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The eighteenth fpecics will not flower the firft year, 

 fo the plants niull be placed in a warm flove in au- 

 tumn, and during the winter they mull be treated in 

 tlic iame way as other tender plants from the fame 

 country. The following fummer they will flower and 

 produce ripe feeds, but the plants are not of long du- 

 ration, fo that there fnould be a fuccefllon of young 

 ulants raifed from feeds. , . 



S I D E R AT I O N, a blading of trees or plants by an 

 eafcerly wind, ofexceflive heat or drought. 



SIDERITIS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 191. tab. 90. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 632. [of Xihp©"-, iron, q. Iron-herb; 

 fo Diofcoiides calls thofe herbs, that are good againft 

 wounds made by the fword. It is alfo called Fer- 

 rum matrix, on the fame account; alfo Herba Ju- 

 daica, becaufe the Jews in old time made ufe of this 

 herb in medicine.] Ironwort -, in French, Cra'paudine. 

 The Characters are, ' ;. 



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'The flrisjer has an oblong tuhuloiis empalement of one leaf 

 cut into five [egments at the top, ■ , The flower is of the lip 

 kincl^ of one petals ahnoft equal \ the tube is oblong and 

 cylindrical^ the chaps oblong and taper, The upper Up is 

 ereci^ and cut into tzvo acute fegments^ the under lip is cut 

 into three ; the two fide fegrnents are acutc^ the middle 

 is round and crenated. It has four Jlamina within the 

 tube^ two cf tvhich are as long as the tube^ the ether are 

 fhorter^ terminated by twin fummits\ and a f cur-pointed 

 ge7-men fupporting aflender ftyle a little longer than the 

 Jlamina^ crcwn^ d by two ftigmas^ the upper being cylindri- 

 cal^ concave^ and torn^ the lower is fhcrt and membrana- 

 ceous. The germen afterward turn to four feeds ^ which 

 ripen in the empalemeht, - ■, .■ 5 \ • ;-..j) *>vn';^.: ; 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linn^eus's fourteenth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have two long and two Hiorter ilamii- 

 » and the feeds are nake^ in the empalement. ■ 

 The Species are, ' \':\ . ' ' 



SiDERiTis (Hirfuta) foliis lanceolatis obtufis dentatis 

 pilofis, brafteis dentato-fpinofis, caule hirto, fpicis 

 i interruptis elongatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 803. Ironwort 

 with fpear-fhaped^ obtufe^ hairy ^ indented leaves^ a hairy 

 ' Jlalk^ and long interrupted fpikes of flowers, Sidefitis 

 .hirfuta procumbens. C. B. P. 233. Hairy trailing 

 . .Ironwort.!.:, . .... . .. ; _, , ; 



2. SiDERiTis (Romana) herbacpa ebrafteata, caulibus 

 .. fpinofis, lacinia fuperiore majore ovata,, 'Lin. Sp. 

 /■Plant. 802. Herbaceous Ironzvort with prickly e7npale- 



ments^ the upper fegment being 'oval and larger than the 

 ether, Sideritis verticillis fpinofis, minor procumbens. 



^.Mor. Hid. 3. p. 388. Smaller trailing Iron^wort with 



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3. Sideritis {PerfoUata) herbacea hifpido-pilofa, foliis 

 luperioribus amplexicaulibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. ,802. 



... Hairy ^ flinging., 'herbaceous Ifcnwort-, whofe upper leaves 



. embrace the flalksi: Sideritis Orientalis, phlomidis fo- 



, lio. Tourn. Cor. 12. Eaflern Ironwort with a Jerufalem 



Sage leafVih ?;> r*;:;-v-hl'>UiY^c^i;::r ■ih::t_>i.-. b^.u/i-k 



4. Sideritis {OUafolia) tomentofa, foliis lineari-lance- 

 olatis feflllibus, calycibus fpinofis. Woolly Ironwort 



:..with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves fitting clofe to theftalks., 

 ? and prickly empalements to the flowers, Sideritis incana, 

 crole^e folio. Bocc. Muf. Hairy Ironwort with an Olive 

 leaf. 



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5.- Sideritis {Scordioides) jQliis lanceolatis .acvuis.den- 

 -.itatis, bradeis ovatis dentato-fpinofis, calycibus asqua- 

 i.'Jibus, fpicis ovatis. Lin. S^.'Pl^nt,^ io'^y'^, Ironwort 

 ..with fpear'-fljapedy acute^, indented leave_^,jval prickly 

 -^hraSiea^ e^ual empalements^ and oval fpikes of flowers. 

 i 'Sideritis foliis hirfutis profundecrenatis. C. B. P. 233. 

 '• Ironwort with hairy leaves deeply crenated, ■■ ■:',■•■> •.-:■•-' ■ 

 6, Sideritis {Syriaca) fruticofa tomentolb.-lanata, foliis 

 lanceolatis integerrimis floribus verticillatis. Lin. Sp. 

 ^ Plant. Soi, ^tShrubbyj downy ^ woolly Ironwort^ with 

 - fpear-fhapei entire leaves.^ and flowers in xvhorls. 



flore luteo. 



