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iher Care. The Roots of thefe 

 Plants will abide feme Years. 



ELATINE. ^Linaria. 



ELiEAGNUS, Olealter, or wild 

 Olive. 



The Characters are ; 



// hath a tubulous Flower, confift- 

 hig of one Leaf, which is cut into 

 four Segments ; whofe Calyx after- 

 ward becomes a Fruit Jhaped like a?i 

 Olive, inclofing a Stone of the fame 

 Form. 



The Species are ; 



1. ElJEAC us Orient a lis latifo- 

 lius, frudtu maxima. Town. Cor. 

 Eaftern broad - lcav'd wild Olive, 

 with a large Fruit. 



2. El/f.agnul Orient alis angujii- 

 f alius, fruStu taf*V0 oliw/fonni fub- 

 dulci. Tourn. Cor. Eailern wild 

 Olive, with narrow Leave?, and a 

 fmall fweet olive -fli aped Fruit. 



3. El^k acnus Orient alls aagu- 

 f if otitis, fruCtu 7ninimo rotundiot i & 

 fubacido. Tourn. Cor. Eailern nar- 



row-leav'd wild Olive, with a fmall 



roundilh and acid Fruit. 



4. El. Magnus non fpinofa, foliis 

 angujiis iff longiffimis, fruclu parvo 

 olive for mi. Wild Olive without 

 Spines, narrow long Leaves, and a 

 fmall olive- fhaped Fruit. 



Thefirft and third Sorts Dr. Tour- 

 nefort obferved growing in feveral 

 Iflands in the Archipelago. The fe- 

 cond Sort is found in great Plenty 

 upon the Flills in Spain, Italy, and 

 feme Parts of Germany. The fourth 

 Sort is the rnoft common in the Eng- 

 lijb Gardens, and hath been by molt 

 Botanic Authors mentioned for the 

 fecond Sort; though, by comparing 

 them together, they appear very 

 different; for the Leave; of the fe- 

 cond are much fliorter than thofe of 

 the fourth, and the Branches are be- 

 fet with {harp Thorns between the 

 l ives; whereas the fourth Sort 

 hath no Snines on it : but where 



this is a Native, I cannot determine, 

 tho 1 probably it was found with the 

 fecond Sort, in fome of the Southern 



Parts of Europe. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down the young Shoots in j 

 Autumn, which will take Root in 

 one Year, when they may be cut 

 off from the old Trees, and either 

 tranfplanted into a Nurfery for two 

 or three Years, to be trained up, or 

 into the Places where they are to 

 remain. The bell Seafon for tranf- 

 planting thefe Trees is the Latter- 

 end of February, or the Beginning 

 of March ; though they may be re- 

 moved at Michaelmas, provided the 

 Roots are mulched, to protect them 

 from fevere Froft in Winter. Thefe 

 Plants mould be placed where they 

 may be fcreened from ilrongWinds; 

 for they grow very freely, and are 

 fubjeft to be fplit down by the Wind', 

 if they are too much expofed. 



Thefe Trees commonly grow to 

 eighteen or twenty Feet high ; and 

 when they are intermixed with other 

 Trees of the fame Growth, make 

 a pretty Diverfity ; for their Leaves, 

 being of a filver Colour, are eafily 

 diftinguiflied at a Dirtance. In June 

 thefe Trees produce great Quanti- 

 ties of fmall yellowifh Flowers, of ! 

 a very ftrong Scent ; and fometimes 

 they bear Fruit in England. 



ELEPHANTOPUS, ElephantV 

 foot. M 

 The Characters are ; 

 It hath a difcous Flower, compofed y 

 of feveral Florets, which are Her- 1 1 

 ?n aphrodite, contained in one Flower- ) 

 cup, which is cut into federal Seg- ' 

 ments almojl to the Bottom : the Bar- « 

 torn of the Calyx is fiat, and filed ^ 

 with Ovaries, which are befet on 

 the Top with Hairs : the Dijks are a 

 joined upon a common Placenta, and * 

 form a fort of Sheaf garnijhed with h 

 a Foliage. H 



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