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S S:'^ ''' ^^'"^' ""' '^^^^ ^^?>:^-. - f-j . IE ^-S cylindrical kadcins . the n.ale i^ produced o. 

 • -- ' ' ■ ■'■ ' ' ■ ^^'"^^••P^'-tof the ftalk., and the female on tlie up- 



per ; the latter are fucceeded by feeds ii^e tlidfe of 



rlax, 



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lo. Urtica C^^fer/r.^) foliis oppb'fitis cordaris fcrratis, 

 amcntis fruftiferis globofis. Lin. Sp. '1395. TieUk 

 with heart-JJjaped fawed leaves placed opptftte, Wdy lo- 

 bular kathns ^«i /mV/'< Urtica pilulifera, folio an- 

 gulbori, caule viridi, Balearica. Boerh. 'Ihd. alt. 11. 



; J06. Narrow-teamed piU'bearing Nettle, of the Balearic 

 IJlands^ with a green ftalL ' .. ■:: —;i.-\ 



The firft of thefe forts is a very comtrfO'rt'weed lipon 

 the fides of banks, ditclies, and'other uncultivated 

 places, where its roots will fpi^ead, and dver-riin the 

 grounds, fo that it fhould always be carefully extir- 

 pated from gardens i it Ts f6metimes ufed in medi- 

 tme, but may be eafily procured fi'otn "tfte fields at'al- 

 inoft any feafonz-iii* ^r^w-;- .,■ /- ,■:;■■ ,i.;:';m^-o ^lut 



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n' '"'^^°^^i!" '!}^ three-cornered empalenient of 

 flower; ..This flowers in July, aftdth^e feeds ripen 



ih autumn'." The ftalks ^d 

 ■ aVmed with flinging hairs/' 



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'This plahC is eafily propagaW -either by feeds or 

 •■ parting of the roots, "and will thrive Tn "mofl: foils or 

 . fituatiohs. "'•'"''"'■■■"■■: v'if. a-. i. •.■ ' »■):;•, 



■-The fiJcth' fori £, 



. . . ^,, , - niturally m Canaaa,''a?id other 



^^Wtsfaf North America; it isdhmriail pfaVt;' w^^^^ 

 lucid herbaceous ttalk, which divides iri^o'feve 



1 a 



veral 



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The lecond fort is alfo a Very common Weed in gar- 

 dens, and in cultivated fields ; but it being an annual 

 plane, ishotfo difficult to^eradicat)fffs the former;- 

 Thefe plants are fo well kriovvn as to need no deicrip- 



I'he third fort grows naturally in Romney Marfli, and 

 near Yarmouth; this IS' an annual plant which rifes 

 near three feet high. /The ftalk is herbaceous, thick, 

 of a purplifh colour^ and armed in every part with 

 flinging hairs. The branches conie out oppofite. 

 The leaves are heart-fhaped, the lower ones are three 

 inches long, and two broad toward their bafe, and 

 end 



-"branchesV-'garriifiied -^ith"* bbl6hg "Tawed leaves, 

 ''•havingtliree longitudinal veins; theyafb •jilace ' 

 ■ -pofite upah pretty long fobt'-flalks. t^lie tlowp 



m acute 



fawed 



points ; they are deeply lawea on 

 their edges, and ftand oppofite upon long foot-flalks; 

 thefe are alfo armed with flinging hairs on both fides. 

 The male and female flowers come out from the 

 wings of the leaves at the fame joint, on each fide 

 the flalk ; the male flanding above the female, up- 

 on long flender foot-flalks or katkins, placed very 

 ioofely. The female flowers have fhorter foot-flalks, 

 and are ih globular heads ; thefe are fucceeded by 

 fn^ooth Ihining feeds like thofe of the Flax. It flo^jers. 

 in July and Augufl, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The tenth fort grows naturlly in the Balearic Iflands. 

 This wasdifcovered by Mr. Salvadore, an'apothecary 

 in Barcelona, who'fent the feed^ to many botanic gar- 

 dens, where the plants have been cultivated feveral 

 years; thisdifi^ers fromthe third fort in havingnarrowcr 

 leaves and globular katkins, but being fomewhat 

 like itj- i§ not oftpjx^iftinguifhpd from itv: •: .^ 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in Spain and Italy ; 

 this is alfo an annual ; plant, whofe flalks are much 



arid unlefs'tlie'autumn k very' favourable, 'thfe feeds 

 -will not ripen in England. 



The feventh fort grows naturally in North Ani'ei-ica • 



- this hi^ a perennial rooV, frofh wHch fprfhg but ma- 



[■ ny ftalks from, two to^ three feet high, garriilhedwith 



oval fpear-Iliape'd leaves placeci oppofite, Itanclincr 



/ upbillohg foot-flalks; they'are crenated' on thei? 



