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otherwife when the Fruit begins 

 to grow, it will prefs them down, 

 and break them. 



Thofe Plants which are plac'd in 

 Pots, fhould be often water'd,other- 

 v/ife they will come to little, (for 

 they are very droughty Plants) but 

 when they are planted in a rich 

 moift Soil, they will grow to a pro- 

 digious Size, and produce large 

 Quantities of Fruity which in Au- 

 tumn, when they are ripe, make 

 an odd Figure, but the Plants emit 

 fb ftrong an Effluvia, as renders 

 them unfit to ftand near a Habita- 

 tion, or any Place that is much 

 frequented j for upon their being 

 bruih'd by the Cloaths, they fend 

 forth a very Urong difagreeable 

 Scent. 



The Italians and Spaniards eat 

 thefe Apples, as we do Cucumbers, 

 with Pepper, Oil and Salt, and 

 fome eat them ftew'd in Sauces, ^f . 

 but confidering their great Moifture 

 and Coldnefs, the Nouriilimcnt they 

 afford muft be bad. The firft of 

 thefe Plants is the Sort diredled for 

 Medicinal Ufe, by the College in their 

 Difpenfatcry. 



LYCOPUS i Water-horehound. 



This Plant grows in great Plenty 

 on moid Soils by the Sides of Ditches 

 in moil Parts of England, but is 

 never cultivated in Gardens, fo that 

 it would be needlefs to fay any thing 

 more of it in this Place. 



LYSIMACHIAi Lofe-Ilrife. 

 The Characier's are i 



The Leaves (which are intire and 

 oblong) are produced foynetimes by 

 Fairs, or three or four at each Joint 

 of the Stalk ; the Flower co7ijijls of 

 one Leafy -which expands in a circu- 

 lar Order^ and is cut into feveral 

 Segments at the Top j the Fruit is 

 globular, and opens at the Top, in- 



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cloji-ng many Seeds fix'd to the Fla- 

 cent a. 



The Species are j 



1. L.ysiMACKiA i lute a, major, 

 quA Diofcoridis. C. B. P. Common 

 yellow Lofe-ftrife or Willow-herb. 



2. Lysimachia ; lutea, ??mjory 

 quA Diofcoridis, foliis quaternis, C. 

 B. P. Greater yellow Lofe-ftrife 

 cr Willov/-herb, with four Leaves 

 at each Joint. 



5. Lysimachia i lifolia, flore lu- 

 teo globofo. C. B. P. Lofe-ftrife, 

 with two Leaves growing at each 

 Joint, and yellow Flowers growing 

 in round Heads. 



4. Lysi.machia ; Orientalis an- 

 gufiifolio, fiore pur pur eo. F. Cor. 

 Narrow-leav'd Eaftern Lofe-ftrifj, 

 with a purple Flower. 



5-. Lysimachia ; Hifpanica, fpi- 

 cata, fiore purpurea. Jeff. Spanifii 

 Lofe-ftrife, with purple Flowers 

 growing in Spikes. 



The firft of thefe Plants is pretty 

 common by Ditch- fides in many 

 Parts of England^ and is fcidoni 

 cultivated in Gardens, tho' it is not 

 a very defpicable Plant, for it pro- 

 duces large Spikes of fine yellow 

 Flowers in July ; for which Reafon 

 it may be admitted into a cold wet 

 Part of the Garden, where few 

 others will thrive, whereby many 

 a Spot of Ground may be render'J 

 agreeable, which often produces 

 little tut grofs Weeds. This Plant 

 rnay be taken up in the Spring, 

 from the native Places of its Growth, 

 and tranfplanted where you intend 

 it fhould grow, and it will foon 

 increafe, by its creeping Roots, to 

 what Quantity you pleafe. This 

 Plant is order 'd in the College Dif- 

 penfatory tor Medicinal Ufe. 



The fecond Sort is not a Native 

 of our Country, but when tranf- 

 planted hither thrives equally with 



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