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ced on the Branches without Order ; 

 as the Branches alfo are produc'd. 

 This rarely flowers in England ; 

 but the Leaves continue all the 

 Year green. 



The fecond Sort grows more up- 

 right and regular ; the Leaves, 

 which are fmaller,and more pointed, 

 than thofe of the firft,are plac'd op- 

 pofite on the Branches ; and thefe 

 continue green through the Year. 



The third Sort has pennated 

 Leaves, which are fomewhat like 

 thofe of the Maftich-tree; and the 

 Branches are armed with Spines, 

 which are produc'd in Clufters, and 

 are fmall. The Leaves of thisTree 

 fall off in the Spring, a little before 

 the new Leaves appear, when the 

 Flowers come out ; but it has not 

 produc'd any Flowers in Englnad. 



SIGESBECKIA. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath compound Flowers, which 

 have an Empalement compos 'd of jive 

 narrow Leaves, which fpread open, 

 and extend beyond the Flower : the 

 Hermaphrodite Flowers are tubulous, 

 which are placd on the Dijk : the 

 Female Flowers, which are fituated on 

 the Border, are f retched out like a 

 Tongue: each of thefe are fucceeded 

 by one oblong narrow black Seed, 

 which is inclofed in the Empalement. 



We have bu*. one Species of this 

 Genus ; n/iz. 



SlGESBECKIA. Lttt. Hort. Clijf. 



Sigelbeckia. We have no Englijh 

 Name for this Plant :' this here 

 mention'd was apply'd to it by Dr. 

 Linnaeus, in Honour to Dr. Sigefbeck, 

 who was Profeflbr of Botany at 

 Feterjburgh. 



This Plant is an Annual, peril- 

 ing at the Approach of Winter. The 

 Seeds of it were brought from the 

 Erf -Indies, where it is a troublefome 

 Weed ; but in England it will not 

 produce ripe Seeds, unlefs thePlants 



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are rais'don anHot-bed,and brought 

 forward in the Spring : then they 

 may be planted out in warm Bor- 

 ders the Beginning of June : and if 

 they are fupply'd with Water in dry 

 Weather, they will grow near four 

 Feet high, and fend out manyBranch- 

 es. The Flowers are produc'd at 

 the Extremity of the Shoots, which 

 are fmall, and of a yellow Colour; fo> 

 make no great Appearance ; there- 

 fore it is only preferv'd in the Gar- 

 dens of thofe Perfons who are curi- 

 ous in the Study of Plants. 



SILAUM, Meadow- faxifrage. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It hath a rofe and umbellated 

 Flower, conffirrg of federal Leaves, 

 placed circularly, and refing upon the 

 Empalement , which afterward be- 

 comes a Fruit composed of two Jhort 

 chanell 'd 'Seeds : to which Notes mufi 

 be added, That the Leaves are very 

 narrow, and theFhwers are of afale- 

 yellow Colour. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Si laum quibufdam, fore luteo- 

 lo. J. B. Common Meadow faxi- 

 frage. 



2. SiLAUM quod liguficum, feru- 

 la folio. Inji. R. H. Boerh. Ind. alt. 

 Saxifrage with the Leaf of Giant- 

 fenel. 



3. Si laum quod liguflicum Cretz- 

 cum, folio faeniculi, caule nodoJo.Tourn. 

 Cor. Boerh. Ind. Candy Meadow- 

 faxifrage, with a Fcnel-leaf, and a 

 knobby Stalk. 



4. Silaum quod ligufiicum, acu- 

 ta folio, glabriiTs. Touni. Boerh. Ind. 

 alt. Meadow - faxifrage, with a 

 fmooth Hemlock-leaf. 



The firft Sort is directed by the 

 College of Phyficians to be us'd in 

 Medicine : this grows wild in Mea- 

 dows, and other moift Paftures, in di- 

 vers Parts of England; but the other 

 Sorts, not being Natives of thia 

 Country, are only to be met with in 

 Botanic 



