaves. -'^ -''- ^/'^-^- ; /;^.--- ;; - 



2. Lythrum (Tomentofum) foliis cordato-ovatis, flori- 

 ■ bus verticillato-fpicatis tomentofis. 'Lythrum with 



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"' ' oval h ear t-Jh aped leaves., and flowers growing in wb'orlly 

 '.' fpikes, ' wMch drf'jboolly. Salicaria purpurea, foliis fub- 

 '■ rotundis. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 2 si.' Purple Willow Herb 



■^" with'roundijh leaves ?^' "^ ' ^yr^^:- : .r:r ' ^ ' "» ,: . ' ; 



Lythrum (Hyflopifolia) -folns alternis linearibus, 

 floribus hexandris. Hort. Upfal. ii8. Lythrum with 

 linear alternate leaves^ and flowers ^ having fix ftamina, 

 Salicaria hyflfopi folio anguftiore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 

 253. Willow Herb with a narrow Hyffop leaf 

 'Lythrum {Lufitanicum) foliis lanceolatis ternis gla- 

 .Honbus fpicatis decandris. Lythrum with fmooth 

 ^/^•Jpear-fhaped leaves placed by threes^ arid flowers growing 

 ^ in fpikes^ which have ten ftamina, Salicaria Lufitanica, 

 anguftiore folio. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 253. 

 Willoiv Herb with a narrower leaf . 



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Portugal 



5. Lythrum {Hifpafiicum) foliis oblongo-ovatis in- 

 ferne oppofitis fuperne alternis floribus hexandris. Ly- 

 thrum with oblong oval leaves placed oppofite belowy but 



pie colour, and make a fine appearance. This fiowers 

 in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn : although this 

 plant is defpifed, becaiife it grows common, yet it me- 

 rits a place in gardens better than many other which 

 are propagated^with care, becaufe they are more rare; 



^ It is eafily cultivated by parting the roots in autumn, 

 and ftiould be planted in a moift foil, where it will 

 thrive and flower without any other care than the 

 keeping It clean from weeds. - 

 There is a variety of this with an hexangular ftalk, 

 and genei-ally with three leaves at each joint-, but this 

 is only accidental, for the roots of this, when removed 

 into a garden, come to the common fort. - 



, The fecond fort hath perennial roots like the firft, 

 froth which come out upright branching ftalks three 

 feet high, garniflied with oval heart-fhapcd leaves 

 about one inch long, and three quarters of an inch 

 brpad ; they are downy, and placed by threes round 

 the ftalk. The flowers are produced in long fpikes 

 at the top of the ftalks, but they are difpofed in thick 

 whorls, with fpaces between each; they are of a, fine 

 purple colour, and appear at the fame; time with the 



. former. This may be propao;ated in the fame way as 



. the firft fort, and is equally hardy. : /- / j^.. ; -v 

 ^;vThe third fort grov^^s naturally in moift bogs in many 



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parts of England, fo is feldom admitted into gardens ; 



this hath a perennial root, fending up two or three 

 .. branching ftalks about a foot high, garnifhed with 

 ' . narrow leaves^ placed alternate, „ The upper part or 

 ; thelftalk is garnifhe'd'with flowers, which come out 

 ''i from the fide fingly at each' join t;"ffanding clofe 

 '' the bafe of the leaves^rthey are fmall, and of a light 

 '., purple colour, appearmg in June, and the leeds npen 



to 





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in autumn. ^ ,^ .,, ^ 



The fourth fort grows naturally in Spain and Por- 

 ' tiigal, in moift places by the fide of waters ; this has a 

 perennial root and^ft^lks like the firft, which feldom 

 grow more than one foot high, garnifhed with nar- 

 rower and^ lliorter leaves than the firft, wHicn aic 

 fmooth, and^glaced by' threes round the ftalk- The 

 flovvers grow' in fpikes at the top. of the ftalks ; they 

 are of a light purple colour, and appear in July, ^ne 

 feeds ripen in autumn. This fort is hardy, and may 

 be propagated in the fame way as the firft. . 



The fifth forf grows naturally in Spain and Portugal, 

 from both which countries I have received the iceds.. 



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