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Auguft. particular Luftre as they break out from this forcinent’ of Filaments thew it one of the Dia- Augutt, 
— filvery Bed. 
& The Leaves ftand at confiderable Diftances, 
4 and thefe noble Heads of Flowers rife erect from 
their Bofoms, and run up clofe to the Stalk: 
the whole Plant has a fingular but not unpledfing 
Smell. 
The lowers are of the Papilionaceous Kind : 
each is placed in a tubular bloated Cup, formed 
of one Piece, and terminated by five narrow 
Points; the two uppermoft of which ftand wider 
afunder than the others. Thefe Points are of a 
fine pale green, the reft of the Cup.is covered 
thick with the woolly Matter. | 
| The Vexillum of the Flower is very large, 
eval, nipped at the Top, and turned back at the 
Sides: the Ale and Carina ftand together in a 
little Body defended by the Vexillum; they are 
of equal Length; or nearly, and the Alz are mo- 
derately broad and obtufe; the Carina is turned 
upward, and nipped. - ? 
The Filaments are ten, arid arranged in two 
Bodies ; nine form a kind of Cylinder with their 
united Bafes, and ftand feparate only at the Top ; 
the other one is loofe, and this lies over an 
opening left at the Top of the Body of the 
others. 
_ The Buttons are roundifh, and orange colour- 
ed. 
This is another of thofe Plants which Curio- 
fity, more than a Regard to their Beauty, has 
_ brought from remote Climates into our Gardens. 
But-as it requires no great Trouble in the Culture, 
tis very well worthy its Place among the reft. 
The late Authors, in general, have defcribed 
it, and there is fo much of the Betony Form 
about the Plant; that all have referred it to that 
Genus. ‘They call it oriental Betony, and Tour- 
NEFORT in pafticular, Betonica orientalis augufti/- 
fimo & longiffimo folio [pica forum crafficri : thick 
fpiked Betony of the Eaft, with very long and 
very narrow Leaves. 
— Linnzus ahd Van Royven charaéterife it 
much more propertly; Betonica pica integra, corol- 
larum lacinia labii intermedia integerrima: entire 
Lip of the Flower undivided. 
The Root is compofed of numerous thick Fi- 
bres conneéted to a large Head. | 
Jong Footftalks; they are long and narrow, largeft 
at the Bafe, fmaller all the way to the Point; deeply 
indented at the Edges, and of a light green, 
ear of Linnavs: 
- fpiked Betony with the middle Segment of the | 
The Leaves rife in great Number, and have’ 
Culture of this AsTRAGALUS. 
The Plant is a Native of feveral Parts of Eah 
rope, and the Seeds of it have lately been re- 
ceived from Siberia. It loves a deep rich Mould, 
and will bear any Expofure in our Gardens. 
The Seeds ripen very well with us, and. the 
beft Mannet of raifing the Plant is this : 
Dig up in the Nurfery a Bed of good Mould ; 
and in the latter End of March level the Sur- 
face, and fcatter on fome of the: Seeds faved 
from a ftrong Plant, and kept dry during the 
Winter. | 
When the Plants have fome little Strength, 
take up. the weakeft, and leave the others at 
eight Inches Diftance. Thus let them ftand till 
Ofober, only keeping the Bed clear from Weeds, 
and in dry Weather watering it. 
Then let fome deep Holes be opened in different 
Parts of the Borders where the Plant is intended. 
to flower; and let the Plants be taken up to the 
full Depth of their Roots, and brought in with 
a Ball of their own Earth. 
Let them be planted with Care, and ie Mould 
be fettled about them by a moderate Watering. 
Thus they will root well during the Winter, and 
The Rudiment of the Seed-veffel is fingle, and flower the fucceeding Year with great Strength. 
cylindrick; from. this rifes a {mall tubulated 
Style crowned with an obtufe Head. 
~The Seed-veffel is an oblong Pod with feveral 
Seeds. ‘The Cells bent one way. The two Al- 
They fhould ‘not be tied up to Sticks when they | 
| rife to. Stalk, for their Stem is of fufficient 
Strength, and there is a pleafing Wildnefs in 
their free Manner of growing. 
3 ORT E NOP BET Oat a 
a Foot and a half hich ; of a pale Bren, and a 
little hairy. 
The Leaves on thefe aré placed i in Pairs, and 
at. confiderable Diftances: they alfo have Foot- 
ftalks, and ate like thofe from the Root, long; 
narrow, and notch’d at the Edges, fharp point- 
ed, and of a pale green. _ 
A large Spike of Flowers terminates each Stalk, 
and there ftand others in the Bofoms of the 
Leaves: they aré fmall, but in the Clufters ' very 
confpicuotis ; of the labiated Form, and of : A deli- 
| cate red with a purplifh Tiné. 
The Cup is formed of one Piece, tubular, 
divided into five long, fmall, and Bes Points, 
and ariftated. 9 
The Flower is formed of a fingle Petal, tu- 
bular at the Bafe, and bent; and at the Top > 
divided into two Lips.. The upper Lip is ob- 
tufe, erect; plain, and undivided.. The lower is 
cut into three Segments, and the middle one of 
thefe is entire; this is fingular to the Species of 
Betony here defcribed ; in all the others there is 
a Nick-at its End. Hae 
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_ The Stalks are fquare, thick, very robult, and ; 
