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5. Gallium faxatile, glair fo- 

 lio. Bocc. Rar. Ladies- bed 'X raw of 

 the Rocks, with a fmooth Leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants (which is 

 the Sort .commonly ufed in Medi- 

 cine) is very common in mo ll Mea- 

 dows, and in Pafture-ground:>, in fe- 

 veral Parts of England : the other 

 Varieties are prelerved in carious 

 Botanic Gardens ; but as they are 

 Plants of very little Beauty, and are 

 fubjecl to fpread very far, and over- 

 run whatever Plants grow near them, 

 they are feldom cultivated in other 

 Gardens. 



Thefe Sorts may any of them be 

 propagated by parting their Roots, 

 which fpread and increafe very faft, 

 either in the Spring, or Autumn, 

 and will grow in alrnoft any Soil or 

 Situation, efpeciaily the firft Sort : 

 the other Sorts require a drier Soil, 

 but will all grow in any Situation. 



GARIDELLA [This Plant was 

 fo named by Dr. Toumefort, in Ho- 

 nour to Dr. Garidel, who was Pro- 

 fefibr of Phyiic at Aix in Pro- 



The Characters are ; 



// hatb a rofe-jbpped Fltnvtf, con- 

 fifing of federal Petals, which are 

 bifid, and ranged in a circular Order ; 

 from whofe many-leaved Cup rijes the 

 Point al, --which a fterward becomes an 

 Head compjfed of many oblong Pods, 

 which open hngth-ways s and are full 

 of roundijh Seeds. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Plant ; <viz. 



G a r 1 d e 1. 1. a foliis tewuffime divi- 

 fi:. Tour*. GaridelLi with very nar- 

 row divided Leaves. 



This Plant is very near akin to 

 the Nige/la, or Fenel - flower ; to 

 which Genus it was placed by the 

 Writers on the Subject of Botany be- 

 fore Dr. Toumefort ; and was by him 

 feparated from it, as diiFering in the 

 Ffiim of the Flower. 



It grows wild fn Candy, and on 

 Mount Baldu.s in Italy, as alio in 

 Pro<vence, where it was difcover'ed 

 by Dr. Garidel, who fent the Seeds 

 to Dr. Toumefort, for the Royal Gar- 

 den at Paris. 



This is an annual Plant, whofe 

 Seeds mould be fown in the Spring, 

 on a B?d or Border of frefh light 

 Earth, where the Plants are defigned 

 to remain (for they feldom thrive, if 

 they are tranfplanted) : when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft bs 

 carefully cleared from W T eeds ; and 

 whuTe they are too clofe, they muft 

 be thinned, leaving them about four 

 or five Inches apart; and as they 

 grow up, they muft conihntJy be 

 kept clear from Weeds, which, if 

 lurrer'u to grow among the Plant% 

 will foon overbear and deitroy 

 them. In June thefe Plants will 

 flower, and in Augujl the Seeds will 

 ripen ; which, if permitted to fall, 

 will come up in Autumn, and thefe 

 Plants will flower early in the Sum- 

 mer* whereby good Seeds may be 

 always obtained. 



GENISTA, Spanif Broom. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath -very pliant Branches : the 

 Leaves are placed alternately, or in 

 Whorlcs : the Flowers are of the pea- 

 bloom Kind, which are fucceeded by 

 fmooth Pods, containing fenjtral kid- 

 n^y-f japed S.-eds in each. 

 'J ne Species are ; 



r. Genista juncea. J. B. The 

 yellow Spunijt? Broom. 



2 . Genista hortenfis major Lufi- 

 tanica. Vir. Lujit. The greater Por- 

 tugal Broom. 



3 . G E n 1 s T a Hifpanica pumila odo- 

 rmtiffima, Town. Moft fweet-fcented 

 low Spanifp Broom. 



4. Genista Lujit avica, p%r-vo 

 florc luteo. Tourn. Portugal Broom, 



with a fm ail yellow Flower. 



LI 4 5- Genu? 



