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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecorid fecTrion 

 ui- Linn:t^us's fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 whoic llowcrs have five ftamina and two flyles ; and to 

 this genus he has added fpme Ipecies of Myrrhis and 

 Ccrefolium. 



The Species are, 

 I. ScANDix {PeBen) feminibus la^vibus roftro longiffi- 

 mo'. Hort. Chft. loi. Scandix with fijiootb feeds' and 

 the loiigeft leak, Scandix fcmine rollrato vulo-aris 



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2. Scandix (y/;//r^//j) feminibus fubulatis hifpidis, flo- 

 ribus radiatis, caulibus l^vibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 257. 

 Scandix with prickly awl-fhaped feeds^ radiated flowers^ 

 and fmoQthftalks, Scandix Cretica 



' Smaller Shepherd' s-needle of Candy. 



3. Scandix {Grandiflora) feminibus pedunculo villofo 

 brevioribus. Flor. Leyd. 11 1. Scandix with fhort hairy 

 foGt'flalks to the feeds. Scandix Orientalis flore maximo. 

 Tourn. Cor. 23. Eafiern Shepher^Cs-needle with a very 

 large flower. _ - . 



4. Scandix (Cretica) feminibus hifpidis, involucris um- 

 bello multifidis, caulibus afperfis. Scandix with briflly 



feeds, many-pointed involucrums to the umbels^ and roitgh 

 flalks. Scandix Cretica major. C. B.P. 152. Greater 

 Shepherd* s-needle from Candy. 



5. ScANDix {Odorata) feminibus fulcatis angulatis. 

 Hort. Cliff. loi. Scandix with angular furrowed feeds. 



, Myrrhis major cicutaria odorata. C. B. P. 160. Sweet 

 Cecily y or great fweet Chervil,^ by fome fweet Fern. 



6. Scandix {Anthrifcus) feminibus ovatis hifpidis, co- 

 . roUis uniformibus, caule laeyi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 257. 



Scandix with oval rough feeds , the petals of the flowers 

 . uniform, and a fmootb JlalL Myrrhis fylveftris femi- 

 nibus afperis. C. B, P. 160. Wild Myrrh with rough 

 feeds. : .- ; ^ - . *^ 



Scandix {P rocumb ens) itmimhus nitidis ovato- fubula- 

 tis, foliis decompofitis. Gron. Virg. ^147. trailing- 

 ing Scandix with neat, oval, awl-fhaped feeds, and de- 

 compounded leaves. Cerefolium Virginianum procum- 

 bens, fumaricC foliis. Mor, Hifl. 3. p. 303. Trailing 

 Virginian Chervil with Fumitory leaves. 

 The firft fort grows naturally in llifF lands amongfl 

 the Corn in many parts of England, fo is not culti- 

 vated in gardens. It is an annual plant ; the leaves 

 are finely divided into fmall fegments, and have long 

 foot-ftalks ; the ftalks branch and rife fix inches high. 

 The flowers are fmall, white, and like thofe of wild 

 Chervil, and fit upon the top of the beak or, hqrps, 

 which are the rudiment of the horn,^ 'At the bottom 

 of the fmall umbel five leaves embrace the fl-alk with 



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broad and fliort foot-ftalks, which are afterward cut 

 into fmall fegments like the reft: the feed is long, 

 and runs into,a .fmall point,, refembling a large nee- 

 dle, but the umbels have great refemblance to the 

 umbels of Mulk Crane's-bill. It flowers in June, and 

 the feeds rip^n thp enci^Qf July, which, if permitted 

 to fcatter, there will be a plentiful fupply of young 



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The fecond fort grows naturally in the fouth of 

 France, in Italy, and Crete. This is an annual plant 

 with low fpreading ftalks, garniflied with very nar- 

 row fine cut leaves, placed thinly. The flowers are 



fmall, white, andftand in fmall umbels at the top of 

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The third fort grows naturally in the Levant ; this is 

 an annual plant, with fine cut leaves ; the ftalks rife 

 eight inches high, garniflied at each joint with a fine 

 cut leaf, and are terminated by an umbel of white 

 flowers, with large heart-fliaped petals. The horns 

 of this are longer than of any other forts, and their 

 foot-ftalks are very fliort and hairy. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in Crete -, this hath 

 larger leaves tlian either of the former, and are finely 

 cut J the ftalks grow a foot long, and divide into ma- 

 ny branches, they are rough and channelled -, the um- 

 bels have many-leaved involucrums, and the feeds are 



rough. 



