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rhc feed of the firll fort is mentioned in the lift of 

 officinal fimplcs in the College Difpenfatory, but is 

 rarely ufed in medicine in England. From nine pounds 

 of this feed which came from Carolina, there were 

 vipwards of two quarts of oil produced, which is as 

 great a quantity as hath been known to be drawn from 

 any vegetable whatever -, and tliis, 1 fuppofe, might 

 occafionits being called Oily Grain. 

 SESELI. Boerh. Ind. alt. r. p. 50. Lin. Gen. Plant. 



322. Wild Spignel. 



The Characters are, 

 ' // bcjs an timbeUated flo-wer \ the figure of the greater um- 

 bel is uncertain^ the particular umbels are very Jhcrt^ 

 muliiplex^ and alrncfi globular. The principal umbel has 

 no involucrum^ the particular ones have a many narrow- 

 leaved involucrumy ivhich is as long as the umbel j the 

 empalement of the flower is fear ce difcernible ; the princi- 

 pal umbel is uyiiform, Ihe flowers have five inflexed 

 keart'fhaped petals^ which are a little unequal -^ they have 

 each five awl-f}japed ftamina^ terminated by fingle fum- 

 miis. The gcnnen is fituated under the flower^ fupfort- 

 ing two reflexed ftyles^ crowned by obtufe ftigmas The 

 gcrmen afterward turns to a fmall^ oval^ channelled fruity 

 dividing into two partSy each containing one oval flreaked 

 feed^ flat on one ftde and convex on the other. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 

 Linn^us's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have five ftamina and two ftyks. 



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pound umbels of yellow flowers, which aj.pcar in June 



and are fucceeded by feeds which ripen in auujmn * * 

 The third fort grows naturally in uncultivated places 

 m the louth of France and Italy •, this has a percnm.l 

 root which runs deep in the ground, fendincr oui 



flender fmooth ftalks near two feet hioh 



, , o The leaves 



are long and narrow, compukd of fevcn or eight pair 



of wings, whofe lobes are fomecimes fingle, and at 

 others are divided into two parts i they ha\'e'a mem- 

 brane embracing their foot-ftalks, and are of a gray 

 colour. The llalks are terminated by umbels of 

 flowers, which are purple on their outfide and white 



feeds ripen in autumn. 



July 



The Species are, 

 I. Seseli {Montanum) 

 ccis. Hort. ClifF. 



foot-ftalks. 

 lini odore. 



The fourth fort grows naturally on the dry hills in 

 many parts of France and Italy ^ this has a perennial 

 root, from which come out leaves like thofe of Spia. 

 nel, but the fegments are broader and of a crray co- 

 lour. The ftalks rife a foot high, and are garn'ifhed 

 with a few very narrow leaves, whofe foot-ftalks are 

 embraced by a long entire membrane ; they branch 

 out on every fide, and thefe are terminated by umbels 

 of white flowers which appear in July, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by feeds which ripen in autumn. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 Italy, and Spain ; this has a thick ligneous root, fmm 

 which come out ftiff ftalks near four feet hio-h, which 

 are crooked at their joints, and garniftied with narrow 

 leaves coming out in bunches. The ftalks divide 

 into flender branches, which have fmall umbels of 

 flowers coming cut of their fides, and are terminated 

 by larger. The flov/ers are fmall, yellow, appear in 

 July, and are fucceeded by feeds which ripen in 

 autumn. 



The fixth fort is an annual plant, which grows natural- 

 ly in Portugal- The leaves of this fort are like thofe 

 of Spignel, but are much fmaller, and have a very 

 acrid biting tafte. The ftalks rife four inches high, 

 and fuftain a fmall umbel of flowers which appear in 

 July ; and, if the feafon is warm, the feeds will ripen 

 in autumn. . 



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petiolis ramiferis membrana- 

 103. Sefeli with membranaceous 

 Foeniculum fylveftre annuum, tragofe- 

 umbella alba. Bot. Parif. 54. Annual 

 wild Fennel fmelling like Burnet Saxifrage^ and a white 

 umbel. 



2. Seseli {Caruifolia) foliis bipinnatis fublinearibus, pe- 

 ' tiolis bafi membranaceis, feminibus ovalibus. Lin. 



