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placed oppofite, and fcvcral rmaller come out on each 

 fide the (lalk ; the larger leaves arc about two inches 

 and'a half long, and three c]uartcrs of an inch broad, 

 and are (lightly indented on their edges. Toward 

 the upper parr of their ftalk the flowers come out in 

 lan^e whorls, having to each whorl an involucrum, 

 coinpofed of ten or twelve fmall fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 of a purpiifh red colour on their upper fide ; the 

 flowers are pretty large, of the fame form with thofe 

 of the other lores, of a dirty yellow colour fpottcd 

 with purple ; they have each two long ftamina fituated 

 under the upper lip, which are terminated by bifid 

 comprelTed fammics, and arefucceeded by fournaked 

 feeds incloled in the empalement. It flowers in July, 

 and if the fummer proves favourable, the feeds fome- 

 times ripen in the autumn. 



This plant is propagated by feeds, which, if fown on 

 a border of light earth expofed to the eaft, the plants 

 v/ill rife very freely ; when they are fit to remove, 

 they may be tranfplanted into a Ihady border, in the 

 fame manner as haih been direded for the firft fort ; 



■ and if they fliould flioot up llalks to flower, they 

 fhould be cut down to flrengthen the roots, that they 

 may put oul lateral buds, for when they are permitted 

 to tioweV the firftyear, the roots feldom live through 

 the winter, therbfore they fliould be prevented : in the 



-•' autumn che plants may be removed, and planted in 

 /' the open borders of the pleafure-garden, where they 

 .„' will flower the following fummer; and if the feafon 



■ fhould prove dry, they ftiould be duly watered, other- 

 wife they will not be near (o beautiful, nor will ^the 



^y. plants produce good feeds. > " - ^; 



MONBI'N. .See SpoIcdias. 



-M O N T I A. See Helio^arpus, : . i mvi 



MOR^ A. Lin. Gen. Plant, 6q. ; 



- ---The Characters are,- . i 

 h nejheatS of ibe flower has two valves ; the flower is 

 / compofed offioi petals^ the three upper are ere^ and bifida 

 \- the three under fpread cpcn ; // hath three Jhort ftamina^ 



terminated by oblong fmmnits. "fhe germen is fituated be- 

 '^ 'low theflcwir^ fup porting aftngleftyky crowned by a tri- 

 'J'fld ereSfftigma. the germen afterward becomes a three- 

 \Vi€&rmed capfule^ having three furrows^ with three cells ^ 

 r, containing feveral round feeds. 



/^This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: feftion of 

 '/ .T.innff^ns^ third clafs. intitled Triandria Monosvnia, 



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•; /-' The Species are, ' -, >^->>:<? M^d. ^^ i? ^'^^^-^ 

 •\. MoRiEA {Vegeta) fpatha uniflora, foliis gtadliblatls 

 •4~ Morea with one flower in each fheath^ and fw^rd-fhapet 

 ■'-''' leaves, Mor^a foliis canaliculatis. Lin* Sp. 59. Mo 



'^•f Tea with chcinmlled leavesr -^^^^^^^^^^^ ■? ■ -^^-.^ ^-^il>l 

 •!t; MoR/EA (juncea) fpatha biflora, foliis fubulatis.-M?- 



'f- tea with two flowers in each fheath^ and awl-fhaped leaves 



•.!iMotea foliis fubulatis. Lin. Sp. ^^l Morea with awl 



oi fl^aped leaves: -c'^ ::. ■ ^" ^^ i;"^^ - '^ V^'^ICI,; ■ 

 Thcfe plants are both natives of the Cape o 

 niOHope, from whence I received their feeds, which 

 •;/i.'iiave fucceecfed in the Chelfea garden, where the plants 

 ■ **have feveral times produced their flowers, which dif- 

 -3:''fering from all the other genera of plants In the fame 

 clafs, I have taken the liberty of titling it Morea, in 

 hon^iir of Robert More^Efq; of Sbrewfbury, who 

 is well Ikillcd in the fcience of botany, and alfo in 

 other parts of natural hiftory. 





