The Natural Hiftory of the Book VIII, 
Many-SEED. 
F HAVE given this Plant a Name from its many Seeds; which, from 
i reckoning the Number in one {mall capfular Pod, and multiplying 
that one by the Number of remaining {mall round capfular Pods, the — 
whole Plant, which fprung from one Seed, contained twelve thoufand 
eight hundred and eighty Seeds. It feldom grows above three Feet high, 
_ and is forked. 
Coot-WEED. 
np RIS whilft young, very much refembles Afragalus Orientalis, | 
: mentioned by Tournefort as growing in the Levant ; with this only 
Difference, that the Flowers of the Eaftern Plant are white, and of this — 
yellow. Itaffords, when broken, a rank fetid Smell; which fhews that 
the Oil and Salts are in a volatile State. 
: RaTTLE-BusH, or SHAKE-SHAKE. ; 
* T ‘HIS Plant hath a great many white matted ftringy Roots; the 
main Stalk dividing, almoft as foon as it comes out of the Ground, % 
into many green fucculent Branches; thefe different Stalks, at different — 
Diftances, bearing, on Pedicles of about two Inches long, three blunt- % 
‘pointed inch-long green Leaves. ‘Thefe are fet on at the End of every = 
Stalk in a Triparture-order. The Flower, which is of the papilionaceous | 
Kind, is fucceeded by a {mall Pod. The inclofed Peas, when ripe, make | 
a rattling Noife when fhaken by the Wind: From hence they derive the — 
Name of Rattle-Bujh, or Shake-Shake. They grow chiefly, or at leaft — 
beft, under the Shelter of an Hill. 
The Rep DIALTHAA. 
‘HIS is a low fhrubby Plant; its Bark of a reddifh Grey. The % 
és Branches are thickly cover’d with fharp-pointed Leaves. Thefeare % 
about two Inches and an half long, and near two broad. Their Edges 
are finely ferrated: The Flowers, which are of the herbaceous Kind, 4 
almoft furround the Stalk in feveral Bunches. Thefe, when ripe, are — h 
fucceeded by feveral very {mall Hufks or Capfule, inclofing feveral brownifh — 
‘triangular Seeds. They grow chiefly in fhady Places. 
WILD-ParsLeEY. 
r j ‘ELIS derives its Name from the great Refemblance its Leaf hath to 
that of Parfley. The Flowers are fucceeded by a {mall triangular 
Capfula, each Angle containing, in its Partition, one round fmooth Seed, > 
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