Sp. Plant. 360. Sefeli with double-winged leaves almoft 

 linear^ with a membranaceous hafe to the foot-ftalksy and 

 oval feeds. Caruifolia, C.B. P. 158. Carraway leaf 



3. Seseli {Giaucum) petiolis ramiferis membranaceis 

 ' oblongis integris, foliolis fingularibus binatifque ca- 



nalicuTatis Isevibus petiolo longioribus. Guett, 64. 5*?- 

 feli with branchings pblong^ entire^ membranaceous foot- 

 'ftalksy and the fmall leai>ej eif her Jingle or by pairs ^ which 

 are lightly channelled.'^j; Foeniculum fylveftre glauco fo- 

 lio. Tourn. Inft. 311. Wild Fennel with a gray leaf . 



4. Seseli {Pumilunt) petiolis ramiferis membranaceis 

 oblongis integris, foliis caulinis anguftifllmis. Hort. 

 Clifi\ 102. Sefeli with oblongs entire^ membranaceous^ 

 hunching foot -ft alks^ and very narrow leaves on the ftalks. 

 Foeniculum fylveftre perenne, ferulas folio breviore. 

 Tourn. Inft. 311. Wild perennial Fennel^ with afhorter 



' 'Giant'' s Fennel leaf 



5. Seseli (Tortuofum) caule alto rigido, foliolis lineari- 

 bus fafciculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 269. Sefeli with a tall 



ftiff ftalk^ and very narrow leaves in clufters. Foeni- 

 culum tortuofum. J. B. 3. p. 16, Crooked or contorted 



Fennel. 'I ^^^^ ^^^^ weeds, and the fecond^ feafon they will 



6. Seseli {Ammoides) petiolis membrana deftitutis. produce feeds. The perennial fort^, which are per- 

 ' Flor. Leyd. Prod. 112. Sefeli with foot-ftalks without ' ' * 



membranes. Foeniculum Lufitanicum minimum acre. 



Tourn. Inft. 312. The leaft acrid Portugal Fennel 



The firft fort grows naturally in France amongft the 



Corn; this rifes with an eredt ftalk near two feet 



high, fending out branches from the fide, and is gar- 

 ' nifhed with Ihort leaves divided into fmall fegments 



or leaves like Hog's Fennel. At the foot-ftalk of 



each branch or leaf is a bellied membrane, which em- 

 braces it. The ftalk is terminated by an umbel of 



white flowers which appear in June, and the feeds 

 Tipen the beginning of Auguft. 



are unknown ; and as they have little beauty to re- 

 commend them, tfiey are rarely admitted into other 

 gardens. 



TThefe may be propagated by fowing their feeds, which 

 is beft done in autumn, for when the feeds are fown 

 in the fpring, they frequently lie in the ground till 

 the next year before the plants, will appear ; whereas 

 thofe which are fown in autumn, always rife thefol- 

 lowing fpring. Thefe feeds fliould be fown in drills, 

 about eighteen inches afunder, in a bed of frefti earth, 

 where they are defigned to remain, and in the fpring 

 when the plants come up, they fhould be thinned 

 where they are too clofe, leaving them about fix 

 inches diftancc in the rows \ after this the plants will 

 require no farther care, but to keen them conftandv 



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The fecond fort grows naturally in Germany; this 

 hath a perennial root. The leaves are long, and 

 made up of eight or nine pair of winged lobes which 

 are cut like thofe of Parfley ; the ftalk rifes near two 

 feet and a half high, branching out into feveral di- 

 vifions ; at each of thefe there is a membrane em- 

 bracing the bale, and one fmall leaf compofed of a 

 few linear lobes. The ftalks are terminated by com- 



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mitted to remain after they have feeded, ftiould have 

 the ground gently dug every fpring between the rows 

 to loofen the earth, but there fhould be care taken not 

 to injure their roots with the fpade. Thefe plants 

 love a moift foil, for when they are fown on dry 

 ground, they do not thrive near fo well, and feldom 

 perfeft their feeds, unlcfs the feafon proves moift, or 

 they are duly watered. 

 SHERARDIA. Dillen. Gen. Nov. 3. Lin. Gen. 



Little^ 



Madde 

 The Characters are. 



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The flower has a fmally four-pointed.^ permanent empale^ 

 ment fitting upon the germen ^ // has one long tubukus 

 petaly cut into four plain acute parts at the brim ; it has 

 four ftamina Jituated on the top of the tube^ terminated 

 by Jingle fummits^ and an oblong twin germen below the 

 flower ^ftipporthtg a flender bifid ftyle crowned by two headed 

 ftigmas. The germen afterward becomes an oblong crowned 

 fruity containing two oblong feeds which are feparated. 



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