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tella Americana, florum petalis fimbriatis. Tourn. 

 Inlh 242- American Mitella with fringed petals to the 



t. Mitella {Nuda) fcapo nudo. Amcen. Acad. 2. 



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The firft Ibrt grows naturally in the woods, in moft 

 parts of North Anicrica. It has a perennial root, 

 from which come out many heart-fnaped angular 

 leaves, fome of which are obtufe, and others end in 

 eciite points ; they are indented on their edges, and 

 of a lucid green, a little hairy, and ftand upon pretty 

 long foot-ftalks. The flower-ftalks arife immediately 

 from the root, having two or three angular leaves to- 

 ward the bottom, and about the middle of the ftalk 



,- come out two fmall leaves with acute angles, placed 

 oppofite. The ftalks rife eight or nirie inches high, 

 and arc terminated by a loofe fpike of fmall whitilli 

 flowers, whofe petals are fringed on their edges ; 

 thefe appear the beginning of June, and arefuc-" 

 ceedcd by roundifh capfules filled with fmall feeds. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in the northern parts 

 of Afia-, this is of a humbler growth than the firft, 

 feldom rifino- more than five or fix inches hio;h. The 

 leaves are not fo angular as thofe of the firft fort, and 

 the flower-ftalks are always naked, having no leaves. 

 The fpikes of flowers are fhorter, and more compact. 

 Both thefe are propagated by parting of their roots \ 



.the beft time for this is in autumn : they fhould be 



.planted in* a fhady fituation, and they love a foft 



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M O L L E. See Schinus. 



MOLLUGO. Lin. Gen. 



The Characters are, 

 - The empatement of the 'flower ucompofed of fi' 

 ' fmaU leaves y w]oich arejoloured on their injidi 



'The flower has five ov 

 fhorter than, the jmpakment^ and three brtjtly Jt 

 ■ which ftani ''near the Jfyte^ and are terminated by ftngle 

 fummits^ with an [oval germen having thref furrows^ 



fuppQrHng\fkrfeji^.^7^ crpwne.d by obtufe ftig- 



germen afterward becomes an oval capfule with 

 f^iibree celts ^ filled with fmall kidney -fhaped feeds, ''^'^ ^ 

 5 J, This genus of plants is' ranged in the third feftion of 

 '^ ^Uinhaeus's third clafs, which- includes thofe plants 



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MOLUCCELLA. Lin. Gen. Vhnt. 645. M.,i,^^,, 

 Tourn. Inft. R. M. 187. tab. U. [Thib p!aju uk. " 

 its name from the Molucca liiands, bccaulc it w' 

 found there.] Molucca Balm. " **' 



The Characters arc, 

 The flower hath a lar^-c perm avert ev:p.vc:>i€}it cf k-* 

 leaf which is deeply indcritcd at the Lrini^ ''^^'hneit /jr^fi 

 open. The flower is of the Lp kind, with a Jbori lui!- 

 a?:d chaps. The upper Lp is ereB, concave, and aiihc 

 The under lip is tnfid, the r.uddlc fegment bein^ Icnnr 

 than the other. It has four Jiamina fituated under%t 

 upper lip, two cf which are floor lev than the other, cr<rvr 

 edbyflnglefummits, and a germen with fear parts fu^ 

 porting a fiyle fituated with the fiamina, crovoned ha 

 bifid fiigma. The germen afterward turns to four anmlcr 

 convey: feeds, fitting in the empakrnmt, " \. \^ 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl; fedion o^ 

 Linnasus's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofeplants 

 whofe flowers have two long and two fiiort itaniina 

 and are fucceeded by naked feeds in the empalemenc * 



The Species are, - . ;. . .,, ^ ^ 



MoLuccELLA {hcevis) calycibus campanlfor.nlbus 

 fubquinquedentatis, denticulis ^qualibus. Lin. Sp, 

 821. Molucca Balm with bell-fkaped empalements' in- 

 dented in five equal parts. Molucca l^vis. Dod. Pempt. 

 Q2. Smooth Molucca Balm. ■-. --. '.\. ..... 



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MoLuccELLA {Spinofa) calycibus ringentibus 0^0- 

 dentatis. Lin. Sp. 821. Molucca Balm whofe empale- 

 mehts are ringent, indented in eight parts, u.. Molucca fpi- 

 nofa. Dod. Fempt. 92. Prickly Molucca Balm. ,,,: 

 The firft fort rifes with a fquare ftalk three feet hieh, 

 fpreading out into many branches, which are JjTiCoth, 

 and come out by pairs, garniflied with roundifh 

 ■ leaves, which are deeply notched on their edo-es, 

 *ftahding upon long foot-ftalks placed oppofite ; they 

 are fmooth," of a light green on both fides, and at 

 the bafe of their foot-ilalks the flowers come out in 

 whorls- 5 thefe have very large fpreading emprilenients, 

 Ivhich are indented in five parts, and immediately im- 

 dferlh^fn Cditie but two bunches of prelty long fpines, 

 ■*-' one on each fide the ftalk, each bunch confitlinp; of 

 five or fix fpines arifing from the far^ie point. -.The 

 flowers are fmall, and beinor fituated at the botroin 



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of the large empaleinents, arc not vinbic atadiftance; 



