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fnits. In the center is fitiiatcd an cvalgcrmen^ f^pporthig 



Jlendcr Jlyle^ crowned h an obtufe Jligma. "ihe geriuen 

 afterward becomes a turbinated^ hcart-Jhaped^ Jhort pod^ j 

 having two vakeswith a ri^'idftyle on the top^ inclofing 



ng 

 round^Jlj feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firil fedion of 



Linn^us's fifteenth clafs, which contains the plants 



whofe flowers have four long and two fhorter ilamina, 



and tlie feeds arc inclofed in Ihort fmall pods. 



. The Species are, - . . . . 



Myagrum {Sativum) filiculis ovatis, pedunculatis 



polyfpermis. Hort. Cliff. 328. Myagrim with oval 



' fods having foot-ftalks, inclofing fever al feeds, Alyflbn fe- 



getum foliis auriculatis acutis. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 



£orn Madwcrt with eared acute-pointed leaves^ commonly 



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called Gold of Pleafure. 

 2. Myagrum {Ahfiim) filiculis cordatis pedunculatis 

 polyfpermis, foliis denticulatis obtufis. Myagrumwith 



' pods fianding upon foot-ftalks^ ■ having 



''' Alyffon fegetum fo- 

 majori. • Tourn. Inft. 



heartfhdped 



many feeds and indented leaves, 



liis auriculatis acutis fruflu 



Corn' Madwort^ voith acute-eared leaves and a 



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plant ; the lower leaves arelaro_e, i?.aoe.- an.! I • 

 the Italks branch out trom the botrom, and are ' 

 niihcd with leaves about four inches lon^r ^nA ^^^' 

 broad ; tiicy are hairy, and unequally jagpcd T[-. 

 ftalks arc ternunacedby very lung loolc fplkcs ofv-f 

 low flowers, which arc fuccecded by fiiort poJs \vir| 

 two joints, each including one roundiili fcxd. ' ^ 

 flowers about the fame time with the former. ^ * 

 The fifth fore grows naturally in thefouth of France 

 and Italy i this hath afmooch brancliine Ihlk upward 

 of two feet high ; the lower leaves are five or fix 

 inches long, Imooth, fucculent, and a little indent 

 ed ; the upper leaves almoft embrace the ftalks w'tli 

 their bafe. The flowers are produced in lona loofc 

 fpikes, which are yellow, and fit clofe tothe^ftaik- 

 thefe are fucceedcd by heart-fliapcd compreffed pod^' 

 divided into two cells by a longitudinal partition' 

 each containing one roundifh feed. It flowers at the 

 fame time with the former. . : -. 



If the feeds of all thefe plants are permitted to fcatter 

 in the autumn, the plants will rife without any care 

 and only require to be thinned and kept clean from 



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filiculis dobofis compreffis 



weeds. Thefe autumnal plants will always ripen tiiei 

 feeds, whereas thofe which are fown in the fprin 

 fometimes fail, •■ ;-^ .0,' ■; ■ . / - .^ -K\ 



M Y O S O T I S. Dill Gen. 3. Lin. Gen. 1 80.' Moufe, 



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ear. 



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' The Characters are, .rnicyi. :,-. , ; - -, 

 Thefio'Wer hath an oblong, ereEl^ pernianent empaJement, 

 ■ cut Jnto five pointy, the flower is falver-flmptd, having 



obtufe ■ feg-ments at 



'•' the brim \ the chaps are clofedby five fmall j dies which 



join^ and are prominent. It hath five fjort ftamina in the 



^ neck of the tube^ terminated by fmall fummits ; arid four 



■^^^ ger men fuppor ting a Jlender fiyle the length of thi tuk^ 



<:i crowned by m obtufe ftigma 'y the germina afterward be- 



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larger fruit. ■' ■ • 



Myagrum (Rugofum) 



punftato-rugofis. Hort. Cliff. 328. Myagrum with 

 globular, compreffed, fmall pods, having rough punEiures, 

 Rapifl:rum arvenfe, folio auriculato acuto. Tourn. 

 Inft. 2 1 1. Field Charlock with an acute-eared leaf > 



Myagrum {Perenne) filiculis biarnculatis difpermis, 

 foliis extrorfuni finuatis denticulatis, Hort. Upfal. 



182. Myagrum with fhort pods, having two joints and j -^^ a fljorY cylindrical tube, cut into fiv 

 two feeds, and outer leaves which are Jinuated and in- 

 dented. Rapiftrum monofpermum. C. B, P. ^5. One- 



feeded Charlock, 

 Myagrum {Perfoliatum) filiculis obcordatis fubfef- 



filibus, foliis amplexicaulibusv 'Hord* Upfal. "1820 



^'"•^'Myagrum with fmall hehrt-fhaped pods fitting clofe 'td the'.l \^ come foui^'ovdl feeds inclofed in 'the empalement,--, v vnt^ 



-'^'^^fialk/and the kaves embracing zA 'iMyagnim mono-J - This genus pf plants isTanged in tlie firft feJtionof 



