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long, and inclofed in a long fijlalous 

 Hujh, which before was the Flower- 

 cup. 



The Species are ; 



1. Leonurus perennis, fideriti- 

 dis folio, fore phatniceo ma j ore. 

 Breyn. Prod. Perennial African Li- 

 on's-tail, with an lronwort-leaf, and 

 a laro.e fcarlet Flower. 



2. Leonurus perennis Africanus, 

 fideritidis folio varicgato, fore 

 pheeniceo majore. Perennial African 

 Lion's - tail, with a variegated 

 Ironwort - leaf, and a large fcarlet 

 Flower. 



3. Leonurus pi nor, Capitis Bona? 

 Spei, vulgo. Boerb. bid. Lefler Li- 

 on's- tail from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 tvith a Cat-mint-lef. 



Thefe Plants are very great Orna- 

 ments in a Green-houie, producing 

 large Tufts of beautiful fcarlet 

 Flowers in the Months of Oclober 

 and November, when few other 

 Plants are in Perfection ; for which 

 Reafon a good Green-houfe mould 

 never be wanting of thefe Plants, 

 efpecially fince they require no arti- 

 ficial Heat, but only to be preferved 

 from hard Frofts ; fo that they may 

 be placed amongll Oranges, Myrtles, 

 Oleanders, tjfe. in fuch a manner, as 

 not to be too much overfhaded with 

 other Plants ; but that they may en- 

 joy as much free Air as poflible in 

 mild Weather. 



They are eafily propagated by 

 planting Cuttings of any of the Sorts 

 in Pots filled with light Earth, any 

 time in July or Augujl, obferving to 

 fhade and water them uncil they 

 have taken Root ; al ter which they 

 muft be each of them planted into a 

 feparate Pot fill'd with light rich 

 Earth, .and often refrem'd with Wa- 

 ter (for it is an aquatic Plant in its 

 native Country) ; and in October 

 t.iey mult be removed into the 



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Green -houfc ; but in May they 

 fhould be expos'd again to the open 

 Air, placing them where they may 

 have the morning Sun till Eleven of 

 the Clock, obferving never to let 

 them want Water, which will encou- 

 rage them to produce ftrong Tufts of 

 Flowers in Autumn. 



Thefe Plants will grow to be eight 

 or nine Feet high, and abide many 

 Years ; but are very fubjedt to grow 

 irregular ; therefore their Branches 

 mould be pruned eajjy in the Spring, 

 in order to reduce them to a tole- 

 rable Figure; but they will not bear 

 to be often pruned or meai 'd, nor 

 can they ever be form'd into Balls or 

 Pyramids ; for if they are often 

 ihorten'd, it will prevent their 

 flowering. 



The ftrip'd Sort is, by many Peo- 

 ple, valued for the Variety of its 

 Leaves ; but as that is occafion'd by 

 a Weaknefs in the Plant, the Flow- 

 ers of tnat Sort are never fo large and 

 fair, as are thofe of the plain Son, 

 nor produced in fo great Bunches. 



The third Sort is alfo preferv'd 

 for Variety more than its Beauty ; 

 the Flowers of this being much 

 fmaller, and not fo well coloured, as 

 are thofe of the common Sort. Thi3 

 Plant feldom grows above three Feet 

 high. 



LEPIDIUM, Dittander or Pep- 

 perwort. 



The Characlers are ; 



The Flower covffis of four Leave;, 

 which are placed in form of a Crofs, 

 from whoje Cup arifes the Pointal, 

 which afterward becomes a fpear- 

 fkaped Fruit, which is divided in the 

 Middle by a Partition into two Cells , 

 which contain many oblong Seeds. 

 The Species are; 



3 . L E P 1 D I u M lati folium. C.B.P. 

 Common broad-leav'd Dittander, cr 

 Poor man's Pepper. 



2, Lepidium 