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 ^3: "whofe flowers have three ftamina and three ftyles, - 



The Species are, v ' * 



■ I. MoLLUGo (Ferticillata) foliis verticillatis cuheifoj 



mibus acutis, caule fubdivifo decumbente, pedun- 



\ ,..^ culis uhifloris. Hort. Upfal, 24. Mollugo with acute 



'■ ' 'Wedge-fhaped leaves, growing in whorls, a trailing di- 



q^vfdcdflfilk^ and foot-ftalks bearing a ftngle flower, Al- 



'*'.w\ fine procum bens, galii facie Africana. Hort. Lugd. 



^:::\€^ramng jifrican Chickweed, with the appearance of La- 



^^r-dtes Bed^raw. ^;4. ^ ::• -'V rv - . \ ' :\ , h 

 .2. MoLLv GO (^adrifolia) foliis quaternis obovatis, pa- 



niculadichotoma. Hort. Cliff. 28. MoIuffo with four 



. . leaves at each joints nphich are almgjt ovaL and a panicle 



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 ho. TournV Inft, 507I "^RuptureworTwith a Mou 





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.;^;f^j There are two pr tjbree j^ecies of this genus; which 

 . - > arc rarely admitted into eardens, fo I have not enu- 



; _^ \merated ^ them here.; r.,-/'^;- . - P-' ^^^*^^; ? *'»^ 



.fsrfwv. Both thefe forts are annual i the firft is a native of 



,^^'"^^*wanTi countries, i(b is lefs hardy than the Tecond ; they 



-Vyi.are^oth trailing plah^," whofe ftalks lie flatfbn the 



' ^ v ground ; the firft fpreads out eight 6t nine inches 



-r,-; every way, and at each joint is garnifhed with fix or 



ifeven fmall leaves fpread out in form of a ftar. The 



flowers are fmall, like thofe of Chickweed, one ftand- 



v/^ing upon each foot-ftalk j thefe are fucceeded by oval 



M ^capfules filled with fmall feeds, which, if permitted to 



fcatter, the plants will come up the following fpring 



witho^ijt^ any care ; but when the feeds happen to fall 



upon earth which is thrown upon a hot-bed, the 



plants will be forwarder and ftronger than thofe in 



the open ain rThis is preferved in fome gardens fo 



the fake of variety, but has no great'beaufy. • ^ 



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are' white, with a caftof-puVple, andfliapedlikc 

 thofe of the other lip flowers, having the upjpcr lip 

 entire, and hollowed like a fpoon, and the^VLOtferlip 

 is cut into three fegments, the middle one being the 

 longeft. After the flower is paft, the germen turn to 

 four club-fliaped'angular feeds inclofcd in the impa- 

 lement. It flowers in July, but unlefs the Jeain 

 proves warm and dry, the feeds do not ripen in Eng- 

 land. The fmell of this plant is to (pm^pcrfons very 

 difagrceable, and to others very plearant. . ?.,, ^^ 

 The fecond fort hath fquare fmooth ftalksf of a 

 purplifli colour, which rife four feet high, and 

 branch out in the fame manner.. The leaves 

 are fmaller, and ftand upon .fliortcr?'<;foot-ftalks; 

 they are deeper, and more acutely indented on their 

 edges. The empalements of the flowers are not fo 

 large, and are cut into 'eight fegments, each, being 

 terminated by an ' acute fpine. :The noV/a$. arc- like 

 thofe 'Of the' fi^rmerfpecies, as are alio the feeds; this 





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'^ is not {b hardy as the firft fort.: :.-:'; i' nV-,- ^ 

 V -The firft grows naturally in ieveral parts of Sym. 

 and the fecond is a native o' the Molucca Iflands, 

 ' from whence this genus received its titk. • They arc 

 i' both ^annual plants, which decay foon after their ieec^s 

 "' *e ripe,- aftd being natives of warm countries, they 

 ■ feldom perfea their feeds in England, when thcyaa- 

 fown in the fpring -, therefore the belt way i$- to raile 

 the plants in autumn, and plant them in Hnall P°^.^ ' 

 thefe (hould be placed under a hot-bed frame in win- 

 ter, where they may have free airin.milci weather, } 

 takiiig off the glafles, but covered in frotly' weather, 

 obferving to keep them pretty dry, otlierwjfc theyaa 

 very fubjeft to rot, when they are clofcJy CQVcrca m 

 frofty weather. In the fpring thf plants may d. 

 -',' turned out of the pots, with all the earth a 



; their roots, and planted iri a'war'ni border, dctsrnocu 



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