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feli- /Ethiopi cum > Sweet-maudlin, Common-mercu- 

 ry, Dulcamara. 



The third direct and oblong Quincunx is mofl ob- 

 served in Plants of a fquare ihlk, as Water-Eetony, 

 !Fig-wort, Lavander, Mints St. Johns-Were, Clo.vns- 

 AU-heal , Rhus-Myrtifolium , Mother-wort , Nep, 

 Colu^-Jovis- 



Yet tis not unfrequently feen on other Stalks alfo, 

 as the Sycamore, Elder, Maple jDog-tree,A{b,Hyfope, 

 Nettles, Hemp, \V illo* -weeds , Tree- Spttrge^rench- 

 Mercury, Scamrr.ony of Monrpclier. 



And it is to be obferved, that m divers of thofe 

 Plants whofe Stalks are fee with joyncs, and thofe 

 Joynrswitha beautiful Circle of Leaves, proper to 

 each Plant, contrary to the Qui nam rial fcituation, 

 the Germens notwithftanding,are found to follow the 

 order of this iaft mentioned Quincunx", as may be 

 feen in Madder, Goqf-grafs, Lidies-Bed-ftraw. 



Or if that order be left, yet it is not left to the 

 difadvantage of the Plant, but generally it hath in 

 exchange fame other handlofne and proper method of 

 Leaves and Buds. Thus Lltiaria-Quadrifolia , hath 

 on each joynt three,four,five or fix oppohte Leaves, &: 

 under each Leaf a Germen, which arife to Branches, 

 uniformly fet upon the fame round Stalk. 



And as to the particular make and frame of thofe 

 Plants, which in the {landing of their Leaves cannot 

 be faid to follow the order of any Quincunx, yet they, 

 inftead of thofe elegant Teffellations, are beautified 

 otherwife in their fite with as great curiofuy. I can- 

 not think of a Plant, according to the ordinary ellima- 

 tion of men, that is more contemptible then that 

 which grows ordinarily in Bogs, or miry Ditches, and 

 is called Great- Horfe-t ail ; yet if tfhy man pleafe to 



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