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tv;c> or three pair of narroy/, acute-pointed, entire 

 lobes, which arc hairy, and pale on their under fide. 

 The tlowers are produced at the end of the branches 

 in clufters ; they have five yellow pecals fpreading 

 open in form of a Rofe, with many germcn andfta- 

 rnina within. Thefe appear in July, and are fome- 

 times fucceeded by feeds inclofed in the empale- 



This ulant is commonlv cultivated in the 



or 



nient, l ins plant is commonly 

 nurfery-gardens as a flowering fiirub, by fuckers 

 laying down the tender branches, which v/ill take 

 root in one year, and may then be taken oft' from 

 the old plants, and planted in a nurfery for a year 

 or two to get ftrengch, before they are planted 

 where they arc defigntd to remain. It may alfo be 

 propagated by cuttings, which may be planted in 

 autumin in a moift fhady border, where they will 

 take root the next fpring, and the Michaelmas fol- 

 lowing may be tranfplanted into the nurfery, , 

 The beft feafon for tranfplanting of thefe plants is in 

 Odtober, that they may get new roots before the 

 hard froft fets in ^ for as this plant grovs^s naturally 

 upon moift boggy land, fo when it is removed in 

 the fpring, if due care is not taken to water it in dry 

 weather, it is apt to mifcarry; nor v;ill this plant 

 live in a hot dry foil, but in a fhady fituation and on 

 a cool moift foil it v/ill thrive e 



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The fourth fort grov/s naturally in the fouth of 



.France and Italy •, this hath hand-fliaped leaves, com- 



/^pofed of five or feven lobes which join at their bafe, 



-, where they meet the foot-ftalk ; they are deeply cre- 



('.;: hated on their fides, and are hairy on botli fides. The 



flalks rife nine or ten inches high, branching to'v/ard 



the top, and garnifhed at each joint with one leaf, 



of the fame form as thole below, but fmaller,-4 The 



L- : . flowers grow at the top of the ftalk ; they are white, 



: :;_andfhaped like thofe of the former fort, appearing 



•:'_ about tlie fame 'time, and are fucceeded by feeds like 



-, ■ thofe.,. This is a bierirital plant, which dies foon after 



:J:; the -feeds are ripe 



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The fifth fort grows naturally on the Alps, and in 

 _!::^-oiher rough hilly parts of Europe. This hath a thick 

 t- fiefhy root which ftrikes deep in the ground, from 

 V which arife feveral purple branching ftalks about a 

 1":' foot high, garnifhed with leaves compofed of five 

 i^;^'~\vedge-{haped lobes, which are deeply cut^onjheir 

 edges,'' and are very hoary on their under fide.' '.The 

 flowers grow at the top of the ftalk, which branches 

 out into many foot-ftalks ; they are yellow, and lliap- 

 ed like thofe of the fourth fort, but fmaller. The 

 root is perennial, and the plant may be propagated 



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- -i The fixth fort o-rows on the mountains in Auftria ; 



this- hath a perennial root -, the leaves ftand upon 



foot-ftalks v/hich arife from the root, and are very 



long ; they are compofed of five oblong lobes which 



are a little fawed at their ends, very hoary .and filky' 



on their under fides, but^gfeen on their upper. The*' 



fiov/ers are produced upon' long flender foot-ftalks,' 



which "arife imrhediately ' from thejoot; they are 



\vhite, and fhaped like thofe of the other fpecies, ap-^ 



pearing in May, but are feldom fucceeded by feeds in 



England.'' It may be eafily propagated by runners in^ 



the fame manner as the Strawberry •, the beft jime to' 



tranfplant them is in autumn.- It loves a cool foil 



and a fhady rituatioh>^>;> 





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 It propagates itfelflike 



on their eugco ; the flowers arc larger, and the whole 

 plant is ot a deeper green. It flowers in 

 the feeds ripen in autumn, 

 the former fort. 



The ninth fort grows naturally in Italy and Sic^h^ - 

 this is a perennial plant ; the ftalks rife'near two fit 

 high, they are purple and very hairy, garnifhed with 

 leaves compofed of five or feven narrow lobes, whicli 

 are deeply cut on their fides, fo as to refemble thofe 

 of winged leaves ; the ftalks branch out greatly to- 

 ward their top. The flowers are yellow, ^nd fhaped 



burth fort. It flowers in June, and 

 the feeds ripen in autum.n. It may be propagated as 

 the fourth fort. 



like thofe of the fourth fort. 



OTERIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 948. Pimpinella 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 156. tab. 6S. Burnet ; in French 



Pimprenelle. ' ' 



The Characters are, 

 // balb male and female flo-vers in the fame fpike. The 

 wale flowers have a three-leaved empalement ; they have 

 one petal, which is cut into fcur parts ; thefe are oval, 

 concave, and permanent, and a great nuraber of long hair- 

 like ftamina, terfninated by roimdijh twinfumrnits. The 

 female fiov:£rs have one wheel- fiapcd petal with a fzort 

 tube, cut at the brim into four parts '^ thefe have no ft a- 



: mina^^ but two oblong oval germsn, with two hairy ft^des 

 the length of the petal, crowned by coloured pencil-flmpei 



■fiigmas/'^ The gerrnen afterward bec07r.es two hard feeds^ 



'. inclofed in the petal of the fiower. - ' * . 



This genus of plants is ranged in the e'ghth feftion 

 of Linn2.ais's tv/enty-firft clafs, which includes' thofe 



;■ plants v;hofe flowers are male and female in the 

 ...' fame ipike,_ and the male fiov/ers have many ftamina. 

 The Species are, ..." 



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lofis. Hort. Cliff. 446. Unarmed Poterium with angular 



flalks. Pimpinella fanguiforba minor hirfuta. C. B. R 



i6u. Smaller hairy Burnet. '':■:;:*.- ■ - *' T 



2/ pQTEjRiuM \Hybridum) inerme, caulibus teretlbus 



ftnftis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 994. Unarmed Poterium with 



Pimpinella agrimonoides odo- 



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Agrimony, • - " 

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v'^lhis is ypeVehniat plant; the ftalks grov/ erect, about 



ti^^X foot' high ; they are very hairy, and garnifhed with 



"^; trifoliate oblong leaves, faweJ on their edges.^'i -The 



.:: flowers are produced. upon foot-ftalks, which come 



put above the joints of the ftalk; they are' white, 



and large. ^.This plant flowers in June, and the feeds 



ripen in autumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, will 

 produce plants in plenty the following fprin'g, which 



will require no other culture but to keep them clean 



fz^j\- Pimpinella fpi- 

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The firft fort is the common Burnet, which grows 

 naturally upon chalky lands in many parts of Eng-~ 

 land •, of this there are two or three varieties, one of 

 them is much fmootherthan the other, and the third 

 hath larger feeds than either of the former; but thefe 

 diHe;rences are not conftant, being only feminal va- • 

 nations. This is a fferennial plant, from whoferoot I 

 arife a great num.ber of leaves, ftand ing on pretty long 

 foot-ftalks^; they are compofed of five or fix pair of . 

 lobes, terminated by an odd one." . The lobes are^ge- . 



' nerally ranged a little alternate on the midrib, but \ 

 fomiCtimes ftand by pairs ; they are fawed on their 



■ . edges, and are fometimes fmboth^ and at others hairy. 

 The ftalks rife a foot and a half hip;h, branchino; out ' 

 pretty much, and are terminated by long fleqder foot- " 

 ftalks, each fuftaining an oblong fpike of flowers, m . 

 which there are fome male and others female ; they 

 are of a purplifli red colour, and appear in June. The 



- female Rowers are each fucceeded by two Hard feeds, 



- which ripen in' autUmh, ' "' ■:" ^"l '' '> 



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 ,■ .The citrhth fort is alfo a perennial plant, but differs 

 : from^ the other in havmg trailing ftalks ; tt^e lobes 

 c-£)f the leaves are oval/ obtufe, and bluntly indented 



This plant is propagated in gardens ; the young ten- 

 .; der leaves ara_ put into fallads in winter and fpring, 

 and the leaves are ufed for cool tankards in hot wea- 

 ther. ' It is ufediti medicine, and is reckoned to be 

 cordial and alexipharmic: '-The'powderof the root is 



commended againft fpitting of blood. ^ 

 This plant is eafily propagated by feeds, which fiiould 

 be fov/n in aufumh foon after they are ripe; for if it 



^in fpring, the feeds frequently lie in the 



ground till the fpring following. If the feeds are 



' perniitted to fcatter, the plants^will come up in plenty ; 



and if thefe are tranfplanted out m a bed of undunged 



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