Linn^us's fifth clafs, intijledJPentandria MSM^ynia, 



the rlovver havmp* five framiha and nnp ffrlp n - ^ 



Vi-The firft fort grows' naturally iii Com fields in the 

 ' zfouth of France and Italy ; I have alfo found rt grow- ^ 

 j-'ihg1lrfi^tl4c"Corh ifl Eaftha^^ feat of 



^'"William Trumbull, Efq; but it is not common in this 

 ^=-' country;' ■ It is an annual plant, with an upright ftalk 

 r-^ about a foot and a half high, fending out two or four 

 /^'fide branches tBward the top, which gro\^ ere£t; they 



are fmoorh, and have' a fungous pith; thd'lb'wer! 

 leaves are from three to four inches long, of a pale: 

 or yellowifii green, and are cared at tHeir bafe ; chofe 

 upon the fl:alks diminifh in their fize all the way up, 

 ^^'•^ and are entire, and almoft' embrace the fl:alks with 



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fpermum latifplium. C/B- P, 10^, 'Broad-leaved A^a-, 

 -'*'grum having one' feed in a pod, Af^y^^^^x :A\^v^^^y\i. . 



' the flower havmg five ftamina and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, " ^^'^ ^'i^:t^'^^^':h vh 





r. 



*"*theii? bafe. The flowers grow in loofe fpikes at the 

 *''€ndqf the branches, ftanding upon foot-ftalks an 

 ''inch long j they are compofed of four fmall yellow-, 

 - ' ilh petals, placed in form of a crofs ; thefe are fuc-^ 



ded by ovaf c'apfules, which are bordered, and 



crowned at the top with the ftyle of the flower, hav-^ 



ingtwo cells, which are filled with red feeds.' ^J^> | 



The fecond fort is alfo an annual plant, and differs 



' • from the firft in having a taller ftalk:^ ' the leaves are 



'•';' much Tonger, narrower, and afeVegularly indented 



-■ bn their edges, ' ending in obtufe pomts. The flowers 



are larger, but of the fame form and colour ; the cap- 



^^"» fiiles ar6 "Aiuch larger, and are Ihaped like 'a heart. 



Both thefe plants flovver Jn June and July,"^ «md* tlieir 



MvosoTis {Virginica) feminibus aculcatis glochidi- 



v bus, foliis ovato-oblongis, ramis divaricatis. Liii.Sp. 



-■189. -Moufe-ear tvitb pricklj feeds, oblong' oval leaves, 



and divaricated branches'.l -CynoglofiTum Virgini^num, 



flore& fru(5tu minimo. Mor. Hift. 3. tab., 30. foL 



9. Virginian Hound's-tongue, with fmall flowers and feds. 



2. Myosotis (Lappula) feminibus aculeis glochidibus, 



^^ foliis lanceolatis pilofis. Flof. Suec. \ ^1^ Moufe-car 



• u with prickly feeds, and hairy fpear-floaped leaves. Cyno- 



gloffum minus, C. B. P. 257. Smaller Hound' s-tongue. 



3.' Myosotis iApula) feminibus nudis'," foliis hifpidis, 



':-racemis foliolis. Lin. ^i^,\%t:^:^Moufe'ear with naked 



feeds, flinging leaUes, and leafy branches: Echiuai lu- 



'^■teum minimum. C. B. P; ^54;; The leaft yellow Ft- 





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^^^'> feeds ripen in September'. *•■ •* 

 "^ "^"e third fort grows naturally oh the borders of ara- 

 ^ ' ble fields, in the fouth of France and Italyi > This is 

 ah annual plant, whbfe lower leaves are five or fix 



inches long; they are hairy and fucculent V their bafe 

 '■Js eared, and they end in acute points. The; ftalks 

 /; rife a foot and a half high, they are brittle and hairy, 

 ;^^ branching out toward the top like the two former, and 

 are "terminated by fliort loofe fpikes of fmall pale 

 flowers, which are fucceeded by fmall, rough, round- 

 ifh capfules, compreffed at the top. It flowers in 

 ■July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally amon^ft the Corn, 

 in France and Germany. .- This is alfo an annual 



There are one or two other fpecles of this genus 

 %hich grow'naturally in England, fo a?e rafelf admit- 

 ted into ' gardens, therefore are omitted here: and 

 "••" thofe here enumerated are feldom cultivated except m 

 "'botanic g'ardens, being plants of little beauty or ufe. 

 "■"'Thofe perfons who are defirous of ^keeping them, 

 ■t-' Ihoiild fow their feeds in the autumn/'^port an open 

 :i.'bed or border of light earth, and in the fpring thin 

 '"the" plants where they 'ar^" 'too clofe, and keep them 

 •"'f clean from weeds, which is iill the culture tliey re- 

 >; quire ; and if their feeds are permitted to fcatter, the 

 "plants will rife without farther trouble. - ■■•:-'* 



M Y O S U RU S, Mouie-taiJ;;'-- ; --^ ^•"'^- ' '' " -"^' . 



•'•This plant is' very near a-kin to the Ranunculus, in 



• which genus it is ranged by feme botanilb; the 

 flowers are extremely fmall, and are fucceeded bv 

 long flender fpikes of feeds, refembling the tail ot 



■ ■ a moufe, from whence it had the name. ljg^°*^ 



wild upon moift grounds in divers parts of tngj 



• land, where it flowers the latter end of Apm ; a" 

 the feeds ripen in a month after, when the plants de- 

 cay, beiftg anriual. It is rarely cultivated in garden., 



■ fo Ifiiall not trouble the reader with any further ac- 



.count of it. -., . : :^r^'-:;'-£^^cL 



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