M A 



M E 



Thp tefHculated Mercury, vulgarly 

 calPd The Male French Mercury. 



2. Mercurialis fpicata, five 

 farmina Diofcoridis & Plinii. C.B.P. 

 The fpiked French Mercury. 



3. Mercurialis tnontana tefii- 

 culata. C. B. P. Tefticulated 

 mountainMercury, commonly called 

 Dog's Mercury. 



4. Mercurialis montana fpicata. 

 C. B. P. Spiked mountain, or 

 Dog's Mercury. 



5. Mercurialis fruti'cpfa inca- 

 na mas. Botrh. Ind. Hoary Ihrub- 

 by Male Mercury. 



6. Mercumalis fruticofa inca- 

 na tejliculata. Toum. Shrubby 

 hoary tetticulated Mercury. 



The two firft Sorts are annual 

 Plants, which grow wild in divers 

 Par.ts of England, and are rarely 

 propagated in Gardens : the Seeds 

 thereof, being fown,producc the two 

 Sorts promifcuoufly, and are both 

 gather'd indifferently for medicinal 

 Ufe. Thefe Seeds mould be fown 

 ,as foon as they are ripe, by thofe 

 who would cultivate them : they 

 will grow upon anySoil orSituation. 



Tne third and fourth Sorts grow 

 wild in fhady Lanes', and under 

 Hedges, in divers Parts of England, 

 where they fpread greatly at the 

 Roots : thefe are never us'd in Me- 

 dicine, being efteem'd poifonous. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts "are not 

 Natives of this Country ,• but are 

 preferv'd in curious Botanic Gar- 

 dens for Variety ; thefe may be 

 propagated by fowing the Seeds 

 ibon after they are ripe, in a Bed of 

 frelh Earth ; where, if the Seeds are 

 good, the Plants will come up the 

 fucceeding Spring, and endure the 

 Cold of our Winters very well : but 

 if the Plants from which the Seeds 

 are taken, have not had fome of 

 the 'Male Plants growing amongit 

 them, the Seeds will not grow, as I 

 .iia.ve (everal times experienced. 



MESEMBRIANTHEMUM./7- 

 de Ficoides. 



MESPILUS, The Medlar. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are either whole, and 

 Jhap'd like thofe of the Laurel, as in 

 the manwed Sorts ; or laci».iated, as in 

 the wild Sorts : the Flower confifis of 

 five Leaves, which expand in form 

 of a Kofe : the Fruit is umbi Heated, 

 and are not eatable till they decay ; 

 and have, for the m'jfi part, five hard 

 Steds in each. 



The Species are ; 



I. Mespilus G^rmanica, fidio 

 taurine non fcrrato, five Me'pilus fyl- 

 v fin's. C. B. P. The common 

 Medlar, common')" caiPd The Not- 

 tingham Medlar. 



2 Me stilus folio laurino, my or. 

 C.B.P. The large Dutch Medlar. 



3. Mespilus a pii folio, fylvefiris 

 fp'n'.oki, Jive oxyacaniha. C. B. P. 

 The common Hawthorn. 



4. Mespilus fpinofa, five oxya- 

 cantha, fiore plena. Toum. The 

 double-flowering Hawthorn. 



5. Mespilus apii folio laciniato. 

 C. B. P. The Azarola, or Nea- 

 politan Medlar. 



6. Mespilus fpinofa, pyri folio. 

 H. L. The Pyracantha, or Ever- 

 green Thorn. 



7. Mespilus fpina acuta, bi- 

 fiora Britannica. Park. Theat. The 

 Glafienbury Thorn. 



8. Mespilus fpinofa, fve oxy- 

 acantha fit giniana. H. L. The 

 Cockfpur, or Virginian Hawthorn. 



9. Mespilus aculeata pyrifolia 

 dcnticulata fplendens, fruclu vfigni 

 rutilo, Virginietfis. Pluk. Phyt. The 

 Virginian Medlar, with mining 

 Leave?, and very red Fruit ; com- 

 monly called, The Virginian Azarol, 

 with .red Fruit. 



10. Mespilus Virghiiana, apii 

 f Ho > vulgari fimilis major t grandiori- 

 bus fpinis. Pluk. Phyt. Virginian 



111 3 .Haw- 



