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The Characiers are; 



It hath a -perennial Root : Ihe 

 Cup of the Flower confJjls of one 

 Leaf-> arid is divide cl into Jive Parts : 

 The Flower conffls of five Leaves^ 

 which expand in Form of a Role : 

 The Ovary becomes a roundijh Fruity 

 which terminates in a Point, gaping 

 at the Top, in Form of a Bifljop's 

 Mitre, and full of n>HndifJ} Seeds. 

 The Species are ^ 



I- Mi TELL A i Ati^^ericana, florum 

 fetalis i)jtegris- Toarn, American 

 Mitella, whole Flower-leaves are 

 intire. 



2. iMitella; Americana, florum 

 pst alls fimbria tis. Tourn. American 

 Mitella, with fringed Flower Leaves. 



3. Mitella ,• Americana, flore 

 fquallide piirpureo, viliofo. Boerh. 



iid. American Mitella, with hairy 

 Flowers, of a dirty purple Colour. 



4. Mitella i A'mericana, maxi- 

 ma, Tincioria Infi. R. H. Ameri- 

 can Mitella, whole Seed is ufed in 

 Dying, commonly call'd Anotto or 

 Arnotta in America. 



The three firft Sorts are prc- 

 ierv'd in curious Botanick Gardens 

 for Variety -, but there being very 

 little Beauty in their Flowers, they 

 are feldom propagated in Gardens 

 for Pleafure. They are very hardy, 

 a^id will thrive in almoft any Soil 

 or Situation, and may be propaga- 

 ted either from Seeds, or by part- 

 ing t'eir Roots, which may be 

 done either in Spring or Autumn, 

 in the manner as is pradlis'd for 

 T.olyanthus's, gcc- and being plant- 

 ed in a fliady Situation, will grow 

 very vigorouily ; Co that, for the 

 Sake ot Variety, a few Roots miiy 

 be admitted in fliady Borders where 

 few better Plants will tlirive. 



The fourth Sort grows in the 

 warmed Parts of America, where 

 it riles to the Height of lixteen 

 Feet, and produces large Bunches 



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of Flowers, which are fucceeded 

 by rough Pods, in which are con- 

 tained many red Seeds. The Seeds 

 of this Plant are ufed for dying a 

 Chocolate Colour, and by ibme are 

 ufed in Medicine. 



This Plant may be rais'd frorn 

 the Seeds which are brougiit fre- 

 quently to England. They mull 

 be Ibwn on a i^ot-bed, and when 

 the Phnts are come up, they mufl: 

 be tranfplanted each into a fmali 

 Pot filled with light Earth, and 

 plunged into a Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners-Bark, oblerving to water and 

 fhade 'em until they have taken 

 root, after which they mufl be 

 treated in the fame manner as hath 

 been dircdred for the Anona^ to 

 which the Reader is referred, to a- 

 void Repetition. 



MOLDAVICA ; Turkey Balm. 

 The CharaHers are^ 



It is a Plant with a Ubiated 

 Flower, confifiing of one Leaf, whofe 

 Upper-lip is arch'd, cut into two 

 Parts, aadreflex'd: The Under-lip is 

 aljo divided into two Farts, both end- 

 i>2g in bordered Jaws: The Flower- 

 cup is hollow, and generally cut in- 

 to two tmeo^ual Lips, out of which 

 arifes the Pointal, attended with four 

 Embryo's, which afterwards become 

 fo many cblong Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. MoLDAViCA J betonicA folio, 

 flore caeruleo. Tourn. Turkey Balm, 



with a Betouy Leaf, and a blue 

 Flower. 



2. MoLDAViCA ; betonicA folio, 

 flore albo. Tourn. Turkey Bairn, 



with a Betony Leaf, and a white 

 Flower. 



3. MoLDAViCA i bet07iicA folic, 

 fiore P'urpuro-casruleo. Tourn. Tur- 

 key B.ilra, with a Betony Leaf^ 

 and a purplifli blue Flower. 



4. MoLDAViCA ; Orientalis, beto- 

 nicA folio, fiore magna, violaceo. T. 



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