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-^"4 The firfl; fort has fibrous roots like thofe of the Flag- 

 '"'^ leaved Iris, froni whence arifes many fmall fword- 

 vv fliaped leaves, five or fix inches long, and half aft 



^inch broad in the middle, diminiihing towaxcj both 



'^ ^ends,* of a deep green colour, lying over each other 



"^ -(lit their bafe, in the fame manner as the Iris j the 



I i 'flowef-ffalk arifes between the leaves from the^rbot, 



^v about eight inches high, having one fmallle^f at 



'each joint, and is terminated by one flower, which is 



covered with a fpatha (or fheath) having two valves ; 

 ' the flower is of a dirty white, each petal having a 

 '^' blufh of purple toward their upper part, and a pretty 



broad fpot of yellow toward their tails •, within are 

 - .three flender fl:amina terminated by pi)lQUg fujjjmits, 

 "•; and one ftyle crowned by a trifid.ifigmav The flow- j 



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crs appear in June, and the feeds ripen the end of 

 Juiy- 



The fecond fort hath a fmall bulbous root, a little 

 comprefl:cd on the fides, with a fmooth dark-coloured 

 flcin, from which arife three or four awl-(haped leaves 

 of a pale green, fome of which are five inches Ione,[ 

 and others are feven or eight, and about half an inc'h 

 broad, terminating with three angles •, the foot-ftaI!:s 

 of the flowers rife about fix inches high, and <^eneral- 

 ly bend at their lower joint j thefe are garniflicd sriih 

 a fmall leaf at each joint, whofe bafe almofl: furrounda 

 the fl:alk^ which is terminated by two flowers, en- 

 compaflTed with a withered ftieath ; the flowers are of 

 an Orange colour ; the petals are pretty broad up- 

 ward, but are connected at their bafe. Thefe appear 

 in June, and the feeds ripen the end of July. 

 The plants are propagated either by feeds, or from 

 off'sets of the fecond fort, and by parting or dividing 

 the roots of the firfl: ; the befl: time for tranfplanting 

 of them, and feparating the offsets of the fecond fort, 

 and parting the roots of the firfl:, is in Auguft:, that 

 they may put out new fibres before winter *, and that 

 is alfo the right feafon for fowing of the feeds, for 

 when they are fown at this time of the year in fmall 

 pots, and plunged into a bed of old tanners bark, un- 

 , der a common frame in winter, there is little danger" 

 ..of thefe feeds mifcarrying. The plants will alfo re- 

 ,^ quire this fort of ftielter in winter, for as they are too 

 tender to thrive in the open air in England, and if 

 they are placed in a green-houfe, they are apt to draw 

 up weak, therefore when they are flickered under a 

 frame, fo as to enjoy tTie free open air in winter when 

 the weather is warm, and fecured from frofl and 



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ter than with any other management : . in fummer they 

 fhould be fully expofed to the open air till Oftobcr, 

 when they fliould be renloved into ftielter.- ^ 



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The Characters are. 



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of one leaf 



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of the flozver is tuhukus^ bifida of 



a long tube enlarged upwardy and a little incurved, *The 

 top is divided into two lips \ the , upper lip is fmall and 



htfld^ the under lip is cut into three equal obtufe fegments^ 

 ,.^the middle one being extended beyond the other. It hath 

 : two hriftly ftamina fituated near ^heflyle^ terminated by 



heart'fhaped ereSi funtmits. The globular gerhek isjitu- 



^ the flower y fupporting a flender ftyle 

 longer than theflamina^ crowned by a target-fhaped ftig- 

 ma J the germen afterward becomes a Jingle feed^ crowned 

 ly the empalement of the fit 



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,^This genqs of plants is ranged in fhe firft feftion of 

 nLinnaeus's fecond clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 , .whofe flowers have two ftamma and one fl:yle. 

 .' A jThere is but bhe Species of this genus atprefcnc 

 \ "--known, which is, ,^r ""'-:, ^^^:^— - *" ' ^" ■ 



MoRiNA (Orientalis.) Hort. CliflF. 14- Morin 



Thiftle leaf 



Eaftern Morina 



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H. This plant was difcovered by Dn Tournefort, in his 



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It grows naturally near Erzeron in Perfia, aha 

 tKe Englifti gardens before the fevere winter in 1 740, 

 which killed alltheplantsthatwerehercjalfothofe inthc 

 i garden at Paris 1 fo jhe only plant remaining was in the 

 Igarden of Monfieur du Hamel. The root of this plant is 

 ^ taper and thick, running deep Into the ground, fend- 

 ing out feveral thick ftrong fibres as large as a finger; 

 ,thc fl:alk rifes near three feet high \ it is fmooth, of a 

 purplifli coloyr toward the bottom, but hairy and 

 reen at the top, garniflied at each joint by three or 

 ,lour prickly leaves like thofe of the Carline Thiftle; 

 . .,they are four or five inches long, and an inch and & 

 Vihalf broad, of ^^l lucid green on their upper fide, but 

 L.Qf^jpale green on tKeir under, and a little hairy, 

 ' '» armed on their edges with fpines. The flowers'cobe 



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