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2. Astra ntia major, corona fo- 

 rts Candida. Tourn. Great Mailer- 

 wort, with white Flowers. 



Thefe Plants are both very hardy; 

 they may be propagated either by 

 fowing of their Seeds, or parting 

 fheir Roots. If they are propagated 

 frcm Seeds, they mould be fown 

 early in the Spring, or in Autumn, 

 fbon after their Seeds are ripe, on a 

 fhady Border; and, when the Plants 

 are come up, they mould be care- 

 fully weeded ; and, where they are 

 too clofe, fome of the Plants mould 

 be drawn out, to allow room for the 

 others to grow, until Michaelmas, 

 when they mould be tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain; which 

 mould always be in a moift Soil, and 

 a fhady Situation. The Diitance thefe 

 Plants mould be placed, is two Feet; 

 for their Roots will fpread to a con- 

 fiderable Width, if they are permit- 

 ted to remain fome Years in the fame 

 Place. They require no other Cul- 

 ture, but to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, and every third or fourth 

 Year to be taken up at Michaelmas, 

 and their Roots parted, and planted 

 again. Thefe Plants are feldom pre- 

 ferved, but in Botanic Gardens, there 

 being no great Beauty in their Flow- 

 ers, nor are they ufed in Medicine at 

 prefent ; though, by fome Perfons, 

 the firft Sort has been called black 

 Hellebore, and, I believe, has been 

 ufed as fuch. 



ATRACTYLIS, DiftafF-thiftle. 

 Vide Cnicus. 



ATRIPLEX, Orrach or Arach. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath no Leaves to the Flower ; 

 hut corjifts of many Stamina, which 

 fi.rije fi am a fi<ve~leavd Empalemeut : 

 the Pointal afterward becomes the 

 Seed, which is fiat and orbicular, 

 and is inclofcd in the Empaliment, 

 tabith becomes a foliace^us Qajfule, 



in which are included two Sorts of 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Atriplex hortenjis alba, fi<ve 

 pa Hide sirens. C. B. P. Garden Or- 

 rach, of a pale-green Colour. 



2. Atriplex hortenfis nigricans. 

 C. B. P. Dark green Garden Or- 

 rach. 



3. Atriplex hortenfis rubra. C. 



B. P. Red Garden Orrach. 



4. Atriplex latifolia, five Ha- 

 limus fruticcfus. Mor. Hifi. Shrubby 

 broad-leav'd Orrach, commonly call- 

 ed, Sea-purflane-tree. 



5. Atriplex maritima fruticofa, 

 Halimus <o Portulaca marina dicla, 

 angujiifolia. Raii Syn. Shrubby Sea- 

 orrach, commonly called, Sea-pur- 

 flane, with a narrow Leaf. 



6. Atriplex maritima laciniata. 



C. B. P. Sea-orrach, with jagged 

 Leaves. 



7 . Atriplex angufio oblongo fo - 

 lio. C. B. P. Long narrow-leav'd 

 Orrach. - 



8 . Atriplex anguftijfimo fcf Icn- 

 gijjimo folio. H. L. Orrach with very 

 long narrow Leaves. 



9. Atriplex fyfoeftris, fruclu 

 comprejfo rofeo iff jiellato. C. B. Prod. 

 Wild Orrach, with a comprefied 

 ftarry and rofe-maped Fruit. 



10. Atriplex Cretica maritima 

 erecla, folio triangulari. Tcum. Cor. 

 Upright Sea Candy Orrach, with a 

 triangular Leaf. 



hi. Atriplex Gr<eca fruticofa 

 humifufa, halimi folio. Tourn. Cor. 

 Dwarf fhrubby Orrach, with a Sea- 

 purflane-leaf. 



12. Atriplex Orient alis frute- 

 feens, folio amplifiimo argent eo. Tourn. 

 Cor. Shrubby Oriental Orrach, withr 

 a large filver-colour 1 d Leaf. 



The flril of thefe Plants was for- 

 merly cultivated in the Kitchen-gar- 

 dens, as a culinary Herb, being ufed 



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