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touches, that there will immediately follow a terrible * 

 inflammation and gangrene : and what is worfc. 



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finger, full of pith ; this is garniHied with lon^^ n-^r 

 row leaves fet clofe to the flalk, \vithoucorder.^7^he 

 there has not yet been Tound an antidote againft it -, \ flowers are produced all along the ftalk from the winps 

 for which reafon, we ought to be very careful to of the leaves, the germen fitting clofe to the (lalk 

 know this plant, in order to avoid it, for fear we 

 fhould take it for any other lik« it, which would cer- 

 tainly prove fatal. 



The poifonous quality of this plant, had led fome 

 perfons to believe it to be the Cicuta of the ancients ; 

 but according to Wepfer, the Sium alteruni olufatri 

 facie of Lobel, is what the ancients called Cicuta, as 



may be feen at large in Wepfer's bookDe Cicuta. 

 The fecond fort is very common in moid foils, and 

 by the fides of rivers in divers parts of England : this 

 is not fuppofed to be near fo ftrong as the firft, but 

 is of a poifonous quality. 



All the forts of thefe plants naturally grow in moift 

 places, fo that whoever hath a mind to cultivate 

 them, fhould fow their feeds foon after they are ripe 

 in autumn, upon a moift foil, where they will come 

 up, and thrive exceedingly the following fummer, 

 and require no farther care but to clear them from 

 weeds. 





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Tourn. Inft. R. H. 302. tab. 156. Tree Primrofe. 



The Characters are, 

 'The empalement of the flower is of one leaf having a long 

 cylindrical tnbe^ cut into four acute fegments at the hrim^ 

 which turn backward, The flower has four heart-f/oaped 

 petals^ which are lengthways inferted in the divifions of 



It hath eight awl-fljaped incurved fta- 



mtna 



the empalement. It hath eight ai 



' " ' 'nfrted in the tube of the 



\ by cUong profirate fummit 



fituated under t\e tube of 



fupporting a flender ftyle^ crowned by 



The cy- 



ifterward 



ifldy cbtufe^ rcflexed ft _ 



comes a four-cornered cylindrical capfule having ft 



filled with fmall angular feeds. 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: feiStion of 

 Lipn^eus's eighth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 ■whofe lowers have eight'ftamina and oneftyle.; .; . 



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The Species are. 



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2, 



caiite muricato fubvillofo Vir. Cliff. 33. Tree Prim- 

 rofe^ with plain^ ovaU fp'ear-fhaped leaves^ and a rough 

 hairy ftalL Onagra'latifolia. Tourn. Inft. 302. Broad- 

 leaved Tree Primrofe. ■ -[ . ' 

 ' (Another A\Jnguftifolia) foliis lanceolatis dentatis, 



caule hifpido,. Tree Primrofe with fpcar-fhaped indented 

 leaves^ and a prickly ft alk. Onagra anguftifolia, caule 

 rubro, flore minore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 362. Nar- 

 VD-leaved Tree Primrofe^ with a red ftalk and a fmaller 



flow 



3. CE 



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fmooth ftalk 



ofe with plain fpearflo 



4. CEnothera {Mollijfinm) foliis lanceolatis undulatis. 

 Vir'. Cliff. 33. Tree Primrofe with waved fpedr-Jhapea 

 Jeaves. Onagra Bortarienfis villofa, 'flore. mutabili. 





5. CE 



/' 



Primrofe of B. 



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■ nis knceotatis obtiifis, caplulis ova^^^^^ fulcalFs. Tab. 

 188- Tree Primrofe with oval leaves at the rod t, thofe 



'CntJffftMsJpcar-fhaped^ blunt-pointed^ and oval fur- 



■-'rowed feedrveffels.'- ------ --^^--i- - ■ 'V---- - 



The other fpecies which have been formerly placed in 



*^this genus, are now under Jussi^^a and Ludwigia, 

 to Nvhich the reader is defired to turn. ■ ' 