- edges, and end in acute points. The flowers come 



out from the wings of the leaves on every fide the 



ftalk, in long, cylindrical, undivided katkins ; thefe 



appear in Auguil, but the feeds do not ripen in 



England. 



The eighth fort grows naturally in Canada and Virgi- 

 nia. The root is perennial ; the ftalks rife two f?et 

 high ; the leaves are oval, heart-fhaped, and fland 

 alternately upon the flalks ; the flowers come out in 

 branching katkins from the wings of the ftalks ; thefe 

 appear toward autumn, but are fddom fucceeded by 

 / feeds in this country. 



vThe two laft forts are common in many Englifli gar- 

 dens, where they are preferved more for the fake of 

 variety than for any beauty. They may be propa- 

 gated by parting their roots in the fpring, and planted 

 'in almoft any foil or fituation, and will enduie the fe- 

 vereft cold of this climate in the open air. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally in China, where it is 

 titled .Pcama; this is a perennial plant, fending lip 

 many flalks from the root, which rife three or four 

 feet 



high, 



garnifhed with dVaJ leaves drdwino-'to 



., points at bpth ends'f they'arej four inches long,*^and 



two inches and a half brodd, ftWedon their edc^es of 



flenderer than thofe of the fprm^rvgMieldom branch. 



The leaves are placed by paifs, up6n very flender 



foot-flalks; they are oval, fpeir-fhaped,' and for theT 



molt Dart entire, and have male and female flowtrs --a^ placed alternately, and fland upon very long flen- 



part entire, 

 fpringing from the wings of the leaves, which are 

 fliaped like the former, th6 whole' plant being armed 

 with flinging hairs. This flowers and petfefts its 

 feeds at the fame time as theother.'^^?;/ .'; : . -^ :-: 

 Thefe plants may be eafily propagated by fowing their 

 feeds in March, upon. a bed of light righ efrt.h,.and 

 when the plants are come up, they fbbtild be tranf- 

 plantedout into beds, or the borders of the pleafdre- 

 garden, interfperfing them amongfl other plants,^ that 

 they may not be eafily difcovered by perfons whom 

 there is a defign to deceive, by gathering a fprig'for 

 them to fmell to. After the plants have taken root, 

 they will require no farther care but only to keep them 

 clear from weeds. In July they will flower, and their 

 feeds will ripen in autumn, which, if permitted to fhed 

 upon the ground^ will come up the following fpring, 

 and flourifh without farther care. :' 



a deep green on tticir upper^lia^, Mt very white' on 

 ^..i'tTieir under, and havfe five longitudinal veins"; 'tfiev 



der foot-ftalks. The flowers fpring from the wirio-s 

 of the flalk in loofe katkins ; thefe are not fucceeded 



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The feeds of the third fort are fometimes ufed in me- 

 dicine. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Tartary, from whence 

 the feeds were brought to the Imperial Garden at Pe- 

 terfburgh; and have fince been difperfed to mofl parts 

 of Europe; this has a perennial root, from which 

 fprings up many fquare flalks which rife five or fix 

 feet high, garnifhed with oblong leaves deeply cut 

 into three lobes, v/hich are acutely indented on their 

 edges; thefe Hand oppofite upon long foot-flalks. f 

 The flowers are produced from, the wings of the leaves 



by feeds in England. "V 



• This may alfo be propagatted by partW!^ ^ 



which fhould be done in May, foi^ at that feafon this 



r plaatisihitsleaflvigour; the- wlrtter' being the time 

 '.when itismofl flourifhinff';" vjv .::-^;- - : / ..::*' 



Thfe plants" muft Be planted m' pots fi'fied with fifrht 

 earth, and as they are too? tender to' thrive In the 

 open air in England, fo they fhoUTd be kept in pots, 

 andhoufedin winter, aHd only expofed" to the' open 

 air for three months in the heat of fummeh - 

 UVAURSI. SeeARBUTus. 

 VULNERARIA;: See Anthyllis. '■ ' ^ 



U V U L A R I A. . Lin. Gen. Plant. 0^^ 



The Characters are,- 



a 



7-. s 



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The flozver has n'o em^akment ; // has JtH* oEofi^^ ereSf^ 

 fpear-Jhaped petals^ and fix awl'Jha]ped JiMtWd termtnatei 

 by oblongs eredi^ four-cornered fummits ; it has an chloiig^ 

 ohiufe, three-cornered' gefmen^ fupportinga fiyte lomer 

 than the flamina, crowned by a triple', obttife, fpreading 

 fligma. The germen afterward turns to an oblong cbtufe 

 capfulewith three lobes and as many cells, filled with fiat 

 orbicular feeds ranged in a' double order'. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 

 Linnaeus's fixth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have fix ftamina and one ft\'Ie'. r - \ 



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