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are planted in Pots fhould be fliel- 

 ter'd during the Winter-feafon un- 

 der a common Hot-bed Frame, 

 taking off theGlafTes in mild Wea- 

 ther, that they may enjoy as much 

 of the free open Air as polliblei 

 and in the Spring, after the Cold 

 is pad, they may be flnken out of 

 the Pots, and planted in a warm 

 Border, where they will flower 

 and produce ripe Seeds the fuc- 

 ceeding Summer. 



CORONOPUS } Buck's - horn 

 Plantain. 



The Ch drapers are^ 

 It agrees in Flower and Fruit with 

 the Plantain, from which it differs 

 in its Leaves, which are deeply cut 

 in on the Edges : rohereas the Leaves 

 of Plantain are either intire, or but 

 flightly indented. 



The Species are; 



1. CoRONOPUs ; hortenfis. C.B. 

 Garden Buck's-horn Plantain, or 

 Hart's- horn ; vtdgo. 



2. CoRONOPUs; MafJiVienfis^ hir- 

 futior, latifolius. Tourn. Broad- 



leav'd hairy Buck's-horn Plantain 

 of Marfeilles . 



5. CoRONOPus ; Neapolitanus , 

 tenuifelius. Cfl. Narrow-leav'd 

 Buck's-horn Plantain of Naples, 



4. CoRONOPus i maritimiis, ro- 

 feus. Bocc. Rar. PL Rofe-like 

 Sea Buck's-horn Plantain. 



The firft of thefe Species, tho' 

 intitled a Garden Plant, yet is found' 

 wild in moft Parts of England, 

 and is the very fame Plant which 

 grows upon moft Commons and 

 barren Heaths, where, from the 

 Poornefs of the Soil, it appears to 

 be very different from the Garden 

 Kind, as being little more than a 

 fourth Part fo large. But this Plant, 

 when tranfplanted or fown in a 

 Garden by the other, grows to 

 be full as large. Nor can I fee 

 any Difference between thefe, and 



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that which grows upon the Sea* 

 Coafts ,• tho' Cafper Bauhin, and 

 many Botanifts after him, make 

 them diilmdt Species: But when 

 they are all cultivated together in 

 the fame Soil, I am fatisfy'd that 

 no one Perlbn can diffinguifli them* 

 therefore 1 make no doubt of cal- 

 ling them all the iame Plant. 



This Species was formerly culti- 

 vated in Gardens as a Sallad Herbj 

 but at prefent is little iq7:arded, 

 and almoft wholly difufed : It may 

 be eaiily cultivated by fowing the 

 Seeds in the Spring upon any Soil, 

 or in any Situation, it beirg ex- 

 tremely hardy ; and when it comes 

 up, it may be thinned out and fuf- 

 fered to remain for Ufe at about 

 three or four Inches Diftance, 

 where the Leaves may be often 

 cut for the Purpofes above men- 

 tioned, the Roots ftill putting forth 

 frefli Leaves ; and if it is not fuf- 

 fered to feed, the Roots will re- 

 main two or three Years: but it 

 feldom continues long after perfect- 

 ing its Seeds. If the Seeds are 

 fuffered to fall upon the Ground, 

 there will be a conftant Supply of 

 Plants, without any farther Care 

 than clearing them from Weeds as 

 they grow. The other Varieties 

 are maintained in Botanick Gardens, 

 but are feldom cultivated for Plea-^ 

 fure or Profit. 



CORTUSA; Bear's-Ear Sanicle* ■ 



The Characters are i 

 It hath /? perennial Root: The 

 Leaves are rcnndifh, rough, and cre-^ 

 nated on the Edges, like thofe of 

 Ground-Ivy : The Cup of the Flow- 

 er is fmall, and divided into jive 

 Tarts : The Flowers are jloaped like ^ 

 Funnel, are cut at the Top into 

 many Segments, and are difpofed in 

 an Umbel: The Fruit is roundifh, 

 terminating into a Feint, and is 

 clofely fixed in the Cup, in which 



