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The flowers grow in whorled fpikes at the top of the 

 ftalks, the flowers (landing upon foot-ftalks, each fuf- 

 taining three flowers \ thefe are about the fize of thofe 

 of the common Bafil, and are white j the whole plant 

 has a flrong aromatic odour. It grows naturally at 

 Campeachy. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in the ifland of Cey- 

 lon ; this rifes with a fquare ftalk two feet high, 

 which is hairy, and divides into three branches at 

 the top ; the lower leaves are roundilh, ending in 

 points ; they are hairy, and crenated on their edges, 

 Uanding upon flender foot-ftalks ; the leaves on the 

 ftalks are narrower and fhorter, and have foot-ilalks 

 an inch long i the ftalks are terminated by three fpikes 

 of flowers in whorls, that in the middle being the 

 longeft. The flowers are reflexed and hang down- 

 ward, they are white, and larger than thofe of the 

 common fort. This plant has lefs odour than the 



other forts. 

 ' Thefe plants being moft of them annual, are propa- 

 ■ gated from feeds, which fhould be fown in March, 

 upon a moderate hot-bed ; and when the plants are 

 come up, they fhould be tranfplanted into another 

 moderate hot-bed, obferving to water and (hade them 

 until they have taken root ; after which they Ihould 

 have plenty of air in mild weather, othcrwife they 

 will draw up very weak ; you muft alfo water them 



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in the brain of perfons who frequently fmellcd this 

 plant ; and others have aficrted, that fcorpions com- 

 monly breed under the plants, but thefe ilorics are 

 without foundation : but it is certain, that the odour 

 of thefe plants is too ftrong for mort perfons, tfpeci- 



^ ally in a room, or if near them • for which reafon they 

 fliould not be placed too near die habitation, becaufe 

 if they are in any quantity, the odour will extend at 

 times to moft of the apartments when the windov/s 

 are open. ' - 



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Lin. Gen. Plant. 314. [o^a^Sn, of oT^r, a Vine, and 

 "A^fl^, a flower. The ancients called any plant 

 CEnanthe that flowered at the fame time with the 

 Vine, or whofe flowers had the fame odour.] Water 

 bropwort. 'v.. ..:' 



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frequently, for they love moifture. 



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fhould be taken up with a ball of earth to their roots, 

 and tranfplanted either into pots or borders, obferv- 

 ine to Ihade them until they have taken root 5 after 

 which they will require no farther care but to clear 

 ' them from weeds, and refrelh them with water in 

 dry weather.' Though thefe. plants are only propa- 

 gated from feeds, yet if you have any particular fort 

 which may arife from feeds, which you are defirous 

 \ to increafe, you may take olf cuttings any time in 

 "^ May, ancl plant them oh a moderate hot-bed, ob- 

 ferving to water and Ihade them for about ten days ^ 

 in which time they will take root, and in three weeks 

 ^ time befit to remove, cither into pots or borders, 

 ' with the feedling plants. In September thefe plants 

 ^will perfeft their feeds, when thofe forts which ap- 

 \ pear the mofl:difl:in6t, fliould have their feeds preferved 



feparate, for fowing the following fpring. 



• The feeds of thefe plants are ufually brought from the 



'[ Tputh of France or Italy every fpring, becaufe fome of 



\them feldom ripen their feeds in this country in the 



open air. But whoever is curious to preferve the feeds 



of any of the varieties, fhould place them in an airy 



^lafs-cafe or ftove in the autumn, when the^ weather 



•egins to be cold or wet ; and by fupplying them 



'with water, and letting them Kave free air every day 



,Jn niild weather, they will perfeft their feeds very 



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. The fifth fort is more tender than any of the other; 



