B A 



If planted in a warm Situation ; 

 but it is ufually kept in Shelter in 

 Winter, and placed abroad in Sum- 

 mer : it requires much Water in 

 warm Weather. 



The fecond Sort is lefs common 

 than the ftrft, and not fo hardy ; 

 therefore this is always kept in Pots, 

 and houfed in Winter : this may be 

 propagated in the fame manner as 

 the firft Sort. 



The third Sort is pretty common 

 in the Nurferies about London, where 

 it is ufually called the Groundfel- 

 tree : this is a Native of Virginia, 

 and other Places on the Continent 

 of America: it grows to be a Shrub 

 of about feven or eight Feet high, 

 and flowers in October: the Flowers 

 are white, and not very beautiful ; 

 but the Leaves continuing green 

 thro' the Year, has occafioned this 

 Shrub to be admitted into many cu- 

 rious Gardens. 



This Sort may be propagated by 

 Cuttings, which mould be planted 

 in April or May, upon a fhady Bor- 

 der, and duly watered in dry Wea- 

 ther, until they have taken Root ; 

 and, at Michaelmas, they will be 

 fit to tranfplant where they are to 

 remain : this will live in the open 

 Air, and never is injured by the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters; but 

 fevere Frolt will fometimes deftroy 

 them. 



BALAUSTIA. Vide Punica. 



BALAUSTIUM is the Cup of 

 the Flower of the wild Pomgra- 

 nate. 



BALLOTE, Stinking black 

 Horehound. 



The Characters are ; 



7/ hath Leaves like the Dead - 

 nettle : the Flowers are produced in 

 Bunches at the Joints of the Stalks, 

 from the Pedicle of the Leaves, which 

 have one Jingle Footftalk, and fiand 

 but on one Side of the Stalk: the 



B A 



Cup of the Flower is tubulcus, and 

 hath five Angles, divided into five 

 Segments at the Top : the Galea or 

 Crefl of the Flower is hollow, and 

 the Beard is cut into three Farts, the 

 middle Fart being broad, and /bated 

 like an Heart : each Flower is fuc- 

 ceeded by four naked Seeds. 



We have two Varieties of this Plant 

 growing wild in England-, which 

 are, 



1. Ballote. Matth. 825. Mar- 

 rubium nigrum, five Bdlote. J. B. 

 The ftihking black Horehound. 



2. Ballote fore a/bo. Tourn. 

 Stinking black Horehound, with 

 white Flowers. 



The firlt of thefe Plants is com- 

 mon upon moft dry Banks near Lon- 

 don, and is feldom fuffered to have 

 a Place in Gardens : but this being 

 a Plant iometimes ufed in Phyfic, 

 I thought proper to mention it in 

 this Place : it may be eafify propa- 

 gated by either Seeds or Root' ; but 

 is very apt to increafe too fall in 

 a Garden. This is the common 

 black Horehound of the Shops. The 

 fecond Sort is a Variety o the firft, 

 which is fometimes found with the 

 other wild. 



BALM. Vide MelifTa. 



BALS AMINA, The Female Bal- 

 famine, or Calfamine. 



The Characters are ; 



7/ hath an anomalous Flower, which 

 covfifts of an unequal Number of 

 Leaves, havi?ig fometimes two, three, 

 four, fix, or more Leaves, with a 

 Calcar or Spur to the Flower: thefe 

 Flowers are fucceeded by turbinated 

 . V el) els, refembling Pods, which, when 

 ripe, upon the firjl Touch, burjl, a7id 

 cajl forth fever a I roundijb Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



I . Balsamina lutea, five Noli 

 me tangere. C. B. The yellow Bal- 

 famine, or Touch-me-not. 



M 2 2. Bal« 



