H Y 



ers, from the time of the Seeds be- 

 ing fown. 



HYACINTHUS PERUVIA- 

 NUS. Vide Ornithogalum 



HY ACINI HUS STELLA- 

 TUS. Vide Ornithogalum. 



HYACINTH US fUBERO- 

 SUS. Vide Po.yanthes. 



HYDROCOTYLE, Water Na- 

 velwort. 



This Plant grows in great Plenty 

 in moiit Places in molt Parts of Eng- 

 land, and is never cultivated for 

 Ufe ; fo 1 (hall pais it over with only 

 naming it. 



I YDROLAPATHUM. Vide 

 Lapathum. 



HYDROPHYLLON, Water- 

 leaf. 



The Characlers are ; 

 // bath a btll-Jkap'd 7 lower con- 

 Jtjting of one Ltaf and cut into fede- 

 ral Segments : fom the Bottom-part 

 of the Flower arifes the Point a l> 

 which afterward becomes a Fruit 

 opening in two Parts, inclofing Seeds 

 of the fame Shape as the V tffei. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; viz. 



Hydro phyllon Morini. Joncq. 

 Hort. Water-leaf of Morinus. 



This Plant is very hardy in re- 

 fpedl to Cold ; but it fhould be 

 planted in a moilt rich Soil ; for if 

 it is planted in a dry warm Soil, it 

 Will not live, unlefs i: is conftanily 

 watered in dry Weather. It ma> be 

 propr.^ated by parti' g of the RootSj 

 which fhoukl be done in \utumn, 

 that the Plants may be well rooted 

 befdrc; Spring : l or otherwife they 

 will require a great deal of Water ro 

 preferve them. 7'l.e Roots ft - • \ d 

 not be parted too fmall, nor mould 

 it be dore every Ynr, for tnat will 

 Weaken tnem too much: ti.ey ivil! 

 thrive very well in a fhady Situation, 

 provided it \% not under the Drip of 



Trees. It flowers in June, but doth 

 not perfect Seeds in this Country. 



HYDROPIPER, Vide Perfica- 

 ria. 



HYOSCYAMUS, Henbane. 



The Characlers are ; 

 The Lt t ves are /oft and hairy 9 

 growing alternately upon the Branches: 

 the Cup of the Flower is Jhort, and 

 bell Jhaped, ->nd divided into five Seg- 

 ments : the Flowe'- i onfifs of one Leaf 

 the Bottom-part of which is tubulofe 9 

 but is expanded at the Top, and di- 

 vided into five Segments, having fivt 

 obtufe Stamina : the Fruit, whi>h is 

 inclofd within the Cal) x, reJembLs a 

 P ot with a Cover to ii ; and is divi- 

 dtd, by an intermediate Partition, into 

 two Cells, which contain many fmall 

 Seeds 



The Species are ; 

 t. Hyoscyamus vulgaris^ vet 

 niger. C. B. P. Common black 

 Hen bane. 



2. Hyoscyamus alius major, vet 

 tertius Diofcoridis, & quartuj Pli- 

 nii. C.B.P. Greater Vhite Hen- 

 bane. j> 



3 . Hyoscyamus major ^ albo fimi- 

 Us, umbilico fl .ris atro-purpureo. T. 

 Cor. Great Htn-bane like the 

 White, but with a dark-purple Bot- 

 tom to the Flower. 



^ HycscyamUs miner > albo fimi- 

 lis, amhilico Jbris virvnti Jcfjieu* 

 Lefi'er Ken-b?ne like the White, 

 with a green Pd.iom to the flower. 



5 . H y o s c v \ fa a s ni hllo fore. 

 C. B. P. Hen-bane wnn a rediffi- 

 colour'd Flower. 



6. Hyoscyamus C-.ticus luteut 

 major, f . B. Pt Great yellow Hen- 

 bane of Candia. 



Tbene are le^eral other Varies 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'din 

 Botanic Gardens, to add to their 

 Numbers of Plant; ; but i.nce they 

 are rarelv cultivated lor Uie, 1 ftia'l 



