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S. Stachvs (Palujirc) verticillis fexfloris, follis linearl- 

 lanccolatis femiamplexicaulibus. Flor. Suec. 490. 

 Bafe Ilorehmndwith ivhorh of fix flowers^ and narrow 

 fpear-JJjaped leaves which half embrace the fialk. Stachys 

 paluftris foetida. C. B. P. 236, Stinking marfij Bafe 

 Horchoiind^ or Gerard's Clound/s JVoundwort. , .•" 

 StachVs {Spinofa) ramulis ipina terminalis. .Hort. 

 ClifF. 310. Bafe Ho-rehcund ivitb fpines terminating thi 

 branches, Stachys fpinofa Cretica. C. B. P. %i6. 

 Prickly Bafe Horehound of Crete,. ;^ :. : , .: . .-. ;- : 



10. Stachys (Orientalis) foliis tomentofis ovato-lance- 

 olatis, floralibus vcrticillo brevioribus. Prod. Leyd. 



fe Horehotind^ with ovaU fpear-fhaped^ 

 -u^u^.^j *u..uu.., ^rJ flowers fhorter than the whorls. Sta- 

 chys Orientalis akiffima fcetidilTima. Tourn. Cor. 12. 

 ^he talleji Eaftern Bafe Horehound, which is very fcetid. 

 There are Ibme other fpecies of this genus which 

 grow naturally in England, and others are common in 

 different parts of Europe-, but as they are rarely ad- 

 mitted into gardens, it would be befide my purpofe 

 to enumerate them here. 



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31S 



■ plants "whofe flowers are compofed of only hermaphro - 

 _ dite florets which are fruitful, and have their fummits 

 ! connefted together in a tube. . ^ 



The Species are, 

 I. STi^iHELiNA (finnphalodes) foliis tomentofis, fqitamis 

 calycinis lanceolatis, apice membranaceis reflexis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plani. 840. Strchelina with woolly leave}, and 

 fpear-fhaped fcales to the empalements, with refexed mem- 

 braiiaceous tops. Jacea iEthiopica, ftsechados citrina^ 

 . . majoribus tomentofis foliis, capitulorum fpinis & fqua- 

 mulis ex aureo colore nitentibus. Pluk. Aim. 



jEtbiop. 



93 



2. 



ks^ and the fpines and fcales cf the 



head of a fljining gold colour. . " .. .. 



St^helina {Dubia) foliis linearibus dentlculatis^ 



fquamis calycinis lanceolatis, pappo calycibus duplo 



loncrioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1176. Sta'helina with 







The firft and the eighth forts here mentioned, grow 

 naturally in England •, the firfl: only in a few particu-^ 

 lar places, but the latter is common by the fide of 

 ditches and waters every where, and is here only 

 mentioned, becaufe it is a ciifpenfary plant, and has 

 been fuppofed a good vulnerary herb. Of this there 

 is another fpecies, which was found by Mr. Stone- 

 ftreet growing wild, with narrow leaves, Ihorter ftalks, 

 longer ciofcrTpikes of flowers, and the leaves ftand 

 dift-Tnct upon Ihort foot-Italks, and this has conftiantly 

 retained its difference in the garden/^ Both thefe forts 

 have creeping roots, fo will foon fpread over?a-4arge 

 fpot of ground where they have liberty. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in Crete ; this is a 

 low plant, with an herbaceous ftalk which is very 

 branchy from' the bottom. - The ftalks are flender, 

 four-cornered, and fmooth; they are garniflied with 

 a few fmall fpear-lhaped leaves : the whole plant is 

 very clammy, and fmells like bitumen. The flowers 

 are fmall, of a dirty white colour, and fl:and in fmall 

 whorls round the ftalks. Thefe appear in July,'and 



palement 







lented^ fcales to the em- 

 ^e fpear-fhapcd^ and down longer than 

 the empalemcnt. Santolina foliis linearibus, fiore fcli- 

 tarioterminali, fquamis calycinis crenatis. Hort. CiifF. 

