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HYDRQLAPATHUMi vidcU- 

 pathum. 



HYDROPIPER, the common 

 biting Arfefmart, which grows in 

 great Plenty in moift Places near 

 Ditches Sides almofl: every where. 



HYOSCYAMUSi Henbane. 

 The Characiers arej 



The Leaves are foft and hahy, 

 growing alternately upon the Bran- 

 ches i the Cup of the Flower is fljort^ 

 and Bell-Jlmfd, and divided into 

 jive Segments ; the Flower confijls of 

 one Leaf, the bottom Part of which 

 is tubulofe, but is expanded at the 

 Top, and divided into five Segments^ 

 having five obtufe Stamina j the 

 Fruitf which is enclosed within the 

 Calix, refembjes a Fot with a Co- 

 ver to it, and is divided by an in- 

 termediate Partition into two Cells, 

 which contain many [mall Seeds. 

 The Species arc; 



1. Hyoscyamus, vulgaris, vel 

 niger. C. B, P. Common black 

 Hen-bane. 



2. HYOSCYAMUSi albtis, major^ 

 vel tertius Diofcoridis, &* quartus 

 Plinii. C. B. P. Greater white Hen- 

 bane. 



5. Hyoscyamus; major, albo p- 

 milis, umbilico floris airo-purpureo, 

 T. Cor. Great Henbane like the 

 white, but with a dark purple 

 Bottom to the Flov/er. 



4. Hyoscyamus ; minor, albo p- 

 milis, umbilico floris virenti. 'Jeffieti-. 

 LefTer Henbane like the white, 

 with a green Bottom to the 

 Flower. 



5". Hyoscyamus ; rubello flore. C. 

 B. P. Henbane, with a reddifh- 

 colour'd Flower. 



6. Hyoscyamus; Creticus, lute-, 

 us, major. C. B» P. Great yellow 

 Henbane of Candia. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in Botanick Gardens, to add to their 



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Numbers of Plants,- but lin<* they 

 are rarely cultivated for Ufe, fo I 

 Ihall forbear to fay any thiqg of 

 them in this Place. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is very 

 common in England, growing up- 

 on the Sides of Banks and old 

 Dung-hills almofl: every where. 

 This is a very poifbnous Plant, 

 and (liould be rooted out in all 

 Places where Children are fuffer'd 

 to come; for in the Year 1729, 

 there were three Children poifbn'd 

 with eating the Seeds of this 

 Plant, near Tottenham-Court i two 

 of which flept two Days and two 

 Nights before they could be a- 

 waken'd, and were, with Difficul- 

 ty, recover'd; but the third, by 

 being older and ftronger, efcaped 

 better. 



The fecond Sort is by moft Au- 

 thors fuppos'd to be the true white 

 Henbane of the Shops j the Seeds 

 of which fliould be us'd in Medi- 

 cine, tho' there is very little Diffe- 

 rence in the Seeds of that and the 

 third and fourth Sorts, either of 

 which may probably do. The o- 

 ther Sorts are of no Ufe or Beau- 

 ty; but whoever hath a mind to 

 cultivate any of thefe Plants, may 

 fow their Seeds in the Spring up- 

 on a light, dry, undung'd Soil: 

 And when the Plants arc come up, 

 they fliould be tranfplanted out, 

 allowing them two Feet Diflance 

 each Way : The fecond Summer they 

 will produce Flowers and Seeds, 

 and foon after the Roots perifh. 



HYPERICUM; St. JohnVwort. 

 The Characters are,- 



It hath a fibrofe Root ; the Leaves 

 grow ofpofite by Pairr at the joints 

 of the Stalks ; the Flower-cup confifts 

 of one Leaf, -which is divided into 

 five Parts, and expanded; the Flow- 

 er, which confifls of five Leaves, ex- 

 pands in Form cf a Rofe, having 



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