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fprcad over a large Surface, and the 

 Stalks trail clofe to the Ground, 

 never rifing in Height ; and by its 

 propagating To faft, by the trailing 

 Branches, it is prevented from flow- 

 ering, which is the Cafe of many of 

 the trailing Plants : I have had feve- 

 ral of the Plants of this Kind which 

 have extended their Branches over 

 the Sides of the Pots in which they 

 grew, and have rooted deeply into 

 the Tanners Bark on the Surface of 

 the Hot-bed ; and if they had been 

 permitted to extend their Branches 

 fo far as they feemed naturally in- 

 clined, I believe they would in one 

 Summer have clofely covered the 

 whole Surface of the Bed ; but neither 

 of thefe Plants had the leaft Appear- 

 ance of Flower : fo that in its native 

 Place of Growth, this Sort produces 

 very little Seed, which has occafion- 

 ed its being very rare in the Gardens 

 of Europe ; for it is by much the 

 moft valuable of all the Kinds : this 

 is very quick in its Motion ; for, on 

 drawing a Stick over the Plants, 

 they will immediately contract, and 

 leave the Imprefiion for fome time, 

 till the Plants recover. 



Thefe Plants were molt of them 

 thought to be Annuals formerly, 

 becaufe upon the fir ft Approach of 

 cold Weather they were deftroy'd ; 

 but fince the modern Invention of 

 Bark ftoves, moft of thefe Sorts have 

 been prefeiVd two or three Years, 

 and produce Seeds very well. 



The Stove in which thefe Plants 

 are placed in Winter, mould be kept 

 to Ananas Heat (as mark'd on the 

 Botanical Thermometers) ; and du- 

 ring that Seafon they fnould be fre- 

 quently refreih'd with Water, which 

 mull be plac'd in the Stove at leaft 

 twenty- four Hours before it be us'd, 

 that it may have nearly an equal 

 Warmth to the Air of the Stove ; but 

 yoa muft no: give it to them in large 



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Quantities, which will rot thei 

 Roots, and caufe them to decay |j 

 you muft alfo obferve to pick off ai 

 decayed Leaves which may appea 

 at that Seafon ; which, if not takei 

 off, will harbour Infects, to th< 

 great Prejudice of the Plants. 



But where there is not the Con 

 veniency of a good Stove to prefervt. 

 thefe Plants thro* the Winter, theit 

 Seeds maybe annually procur'd, and 

 a few Plants raifed, which may be 

 kept in an Hot-bed under GlafTes, 

 where they will continue until the 

 Cold approaches in Autumn j and, 

 being a great Curiofity, are worthy 

 of Care in every good Garden. 



It is confidently afferted by fome 

 Perfons, that the Plants of this Genus 

 are very poifonous ; and that the In- 

 dians have a fecret Way of prepar- 

 ing the Poifon, fo as that the Perfon 

 to whom it is given, fhall languifh 

 under the Effects of it for Months or 

 Years, and prove fatal to them : £nd 

 the fame Perfcns add, that the only 

 Antidote to expel this Poifon is the 

 Root of the fame Plant. 

 MINT. Vide Mentha. 

 M I R AB I LIS PERUVIANA . Vide 

 Jalapa. 



MJSLETOE. Vide Vikum. 



MITEL LA, Baftard America* 

 Sanicle. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath a perennial Root : the Cup 

 of the Flower covjifls cf one Leaf, 

 and is divided into five Parts : the 

 Flower covjifls of jive Leaves^ v:hich 

 expand in form of a Rife : the Ovary 

 becomes a roundi/h Fruit, which ter- 

 minates in a Point, gaping at the Tcp, 

 in form of a Bijhcfts Mitre, and full 

 of roundi/h Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



I . Ml TE LL a Americana, forum 

 pel alls integris. Tcurn. American 

 Mitella, vvhofe Flow er - leaves are 

 intire. 



2. Mi tell* 



