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on Shelves in the dry Stove, at the 

 greatefi Diftance from the Fire, fo 

 that they were in a very temperate 

 Warmth ; and there they retained 

 their Leaves all the Winter, and 

 continued in Health, when thofe 

 which were placed in a warmer Si- 

 tuation, as alfo thofe in theGreen- 

 houfe, were intirely deltroyed. 

 PARNASSIA.Grafs ofParnafus. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a rofe-foaped Flower, con- 

 fifiingof 'five Leaves, at the Bottom 

 ef which are fmali frir.ged Leaves, of 

 a greenijh Colour, which are placed 

 orbicularly : out of the Flower - cup 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterward 

 turns to a membranaceous Fruit,which 

 is cval, having but one Cell, which 

 is filled with Seeds, that, for the mojl 

 part, adhere to a fourfold Placenta. 

 The Species are ; 



1. ?ARKASSiApalufiris& vulga- 

 ris, hft. R. H. Common Marili- 

 g'rafs of Parnajfus. 



2. Parnassia vulgaris, fore ple- 

 na. Common Grafs of Parnajfus, 

 with a double Flower. 



The former of thefe Sorts grows 

 wild in moift Meadows, in feveral 

 Parts of England, but particularly in 

 the North ; but it doth not grow in 

 the Neighbourhood of London, any 

 nearer than on the other Side of 

 Watford, in the low Meadows by 

 Caffioberry, where it is in pretty 

 great Plenty. 



The other Sort is an accidental 

 Variety of the former; which has 

 been difcovered wild, and tranfplant- 

 ed into Gardens. This is but rarely 

 to be found, being in very few Gar- 

 dens at prelent. 



Thefe Plants may be taken up 

 from the natural Places of their 

 Growth, with Balls of Earth to their 

 Roots, and planted into Pots filled 

 with pretty ftrong frelh undung'd 

 ' Earth, and placed in a fhady Situa- 



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tion, where, if they are conftantly 

 watered, they will thrive very well, 

 and flower every Summer : but if 

 the Plants are planted in the full 

 Ground, it fhould be in a very moift 

 lhady Border, otherwife they will 

 not live ; and thefe mould be as du- 

 ly watered, as thofe in the Pots in 

 dry Weather, to make them produce 

 ftrong Flowers. 



They may be propagated by part- 

 ing of their Roots, which fhould be 

 done in March, before they put out 

 new Leaves : but the Roots Ihould 

 not be divided too fmall ; for that 

 will prevent tneir flowering the fol- 

 lowing Summer : thefe Roots fhould 

 always be planted in pretty ftrong 

 frefti Earth ; for they will not thrive 

 in a light rich Soil. In the Spring 

 they muft be conftantly watered, if 

 the Seafon mould prove dry, other- 

 wife they will not flower; nor fhould 

 they be parted oftener than every 

 third Year, to have them ftrong. 

 Thefe Plants flower in July, and 

 their Seeds are ripe the latter End of 

 Jugufi. 



It is called Parnajfus, frcm Mount 

 Parnajfus, on which it was fuppofed 

 to grow; and from the Cattle feed- 

 ing on it, it w.ns called a Grafs, 

 though the Plant has no Refemblance 

 to any of the Grafs-kind ; but is 

 more l;ke to theRanunculus in Flow- 

 er ; and the Leaves are pretty broad, 

 oblong, and fmooth. 



PARONYCHIA, Mountaia 

 Knot-grafs. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath an apetalous Flower, coi*- 

 fifing of feveral Chives, which rife 

 from the Flower-cup, which is Jhaped 

 like the Pelvis, and cut into five Parts, 

 for the mofi part like a Crown : the 

 Pointal aftervjard becomes a round 

 Seed, wrapt up in a five corneredHuJk, 

 which was before the Flower -cup. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Paro- 



