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they feldom thrive well. They 

 produce their Flowers early in 

 March, for which they are valu'd, 

 as alfo for the Beauty of their green 

 Leaves. If Seeds of the different 

 Sorts are fbwn, there may be fome 

 new Varieties obtain'd, which is 

 well worth the Trial, where we 

 have fo few Species of an early 

 beautiful Flower as of this. 



DENS LEONISj Dandelion. 

 The Characiers are 5 



It agrees in all reflects with the 

 Hawk-weed, but only in its having 

 a Jingle naked Stalk with one Flower 

 upon the Top, whereas the Hawk- 

 weeds have branching Stalks: To 

 which may be added, the Flowers are 

 for the mojl part fijiulous or pip'd. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant, which are preferv'd in cu- 

 rious Botanick Gardens J but as they 

 are Plants of no great Ufe, and 

 withal are very troubiefome in a 

 good Garden, if fuffer'd to feed, 

 £0 they are never propagated. We 

 have three or four Varieties which 

 grow wild in England, but the 

 moft common broad-leav'd Kind is 

 what is ufed in Medicine. There 

 are alfb ibme People very fond of 

 it blanch'd in the Spring like En- 

 Mve J but who ever has a Mind to 

 have it for either Ufe, may be a- 

 bundantly iupply'd in the Fields. 



DENTARIA; Tooth- wort. 

 The Chara^ers are ; 



It hath a fieJJjy Root, which is 

 fcaly, and cut in as it were with 

 Teeth: The Flower confijls of four 

 Leaves, which are plcicd in Form 

 €f a Crofs : This is fucceeded bj a 

 long Tod, which is divided into two 

 Cells by an intermediate Fartition, 

 and when ripe, is twijied up like a 

 Skrew, and difcharges the Seeds with 

 Violence. 



There are feveral Species of this 

 Plant in the Gardens abroad, but I 



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have not feen above one Sort in 

 England, which is, 



Dentariaj hcptaphyllos, C. B. 

 Seven-Ieav'd Tooth-wort. 



This Plant may be propagated in 

 the fame manner as the Hefperis, 

 or Dames July Flower ; to which 

 I refer the Reader for Direftions. 



DIAPENSIA5 vide Sanicula. 



DICTAMNUS ALBUSi vid: 

 Fraxinella. 



DICTA MNUSi Dittany, 

 The Chara^ers arc ; 



The Flower -cup confijis of two 

 Leaves; after that, another athwart 

 the former j and again, a third in 

 like manner, until a fcaly Head be 

 thence form' d: Out of the Center of 

 all thefe Scales grows a Flower, 

 whofe Crejl is ereci, roundifh and 

 bifid : The Beard is divided into 

 three Farts : Thefe little Flowers 

 come forth from leafy Scales, after 

 the manner of the Verticlate Plants, 

 in a long loofe Spike. 

 The Species are ; 



t. DiCTAMNus i Creticus. C. B. 

 Dittany of Crete. 



2. DiCTAMNus; mentis SipyH, ori- 

 ganifoliis. Flor. Bat. Dittany from 

 Mount Sipylus, with wild Marjo- 

 ram Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Plants hatli 

 been renouTi'd for many Ages, 

 upon the Account of its fovereign 

 Qualities in Medicine. This is 

 generally brought over dry from 

 the Levant, and is flill us'd in fome 

 of the grand Preparations. 



This Plant, although a Native of 

 a warmer Country than ours, ycc 

 is tolerably hardy, and will endure 

 the Cold of our common Winters, 

 if planted in the open Air, provi- 

 ded it is planted in a dry fandy Soil: 

 It may be propagated by planting 

 Cuttings in any of the Summer 

 Months ; which muft be ihaded 

 and v/ater'd until they have taken 

 Root J 



