M A 



M A 



2. Marrubium album latifolium 

 peregrinum. C. B. P. Broad-leav'd 

 foreign white Horehound. 



3. Marrubium album angujiifo- 

 Hum peregrinum. C.B. P. Narrow- 

 leav'd foreign white Horehound. 



4. Marrubium alyjfon diclum, 

 foliis profunde incifis. H. L. Hore- 

 hound, caird Madwort, with Leaves 

 deeply cut in. 



5. Marrubium Hifpanicum fu- 

 pinum, foliis fericeis argenteis. Tourn. 

 Low Spanijh Horehound, with filken 

 filver-cclour'd Leaves. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Plant, which are preferv'd in 

 ; curious Botanic Gardens, for the 

 ; fake of Variety : but as they are of 

 I no Ufe or Beauty, it would be need- 

 lefs to enumerate them in this 

 Place. 



The firfl: Sort here mention'd is 

 us'd in Medicine : this is found 

 wild in divers Parts of England. The 

 other Sorts are only kept by fuch 

 as delight in Variety of Plants ; for 

 they have no great Beauty in their 

 Flowers, nor are there any Ufes to 

 ' which they are applied. 



They may be all propagated by 

 ■ fowing their Seeds in March upon a 

 i Bed of frefh light Earth ; and when 

 . they are come up, they Ihould be 

 I transplanted out into a dry Soil, at 

 about eighteen Inches or two Feet 

 f afunder ; where they will require no 

 1 farther Culture than only to keep 

 I them clear from Weeds. But the 

 I fourth Sort is fomewhat tender, and 

 ihould have a warm Situation, other- 

 wife it would be often kill'd by 

 I Frofts. This is a biennial Plant. 



MARRUBIUM NIGRUM. Vi- 

 I de Ballote. 



MART AGON. Vide Lilium. 

 MARTYNIA. 



This Name was given by the late 

 Dr. William Houjloun to this Genus 



of Plants, which he difcoverM hi 

 America, in Honour to his Friend 

 Mr. John Martyn, ProfelTor of Bo- 

 tany at Cambridge. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath an anomalous Flovjer con* 

 fifing of one Leaf which is divided 

 into two Lips : the Upper -lip is erecl, 

 and Jlightly cut into two Parts ; but 

 the Under-lip is cut into three Parts 9 

 the middle Segment being larger than 

 the other two : the Flower is fucceed- 

 ed by a Fruit having a ftrong thick 

 Covering, in which is inclofed a very 

 hard Nut, having tvoo Jharp crooked 

 Horns at one End ; and in the Nut 

 are included four Seeds, lodged in fo 

 many feparate Ctlls . 



The Species are ; 



1. Martynia annua villofa £3? 

 vifcofa, folio fubrotundo,fiore magna 

 rubro. Houjl. Annual hairy vilcous 

 Martynia, with a roundiih Leaf, and 

 a large red Flower. 



2. Martynia annua villofa C3* 

 vifcofa, aceris folio, fore albo, tuba 

 longijfimoMouft. Annual hairy vifcous 

 Martynia, with a Maple-leaf, and 

 a white Flower, having a very long 

 Tube. 



3. Martynia foliis ferratit. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Martynia with faw- 

 ed Leaves. 



The firfl of thefe Plants was dis- 

 covered by the late Dr. William 

 Houjioun, near La Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain, from whence he fent the 

 Seeds into England ; which Succeed- 

 ed very well in the Phyfic-garden at 

 Chelfea: and in the Year 1731. Se- 

 veral of thefe Plants were raiSed, 

 which produced their beautiful Flow- 

 ers, and perfected their Seeds ; from 

 whence Several Plants were raifed the 

 fucceeding Year. 



The Second Sort was difcovered 

 by the fame curious Gentleman in 

 the Year 1733. near Carthagena iix 



