1S8 APPENDIX. 



O. MAJORAWA. Willd- Leaves petiolate, oval, obtuse; spikes roundish, ternate, pedunculate. 

 Vulfto— Sweet Marjoram. 



Fl- Last of July, arid after. Fr. mat. Latter end of Septeinber. 



Hab- Gardens Annual. 6 to 12 inches high: flowers white. Nat. Portugal, Palestine, &c. 

 Obs. Cultivated for culinary purposes, as a condiment. 



C!r== For Thymus serpylltim. or Thyme, see pag:e 69 of this catalogue. A larger variety is cultivated 

 ingarden-i, as a condiment)— which is probably the T. lanugiiiosus, oi Willdenovv; but which Dr. Smith, 

 in Cyclopted. thinks is not specifically distinct. 



52. DIGITALIS. Gen. PI. 1017. 

 [Lat. Digitate, a thimble, finger-stall, or finger of a glove; from the form of the flower.] 

 Cal. 5 parted. Cor. campanulate, 5 cleft, ventricose. Caps, ovate, 2 celled, many seeded. 

 D. pxjRprjREA. IVilld. Leaves lance-ovate, rugose; calyx segments ovate, acute; corolla obtuse. 

 FitZgo— Fox-glove. Purple Fox-glove. 



Fl. Last of June, and after. Fr. mat. Last of August, and after. 



Hab. Gardens. Biennial. 1^ to 2 feet high: flowers purple, or white. Nat. Southern Europe. 



Obs. Both varieties of this ornamental plant the purple, and white flowered, "« «"fj°"f"y ''"l*j^5:^„^-'! 

 on account of the medicinal properties wh.ch •» possesses- I have used n several tni^es^m my pract^^^^^^ 

 but have not been so fortunate as to find it endowed with half the virtues ascr.b.d to |' ^^^^f 'f S-' 

 and others -though I have reason to believe it is far trom being an inert plant. Dr. Hamor, ot ueia 

 ware county, informs me he has found it highly useful, in cases of pneumonia. 



53. SESAMUM. Gen. PI. 1048. 



[A name said to be derived from the Arabic language.] 

 Cal. 5 parted. Cor. campanulate, 5 cleft. Stam. rudiment of a 5th. Caps, obtusely 4 angled, 4 celled. 

 S. iNDicuM. IVilld. Leaveslance-ovate, lower ones 3 lobed, upper ones undivided, serrate. 

 Fu^go— Bene, or Benni. Oily-grain. 



Fl. Middle of August, and after. Fr. mat. 



Ha?>. Gardens. Annual. 2 to 4 feet high: flowers reddish white- iVai. India. 



Ob^. This plant has been introduced here within a year or two, and cultivated on account of the muci- 

 Zan-ewhinh its leaves afford, when macerated in water, and which has been found beneficial in the bowel 

 corni'laints of children: but our .summers are too short to mature the seeds,— and the culture can only L»e 

 kept up by a supply of leeds from the Southern States. 



CLASS XIV. TETRADYNAMIA. 



OB.DER, SILICULOSA. 



54. LEPIDIUM. Ge«. PL 1077. 



[Supposed from the Gr. Lepis, lepidos, a scale, or shell; from the form of the seed-vessels.] 

 Si/ic/e orbicular, emarginate, 2 celled: cells 1 seeded; valves carinate; dissepiment contrary. 



Ij. sativum. Willd. Leaves oblong, many cleft. 



Fu^go— Pepper-grass. Garden Cress. Tongue-grass. 



Fl. Latter end of June, and after. Fr. mat Beginning of August. 



Ilab. Gardens. Annual. 9 to 15 inches high: flowers white. Native country uncertain. 



Obs. The young herb is pun-ent and antiscorbutic, like the majority of the plants of this Class. It is used 

 i$S a salad, or cress; and frequently cultivated. 



55. COCHLEARIA. Gen. PL 1079. 

 [Lat. Cochleare, a spoon; from a fancied resemblance in the leaves of the plant.] 

 Silicle emarginate, turgid, scabrous; valves gibbous, obtuse. 

 C. OITICINALts. IVilld. Radical leaves roundish-cordate, cauline oblong, sub-sinuate. 

 Fu/go— Scurvy-grass. Garden Scurvy-grass. 



JV. Latter end of June. i^r. ?«a(. Last of July. 



J^rti. Gardens. Biennial? 9 to 15 inches high: flowers white. A af. Northern Europfi. 

 Ohs. Used as the foregoing; but not much cultivated here- 



