A D 



A D 



as tt obferved of all Tingle Flowers, 

 that they are preferable to the double 

 of the fame Kinds, for medicinal 

 or other Ufes, as being much ftronger 

 in Smell and Tafte; for the Multi- 

 plicity of Petals deprive the Flowers 

 of the Organs of Generation, in 

 which is contained the EfTence of 

 the Flower. 



ADHATODA, The Malabar 

 Nut. 



The Characters are ; 



The Leaves grow oppofite : the Cup 

 tf the Flower is oblong, and confjls 

 of one Leaf: the Flower is monopeta- 

 Icus, of an anomalous Figure, and 

 corfjts cf two Lips : the upper mo Jl is 

 erected, and is raifed in form of an 

 Arch : the under Lip is divided into 

 three Segments, and hangs down- 

 ward : the Ovarium becomes the 

 Fruit, which is in form of a Club, 

 and is divided into two Cells, in 

 which are contained fat heart-f/mped 

 Seeds. 



There are but two Species of this 

 Plant known at prefent ; which are, 



1. Adhatoda Zeylanenfum. H. L. 

 The common Malabar Nut. 



2. Adhatoda hidica, folio fa- 

 ll gno, for e albo. Bocrh. The Wil- 

 Ipw-leav'd Malabar Nut ; com- 

 monly called, The Snap-tree. 



The flrft Sort is pretty common 

 in curious Gardens, where there are 

 fome old Plants which are ten Feet 

 high: this will live in a good Green- 

 boufe with Orange-trees and Myr- 

 tles, and may be removed into the 

 open Air at the fame time with thole, 

 being equally hardy. This Tree 

 requires a good Soil, and mull have 

 Plenty of Water, efpecially in the 

 Summer-time. It is propagated by 

 Layers, which fiiould be laid any 

 time in Summer, and will be rooted 

 by. the following Spring, fit to tranf- 

 plant into Pots : when this is done, 

 tfaey 01 aft bs- watered and fhaded 



until they are rooted again, and mzj 

 then be treated as the old Plants. 

 This Sort often produces Flowers in 

 June, which grow in Spikes from 

 the Tops of the Shoots. 



The fecond Sort is more tender,, 

 and requires a moderate Stove in 

 Winter, otherwife it can rarely be 

 preferved. This Sort is eaiily pro- 

 pagated by Cuttings in May, June, 

 or July: the Cuttings fiiould be 

 planted in Pots filled with rick 

 Mould, and plunged into a mode- 

 rate Hot-bed of T anners Bark, cb- 

 ferving to (hade them until they 

 have taken Root; afterward they 

 may be removed each into a fepa- 

 rate Pot filPd with rich Earth, and 

 may remain abroad in a fhelterei 

 Situation until' Michr.clmas, when 

 they muft be removed into the Stove, 

 Thefe Plants require much Water, 

 efpecially in Summer. 



ADIANTHUM, Maidenhair. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Adianthum foliis coriandn\ 

 C. B. P. True Maidenhair, with 

 Leaves like Coriander. 



2. Adfanthum Saticum majus 9 

 c or iandri folio. Tourn. Greater Sc otcb 

 Maidenhair, with a Coriander-leaf. 



3. Adianthum S cot i cum minus, 

 folio cbtufo, altius incifo. Tourn. LeiTer 

 Scotch Maidenhair, with an obtufe 

 Leaf, deeply cut in. 



4. Adianthum Americanum.Cor- 

 nut. American Maidenhair of Cor- 

 nutu:. 



The firft Sort is a' Native of the 

 South Parts of France, and of the 

 Mediterranean, where it grows on 

 Rocks, and old Ruins, from whence 

 it is brought into England, for me- 

 dicinal Ufe ; tho' the fmaller Leaves 

 of Fern are fometimes impofed on 

 ignorant Perfons, by thofe who (ap- 

 ply the Markets with Herbs ; but 

 as the true Sort is not to be ob- 

 tained frelh in England, the furer 



