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lip ( or Beard ) is divided into three 

 equal Segments : in the Centre is 

 placed the fquare Pointal, attended 

 by i-zvo Stamina, fupporting obLng 

 Summits : each Flo-tver is fucceedtd 

 by four angular Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Ziziphora foliis lanceolatis, 

 Jloribus terminatricilus. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. Dwarf Indian Field-bafil. 



2. Ziziphora foliis lanceolatis, 

 Jloribus lateralibus. Lin. Hart. Cliff. 

 Hairy Eaftern Field-bafil, with Hyf- 

 fop-leaves. 



Thefe are both annual Plants, of 

 humble Growth : the fir ft is a Na- 

 tive of the Northern Parts of Ameri- 

 ca : the fecond was difcover'd by 

 Dr. Toumcfort, in the Levant, from 

 whence he fent the Seeds to the Roy- 

 al Garden at Paris. Both thefe 

 Plants have been ranged in the Ge- 

 nus ofClinopGdium.by all theBotanifts 

 before Dr.' Linnaeus ; who has fepa- 

 rated them, not only from that Ge- 

 nus, but alfo from the r Claf>, on 

 account of their Flowers having each 

 but two Stamina, whereas the other 

 Species have four. But as they have 

 paffed under the Title of Clinopodium 

 i'o long, I have given them the Eng- 

 lifb Name of Field-bafil, for want 

 of one more proper. 



The Seeds of thefe Plants may 

 be Town in a Border of light Earth, 

 either in Spring or Autumn. Thofe 

 Plants which iome up in the Au- 

 tumn, will abide through the Win- 

 ter, and will grow much larger than 

 thofe which come up in the Spring ; 

 though neither of them will rife 

 above fix Inches high. The Seeds 

 fhculd be fown where the Plants are 

 to remain ; for they do not thrive 

 well when they are tranfplanted, 

 unlefs the Eartn remains to their 

 Roots Thefe have a pretty ftrong 

 aromatic Scent,fomewhat refembling 

 Summer - favory ; but as they are 



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Plants of little Beauty, they are fel* 

 dom cultivated but in Botanic Gar- 

 dens, for Variety-fake. 



The Seeds of thofe Plants which 

 come up in the Autumn, will be ripe 

 in July ; but thofe of the Spring- 

 plants will not ripen till the Latter- 

 end of Augujl, when, if the Seeds 

 are permitted to fcatter, the Plants 

 will come up, and require no farther 

 Care, but to clear them fromWeeds, 

 and thin them where they are too 

 clofe. 



ZIZTPHUS, The Jujube. 

 The CharaSfers are j 

 The Flovucr confijls offeveralLeazet, 

 'which are placed circularly , and ex- 

 pand in form of a Rofe : out of ivhofe 

 Empaltment rifes the Poimal, which 

 afterward becomes an oblong flejhy 

 Fruit Jbnped like an Olive, including 

 an hard Shell divided into tvuo Cells, 

 each containing an oblong Nut or Ker- 

 nel. 



The Species are ; 



i. Ziziphus. Dod. The com- 

 mon manured Jujube. 



2 Ziziphus fylveftris. Tourn. 

 The wild J-jube. 



3 . Z i Z l P H u ? qua? Jujube America- 

 na fpinofa, loti arboris foliis & facie, 

 fruclu rotwido parvo duli. Hort. 

 Beaumont. Prickly American Jujube, 

 with Leaves like the Nettle tree, and 

 fmall round fweet Fruit commonly 

 call'd, in the Wefl Indies , Mango- 

 fteen. 



4 . Ziziphus argent e a Zeylaniea, 

 Jpinis cartns, Waltembiil '. Xeylanmji- 

 busdiaa. C. B. P. Silver-leav'd 

 Jujube of Cylon, without Spines, 

 commonly calied Wqltembilla. 



The flrftof thefe Plants is cultiva- 

 ted in the Gardens of Italy, and the 

 South Parts of France, from whence 

 the Fruit was formerly brought mro 

 England for medicinal Ufe : out of 

 late Years it has been very little ufed 

 in the Shops, fo tJiat there is rareh' 

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