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Iioufe : but I have Teen Plants of this 

 Kind which were growing in the 

 Garden of Charles dti Bois, Efq; at 

 Mitcham in Surry, under a warm 

 Wall, which produced a greater 

 Quantity of Flowers, and ripened 

 their Seeds hetter, than any of thofe 

 Plants which are preferved in the 

 Green-houfe. This Sort commonly 

 grows to a greater Height than the 

 former, and its Branches become 

 more woody. 



ME LI LOTUS, Melilot. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a papilionaceous Flctver : 

 tut of whofe Empaltment arifes the 

 Point al ; which afterward becomes a 

 waked Cupful e, that is not hid in the 

 Empalemcnt (as in Trefoil J pregnant 

 ivith one or two roundijb Seeds : to 

 thtfe Notes may be added, The Leaves 

 grew by Threes on the Foctfalks, and 

 the Flowers are pr educed in a Spike. 



The Species are ; 



1. Meli lotus ofjicinarum Ger- 

 manic. C. B. P. Common Meli- 

 lot. 



2. Melilot us fruticofa Candida 

 major. Mor. Hift. Shrubby Meli- 

 lot, with a white Flower. 



Me LI lot us major c dor at a 

 miolacea. Mor. Hift, Greater fweet- 

 fcented Melilot, with a violet-co- 

 lour'd Flower, commonly called 

 Sweet Trefoil, or Lotus Urbana. 



4. Meli lotus corniculis refexis, 

 major. C. B. P. Greater Melilot, 

 with reflexed Horns. 



5. Melilotus corniculis reflex is, 

 minor <vel repens. C. B. P. Smaller 

 creeping Melilot, with reflexed 

 Horns. 



6. MELILOTUS Italica, folliculis 

 rotundis. C. B. P. Italian Melilot, 

 with round Leaves. 



7 . Melilotus angufi ifolia repens, 

 folliculis rotundis. C. B. P. Nar- 

 row-leav'd creeping Melilot, with 

 round fmailer Leaves. 



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8. Melilotus lutea minor, flon 

 bus & filiculis minoribus, /picatim & 

 denfe difpofitis. Mor. Hijl. Smalle 

 yellow Melilot, with fmailer Flow 

 ers and Pods, growing in a thicl 

 Spike. 



9. Melilotus Meff^ncnfs pro 

 cumbens, folli:ulis rugofs fublcngis' 

 fpicis forum bre<vibus. Raii Syn 

 Trailing Melilot of Mrjfna, with 

 rough oblong Leaves, and fhorl 

 Spikes of Flowers. 



10. Melilotus Cretica humillU 

 ma humifufa, fore albo mngno.Tourrt. 

 Cor. LoW Melilot of Crete, with a 

 large white Flower. 



11. Melilotus caffulis reni fi- 

 milibus, in capitulum congejlis. Tcurn. 

 Melilot Trefoil. 



The firft Sort here mentioned is 

 that ufed to make theMelilotPlaifter: 

 this is found wild in feveral Farts of 

 England ; but is generally cultivated 

 in fome Gardens near London, from 

 whence the Markets are fupplied 

 with it. The fecond Sort is by fome 

 fuppos'd to be only a Variety of the 

 firit, differing in the Colour of its' 

 Flowers : but this is a Miftake ; for 

 the whole Plant has a very different 

 Appearance, the Leaves being naN 

 rower, the Stalks much taller, nof 

 has it near fo ftrong a Scent. The 

 third Sort is fometimes ufed in Me- 

 dicine, but is rarely cultivated, ex- 

 cept in Botanic Gardens. This is 

 placed in the Catalogue of Simples 

 annexed to the College Difpenfatory t 

 under the Title of Lotus urbana, 

 or Lotus hortenfis odora. 



Thefe may be all cultivated by 

 fowing their Seeds in March upon 

 a Bed of light Earth ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fhould - 

 either be tranfplanted out, or hoed, 

 fo as to leave them eight or ten 

 Inches afunder, efpecially the two 

 firit Sorts, which will abide two or 

 three Years, and grow very large, 

 obferving 



