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The Marry Columbine differs from 

 both the others, in having fharp 

 pointed Petals, which appear like 

 the Rays of a Star: of this Sort there 

 are a great Variety of Colours, fome 

 of which are very beautiful : thefe 

 often degenerate to the common Co- 

 lumbines, in the fame manner as the 

 Rofe-columbine ; but are rarely pro- 

 duced from the Seeds of the common 

 Sort. 



The two Canada Columbines 

 flower almoft a Month before the 

 Other Sorts ; for which Reafon they 

 are preferved in the Gardens of the 

 Curious, though there is no very 

 great Beauty in their Flowers. Thefe 

 rarely produce good Seeds in Eng- 

 land, fo that they are only propa- 

 gated by parting of their Roots ; but 

 their Seeds may be procured from 

 Virginia, where they grow wild in 

 the Woods. 



The firft Sort grows wild in the 

 Woods, in feveral Parts of England ; 

 but particularly about Chatham and 

 Maidftone in Kent : this is placed in 

 the Catalogue of Medicinal Plants ; 

 but is now very rarely ufed in Phy- 

 fic. 



The fourth Sort I found growing 

 wild in the Park of Robert Ftnwick, 

 Efq; near Ingleborough '-bill, in Tork- 

 fhire. 



ARACHIS, Earth or Ground- 

 nut. 



The CharaRers are ; 



// hath a pea-bloom Flower : the 

 impalement is divided into two Parts : 

 ihe Flower is fucceeded by a rough cy- 

 lindrical Pod, containing one or two 

 cylindrical Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; viz. 



Arachis. Lin. The native Coun- 

 try of this Plant, I believe, is Afri- 

 ca, though, at prefent, all the Set- 

 tlements in America abound with it; 



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but many Perfons, who have refided 

 in that Country, affirm, they were 

 originally brought with the Slaves 

 from Africa thither, where they have 

 been fpread all over the Settle- 

 ments. 



It multiplies very faft in a warm 

 Country ; but, being impatient of 

 Cold, it cannot be propagated in the 

 open Air in England: therefore who- 

 ever has an Inclination to cultivate 

 this Plant, mutt plant the Seeds on 

 an Hot-bed in the Spring of the 

 Year, keeping it covered with GlafTes 

 tiiUhe Middle or End of June-, after 

 which time, if the Weather proves 

 warm, they may be expofed to the 

 open Air. The Branches of this 

 Plant trail upon the Ground ; and 

 the Flowers (which are yellow) are 

 produced fingle upon long Foot- 

 flalks; and as foon as the Flower 

 begins to decay, the Germen is thruft 

 under-ground, where the Pod is 

 formed and ripened ; fo that unlefs 

 the Ground is opened, they never ap- 

 pear : the Negroes kept this a Secret 

 among themfelves ; therefore could 

 fupply themfelves with thefe Nuts 

 unknown to their Mafters. The 

 Roots of thefe Plants are annual ; 

 but the Nuts under-ground fuffici- 

 ently flock the Ground in a warm 

 Country, where they are not very 

 carefully taken up. Jn South-Caro- 

 lina there is great Plenty of thefe 

 Nuts ; which the Inhabitants roaft, 

 and make ufe of as Chocolate. 



This was by former Botanifts call- 

 ed Arachidna ; and by fome it hath 

 been ranged with the Vetches. 



ARALIA, Berry-beanng Ange- 

 lica. 



The Characlers are ; 

 The Flower conjifls of many Leaves , 

 which expand in form of a Rofe, 

 which are naked, grooving on the Top 

 of the Ovary : thefe Flowers are fuc- 

 ceeded 



