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

 Linnaeus'5 fourth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have four ftamina and one ftylc. This 

 title of the genus was given to it by Dr. Diilenius, in 

 honour of the late Dr. William Shcrard, whom Boer- 

 haave calls the prince of botanifts. 

 : We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 Sherardia {Arvenfo) foliis omnibus verticillatis, flori- 

 bus terminalibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 102. Sberardia with 

 all the leaves placed in whorls round the ft alb^ and flowers 

 terminating Jhem. Aparine fupina, pumila, flore oe- 

 fuleo. Tourn. Inft.i 14. Low fupine Clivers with a 

 Hue flower. 



It grows naturally amongft the Corn in many parts of 

 England 5 it is an annual plant, with trailing ftalks 

 which fpread on the ground, arc fometimes a foot 

 long, and garnifhed with fliort acute-pointed leaves 

 growing in whorls, fome of which have four» others 

 five and fix, and fome have eight leaves in each whorl. 

 From the fide of the ftalks come out the foot-ftalks of 

 the flowers, which fiiftain one whorl of leaves upon 

 which the flowers fit very clofe ; there are generally 

 five or fix flowers upon each whorl ; they are blue, 

 and have pretty long tubes, which are cut into four 

 fegments at the the top fpreading open, Thefe flowers 

 appear in June, and their 'feeds ripen in autumn. 



SHERARDIA. Vaill. See Verbena. 



SIB BALD I A. Lin. Gen. 393; Baftard Cinquefoil. 



The Characters are, 



'ithe flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf^ cut 



half way into ten figments, and five oval petals inferted 



into it, and five hair-like fta^nina which are floor ter than 



the corolla, joined to the empalement, terminated hy fmall 



oitufe fummits. It hath five oval fljort ger men, with a 



ftyle faftened to the middle^ crowned hy beaded ftigmas ; 



. the calyx inclofis five oblong fieds. 



■ This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fcftion of 

 Linnxus's fifth clafs, which includes fuch plants 

 whofe flowers have five ftamina and five ftyles. 

 The Species are, 



I. SiBBALDiA {Procumbens) folrolis trrdentatis. Flor. 



Lap. 



III. 



efoil Fragariae fyl- 



veftris affinis planta, flore luteo. Sibb. Scot. 2. p. 25. 

 -A plant near of kin to the Wild Strawberry. 



%. SiBBALDiA [pSiopetala) floribus oftopetalis. Baflard 



•: Cinquefoil with eight petals ts the flower. 



.• The firft fort has been known many years ; this grows 



. upon moift ground on the Highlands in Scotland, 

 and is with difficulty preferved in gardens ; it is'alow 

 plant, whofe leaves end in three points ; the flowers 

 are fmall and yellow, but it rarely produces feeds in 

 gardens, therefore the plants muft be procured from 

 the places where they naturally grow ; and if they 

 are planted in a moift foil and a fhady fituation, they 



, will thrive tolerably well and produce flowers. 

 The fecond fort has been lately difcovered in the 

 weft part of Scotland ; this hath larger flowers than 



• the firft, and have eight petals to each. 

 This may be treated in the fame manner as the other 

 fort. 



SIBTHORPIA. Lin. Gen. Plant, yjs. Baftard 



Moneywort. 



The Characters are. 



f one leaf 



into five fpreading fegments j it hath one fpreading petal 

 divided into five equal parts, and four hair-like ftamina, 

 terminated by heart-fhaped fummits^ with a roundijh com- 

 freffed germen, fupporting a cylindrical ftyle the length of 

 the flower, crowned by a depreffed ftigma -, the empalement 

 becomes an orbicular comprefj'ed capfule opening with two 

 ■ valves, containing roundiflo conveoc feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe£kion 

 of Linnseus's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have two long and two Ihortfta- 

 xaina, and the feeds are included in a capfule. 



Wc have but one Species of this genus in Eng- 

 land, viz. 



Sibthorpia {Eurcp^a) foliis rcniformibus fubpeltatis 



kidney-fh. 



Baftard Moneywort. 



