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3. SlUM latifolium. C. B. P. 

 Broad-leav'd Water-parfnep. 



4. Sium palujlre alterum, foliis 

 ferratis. Inji. R. H. Another Wa- 

 ter-parfnep, with fa wed Leaves. 



5. Sium foliorum conjugationibus 

 laciniatis. Infi. R. H. Water-parf- 

 nep with the Wings of the Leaves 

 jagged. 



6. Sium aquaticum, ad alas fori- 

 dum. Mar. Umb. Water-parfnep 

 with Flowers growing at the Wings 

 of the Leaves. 



7 Sium minimum umbel latum, fo- 

 liis varus. Pluk. Aim. The leaft 

 Water-parfnep, with variable Leaves. 



8. Sium alterum, olufatri facie. 

 Lob. Icon. Long - leav'd Water- 

 hemlock. 



9. Sium arn)enfe t fi--vc figetum.lnjl, 

 R. H. Corn- parfley or Hone wort. 



10. Siu-M aromaticum, Sifon ofi:i~ 

 varum. Infi. R. H. Stone parfley, 

 or German Amomum. 



The firlt, fecond, third, feventh, 

 and eighth Sorts grow pretty com- 

 mon in Ditches, Ponds, and other 

 Handing Waters, in divers Parts of 

 England ; bat are not cultivated, be- 

 caufe they will not live on dry 

 Ground. The fecond Sort is di- 

 rected to be ufed in Medicine by the 

 College of Phyficians, and is efteem- 

 ed very good in fcrophulous Cafes. 

 The firll Sort ; s by feme People mif- 

 taken for Water- creffes, and is 

 fometimes gathered as fuch, and 

 eaten, tho' they are very differnt 

 Plants. 



The eighth Sort is a very poifon- 

 ous Plant, which was by Dr. PFepfer 

 taken for the Hemlock of the An- 

 tients ; who has written a Treatife of 

 this Plant, in which he has mention- 

 ed a Number of Inftances of the 

 noxious Quality thereof: fo that 

 it mould be extirpated from Places 

 near Habitations, in order to pre- 



vent any Mifchief which may hap- 

 pen by Perfons ufing it thro 1 Igno- 

 rance. 



The fourth, fifth, and fixth Sorts 

 grow in flanding Waters in France, 

 Germany, and fome other Parts of 

 Europe ; but are not Natives of this 

 Country. Thefe are fometimes pre- 

 ferved in Botanic Gardens, for Va- 

 riety-fake i and are not ufed in Me- 

 dicine. 



The ninth and tenth Sorts grow 

 on dry Banks, and under Hedges, 

 in feveral Parts of England; but are 

 rarely cultivated in Gardens. The 

 ninth Sort has been by fome Writers 

 greatly efteemed for difcufling hard 

 Swellings of the Face; which by 

 fome Country - people are called 

 Hones ; wherefore the Name of 

 Honewort was given to this Plant, 

 on account of that Quality. The 

 Seeds of the tenth Sort are ufed in 

 Medicine, as one of the leffer warm 

 Seeds. This is called Amomum by 

 the Germans, tho' it is not what the 

 Antients meant by that Name. 



All thefe Sorts may be cultivated 

 by Seeds, .which mould be fown in 

 Autumn foon after they are ripe : 

 thofe Sorts which grow in (landing 

 Waters, muft be fcattered into fuch 

 Places ; but the other Sorts may be 

 fown on a fhady Border, where the 

 Plants will come up in the Spring, 

 and require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds ; and 

 where they grow too clofe together, 

 to thin them, fo as to allow them 

 room to grow. The fecond Year 

 thefe Plants will produce Flowers 

 and Seeds ; foon after which the 

 Roots will perifh. 



SMALL AGE. Vide Apium. 



SMI LAX, Rough Bindweed. 

 The Cbara5iers are ; 



'The Flower confifts of feveral 

 Leaves, which are placed circularly^, 

 f N 5 and 



