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Perfons care to preferve the Plants, 

 unlefs it be for the fake of Variety. 



PASQUE-FLOWER. JaAPuI- 

 fatilla. 



PASSE RINA, Sparrow- wort. 



This Title was applied by Tragus 

 to a Plant of another Genus ; but 

 Dr. Linnaeus has conftituted a new 

 Genus by this Name. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower hath no En:palemeni, 

 and confijis of one Leaf, which is tu- 

 bulous, and cut into four Parts at the 

 Brim : in the Centre of the Flower 

 is fituated the Pointal, attended by 

 tight Stamina : the Pointal afterward 

 changes to an oval Fruit, having one 

 Cell, in which is lodged one oval- 

 -pointed Seed. 



The Species are ; 



t. Passerina foli is linearihus. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Sparrow - wort 

 with very narrow Leaves. 



2. Passerina foli is lanceolatis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Sparrow - wort, 

 with fpear-fhap'd Leaves. 



The fir ft Sort hath been mention- 

 ed by fome Authors under the Title 

 of Thyme lea tomtntofa, &c. and the 

 fecond Sort under the Title of Erica 

 Jfricana, Sec. and both of them 

 have had feveral Names applied to 

 them ; which were fo confufsd, as 

 render it very difficult to know the 

 Plants they mentioned. 



Thefe Plants grow to the Height 

 of four or five Feet, in England, and 

 may be trained up very regular ; and 

 as they are ever green, there may 

 be a Plant or two of each Sort al- 

 lowed to have a Place in the Green- 

 houfe, where a Collection of rare 

 Plants is maintained. 



Thefe are both propagated by 

 Cuttings, which mould be planted 

 in the Spring, upon a moderate Hot- 

 bed ; where, if they are duly wa- 

 tered, and fcreened from the Sun, 

 they will take Root in about three 



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Months, fo as to be fit to remove J 

 when they mould be each tranfplant- 

 ed into a Imall Pot filled with frefti 

 light Earth, and placed in a fhady 

 Situation until they have taken 

 Root ; after which time, they may 

 be placed in a fheltered Situation* 

 with other hardy Exotic Plants, till 

 October ; when they muft be remo- 

 ved into the Green-houfe for the 

 Winter feafon, and may be treated 

 in the fame manner as hath been di- 

 rected for Hermannia's. 



PASSION-FLOWER. Vide Gra^ 

 nadilia. 



PASTINACA, Parfnep. 

 The Characlers are ; 



// is a Plant with roje and umbel- 

 lated Fhwers, conffing of many Pe- 

 tals or Leaves placed orbicularly, and 

 rejling on the Empalement ; which 

 turns to a Fruit, conipofed of two Seeds, 

 which are oval, large, thin, border d, 

 and generally cajiing off their Cover ; 

 to thefe Marks muji be added, That tht 

 Leaves are winged and large. 

 The Species are ; 



J. Pastinaca fativa latifolia. 

 C.B. P. Garden Parfnep. 



2. Pastinaca fylveflris latifolia, 

 C. B. P. Wild Parfnep. 



5. Pastinaca fylveftris alt iff ma. 

 To urn. The talleft wild Parfnep, or 

 Hercules'* All-heal. 



The fecond Sort grows wild in di- 

 vers Parts of England, upon theSides 

 of dry Banks; and is by fome affirm- 

 ed to be no- ways different from the 

 firft Sort, but by Cultivation : 

 which is a very great Miltake; for 

 1 have fown the Seeds of both Sores 

 in the fame Bed for feveral Years ; 

 but could not find, that either Sort 

 alter'd in the leaft,the fecond Rill re- 

 taining the fame Smooth nefs in the 

 Leaf, and the fame pale Colour, and 

 Largenefs of Root ; as did the 

 firft its ufcai Roughnefs, dark-green 

 Colour, and nender Roots : nor do 



