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DoRYCNiuMj MonfiefuUnum, fru- 

 ^ticofum. J. B. Shrub Trefoil of 

 Montpelier. 



This Shrub rifes with us to the 

 Height of five or lix Feet, and 

 produces Ckifters of finall Flowers 

 ^t the Extremity of the {lender 

 Branches, which are Succeeded by 

 Ihort Pods of Seeds. There is very 

 little Beauty in this Plant, but it is 

 prefer v'd in Botanic k Gardens for 

 Variety. It may be propagated by 

 fowing the Seeds in the Sj>ring, 

 cither on a moderate Hot-bed, or 

 on a warm Border under a Wall, 

 where they will rife very well, and 

 may be afterwards tranfplanted 

 into Pots, to be {\^e\teY'd m Winter i 

 or if planted in a warm Border 

 and a dry Soil, will endure our 

 common Winters very well in the 

 open Air. 



DRACO HEPvBA j Tarragon,; 

 'vulgo. 



The Charnrters are; 

 The Leaves, which are like thofe 

 ^f Hyffop, are p-odtud alternately 

 4)n the Branches ; the Lower being di- 

 njidedy and the Upper ones are whole: 

 The Flowers are fmall, Jifcous and 

 J'lfpos'd into a Icng Spike. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant, which is, 



Draco-Herba. T)o:L Herb-Dra- 

 gon, or Tarragon. 



This Plant was formerly in great 

 cflecm for Sallads and Soops, but 

 at prefent it is not fo much us'd : 

 Jft propagates itfelf fail enough by 

 its creeping Roots, which in a 

 ihort Time will fpread very far; 

 or it may be increas'd by planting 

 Cuttings or Slips in the Spring of 

 •the Year; which, if kept iupply'd 

 -with Water, will take root m a 

 ■ihort Time. . This Plant will grow 

 jn almoft any Soil or Situation, but 

 ijcft in that which is light and 

 moill. 



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DRACO ARBOR; 'vide Palma. 



DRACUNCULOIDES; 'uide Hx- 

 manthus. 



DRACUNCULUSi Dragon. 

 The Characters are ; 



The" Leaves are like thofe of Arum, 

 but are divided into many Tarts : 

 The Stalk is fpotted, but in other 

 refpecis it agrees with the Arum. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Dracunculu5 ; pollyphyllus* 

 C. B. Many-leav'd Dragon. 



2. Dracunculus ; polyphyllus ; 

 foliis ex luteo variegatis. E. R. Tar, 

 The yellow ftrip'd-ieav'd Dragon. 



3. Dracunculus ; polyphyllus ; 

 foliis ex albo variegatis. The white 

 ftrip'd-ieav'd Dragon. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is culti- 

 vated in Gardens for medicin^ 

 Ufes; the other two are Varieties 

 of the firft, which are preferv'd in 

 curious Gardens of Plaxits. Thefe, 

 tho' they are Plants of no great 

 Beauty, yet for the furprifmg Odd- 

 nefs of their Flowers, together with 

 their fpotted Stalks, do defer ve a 

 Place in fomc remote Corner of 

 the Garden. 



They are propagated by their 

 knobby Roots, which, if fuffer'd 

 to remain two or three Years un- 

 difturb'd, will aftbrd many O-ff-fets. 

 The beft Scafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Roots is in Autumn^ foon 

 after the green Leaves decay ; for 

 if they are remov'd atter they have 

 taken frefli Root, and began to 

 ilioot, they fcldom produce Flowers 

 the fucceeding Summer; or if they 

 do, they are very Weak : Thefe 

 will thrive almoft in any Soil and 

 Situation, but beft in an open Ex- 

 pofure and a light Soil. 



DRACUNCULUS PRATEN* 

 SIS ; vide Ptarrnica. 



DRAGON ; vide Dracunculus. 



DROSION; vide Ros Solis. 



DULCOMARA ; vide Solanum. 

 DUNGS 