It flowers at the fame time as the former. 



Thefe four forts will fow diemfelvt« wherever tlicy arc 

 once introduced, and require no other care but to 

 thin them and keep them clean from weeds. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally in Germany, but ha<i 

 been long kepc m the Englifli gardens ; and of late 

 years tlie leeds have been thrown out of crardcns, fo 

 that the plants are frequendy found growmcr natural- 

 " lyin the neighbourhood of thofe gardens, ^ic has a 

 very thick perennial root, compoled of many thick 

 fibres, of a fweet aromatic tafte like Anifeed, from 

 which come forth many large leaves that branch out 

 fomewhat like thofe of Fern, from whence it was ti- 

 tled Sweet Fern, The ftalk^ grow four or five feet 

 high, they are hairy and fiftulous. The flowers arc 

 diipofed in an umbel at the top of the ftalk, they are 

 white, and have a fv/eet aromatic fcent ; the outer pe- 

 tal of the fiovv^ers is large, the two fide ones are of a ^ 

 middle fize, butthe^two inner are fmall ; thefe appear 

 the latter end of May, and are fucceeded by long an- 

 gular furrowed feeds, having the tafte and fcent of 

 Anifeed, which ripen in July, , 

 This fort propagates faft by feeds, which, if permitted 

 to fcatter, there will be plenty of the plants arife, and 

 thefe may be tranfplanted to any abjetSt part of the 

 garden, for it will grow in any foil or fituation, and 

 will require no care. 



It ftands in the hft of medicinal plants, but is rarely 

 iifed. Formerly the young leaves of this plant were 

 put into fallads, but it has been long difufcd for the 

 table in England, but in Germany it is put into 

 foups.- 



The fixth fort grows naturally on the fide of banks 

 and foot-ways in many parts of England ; this is an 

 annual plant, whofe feeds drop early in the fummer; 

 the plants come up in autumn, and flower early in the 

 fpring. The leaves of this are finely divided, very 

 like thofe of the Garden Chervil, but are hairy ; the 

 ftalks rife a foot and a half or two feet high, dividing 

 into branches. Thefe fuftain umbels of fmall white 

 flowers which come out early in April, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by fliorr, hairy, crooked feeds, which ripen in 

 June, and foon after the plants decay. 

 There have been fom.e inftances of the ill effedls of 

 this plant when taken inwardly •, fome who have eat- 

 en this herb in foyps, by miftaking it for Garden 

 Chervil, have narrowly efcaped with their lives.- 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in Virginia ; it is a 



., low_trailing plant of no great beauty or ufe, fo is on- 

 ly preferved in botanic gardens for variety- . T' -^^7 ■ 



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:,.:The empalement of the flower^ is divided into fix oblongs 

 • reflexed, permanent fegments ; // has no corolla, but hath 

 fix capillary Jlamina crowned bylong compreffed fummits \ 

 and three oval compreffed germina the fize of the empale- 

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This genus of' plants is ranged in the third feflion 

 ' of Linn^eus's fixth clafs, which contains thofe plant* 



whofe flowers have fix ftamina and three ftigmas. ."{ 

 We have but one Species of this plant, viz, ' .- 

 IcHEucHERiA {Palufifis.) Flor, Lapp. I'^'^.^Marfh Scheu- 



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J This plant gro\ys naturally inmarflies, fo is rarely 



^ admitted into gardens, therefore I ftiall not' trouble 

 the reader with any further accouot of it. 



SCHINUS, Lin. Gen. Plant. II 30,' Molle. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 661. Indian Maftick. ■."-.: ' , • 



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// is male and female in different plants. The empalement 

 of the male flowers are of one leaf, divided into Jive acute 

 fegments which fpread open ; the flower hath five oval 

 fpreading petals on foot flalks, andtenflenderfla-mina the 

 length of the corolla, crowned by roundifto fummits -, thefe 

 have no rudiments of fruit. The female flowers have a 

 one-leaved empalement, divided into five acute fegments 

 which are permanent ', and five oblong fpreading petals^ 

 with a germen having no ftyk^ litt three oval fligmas, 



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