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 ,' oval fpear-{hape» and woolly on their under fide ; they 

 ftand oppofite upon fliort foot-ftalk's. The flowers 

 ' >ome out in whorls round the ftalks ; they have awl- 

 * ' Ihaped involucrums ending in acute points, and co- 

 ' vered with down; the flowers are of a bright pur- 



and appear in June, but are not fucceeded 



,y feeds in this country. This fort is propagated by 



cuttings in the fame way as the three nrft forts^ and 



Ae plants (hould be treated in the like manner as hath 



; been before direfted for the tenth fort. 



' - The fourteenth fort was difcqi vered by pr. Tourne- 



* fort in the Levant, from whence he fent the feeds to 



f;. the Royal Garden at Paris, where they fucceeded. 



This fort hath a perennial rp.pt and an, ai>][i^ial ftalk 



which decays in the autumn^ but the lower leaves 



continue all the year; thete' are alternately winged, 



and the fnSall lobes are cut on their edges-VThe ftalks 



rife a foot ^nd a half high, garnjf^i^d with leaves of 



the fame fhape with the Tower, but arc Tmaller. The 



flowers come out m whorls round the ftalks, like 



thofe of the other forts, whole empalementsa^e downy; 



they are of a won)-put purple C9]Qyr,.^nd appear in 



'^' Tune, but the feeds do not ripen here. ".'■..:>• ,,.v 

 . *'- It is propagated by offsets from the root In the fame 



"V way as the eighth fort, but thefe are fent outfparingly 

 ^^' alfo, and the plants require the fame treapment as 

 n*l' thofe of the eighth fortl It is at prelent very rare in 

 '"• England, for tne llevere frofl: in the*yeaf''i746 de- 

 •^.' ftroyed all the"^ plants in England, many of which had 



'v.furvivedall the winters for twenty years before in the 



-j'^open air.;, .. „ . ^ . . . 



X\All the fpecies of this genus are ofhatxiehtal plants 



"j'^whcn properly difpofed in gardens, fo deferve a place 

 .l5^:'th?i:e, for there is generally a fuccelfion of flowers on 

 . ' tlieni for two or three months, and their hoary downy 

 leaves, when intermixed with plants whofc leaves are 

 green, make a pretty contraft. . ^ 



^ The leaves of the two firfl: forts have been greatly re- 

 *^.. commended by fomc perlbns to be ufed as tea for fore 

 ' ' thfoats. ' , ' ; 



• ins lucidis craffis acutis. Martyn. Dtc. %, BifftdM 

 -. Lychnis of CaroFina, with flowers difpofed as if wtre in an 



unibcU andtUck^ fioining^ acute leaves. • ., ; f^ 



J. Phlox {Macuhta) foiiis lanceolatis lifevibw, >acc- 



. mofo oppofite corymbofo. Lin. Sp, Plant. 2.16. Phlox 



.. with fpar-fkaped leaves which arefmooth^ ^nd branching 



oppofte flovjers. ^ Lychnoides Marylandica, foiiis bi- 



nis oppofitis bafi & auriculis caulem utrinque implexi- 



caulibus.' Rail Supp. 459. Maryland Baftard Lychnis 



■ wilb leaves growi}ig cppoftte^ whofe bafe emirates the 



ftalks on both fides. . ^ ■ •. \ iri 



4. Phlox {Divaricata) foiiis lato-Ianceolatls, fuperiori- 

 busalternis, caule bifido pcdunculis gcn^inis, Lin. 



- Sp. Plant, 217. Pblcx 'witk brogd fpcar-fhc^ped leaves 



,., ^placed alternately at the topy and a ^ranching fialL 



,, Lychnidea Virginiana, alfines aquaticas foiiis. flori- 



•j Jjus in ramulis divisricatis. Pluk. Mant. 121. Baftard 



:xLycbnis of J^ trginia vi^ith ff^ater Chkl^weed kuves^ and 



flower-branches diverging from each other. \ ,; 'jTvr' 



5. Phlox {Paniculatis) foiiis lanceolatis "margihe fcabris, 

 ^., corymbis paniculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 216. Phlox with 

 ■cifpcar-fbaped leaves haying rough borders^ mdflvwefs dif 



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 riJ)USy binis^ex adverfo pofitis. Pluk. Mant. 121. Baf 



tard Lychnis cf Virginia with th$largeft,umbel^ and large 

 yellow Lcoftrife leaves placed oppofite by pairs. ,.. - , . 



PHLoi (/'//(?/i) foiiis lanceolatis villofis, cauleeretSto, 

 corymbo terminafi. Liji. Sp. Pl^nt. 216. PUgx with 



hairy fpear-fhaped leaves^ and an upright ftalk terrdnat- 

 ed by a corymbus offiowersr LycKnoides Marykndica, 

 calycibus lanuginofis, foiiis anguftis gcutis^ Rail 



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jPHLOX-Lin. Gtn. Plant. 197. Lychnidea. Dill. 