* The three firft forts grow naturally in Virginia, and 



' iiT'otlier parts of North America, from v/hence their 

 feeds were brought to Europe in the beginning of the 



"fixte.enth century -, but they are now become lb com- 

 mon in many parts of Europe, as to be taken for na- 

 tivesr' The firft hath along, thick, taper root, which 

 runs deep into the ground, from which arife riiany 

 obtufe leaves which fpread flat on the ground ; be- 

 tween thefe the ftalks come out, which rife between 

 three and four feet high, and is of a pale green 

 colour, a little hairy, an4 about the tliicknefs of a 





from the top of which arifes the tube of the flower' 

 which is narrow, more than tv/o inches lono-^ at the 

 top is the empalement, which is cut into four acute 

 fegments, which are reflexcd downward. The petal 

 of the flower is cut into four large obtufe fco-mcnt'^ 

 which in the evening are expanded quite flat,'^butarc 

 fliut in the day ; thefe are of a bright yellow colour 

 From the flower opening in the evening, many per- 

 fons call it the Night Primrofe. The plants bec^in to 

 flower about Midfum.mer, and as the ftalks advance 

 in height,' fo other flowers are produced, whercb" 

 there is a fiicceffion of flov/ers on the fame plant ti/i 

 autumn. 



The fecond fort hath red ftalks, which are fct with 

 rough protuberances : it does not rile fo hi^h as the 

 firft, the leaves are narrower, and the flowers are 

 fmaller. -■ 



The third fort differs from the firft, in havin^^ (hort- 

 er ftalks, narrower leaves, and fmaller flowers j and 

 from the fecond, in having fmooth ftalks, which are 

 of a pale green colour, Thefe differences arc perma- 

 nent, fo they are undoixbtedly different fpecies. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally at Buenos Ayres; 

 this hath a flirubby ftalk more than two feet hic^h* 

 hairy, garniftied withnarrow fpear-lhapcdleavesenduia 

 in acute points ; thefe fit clofe to the ftalks, being a 

 little waved on their edges. The flowers come out 

 from the wings of the leaves along the ftalks, like 

 the other forts ^ they are firft of a pale yellow, but as 

 they decay change -to an Orange colour -, they arc 

 fmaller than thofe of either of the former forts, and 

 expand only in the evening ; the feed-vcffels are flen- 

 der, taper^ and hairy. This flowers at the fame time 

 jwith the former;^-' • ■ - - . 



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The fifth fort grows naturally in Canada, from whence 

 the feeds were broiight to Paris a few years paft. 

 This is a perennial plant ; the root is fibrous ^ the 

 lower loaves are oval and fmall, fitting clofe to the 

 ground ;^^ th^ ftalk is flender, near a foot high, and is 

 garnifhed with Jmall fpear-fliaped leaves, ofaliglic 

 een, ending m bfunt points, fitting clofe to tke 



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Italks. The flowers come out from the wings of the 

 Jeaves like the other fpecies ; thefe are fmall, of a 

 bright yellow colour, and appear at the fame timeaa 

 the former, and are fucceeded by fliort, oval,, fur- 

 rowed feed-veffels, filled with fmall feeds. -'*■'. 

 Hie three firft forts are very hardy plants, and if once 

 brought into a garden, and the feeds perniitted^ ta 

 fcatter, there will be a fupply of plants without any 

 care. They are biennial, and perifti after they have 

 perfected their feeds. The feeds of thefe pLints 

 fhould be Town in the autumn, for thofe which arc 

 fown in the fprihg feldom rife the fame year ; whea 

 the plants come up, they fliould be thinned and 

 kept clean from weeds, which is all the care they 

 require till the autumn, when thev fliould be tranf- 

 plantecl to the places where they are defigned to 

 flower J But as the roots of thefe plants ftrike deep In 

 the ground, "lb there ftiould be care taken not to 

 cut of^reak them m removing. The' plants will. 

 thrive in almoft any foil or fituation, and will flower 

 ' ' ' in fmajl gardens, better than moft other 



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plants. ■ ' 



The fourth fort fs now become pretty common in 

 the Englifli gardens, for if the feeds of this are per- 

 mitted to fcatter,' the plants will come up the follow- 

 ing fpring, ahd ' require no other care but to keep 

 them clean from weeds, and thin them where they 

 grow too clofe. ' If thefe plants are kept in pots, and 

 placed in a green-houfe in the autumn, *they will live 

 through the winter'^ but as they produce flowers and 

 feeds in the open air, the plants are feldom preferved 



longec. ' ' '• 



The fifth fort is perennial, and may be propagated 



cither by parting of the roots, or by feeds : jf it is by 

 the former, the beft time for doing4t is in the fpring ; 



