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turned out of the Pots the following 

 Spring, and planted where they are 

 to remain, which mould be in a 

 moift Soil, otherwife they will not 

 thrive, or produce Flowers. 



CHONDRILLA, Gum-fuccory. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath a cylindrical Cup to the 

 Flower, which is cut almcji to the 

 Bottom, in fewer al Species : the Seeds 

 are oblong a?id narrow : in othtr re- 

 fpecls it is like the Lettuce. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Ch on dr. ill a caerulea altera, 

 tlchcrei Jyhejlris folio. C. B. Blue- 

 flower'd Gum-fuccory. 



2. Cmondrilla carulea laeiniata 

 latifolia. C. B. Blue-flower'd Gum- 

 fuccory, with broad cut Leave'. 



3. Chondrilla juncea vifcofa 

 arvn/fs, qu<t prima Diofcoridis. C B. 

 Clammy Gum-fuccory, with Shoots 

 like the Rufh. 



4. Chondrilla hieracH folio, 

 annua. Toum. Annual Gum-fuc- 

 cory, with Hawkwced-leaves. 



5. Chondrilla viminea.C.B. P. 

 Gum-fuccory with flender Branches. 



The firft Sort is referred to the 

 Genus of Lacluca by Dr, Linn<eus, 

 who has only retained the fifth Sort 

 under this Title, and fuppofes the 

 third Sort to be the fame with the 

 fifth ; but the third is a Plant which 

 creeps at the Root, feldom riling 

 above a Foot and an half high ; 

 whereas the other commonly grows 

 three or four Feet high, and does 

 not continue above two or three 

 Years.. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 only Varieties, which will arife from 

 the fame Seeds. The fourth Sort 

 is an annual Plant, which perimes 

 as foon as the Seeds are ripe. 



All thefe Plants are preferved in 

 Botanic Gardens for the fake of 

 Variety ; but are rarely permitted 

 ti) have a Place in any other Gardens 



being Plants of no great Ufe or 



Beauty. 



But whoever hath a mind to pro- 

 pagate their feveral Species, may 

 low their Seeds in an open Bed of 

 common Earth in the Spring, where 

 they will readily come up, and thrive 

 exceedingly : and their Seeds, being 

 permitted to fcatter upon theGround, 

 will come up, and foon overfpread 

 a Garden. 



The three firft Sorts are abiding 

 Plants, and increale very much by 

 their fpreading Roots, which, if not 

 confm'd, will in a Ihort time become 

 very troublefome Weeds in a Gar- 

 den ; as a!fo, if their Seeds are fuf- 

 fered to ripen, having a Down ad- 

 hering to them, they will be blown 

 all over the Garden, and be full as 

 bad Weeds as Sow- thirties. 



CHRISTMAS - FLOWER, or 

 black Hellebore. Vide Helleborus. 



CHRISTOPHORIANA, Herb- 

 chriftopher. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower conf.fts of five Leaves, 

 which are placed orbicularly, and ex- 

 pand in for?n of a Rofe ; in the Centre 

 of which arifes the Ovary, which 

 becomes a foft Fruit or Berry, of an 

 oval Shape, and is filled with Seeds 

 in a double Row, which, for the moft 

 part, adhere together. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Christophoriana vulgaris 

 noflras, racemofa C5* ramofa. Mor, 

 Hift. Common Herb - chriftopher, 

 or Bane-berries. 



2. Christophoriana Americana 

 racemofa, baccis rubris. Mor. Hifl. 

 American Herb-chriftopher, with red 

 Berries. 



3. Christophoriana Americana 

 racemofa, baccis rubris, lengo pedi- 

 culo infdentibus. Sarrac. American 

 Herb-chriftopher, with red Berries 

 growing on long Footitalks. 



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