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deritis Cretica tomentofa candidifljma, 

 Tourn. Cor. 12. The whitelt downy Ironw 



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iiTis (Hifpanica) fruticofa, foliis lanceolatis in- 



tegerrimis, floribus fpicatis terminalibus, calycibus 

 inofis. Shrubby Ironwort with fpear-fha^ 

 idfpiked flowers terminating the ftalks 



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I empalements, Sideritis Hifpanica frutefcens feu lig- 

 nofior. Tourn. Infl:. 192. Shrubby, or ligneous Spamfli 

 Ironwort, ~ . " 



8. oideritis [Hyjfcpi folia) foliis lanceolatis glabris inte- 

 gerrimis, bradeis cordatis dentato-fpinofis, calycibus 

 ^quahbus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 575. Ironwort with fmcoth^ 

 entire,, fpear-fljaped leaves, heart-fljaped, prickly, 'indent- 

 ed braciea, and equal empalements. Sideritis Alpina 

 hyfibpifolia. C. B. P. 233. Alpine Ironwort with a Hyf 

 fop leaf - . ; , 



9. Sideritis {Canarienfis) fruticofa tomentofa, foliis 

 cordato-oblongis acutis petiolatis fpicis verticillatis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 574. Shrubby woolly Ironwort with 

 heart-fljaped oblong leaves, and the flowers growing in 

 whorls. Stachys Canarienfis, frutefcens, verbafci fo- 

 lio. Tourn. Inft. 186. Shrubby Bafe Hor eh iund of the 

 Canaries, with a Moth Mullein leaf. 

 The firft fort grows naturally in France^ Spain, and 



. Italy ; the root is perennial, the ftalks are herbace- 

 ous, hairy, and trail upon the ground ; they are a 

 •. foot and a half long, fending out branches at the 

 bottom, which are garnilhed with oblong, oval, hairy,- 

 crenated leaves -, the upper part of the ftalk is fur- 

 nfflied with whorls of purple flowers, thefe ftand pret- 

 ty far afunder. The flowers appear in fummer, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn. It is a plant of no o-reat 

 beauty or ufe, fo is feldom kept in gardens. 



: The fecond fort is an annual plant with trailinor ftalks ; 

 the leaves are fmall, fpear-fiiapcd,' and fit clofe to the 

 ftalks ; the whole plarU: is hairy. The flowers grow . 

 in whorled fpikes at the end of the branches, they 



.have prickly empalements and are yellow. It grows 

 in all the fouthern parts of Europe, and is feldom ad- 



; - mitted into gardens. ,1; ;:.<N,vu:{: v\ ■. z;-:- ■ ;• 

 'The third fort grows naturally' in the Levant, where 

 ,iLwas:difcoycred by the late Dr.,Tournefort.' -The 

 roots of this fort_feldo^ continue,, longer tljan two 

 years in England ; the lower leaves are oblong, en- 

 tire, and hairy i the ftalks are fmooth, hoary, and 



I : rife near four feet high, branching out into feveral 



i : longflenderbi-anches, and garniflied with hoary acute- 

 , pointed leaves, furnifhed with whitifli flowers in whorls 



■ .which are placed far afunder ; the whorls are fmall, 

 compact, and have two very ftiort leaves immediately 

 under them, which end with a fharp fpine ; the em- 

 palements of the flowers are prickly, and the flowers 

 ' ,.are fmall., .r, This flowers in July, and the feeds ripen 



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I -iThe fourth fort grows ..naturally in^. Crete ; this' is a 



I .'low Ihrubby plant, whole ftalks rife a foot high, and. 



i.are ligheous^r- fending out branches a foot long, 



cu^ii^)> f^^ garni(hed with. narrow fpear-fhapedlea^^ 



an inch and a naif long, they are downy and vcrv 

 .white ;■ the upper part of the ftalk is furniihed with 

 ^; whorls of whitifli yellow flowers, having prickly em- 

 palements. ' This fort flowers in July, but unlels the 

 /feafon proves j^arm, the feeds will not ripen here. 7 ' 

 I ^;The fifth fort grows naturally in th^. foyth of France 

 'and Italy ; this hath a perennial root ; the ftalks rife 

 [ :.3, foot high, and are garniflied with fpear-fhaped 

 ; _l^ayes which are^deeply crenated on theiredges i they 

 'are an inch long and half an inch broad, and have 

 ihort heart-fliaped braftea which are prickly .:, The 

 ■ j.flpwcrs grow in whorled fpikes a^,the end of the ftalks i 

 >* . they are yellow, and have prickly empalements which 

 j ;jareequal...It flowers in July, and if the feafon proves 



the feeds will ripen in autumn. 





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The fixth fort grows naturally in Crete *, th[s^hath a, 

 fliort ligneous ftalk, from which is fent out a few 

 branches about a, foot long, garniflied with thick 

 wedge-fliaped leaves which are very downy and white. 

 The flowers are produced in whorls toward the end 

 of the branches ; they are yellow^ and have fmooth 

 downy empalements. . It flo\ver^ ip J^Iy? but does not 

 produce feeds in ^England.,-; 



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The feventh fort gro\ys naturally in Spain and Italy ; 

 this hath a low .{bri]bby ftalk, fending out feveral 

 hairy branches afoot long, garniflied with hairy fpear- 

 fliaped leaves, one inch long and half an inch broad, 



ofayellowilb gre.eri colour. _• The flowers grow. in 



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