 * ,^Hort. Elth. 1^6. Lychnidea, or Bafl:ard Lychnis; 

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^r^wBicb fpread open* ^ It bath five floor t ftamina fituated 

 iriivlthin the tube, two' of tvhich are longer than the tube, 

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empalement^ each cell containing afingle feed. 



*^ This^ genus of plants Is ranged in the firfl: feftion of 



• Linriaeus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 



. whofe flowers have five fl:amina and one fl:yle -, but 



were it not for the number of fl:amina, it would be 



^ better placed among the ringent plants in the jcc9nd 



,.fedion of his fourteenth clafs, the ltrU<?lure of the 



'flower Toeing the fame with thofe there ranged. 



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Baftard _ Lychni§ if Maryland, with woolly 



"empalements to the flower s^&nd narrow acute-fdntti leaves* 



7. Phlox (Ovata) foiiis ovatis, fioribu$ folitariis. Lin. 



^■Sp.^Plaot. ifil Phlotc'witb oval leaiifs ^d foUtar^ 



flowers. Lychnidea fiftulofa Marylandi^a, cllnopodii 



., vulgaris folio, nore amplofingulari. Pluk. Mant. 122, 



Fiftulous Baftard Lychnis of Maryland, 'vdthaFieldBafit 



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. Pff^fOX (Glaberrifm) foiiis lineari 

 acuminatisji caule erecto ramofo, corymbo termmah. 

 Lin.Sp. 217. Phlox with fmootb, narrow, Jpear-Jhdped 

 leaves ending in acute points, and upright ^ranching 

 ftalks terminated by flowers, which grow in a corymbjts. 

 Lychnidea Virginiana, holofl:ei ampliore folio, flori- I -^ ers. 



v. bus umbellatis purpureis. Rand. Phil. Tranf. vol. 34. 

 .; Virginia Baftard Lychnis with a larger Stitch-wort leaf, 



and purple flowers growing in unibels. - : v < 



2. Phlox {Carolina) foiiis lanceolatis l^vibus, caule 

 , fcabro corymlDus fubfafl:igiatis. Lin. Sp. 216. Phlox 

 . with fmooth fpearfhaped leaves, and upright ft. 



leaf and large fli 



. The firfl: fort grows naturally in Virginia, and in 

 , fome other parts of North America, but has been fe- 

 ^^veral years pretty common in the Englifli gardens. 

 This t^ath a perennial root, which fends up itveral 

 V ftalks, in number proportionable to the fize of the 

 "roots •' thefe rife near a foot and a half high, and di- 

 ' -vide into thr^e^pr fouf fmlall branches toward the lop,^ 

 Which are terminated by a corymbus of flower^. The 

 leaves on the lower part of the ftalks are placed op- 

 pofite, and are about "three inches long, and neaf 

 half an inch broad at their bafe, ending ih long acute 

 points > they are fmpotb, and fet clofe to the ft^s i 

 the leaves on the upper part of the fl:alks are placed 

 alternate. The flowers grow oq the top of the ftalks 

 in a fort of corymbus, or rather in form of an um- 

 bel, many of them arifing from the fame point, fl:and- 

 ^^ing on ftiort foo't-ftalks ; their empalements are tubu- 

 'frjops, aridhave.te^anglcs or furrows, and arc cut at 

 the top into five acute feements ; the tube of the" 

 • flower IS twice the length of the empalement, and is 

 ' divided at the top into five foundifh fegments which 

 '•fpread openf thefe a re of a Ifght purple coloiii','' and' 

 appear in June, but unlefs the feafon proves warm, 

 they are not fucceeded by feeds in England. A^-'jh^: 

 t-The fecond fort grows naturally in Carolina -, this hath 

 a perennial root, from \Vhich arife feveral rough fl;alks 

 ■ near two feet hish, earnilhed with ftiff fliinine leaves 

 , - placed oppofite, fitting ciofe to the ftalKs j they are 

 Ipear-fliaped, entire, and their edges are reflexed v 

 me upper part of th^ ftalk has generally two flerider 

 ^de branches^ ^PdJs terrxiin^ted by a head of flow- 

 which erow in whorls round the fl:alks j: but the 



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^- 'whorls.are lo nearly placed, as to' appear one corym- 

 l - bus at fome difl:ahcq. , , The empalement of the flow- 

 x_cr is.lhqrtj ansi d<^eply cut into five acute fegments^ 

 >' the tube of the flower is long, and at the top is cue 

 :'. into five roundifti fegri:ients, which fpread open,-. 

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