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The Natural Hiflory of the Book Vil. 
_* The HorsE-VINE. 
THis Vine is fmall and creeping; taken notice. of chiefly becaufe i¢ 
is looked upon to be good Feeding for Horfes: Its green .. round- 
pointed Leaves are fet on an inch Footftalk in a Triparture-order, The 
Flowers are fucceeded by {mall Pods, inclofing a great many Seeds, or 
Peas, feparated from each other by partitional Cells. It grows chiefly in 
fhady Places. 
The Witp-Basit; Lat. Acinus. 
HIS hath very fmall fibrous Roots: Its Stalk and Branches are fquare 
and deeply chanell’d. The Leaf is about an Inch and an half long, 
fharp-pointed, and fomewhat indented about the Edges. It bears {mall 
Gftular blue ftar-like Flowers, ftanding in Groups upon conic Tufts, whofe 
Apertures are guarded with {hort hairy Spikes. In thefe are included the 
Seeds, which are very fmall, and of a blackifh Colour. This Plant is 
juftly look’d upon to be an excellent Vulnerary. 
The Hoiy-Hocx ; Lat. Malva Arborea. 
oP ELIS Plant much refembles the Guadelia Orientalis, Acanthi aculeati 
Folio, Capite glabro, growing in the Levant, and defcribed by 
Tournefort. Its Leaves are very deeply. laciniated, as all of the Thiftle- 
kind-are. The middle as well as the leffer Ribs are ftain’d with blue 
milky Veins. The Stalks, near or at the Top, bear many yellow ftamineous 
Flowers. Thefe are fucceeded by echinated brownifh Pods, inclofing a 
great Number of brownith {mall Seeds: A Thimble-full of thefe, taken 
inwardly, proves an excellent Purge; and the yellow Juice, that, when 
broken, plentifully diftils from the Stalk, is a fovereign Remedy to cure 
old Ulcers. . 
The CoNEY-FLOWER-VINE. 
abe Vine creeps upon and fupportsitfelf by its numerous Clafpers, 
twining round the Branches of neighbouring Trees. It bears 4 
great many fmall heart-like Leaves; and at different Diftances is deco- 
rated with large papilionaceous Flowers, the Extremities of whofe Ala are 
white, terminating near the Carina in a moft deep beautiful Purple. 
The Carina itfelf is white, and its Orifice cover’d with two {mall mem- 
branaccous Petals, having their Rife from the Footftalk-Part of the Carina ; 
and, meeting on each fide at the Orifice, they clofely join together to 
cover it. Thefe Leaves have their Parts, which thus join together, beau- 
tifully ftain’d with Purple. The Piftil takes its Rife at the Bottom of 
the Carina ; and, as it grows ftronger and larger, its Point becomes 
divided into feveral Stamina, tipp'd with Apices, which, when ripe, fal 
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