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Hot-bed, without being fcorched by 

 the Sun, they fhould be plcngM in- 

 to the fame Bed again : but if there 

 is not room, they muft be placed in 

 the Stove, where they may have 

 room to grow in Height. In July 

 thofe Torts which are annual wiil 

 begin to flower, and their Seeds wiil 

 lipen the Beginning of September. 



SICYOIDES, Single-feeded Cu- 

 cumber. 



The Char after: are; 



It bath an expanded lell -fiap'd 

 Flower, conffting of one Leaf which 

 is cut into Jeveral Segments at the 

 Brim : of thefe Flowers, fome are 

 Male, which adhere to no Embryo ; 

 and others are Female, which reft on 

 the young Fruit, which is afterward 

 inlarged to the Size of an Almond-ker- 

 vel, and is fat and prickly, containing 

 one Seed cf the fame Shaft* 

 The Species are ; 



1. Sicyotdes Americana, fruclu 

 €chinatn,foliis angulatis. Inf. R.H. 

 American Sicyoides, with a prickly 

 Fruit, and angular Leaves. 



2. Sicyoides Americana, fruclu 

 echinato, fofiis laciniatis. Plum, Ame- 

 rican Sicyoides, with a prickly Fruit, 

 and jagged Leaves. 



Thefe Plants are preferv'd in fome 

 curious Gardens, for the fake of Va- 

 riety ; but as they have little Beau- 

 ty, and are not ufeful, they are not 

 much cultivated in England. They 

 are both annual Plants, which may 

 be propagated by fowing their Seeds 

 in the Beginning of April, on a Bor- 

 der of frefh Earth, in the Place 

 where they are defign'd to remain ; 

 and in about a Fortnight's time the 

 Plants will appear ; which at firft 

 are very like Cucumber-plants, and, 

 as they grow, will trail on the 

 Ground, and fallen themfelves to 

 whatever Plants grow near them, by 

 their Tendrils ; fo that they mould 

 be either fown near an Hedge, where 



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they may climb up, or be allowed a 

 conquerable Share of room ; other- 

 wife they will run over the Plants 

 which are near them. When the 

 Plants are come up, they will re- 

 quire no farther Care, but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds, and thin 

 them where they grow too clofe to- 

 gether. In June they will produce 

 their Flowers, and in Auguft the 

 Seeds will ripen; which, if permit- 

 ted to fcatter, will produce a Sup- 

 ply of young Plants the following 

 Spring, without any Care. 



SIDERITIS, Ironwort. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is a Plant with a lahiated 

 Flower, conffting of one leaf, whofe 

 Upper-lip or Crejl is upright, but the 

 Under- lip or Beard is divided into 

 three Parts : out of the Flower-cup 

 rifes the Point al, attended, as it were, 

 by four Embryoes, which afterward 

 turn to fo many oblong Seeds, Jhut up 

 in an Hujk, which was before the 

 Flower-cup: to thefe Marks muft be 

 aaded, The Flowers growing in 

 Who les at the Wings of the Leaves, 

 which are cut like a Cnf, and differ 

 from the other Leaves of the Plant. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Sideritis hirfuta procumbent. 

 C. B. P. Hairy trailing Iron- 

 wort. 



2. Sideritis Alpina, hyffo pi fo- 

 lio. C. B. P. Hyilbp-leaVd Iron- 

 wort of the Alps. 



3. Sideritis Orient a lis, phlomi- 

 dis folio. T. Cor. Eaftern Ironwort, 

 with a Phlomis-leaf. 



4. Sideritis Anglica, frumofa 

 radice. Park. Theat. Englijb Iron- 

 wort, with a itrumofeRoot, common- 

 ly calPd Clowns All-heal. 



5. Sideritis arvenfs rubra. 

 Park. Theat. Narrow-leav'd All- 

 heal or Ironwort. 



6 . S I D E R it I S foliis hirfutis , pro^ 

 funde crenatis* C. B, P. Ironwor 