this was difcovered growing wild at Campeachy, by 



the late Dr. William Hot 





■ito England. "This fhould be fown on a hot-bed early 

 m the fpring, and when the plants are^come up, 



. they flioukl be tranfplanted on anotHc'r^very tempe- 



,. ralte hot-bed to bring them forward; and when they 

 have obtained flrengtK, they fhould be each tranf- 



. planted into a feparate pot, and placed either in jhe 

 ': ftove, or on a moderate hot-bed, where they may 



.^have a large (hare of air in warm weather ; but by 



'being (hcltcred from the cold and wet, the plariH will 

 perfedt their feeds very well in England. - * 



. .The fixth fort grows to be flirubby, and if placed 

 in a moderate wafmtTi in winter, may be preferved 

 two years ; but this will " ripen its feeds tHe firft year, 

 if the plants are brought forward in the fpring ; but 

 if this fhould fail, the plants may be placed in the 

 ftove, wheri' they may be kept through the winter, 

 and the foUovving feafon they will perfeft their feeds* 

 In the funime;r the plants fhould be placed in the open 

 air in alKeltered fituation, and in warm weather they 

 fhouldhaveplentjr of water. .. . ^^ 



. There have teeifi many fiftitious flories handed down 

 through feveral generati6ns, of fcorpions beinjg bred 



// is a plant ivith an nmhelliferous jlcwer ; the prbtdpal 

 umbel has hit few rays, but the particular umbels have 

 many port ones, The principal^ involua^um is compofea 

 of many Jingle leaves^ iV'hich are Jhorter than the umbel ; 

 the fmaller urabels have inanyjmdll leaves \ the rays of 

 the principal umbel are difforra. Thofe fioivers in the 

 difk are hermaphrodite^ and are compofed of five hearts 



fbaped inflexed petals^ which are almofi equal -^ thofe 

 of the rays are niale^ and have five large unequal 



petals which are bifid ; they have five fingle Jtamina 



\ 'terminated by roundiflo fummits, The germen is fituated 



under the flower^' fuppor ting two awl-fiaped permanent 



fiyles^ crowned by obtufe ftigmas. Thegermen afterward 

 becomes an O'palJ'ruit^ divided into two ^arts^ containing 

 two almoft oval feeds, convex on one fide and plain on the 

 other, :■■•.'' -- '^ -^'y ''-"■**\, ■, V ;^* -';, ./ > 

 This genus of plants is ranged in fhe fecond' fcftion 

 of Linna:us's fifth clafs, -which contains thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have five flamina and two flyles, 

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1. CEnanthe {Crocata) foliis omnibus multifidisobtufis 

 fubsequalibus. Hort. .Ciiff. 99. JVatcr Dropwort^ 

 whofe leaves all end in many obtufe points^ and are ahnoji 

 equal. CEnandie fucco virofo, cicut^ facie lobelii. 

 J. B. 3. p. 2. 193. Hetnkck Drcpwort. 



2. CEnanthe (/v/?///^y^) ilolonifera, foliis caulinis pin-- 

 ' natis filiformibus fillulofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 254. Wat a 



Dropwprt^ with flender^ fijiular^ winged leaves growing 

 on the ftalks. CEnanthe aquatica. C. B. P. 162. Wa- 

 ter Bropwort, ....-,. ,^ 



CEnanthe (Pimpinelloides) foliolis radicalitsus cunea- 

 tis fiflis, caulinis integris linearibus longiffimis cana-" 

 iiculatis. Hort. Cliff, ^g, JFater Dropwort whofe lower" 

 leaves are oval and cut^ but thofe on the ftalks intire^, 

 narronio-i and channelled, CEnanthe apii folio, t. B. P." 

 162. Water Dropwort with a Smallageleaf , :* 



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 riiarginalibus jongioribus ramofis inafculis. Hort, 

 tJplal. 6'^, Water Dropwort w'hofe footfialkj on ihd 

 \ borders of the umbels are longer ^ branching^ and bear^ 

 '.male flowers. ^ CEnanthe ^rohfera Apula. C B; P.^' 

 I > .i,63,. Childing Water Dropwort of Apulia, 

 5, CEnanthe [Globulofa) friiftibus globolis, Hort. Cliff." 



Water Dropwort with globular fruit,-- CEnanthe "^ 

 ^Xufitanica, femine craffiore globofo.^.Tourh. Inil.. 



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-The firft o^ thofe here mentioned, is very commoh 

 by the fides oT the Thames'b'rf each fide Loxi^oh, as 

 alfo by the fides 6f large ditches and rivers in divers 

 parts of England: this plant commonly grows four 

 or five feet high with ftrong jointed ftalks, which, 

 being Broken, emitayellowifh foetid juice j the leaves 

 are fomewhat like; thofe of the common , Hemlock, 

 but are of a lighten green colour : the ^roots divide 

 into four or five large taper oneSj'^whichi^ when fepa- 

 rated,"^ have fome refembJance to Parfneps j for which 

 fome ignorant perfons have .boijed them, whereby 

 themfelves and family have been poifoned. _ . . 

 T^his plant is one of the molt pcifonous we knowj" 

 the juice which is at firli like milk, turns afterward- 

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