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The Species are ; 



1 . Lampsana. Dod. Pempt. Com- 

 mon Nipplewort. 



2. Lampsana folio amp lift mo 

 crifpo. Peiiver. Nipplewort with a 

 large curled Leaf. 



3. Lampsana Orient a lis elatior, 

 foliis nigris maculis afperjis. D. She- 

 rard. Taller Eaftern Nipplewort, 

 with Leaves (potted with black 

 Marks. 



The flrft Sort is a very common 

 Weed on dry Banks, and on the 

 Way-fides, in moft Parts of Eng- 

 land : the other two Sorts were 

 brought from abroad into Botanic 

 Gardens, where they are preferved 

 for Variety ; but they are not al- 

 lowed a Place in any other Gardens. 



Thefe are all annual Plants, which 

 flower-in April, and their Seeds ripen 

 in June ; which, if permitted to fcat- 

 ter, will flock the Ground with 

 Plants : fo that where they are ad- 

 mitted, there mould be but few of 

 the Plants fuffered to feed, and thofe 

 mould be in forre rud£ abjecl Part of 

 the Garden ; left, by their fcatter- 

 ing Seeds, they mould fill the Gar- 

 den, and overbear fuch Plants as 

 better deferve a Place. 



But where the common Sort hath 

 been fuffered to fned its Seeds, and 

 thereby become a troublefome Weed, 

 it may be deftroyed by keeping it 

 hoed down before it comes to flower, 

 fo that no Plants be permitted to 

 fcatter Seeds ; for as it is an annual 

 Plant, fo where-ever Care is taken 

 to prevent its feeding, it will in two 

 or three Years be abfolutely deftroy- 

 ed. 



The firft Sort was formerly ufed in 

 Medicine in England, and is Mill 

 continued inUfein other Countries; 

 but it is not mentioned by the Col- 

 lege of Phyficians in their Difpen- 

 fatory. 



LANTANA, American Vibur- 

 num, or Camara. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalemcnt of the Flower is 

 cut into four Segments : the Flower is 

 tncnopctalous, of an irregular Shape, 

 ha-ving a cylindrical Tube, which ex- 

 tends beyond the Empahment, and is 

 fpread open at the Brim, where it is 

 divided into f<ve Parts : in the Cen- 

 tre of the Flower is ftuated the Poin- 

 tal, fupporting a crooked Stigma, at- 

 tended by four Stamina, two being 

 longer than the other : the Point a I af- 

 terward changes to a roundijh Fruit 

 opening into two Cells , and inclojing a 

 roundifo Seed. 



r l his Genus of Plants was titled by 

 Father Plumier, Camara, which is 

 the American Name of the Plant ; 

 therefore Dr. Linna us has altered it 

 to this of Lantana, which Is an old 

 Name applied to the Viburnum, or 

 common Wayfaring-tree. 

 The Species are ; 



1. L ant aw a foliis oppoftis petio- 

 latis, fori bus copitatis. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. AmcricanVxhuvnu m, wi th Leaves 

 growing oppofite, and the Flowers 

 collected in an Head. 



2. Lantana foliis oppoftis petio- 

 latis, caule aculeato. Lin. Hort. 

 Cliff. American Viburnum, with 

 oppofite Leaves, and a prickly 

 Stalk. 



3. Lantana foliis oppofitis cor- 

 datis pcticlutis hirfutis, foribus ca- 

 pitatis. American Viburnum, witljt 

 rough heart -fnaped Leaves growing 

 by Pairs, and the Flowers collected 

 in an Plead. 



4. Lantana foliis lanceolatis 

 fefilibus, caule glabra. American 



Viburnum, with fpear-jhaped Leaves 

 growing clofe to the Stalks, and a 

 Imooth Stalk. 



5. Lantana foliis oppoftis petio- 

 latis, caule hirfuto, fortius fpicatis. 



A a a 3 America* , 