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This plant gfdwshaturally in moift places in tormtiXU 

 Devonfliire, and other parts of England, from whence 

 the plants or feeds may be procured, which, if planted 

 or fown m pots, and placed in the fliade and kept 

 moift, will thrive very well in gardens. 

 SICYOS. Lin Gen Plant. 971. Sicyoides. Tourn. 

 Init. 103. Smgle-feeded Cucumber. 



The Characters are, 

 // hath male and fetnak flowers on the fame plant ; tU 

 male flowers have a hell-fljaped empalenwit of one leaf 

 with five indentures. The petal is hellfoaped, of me 

 leaf , growing on the empalement ', they have each three 

 ftamina J which are united above, termnated by fummits 

 joined in a head. ^ The female flowers are like the male, 

 md fit upon the germen ; they have no ftamina, but the 

 germen fupports a cylindrical ftyle crowned by a thick three- 

 pointed ftigma, rhe germen afterward becomes an oval 

 fruit fit with briftly hairs, having one cell, containing a 

 fingle feed of the fame ftoape. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth fcftion of 

 Linn^us's twenry-firft clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants which have male and female flowers on the 

 fame plant, and their ftamina are connected together- 

 Tournefort places it in the feventh fedion of his firft 

 clafs, which contains the herbs with a bell-ftiaped 

 flower of one petal, whofe empalement turns to a 

 fruit for the moft part flefiiy. 

 The Species arc, 



1. SrcYos {Angmata) foliis angulatis. HofL ClifR 452. 

 Sicyos with angular leaves. Sicyoides Americana, fruc- 

 tu echinato, foliis angulatis. Tourn. Inft. 103. 

 rican, prickly, one~feeded Cucumber with angular leaves. 



2, SiCYos {Laciniata) foliis laciniatis. Lin, Sp, Plants 

 1013. Sicyos with cut leaves. Sicyoides Americana, 

 fruftu echinato, foliis laciniatis. Plum. Cat. 3. Ame^ 

 rican, prickly, one-feeded Cucumber with cut leaves. 

 The firft fort grows naturally in North America -, tiiis 

 is an annual plant, which rifes with two large feed- 

 leaves like thofe of the Cucumber ; the ftalk is trail- 

 ing, and has tendrils, by which it faftcns itfdf to the 

 neighbouring plants, and will rife fifteen or fixteen 

 feet high, dividing into many branches^ which are 

 garniftied with angular leaves like thofe of the Cu- 

 cumber. The flowers come out upon long foot^ 

 ftalks from the fide of the branches, ftanding in cluf- 

 ters ; they have male, which are barren flowers, and 

 female fruitful flowers on the fame plant, which are 

 f"l^^^' of a pale fulphur colour, and are fucceeded by 

 prickly oval fruit containing one feed j the flowers ap- 

 ^pear in June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 If thcfc are permitted to fcatter, the plants will come 

 up in the fpring better than when fown by hand, and 

 require no other care but to keep them clean from 

 weeds. Thefe plants ramble, and take up too m'uch 

 room for fmall gardens, and therefore ihould be al- 

 lowed a place near a hedge upon which they may 

 climb; they do not bear tranfplanting well, unleft 



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this is alfo an annual plant, with trailing ftalks like 

 tho. former, but the leaves of this are cut into feveral 

 fegments. The flowers are larger than thofe of the 

 former, and are of a deeper colour ; the fruit are not 

 quite fo large, nor fo clofely armed ^yith prickly hairs, 

 in which confifts their difference. 

 This fort is not fo hardy as the firft, therefore who- 

 ever has a mind to cultivate it, muft fow the feeds 

 upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and treat the plants in 

 the fame way as Cucumbers and Melons, keeping 

 them under frames, otherwife the feeds will not ripen 

 in England ; but the plants will require more room 

 than cither of the former, fo that one or two plants 

 will be enough for curiofity, as they have no oreac 

 beauty or ufe, 



I D A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 747. Malvinda. Dillcn. Hort, 

 Elth. 171, 172. Indian Mallow. 



The Characters are, 

 The empalement of the flower is ftngle^ permanent, angu- 

 lar, and five-pointed. The flower is of one petal, cut tnto 

 five broad figments which are joined at their bafe, and are 



indented 



