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FLORA, or the 
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Flowers and curious Plants now in their Perfetiton. 
hg Vii.Ow EF. 
: “WA HIS Plant, tho’ of -confummate Ele- 
gance, has fo much the Afpeét of a com- 
mon Weed by our Pathways, that till the 
Flowers difclofe themfelves, it feems no other than 
that wild Plant whofe Seeds have by Chance 
been blown into a Garden. 
than a Variety of the Weed it fo much refem- 
bles; but no Accident of. Growth renders it fuch } 
in Englifh Paftures. 
We receive the Seeds from the warmer Parts of 
Europe, where it burfts in all this Glow of Beauty, 
fromthe Cracks of Rocks onthe Sides of Mountains. 
_In-our Gardens ‘thefe Seeds produce’ the fame 
noble Variety ; but if. the Culture be neglected, the 
fame Root will, after a few Years, produce the 
common Selfbeal, fuch as we tread upon in every 
Foot-Path. 
This is the Cafe we. mention’d in Regard to 
the Proliferous Daify,; and thus it is with all Va- 
rieties: this juftifies Linnaus, who, tho’ the 
Plant ftands diftinguifh’d as a Species in C. Bau- 
MINE, under the Name Prunella cerulea magno flore ; 
and in moft other Authors with like Appella- | 
tions, has reduc’d it to a Variety only, and _re- 
_.fer’d it to the common Se/fbeal. 
This he calls 
Prunella foliis ovato oblongis. petiolatis : Prunella, 
with oblong oval Leaves on Footftalks. 
Numb. XXIX. 
It is indeed no more | 
SELFHEAL. 
about with many flender and very long whitith 
Fibres. 
The firft Leaves are numerous, and they have 
long flender Footftalks, They are oblong and- 
indented ; confiderably broad at the Bafe, and 
fmaller to the Point. = 
The Stalk is.ten Inches high, purplifh. at ‘the 
Bottom, toward the Top of a pale green, and 
| covéred with a light velvety Down. 
On each Side of the Stalk there runs a. flight 
F uttow; and at Diftances thére are. abouts two 
Knots ; the Stalk at -thefe alfo is ting’d with pur- 
plifh; and there rife from each of he ‘Knots two 
Leaves : thefe have flender. F ootttalks, - fhorter 
than tliofe from) the Root, but they refemble them 
in Form. _ They are broadeft at the Bafe, fmaller. 
to. the. Point, and irregularly dented along the 
Edges. 
Their Gebenans is a deep ftrong green ;, and they 
are fmooth on the upper Side, and hairy under- 
neath. ero dud 
The. Flowers are large, and’ very beautiful : 
they terminate the Stalk in a thick fhort Spike, 
and they-are large and gaping. Their Colour a 
deep and elegant violet blue. _ They charm the 
Bye; but they. have no ‘Smell. 
BRIS (0 anit Their 
_ The Root is oblong, irregular, brown, and hung March. 
