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PELLITORY OF THE WALL, 

 i>h/e Parietaria. 



PENNY ROYAL J -vUe Pulegi- 

 um. 



PENTAPHYLLOIDESi Baftard 

 Cinquefoil. 



The characters are ; 

 It hath pennated Leaies, conjifl- 

 ing of federal Lobes placed along the 

 middle Rib, and terminated by an 

 odd Lobcy in which it difers from 

 the Cinquefoil; ^he Floroer confijls 

 of jive Leaves, which expand in 

 Term of a Rofe, and are fucceeded 

 by hemifpherical Seed-Veffels, which 

 contain many fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Pentaphylloides ; Argentina 

 dicia. Rail Syn. Wild Tanfey or 

 Silver-V/eed. 



2. Pentaphylloides i frutifco- 

 fum. Raii Syn. Shrub Cinque-foii. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in moift Meadows, and 

 by the Sides of Ditches in divers 

 Parts of England, and is rarely cul- 

 tivated in Gardens, tor the Branches 

 of thefe Plants trail upon the 

 Ground, and take Root at their 

 Joints, fo that in a fliort time, a 

 iev7 of thefe Plants would over- 

 run a whole Garden. This Herb is 

 ufed in Medicine; for which Pur- 

 pofe it is gather'd in the Fields, 

 and brought to Market by fuch 

 Perfons who make it their Bulinefs 

 to gather wild Plants. 



The fecond Sort grows to be 

 four or five Feet high, and may be 

 train'd to a regular Head. This is 

 a very proper Shrub to intermix 

 v/ith others of the fame Growth, 

 in fmall W ildernefs Quarters, where 

 it will make a pretty Diverlity, 

 and continues flowering a long 

 time. 



Tliis is |>ropagated either by 



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Suckers or Layers, which may be 

 obtain'd in great Plenty, for it ge- 

 nerally produces a great Number of 

 Shoots trom the Bottom, v/hich 

 when they come out near the 

 Ground, may be earthed up or 

 laid down therein ; and if they are 

 water'd in dry Weather, will take 

 Root in a fliort time, when they 

 may be taken off, and tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain. The 

 beft Time to traniplant them is in 

 October or February : They delight in 

 a moift Soil, though they will grow 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation. 



There are feveral other Species 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in feveral curious Bota?iick Gardens 

 for Variety 5 but as they are Plants 

 of little Beauty or Ufe, fo I fhall 

 not enumerate them here. 



PEONY ; vide ?xony. 



PEPO ,• Pumpion. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower conjiflf of one Leaf 

 which is Bell-flmped, expanded at 

 the Top, and cut into feveral Seg- 

 ments : Of thefe Flowers fome are 

 Male, p/nd fome are Female, as in 

 the Cucumbers and Melons. The 

 Female Flowers grow upon the Top 

 of the Embryo, which afterward be- 

 comes an oblong or round flefloy Fruity 

 having fometimes a hard, rugged, 

 or uneven Rind, with Knobs and Fur- 

 rows, and is often divided into three 

 Farts, inclcfing fiat Seeds, that are 

 ed^ed or rimmed about as it were 

 with a Ring, and fix'd to a fpungy 

 Placenta. 



The Species are ; 



1. Pepo; oblongus. C.B.F. The 

 greater oblong Pumpion. 



2. Pepo; vulgaris. B.aiiHifi. The 

 common Pumpion. 



3 . Pepo ; rotundus, Aurantii for- 

 ma. C. B. P. Orange-fhap'd Pum- 

 pion. 



4. Peto^ 



