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full Ground, often produce more 

 Seeds than thofe which are in Pots : 

 but at the time when the Seed-veffels 

 begin to fwell, the Plants are fre- 

 quently infefted with green Cater- 

 pillers, which, if they are not de- 

 ftroyed, will eat off all the Seed- 

 veffels. 



The Flowers of this Plant have a 

 ftrong Scent like freth Rafoberries, 

 which will fpread over a Room in 

 Which two or three Plants are plac'dj 

 and for this are greatly efteem'd. 



RHABARBARUM MONA- 

 CHORUM. Vide Lapathum. 



RHAMNOIDES, The Sea 

 Buckthorn. 



The Characters are ; 



// hath the whole appearance of 

 the Buckthorn ; but is Male and Fe- 

 male in different Trees : tfc Flowers 

 of the Male have no Petals : the 

 Flower -cup confjis of two Leaves, in 

 the Centre of which are federal fmall 

 Stamina : the Female Trees produce 

 roundijh Berries, each of which con- 

 tains a finglt Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Rhamnoides florifera, falicis 

 foliif. T. Cor. Male willow - leav'd 

 Sea Btukthorn. 



2 . ffcir a M N o I D E s fruclifera, foliis 

 falicis, baccis hviter flavefcentibus. 

 T. Cor. Female willow-leav'd Sea 

 Buckthorn, with yellow Berries. 



Thefe Plants grow in great Plenty 

 upon the Sea-coafb of Lincolnjhire, 

 and at Sandwich, Deal, and Folkfton, 

 in Kent -, as alfo in divers Parts of 

 Scotland. 



They are preferv'd in feveral Gar- 

 dens near London for Variety ; where, 

 being intermixed with other Shrubs 

 of the fame Growth, they afford an 

 agreeable Profpecl:. 



Thefe Shrubs are eafily propa- 

 gated from Suckers, which they 

 fend forth in great Plenty from the 



old Plants. Thefe Suckers may be 

 taken off any time in February or 

 March, and planted in a Nurfery, 

 where they may be train'd up for 

 two or three Years ; after which 

 they may be remov'd to the Places 

 where they are to remain. There 

 is no very great Beauty in thefe 

 Plants ; but as their Leaves and 

 Flowers are very different from moll 

 other Trees, they make a pretty 

 Variety in fmall Wildernefs- quar- 

 ters j or, when planted in Clumps 

 with various Trees, they will grow 

 to be ten or twelve Feet high ; 

 but it is very rare to fee them 

 larger. 



RHAMNUS, The Buckthorn. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It hath a funnel - Jhafd Flower , 

 conjijling of one Leaf, which is divi- 

 ded toward the Top into four or five 

 Segments : out of the Flower-cup rifes 

 the Pointal, which afterward be- 

 comes afoft roundijh Berry, very full 

 of Juice> inclofing four hard Seeds, 

 which are round and fmooth on the 

 Outfide, but flatted on the other. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Rhamnus catharticus. C.B.P. 

 Common purging Buckthorn. 



2. Rhamnus catharticus minor* 

 C. B. P. Leffer purging Buck- 

 thorn. 



3. Rhamnus Hifpanicus, folio 

 buxi, minor. Tourn. Leffer Spanijh 

 Buckthorn, with a Box-leaf. 



4. Rhamnus catharticus minor \ 

 folio longiori. Inf. R. H. Leffer 

 purging Buckthorn, with a longer 

 Leaf. 



5. Rhamnus tertius, fore her* 

 haceo, baccis nigris. C. B. P. Clu- 

 fius's third Buckthorn, with an her- 

 baceous Flower, and black Berries. 



6. Rhamnus Hifpanicus, buxi fo- 

 lio ampliorc. Inf. R. H. Spanijh Buck- 

 thorn, with a larger Box-leaf. 



7. RhA' 



