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other Trees, left, by its great 

 Growth, it over iliadows and de- 

 flroys them. In many Gardens near 

 Lvntlon, thefe Trees have produced 

 good Seeds, from whence a great 

 Number of Plants have been rais'd. 



PSEUDO - DICTAMNUS j Ba- 

 ftard-Dittany. 



The Characiers are ; 

 It hath a labiated Flower conjifiing 

 of one Leaf, vohofe Upper lip or Hel- 

 met is arched, and generally cut into 

 tvpo Segments ; but the Under-lip (or 

 Beard) is divided into three Parts. 

 Out of the Fu?mel-pap'd Flower-cup 

 rifcs the Pointal, attended by four 

 Fmbryo's, which afterwards become 

 fo many oblong Seeds, enclosed in the 

 Flower-cup. 



The Species are; 



1. PsEUDo- DICTAMNUS; acctabu- 

 lis Molucca, C. B. P. Baftard-Dit- 

 tany, with the Pan or Hollow of 

 Molucca Balm. 



2. PsEUDO-DicTAMNus ; Hifpani- 

 cus, fcrophulariji folio. Tourn. Spa- 

 nifh Baftard-Dittany, with a Fig- 

 wort Leaf. 



3. PsEUDO-DiCTAMNUs ; Hifpani- 

 cus, amplijjimo folio, candicante ^ 

 vUlofo. Tourn. Spanifh Baftard-Dit- 

 tany, with a large, hoary, and hai- 

 ry Leaf. 



4. PsEUDO-DICTAMNUS J VerticH- 



latus, inodorus. C. B. P. Whorled 

 Baftard-Dittany without Smell. 



f, PsEuno-DiCTAxMNUs; Orienta^ 

 lis, foliis circiaatis. T. Cor. Eaftern 

 Baftard-Dittany, with round Leaves. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferved 

 in Boianick Gardens, but as they 

 have little Beauty or Ufe, fo it will 

 be needlefs to enumerate them in 

 this Place. 



All thefe Plants may be propaga- 

 ted by Seeds, parting of their RootSj 

 or Cuttings j but the two laft being 



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the moft expeditious Methods, are 

 generally pradis'd. The beft time 

 to tranlplant and part their Roots 

 is in the Spring, before they begin 

 to grow, that 3ie Off-fets may take 

 Root before the dry Weather. 

 Thefe fhould be planted in a poor, 

 dry Soil, where they will endure 

 the Cold much better than if plan- 

 ted in a richer Ground. There is 

 no great Beauty in thefe Plants, but 

 as they are fometimes preferved by 

 curious Perfons, I thought it pro- 

 per to mention them in this Place. 



PSYLLIUM; Fleawort. 

 The CharaSiers are; 



This Flant agrees with Plantain 

 and Bucks-horn Plantain in every 

 refpeci, excepting that this rifes up 

 with leafy Stalks, and divides into 

 many Branches; whereas both the 

 others produce their Flowers upon 

 naked Pedicles, 



The Species arcj 



1. Psyllium ; ma jus, ereBum* 

 C.B.P. Greater upright Fleawort. 



2. Psyllium ; majus, fupinum. 

 C. B. P. Greater Fleawort, whoie 

 Branches fpread to the Ground. 



5. Psyllium ; Indicum, foliis ere- 

 natis.J.B, Indian Fleawort, with 

 notch'd Leaves. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of thefe Plants, diftinguiflied by 

 Writers in Botany ; but iince they 

 are of little Uie or Beauty, I fhall 

 pafs 'em by without naming. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by fowing of their Seeds in the 

 Spring, on a Bed of light Earth, 

 and when they are come up they 

 ftiould be clcar'd frofn Weeds, pul- 

 ling out at the fame time fome of 

 the Plants, where they ftand too 

 ciofe, leaving the remaining ones 

 about eight or nine Inches afun- 

 dcr; after which they will require 

 no farther Care, but to clear Vm 

 from Weeds ; and in Jum they 



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