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it is a good Height ; and fay, they 

 will eat away the Weeds and Grafs, 

 and do the Flax good ; and if they 

 fhould lie in it* and beat it down, 

 or flatten it, it will rife again the 

 next Rain : but this mult not be 

 praclis'd but in a moifl Seafon, and 

 upon a rich Soil; for if the Ground 

 be poor, or the Spring dry, it will 

 not rife again to any confiderable 

 Height. 



All the other Sorts of Flax may 

 be cultivated (by fuch who have a 

 Curiofity) by fowing their Seed c up- 

 on a Bed of frefh rich light Earth, in 

 March) or the Beginning of April ; 

 and when the Planes come up, they 

 mud be carefully weeded, which is 

 all the Culture they require ; and 

 they will produce their Flowers, and 

 perfect their Seeds very well. 



LINUM UMBILICATUM. Vi- 

 de Omphalodes. 



UPPIA. 



This Plant was fo named by the 

 late Dr. William Houfoun, who dis- 

 covered it at La Vera Cruz, in Ho- 

 nour to Dr. Augujius Lippi, a famous 

 Botanilt, who travelPd to Egypt, and 

 d:fcover'd many new Plants. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath an anomalous Flower, con- 

 fining of one Leaf which is divided 

 into four Parts, and relis on the Em- 

 bryo, which afterward becomes the 

 Fruit, having tvjo seeds, which are 

 inclojed in a fmall Covering. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent ; viz. 



Lip pi a arborefcens,foliis conjugra- 

 tis obiongis, capitulis fquamofs, Cff ro- 

 tundis. Houfi. Tree Lippia, with ob- 

 long Leaves growing by Pairs, and 

 having round fcaly Heads. 



This Plant, in the Country of its 

 native Growth^ commonly riles to 

 the Height of eighteen or twenty 

 Feet, and hath a rough Bark : the 

 Branches come out by Pairs oppohte, 



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as alfo the Leaves, which are ob- 

 long, pointed, and a little fawed on 

 their Edges. From the Wings of the 

 Leaves come out the Footitalks, 

 which fuftain many round fcaly 

 Heads, about the Size of a large 

 Grey Pea, in which are many fmall 

 yellow Flowers appearing between 

 the Scale?, which are lucceeded by 

 the Sced-vefTels. 



The Seeds of this Plant were fent 

 to feveral curious Gardens in Eu~ 

 rope, where fome of the Plants have 

 been raifed; but as the Country 

 from whence it came is very warm, 

 the Plants will not thrive in this Cli- 

 mate, unlefs they are preferved in a 

 warm Stove. Thefe may be treated 

 in the fame manner as the other 

 flirubby Plants, which are Natives 

 of warm Countries; which is, to 

 keep them always in the Stove, 

 plunged in the Bark-bed; obferving 

 to give thjem a large Share of Air 

 in warm Weather, and frequently 

 refrelh them with Water; but in 

 Winter they mult be watered more 

 fparingiy, and be kept in a mode- 

 rate Degree of Warmth ; otherwife 

 they will not live thro 1 the Winter, 

 efpecially while they are young; 

 but when they have acquired 

 Strength, they may be preferved 

 with a lefs Share of Warmth. 



LIQUIDAMBER, The Sweet 

 Gum, or Liquid Storax-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath Male and Female Flowers 

 on the fame Tree : the Male Flowers 

 are produced in Spikes at the Extremi- 

 ty of the Branches i thefe have no 

 Petals : the Empalnnent conftjts of 

 four oval Leaves , and inclofes a great 

 Number of Stamina, which are col- 

 lected into a fpherical Body : the Fe- 

 male Flowers are produced on long 

 Pedicles, coming from the Bafe of 

 the Mule Flowers ; thefe have no 

 Petals^ but an £mpv.Umtnt ) the fame 



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