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3. Mercurialisj montmn, tep- 

 CHlata. C. B. P. Tefticulated Moun- 

 tain Mercury^ commonly call'd. Dogs 

 Mercury. 



4. Mercurialis ; montana, fpi- 

 cata. CB.T. Spiked Mountain, <?r 

 Dogs Mercury, 



^. Mercurialis ; fruticofay in- 

 cana^ mas. Boerh. Ind. Hoary 

 Shrubby Male Mercury. 



6. Mercurialis j frutkofa, in- 

 canay tejiiculata. Tourn, Shrubby 

 Hoary Tefticulated Mercury, 



The two firft Sorts are annual 

 Plants, which grow wild in divers 

 Parts of England^ and are rarely 

 propagated in Gardens : The Seeds 

 thereof being fown, produce the 

 two Sorts promifcuoufly, and are 

 both gather'd indifferently for 

 Medicinal Ufe. Thcle Seeds fhould 

 be fown as foon as they are ripe 

 by thofe who would cultivate it: 

 They will grow upon any Soil or 

 Situation. 



The third and fourth Sorts grow 

 wild in Ihady Lanes in divers Parts 

 of England, where they fpread 

 greatly at the Roots : Thefe are 

 never us'd in Medicine. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are not 

 Natives of this Country, but are 

 preferv'd in curious Botanick Gar- 

 dens for Variety: Thele maybe 

 propagated by lowing the Seeds 

 ibon after they are ripe, in a Bed 

 of frefli Earth, where, if the Seeds 

 are good, the Plants will come up 

 the Sicceeding Spring, and endure 

 the Cold of our ordmary Winters 

 very well : But if the Plants from 

 which the Seeds are taken, have 

 not had fome of the Male Plants 

 growing amongft them, the Seeds 

 will not grow, as I have fcverai 

 Times experiencd. 

 MESPILUS. The Medlar. 



The characters are i 

 The Leaves are eh her whole, and 



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fljafd like thofe of the Laurel, as In 

 the manur'd Sorts, or laciniated, as 

 in the rvild Sorts : The Flower con- 

 fifts of five Leaves, -rvhich expand in 

 Form of a Rofe : The Fruit is urn- 

 bilicatedy and are not eatable till 

 they decay, and have, for the mofl 

 part, five hard Seeds in each. 

 The Species are j 



1. Mespilus ; Gtrmanica, folio 

 laurino, non ferrato, five Mefpilus 

 Sylvefiris. C, B. P. The common 

 Medlar, commonly caWd, The Not- 

 tingham Medlar. 



2. Mespilus i folio laurino, ma- 

 jor. C. B. P. The Large Dutch 

 Medlar. 



3. Mespilus i Apii folio, fylve- 

 flris, fpinofa, five Oxyacamha. C. B. 

 P. The common Hawthorn. 



4. Mespilus ; fpinofa, five Oxya- 

 camha, fore pleno. Tourn, The 

 Double- flowering Hawthorn. 



f. Mespilus i Apii folio laciniato. 

 C. B. P. The Azsrola, or Neapo- 

 litan Medlar. 



6. Mespilus ; fpinofa, Fyri folio. 

 H. L. The Pyracantha or Ever- 

 green Thorn. 



7. Mespilus ,• feu fpina acuta, 

 hifiora, Britannica. Park, Theat. The 

 Giaftenbury Thorn. 



8. Mespilus; fpinofa, five Oxya- 

 cant ha, Virginiana. H. L. The 

 Cockfpur, or Virginian Hawthorn. 



9. Mespilus j aculeata, pyrifolia, 

 de?mculata fplendens, fruciu infigni 

 rutilo, Virginicnfis. Fluk. Fhyt. The 

 Virginian Medlar, with fhinning 

 Leaves, and very red Fruit, co/n- 

 monly call'd, The Virginian Azarol 

 with red Fruit, 



10. Mespilus i Virginiana, Apih 

 folio, vulgari fimilis major, gran- 

 dioribus [pi is. Fluk. Fhyt, Vir- 

 ginian Hawthorn with long ftrong 

 Thorns. 



1 1 . Mespilus -, Frunifolia, V/r- 

 giniiwa, non fpinofa, fr^Mit nigri- 



cante-i 



