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ether two : out of the Flower-cap rifes 

 the Pointal, att ended by fourEmbryoes ; 

 ivbicb after-ward become fo many 

 Seeds, which are roundijb, and in- 

 closed in an Hujk, which b/ fore was 

 the Flower-cap : to thefe Marks may 

 be added. Downy hoary Leaves. 

 The Species are; 



1. Stachys major Germanica. 

 C. B. P. Greater German Bafe 

 Horehound. 



2. Stachys Crctiea. C. B. P. 

 Bafe Horehound of Catidia. 



3. Stachys Cretica latifolia. C. 

 B. P. Broad -leav'd Bafe Hore- 

 hound of Candia. 



4. Stachys minor Italic a. C. B. 

 P. Letter Italian Bafe Horehound. 



5. Stachys Canaricnjis frutefcens, 

 •verbafci folio. Tourn. Canary fhrubby 

 Eafe Horehound, with a Mullein- 

 leaf. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 this Plant, which are preferv'd in 

 fome curious Botanic Gardens for 

 Variety : but as they have little 

 Beauty or Ufe, I (hall not enumerate 

 them here. 



The four Sorts firft-mentioned 

 feldom abide longer than two or 

 three Years ; for after they have 

 produced Flowers and Seeds, the old 

 .Roots are very apt to decay, uniefs 

 Part of their Flower-Hems are taken 

 off early in the Summer, which will 

 caufe them to break out again at 

 Bottom, whereby the Roots may be 

 preferved. 



They are all propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be fown in March, up- 

 on a Bed of frefh light Earth ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, tjhey 

 may be planted out into other Beds 

 about fix Inches afunder, cbierving 

 to water them until they have taken 

 Root ; after which they will require 

 no farther Care, but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, till Michaelmas, 

 when they mould be traniplanted 



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where they are to remain, which 

 mull be in an open Situation, and 

 upon a dry light Soil, not too rich j 

 in which they will endure the Win- 

 ter*much better than in a rich ftrong 

 Soil. The Summer following thefe 

 Plants will flower, and in Auguft 

 their Seeds will ripen ; when they 

 may be gather'd and preferv'd till 

 Spring for fowing. 



The fifth Sort is a fhrubby Plant, 

 which with us rifes to be fix or feven 

 Feet high: this is propagated by 

 fovving the Seeds upon a Bed of frefli 

 light Earth, as the former ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 muft be tranfplanted into Pots fill'd 

 with frefli light fandy Soil, placing 

 them in a fliady Situation, until they 

 have taken Root ; after which they 

 may be removed into a more open 

 Expofure; but in dry Weather muft 

 be frequently watered : in this Place 

 they may remain until the Middle or 

 Latter-end of OSIober, when they 

 muft be removed into the Green- 

 houfe, placing them in the cooleft 

 Part, where they may have as much 

 free Air as pofiible ; and muft be of- 

 ten watcr'd, otherwife they will foon 

 decay, 



In Summer-time thefe Plants will 

 require to be ftiifted twice, adding 

 frefli Earth to their Roots ; and if 

 they are only flickered from hard 

 Froft in Winter, it will be fufficient, 

 for they are pretty hardy. The fe- 

 cond Year after fovving, they will 

 produce Flowers and Seeds, and 

 will continue fo to do every Year 

 after ; and altho 1 rheir Flower has 

 no great Beauty, yet, for the Variety 

 of its large, fort, woolly Leaves, it 

 defsrves a Place amongft other Exo- 

 tic Plants. 



ST APH YLODENDRON, Blad* 

 der-nut. 



The Characlcrs are ; 

 The Flower conffs of federal 

 Leaves, 



