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The two Sorts of wild Madder 

 are of no Ufe ; though their Roots 

 feem to be of the facie Quality with 

 the manured Sort ; and as they are 

 never cultivated in Garden?, it is 

 needlefs to fay any thing more of 

 them in this Place. 



Thefe Plants love a loofe Soil, nei- 

 ther too dry nor over-wet ; but will 

 do better on a dry than on a wet 

 Soil, becaufe in fuch Places the 

 Roots are apt to rot in Winter. 



RUBEOLA, Petty-madder. 

 The Character: are ; 



It hath a funnel jhapcd Flower, 

 confifiing of one L"af, which is fight ly 

 cut into four Parts at the Brim ; 

 rejling on the Empalement, which is 

 fometimes double \and fomttimn fingle : 

 this Empalement afterward becomes 

 a Fruity compofd of two naked 

 Seeds, 



The Species are ; 



1. Rubeola la. 'ion folio. Inf. 

 R. H. Broad -Jeav'd Petty - mad- 

 der- 



2. Rubeola anguftiort folio. Inf. 

 R H. Narrow- lea v'd Petty -mad- 

 der. 



3. Rubeola vulgaris quadrifo- 

 lia lwis y fioribus purpurajcentibus . 

 Inft. R. H. Common fmooth four- 

 leav'd Petty-madder, with purplim 

 Prowers, commonly called Squinan- 

 cy-wort. 



4. Rubeola Lufitanica afpera, 

 fori bus purpura fcentibus. Inft. R. H. 



Rough Petty-madder of Portugal, 

 with purplifn Flowers. 



5 . Rubeola Cretica fax at His 

 fruticofa, gallii fclic, fore purpureo 

 wiolaceo.! ourn. Cor. bhrubby rock 

 ^etty- madder of Candy, with a La- 

 dies-beditraw-ieaf, and a violet pur- 

 ple Flower. 



6. Rubeola Cretica far at His 

 fruit efcens, fore favefcente. loum. 

 Q'.r. Sr.rubby rock Petty -mrdder 

 £j Candy, w;ui ayeliowifli Flower, 



7. Rubeola Cretica fasti dijfi. 

 ma fmtefcens myrtifolia, fiore magnw 

 fuave - rubente. Tourn. Cor. The 

 molt linking flirubby Petty-madder 

 of Candy, with a Myrtle-leaf, and a 

 large pale-red Flower. 



8. Rubeola Orient alts fcetida 

 fruticofa ferpylli folia, fore par<vo fua- 

 ue-rubente. Tourn. Cor. Shrubby 

 (linking Eaflern Petty-madder, with 

 a Mother-of-thyme-leaf, and a fmall 

 pale-red Flower. 



9. Rubeola Orientafis, foliis 

 gal Hi, fore multiplier ex <viridi fla*vc- 

 fcente. Tourn. Cir. Eaftern Petty- 

 madder, with many greenifh-yellow 

 Flowers. 



The firft, fecond, fourth, and ninth 

 Sorts are annual Plants, which decay 

 foon after they have perfected 

 their Seed. Thefe are preferved 

 in the Gardens of thofe Perfons who 

 are curious in Botany, for the fake 

 of Variety. They are very hardy 

 Plants, which require no other Care 

 than to clear them from Weeds : for 

 if they are permitted to fcatter their 

 Seeds, the Plants will come up, and 

 maintain their Place, if they are 

 not overborne with larger Weeds. 

 The Seeds of thefe Plants may be 

 fown either in Spring or Autumn, in 

 the Places where they are to remain, 

 which may be in almolt any Soil ; 

 but they love an open Situation. 



The third Sort grows wild on. 

 chalky Hills, in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land. where the Branches trail on 

 the Ground, and produce Tufts of 

 purplifh Flowers from the Joints 

 where the Leaves are fet on ; which 

 open in Jur.e, and the Seeds are ripe 

 in Jugu/t ; but the Roots abide ma- 

 ny Years. This Plant is elteemed 

 efficacious in the Cure of Quinfeys, 

 either raken inwardly, or outwardly 

 applied. 



) he fifth, fixth,feventh.and eighth 

 S^r^ were diicover'd by Dr.Tourre- 



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