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poie might occafion its being call- 

 ed Oily -grain. 



SIDERITIS i Iron-wort. 



The Characters are -, 

 It is a Plant with a lahiated 

 Tlower, c'onfifting of one Leaf, vohofe 

 Upper-Lip, or Cpefl, is upright, but 

 the Vruier-Up, or Beard, is di%'uled 

 into three Farts ; out of the Flower- 

 cup rifes the Tointal, attmded as it 

 "Were by four Embryo^ s, which after- 

 vpards turn to fo many oblong Seeds, 

 Jhut up in a Hush, -which yeas be- 

 fore the Flower -cup : To thefe Marks 

 mujl be added, the Flowers growing 

 in Whorles at the Wings of the 

 "Leaves, which are cut like a Crejl, 

 and difer from the other Leaves of 

 the Flant, 



The Species arcj 



1. SiDERiTisj hirfuta, procumbens. 

 C, B. P. Hairy trailing Iron-wort, 



2. SiDERiTis ; Alpina, hyjfopfolia. 

 C. B. P. Hyffop-ieav'd Iron-wort 

 of the Alps. 



3. SiDERiTis ; Orientalis, phlo- 

 midis folio. T. Cor. Eaflern Iron- 

 ivort with a Phlomis Leaf. 



There are ieveral other Species of 

 this Plant, which are prdcrved in 

 fbme curious Botanick Gardens for 

 Variety ; but as they are Plants of 

 little Beauty, fo they are ieldom 

 cultivated in other Gardens. 



All theie Plants may be propa- 

 gated by lowing their Seeds in the 

 Spring, upon a Bed of frefh light 

 Earth, and when the Plants are 

 come up, they may be tranfplan- 

 ted out into other Beds, allowing 

 'em a Foot Diftance from each o- 

 thcr, obierving to water them un- 

 til they have taken Root, after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care, but to keep ^em clear from 

 Weeds : the fefond Year they will 

 produce Flov/ers and Seeds, and 

 fbme of the Sorts will perifh foon 

 after, but others will abide fcveral 



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Years, provided they are not plan- 

 ted in a Soil too moift. 



SILIQUA ; Carob or St. John's 

 Bread. 



The characters arcj 



It hath an apetalous Flower, ha^ 

 ting w^^/)' Stamina which grow from- 

 the Divijions of the Flower-cup; in 

 the Center of which rifes the Tointal, 

 which afterwards becomes a Fruit or 

 Tod, which is plain and flejJ^y, con- 

 tUi?7ing feveral rcundijl) plain Seeds. 



We have but one Species of rhis 

 P^ant in England, viz. 



SiLiQUAi edulis. C. B. P. The 

 Carob-Tree, or St. John's-Bread, 

 vulgo. 



This Tree is very common in 

 Spain, and in fbme Parts of Ita^ly, 

 as alfb in the Levant, where it 

 grov/s in the Hedges, and pro- 

 duces a great Quantity of long, 

 flat, brown-colour'd Pods, which 

 are thick, mealy, and of a fweetifh- 

 Tafte : Thefe Pods are many times 

 eaten by the poorer Sort ot Inha- 

 bitants, when they have a Scarci- 

 ty of other Food ; but they arc 

 apt to loofen the Belly, and caufe 

 Gripings of the Bowels. Thefe 

 Pods are direfled by the College of 

 Thyficians to enter ibme raediciral- 

 Preparations, for which Purpofe 

 they are often brought horn A- 

 broad . 



In E}jgland the Tree is prefer- 

 ved by llich as delight in Exoticfc 

 Plants, as a Curiofity : The Leaves 

 do always continue green, and being 

 ditferenc in Shape from moft other 

 Plants, do afford an agreeable Vari- 

 ety, when interfhix'd with Oran- 

 ges, Myrtles y 6cc. in the Green- 

 houfe. 



Thefe Plants are propagated from 

 Seeds, which, when brought over 

 frefli in the Pods, fhouid be lowil 

 in the Spring upon a moderate 

 Hot-bcd-j and when the Plants arc 



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