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CORONOPUS, Bucks-horn 

 Plaintain. 



The Characters are ; 

 It agrees in Flower and Fruit with 

 the Plantain, from which it differs 

 in its Leaves, which are deeply cut 

 in on the Edges ; whereas the Leaves 

 of Plantain are either in/ire, or but 

 (lightly indented. 



The Species are ; 



1. Coronopus hortenfis. C. B. 

 Garden BuckVhorn Plantain or 

 Harts-horn, vulgo. 



2. Coronopus Maffilienfis hir- 

 futior latifolius. Tow n. Broad-leav'd 

 hairy Bucks-horn Plantain of Mar- 

 milks. 



3. Coronopus Neapolitanus te- 

 \nuifolius. Col. Narrow-leav'd Bucks- 

 jhorn Plantain of Naples, 



4. Coronopus maritimus rofeus. 

 Bocc: Rar. PI. Rofe-like Sea Bucks- 

 :horn Plantain. 



The firft of thefe Species, tho' 

 Untitled a Garden-Plant, yet is found 

 (wild in molt Parts of England, and 

 lis the very fame Plant which grows 

 upon moil Common?, and barren 

 Heaths, where, from the Poornefs 

 of the Soil, it appears to be very 

 different from the Garden-kind, as 

 I being little more than a fourth Part 

 fo large. But this Plant, when tranf- 

 planted, or fown in a Garden by the 

 other, grows to be full as large : nor 

 can I fee any Difference between 

 thefe, and that which grows upon 

 the Sea-coafts ; tho' Cajpar Bauhm, 

 and many Botanilts after him, make 

 them diltinct Species : but when they 

 are cultivated together in the fame 

 Soil, I am fatisned that no Perfon 

 can diilinguifh them ; therefore I 

 make no doubt of calling them all 

 the fame Piant. 



This Species was formerly culti- 

 vated in Gardens as a Sallad-herb; 

 but at prefent is little regarded, and 

 illmoft wholly difufed : it may be 



eafily cultivated by fowing the Seed§ 

 in the Spring upon any Soil, or in 

 any Situation, it being extremely 

 hardy ; and, when it comes up, it 

 may be thinned out, and fuffered to 

 remain for Ufe at about three or 

 four Inches Diftance, where the 

 Leaves may be often cut for the 

 Purpofes above - mentioned, the 

 Roots lt;ll putting forth fi em Leaves ; 

 and, if it is not fuffered to feed, the 

 Roots will remain two or three 

 Years : but it feldom continues long 

 after perfecting its Seeds. If the 

 Seeds are fuffered to fall upon the 

 Ground, there will be a conftant 

 Supply of Plants, without any fur- 

 ther Care than clearing them from 

 Weeds as they grow. The other 

 Varieties are maintained in Botanic 

 Gardens; but are feldom cultivated 

 for Pleaiure or Profit. 



CORTUSA [This Plant is fo 

 called, from Cortufus, a famous Bo- 

 tanilt, who firit brought it into Ufe], 

 Bears-ear Sanicle. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath apennnialRoot : the Leaves 

 are roundijh, rough, and crenated on 

 the Edges, like thofe of Ground ivy : 

 the Cup of the Flower is frr.cll, and 

 divided into five Parts : the Flowers 

 arefhaptd like a Funnel, are cut at 

 the Top into many Segments, and are 

 difpofed in an Umbel: the Fruit is 

 roundifb, terminating into a Point, 

 and is clofely fixed in the Cup, in which 

 are contained many ftnall angular 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Cortusa foli is cordatis pe/iola- 

 tis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Bears-ear 

 Sanicle, or Cortufa of Matthiolus. 



2. Cortusa foli is ova t is fejjilibus. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Rough-leav'd Bears- 

 ear Sanicle, or Borage-leav'd Au- 

 ricula. 



The firft Sort is a Native of the 

 Alps, and Mountains in Aujlria : this 