 398. St^helina with linear indented leaves^ and fpear- 

 fhated fcales to the empalemcnt, Elichryfium fylveftre, 

 flore oblongo. C. B. P. 265. Wild Immortal Flower^ 



with an oblong flower. - ■ 



The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from v;hence it was introduced into the Dutch 



this rifes with a Ihrubby ftalk about three 

 feet hio-h, and divides into feveral branches, which 

 are crarnifl:ed with loner. 



gardens 



upon the branches. 



ta 



per, v>^oolly leaves fet thinly 

 The flowers are produced at the 



end of the branches in fmgle heads, which arc pretty 

 laro-e, and have fcaly empalements ; thefe terminate 

 in Ipines which are recurved ; they are compol'ed of 

 feveral florets which are tubulous, hermaphrodite, and 

 of a yellow colour, each of which is fuccccded by a 

 fin<^le four-cornered feed crowned with a feathery 

 down, and ripens in the empalement, each being {c- 

 parated by a chaffy fcale. '. - ,- ^ ' v. :■- - : .'• 

 The fecond fort is a native of Spain and Italy • this 

 is a low flirub, feldom rifing more than two feet high, 



^ ^ fending out many flender branches which arc garnifla- 



are fucceeded by roundifti feeds ^ which "ripen in | - fed with leayes placed alternate ; there is a fmall knob 



or angle, juft under that part where the leaf is inferted 

 to the branch i the leaves are narrow, and have three 



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autumn. 



^ This is propagated by feeds, and requires to be ftiel- 

 tered under a frame in winter, being too tender to live 





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in the open air here. .-;;.: .ies^-Trt: £:^^jr:^ t'^ 

 The other forts are kep^ in botanic gardens for the 

 fake of variety, but are not cultivated in other places, 

 fo it will be needlefs to give a particular defcription of 

 them here. ' "'-'' ^^Vf^*^^--^-**---^ 



They are propagated by feeds, which Ihould be fown 

 in March upon a bed of light frefli earth, and when 

 the plants are come up, they maybe planted out into 

 other beds about fix inches afunder, obferving to'wa- 

 ter them until they have taken root, after which they 

 will require no farther care.bpt to keep them clear 

 from weeds till Michaelmas, when they fliould be 

 tranfplanted where they are to remain, which muft 

 be in an open fituation, and upon a dry light foil, 

 not rich, in which they will endure the winter much 

 better than in good ground. . The fummer follow- 

 ing thefe plants will flower, and in Auguft their feeds 

 will ripen, when they may be gathered and preferved 

 till fpring for fowing •, many of them die foon after. 

 T iE H E L I N A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 844. . .■' ■ - > 



y.. 



The Characters are. 



^,' '< ^ 



f:'I 



' -*"* . \ ■* 



9/ the fit 

 fcales 



?•, cylindri- 



^f 



ompofed of feveral uniform florets^ which 

 of the empalement -, they are fmnel-fhaped^ 

 tal. 'The brim is cut into five equal acute 



fegments, isbellfijaped, and have eacb Jive foatr-ttize jia- 

 mina terminated by cylindrical fummits,; with a fioort ger- 

 men fupporting a fiender ftyle^ croivned by a double oblong 

 fiigma. The germen afterward becomes a fioort four-cor- 

 nered feed^ crowned with a feathery down,, which ripens 



in the empalement, • ' c 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnseus's nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 



blunt angles or corners. The branches are terminated 

 by a Angle flower, whofe empalement is oval, and 

 like thofe of the flowers of Knapweed, "being imbr;- 



.. cated. The fcales are oblong, oval, and their points 

 are rounded ; fome of them have a large membrana- 



v.xeous border whofe edge is crenated, and fpread open ; 

 the florets are yellow and equal, of the fame length 

 as the empalement; they are all hermaphrodite and 

 have a bifld ftigma^ and the feeds have a little hairy 

 down on their top. 'vsvii\'%x^^ :'y_ / J;; jr>#^; ;f^ '^^ ^ 

 As thefe plants do not always ripen their feeds in 

 ■'England, fo they are generally propagated by^'cut- 

 : tings, which if planted in any of the fummer months, 

 and covered dole with a bell or hand-glafs, will take 

 root pretty freely; , When thefe have made good 

 roots, they fliould be taken up carefully and^ planted 

 in pots filled with frefli light earth, nor too wch, and 

 • placed in the fliade until they have taken new root; 

 then they fliould beremove^ to a fhelcered fituation, 

 whe're' they may be intermixed with other exotic plants 

 till the autumn, when they muft be removed into 

 ftielter, and treated in the fame way as other plants 

 :'*from the fame country. Thefe plants do not requir 

 aoy artificial heat in winter, but fliould have a dry 

 air, for their tender ftiootsare>eryfubjea to rot with 

 damp; therefore "they will thrive better in a glafs- 

 cafe, than a green-houfe in winter. . ■ 



STAMINA, CHIVES, or FILAMENTS, 



are the fmall threads which encompafs the ftyle in 

 the center of flowers; upon the tops of vv'hich the 

 apices or fummits, which contain the male duft, 

 hang, fo are generally termed the male organs of ge- 

 neration. V ■.., ^ = !,; 

 S T A M I N E O U S F L O W E R S are fuch as have 

 a number of ftamina, or chives ; but are deftitute of 



12 T ' five 





