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mould be placed in the open Air, in 

 2. lhelter'd Situation ; and in warm 

 Weather they mould have plenty of 

 Water. 



OENANTHE, Water Drop- 

 wort. 



The Characters are ; 



// is an umbel// f rous Plant, nuhofe 

 Flower confijls of mam heart-flap* d 

 Leaves, which expand in form of a 

 Rofe : the Ovary is fx'd to the T op 

 of the Empalement, which turns to a 

 Fruit composed of two oblong Seeds , 

 that are gibbous, and freaked on one 

 Side, and plain on the other ; ending , 

 as it were, in feme Prickles, the mid- 

 dlemojl of which is fronger than the 



The Species are ; 



1. OEnantke chut a facie Lo- 

 helli. P ark. T beat. Hemlock Drop- 

 wort. 



2. OEnanthe aquatica. C.B.P. 

 Wate* Dropwort. 



There are feveral other Species 

 of this Plant, fome of which are 

 Natives of England ; but as they are 

 not ufeful, nor of any Beauty, I mall 

 omit enumerating them in this 

 Place. 



The firft of thofe here mention'd 

 is very common by the Sides of the 

 Thames on each Side London, as alfo 

 by the Sides or large Ditches and 

 Rivers in divers Parts of England : 

 this Plant commonly grows fcur or 

 five Feet high with ftrong-jointed 

 Stalks ; which, being broken, emit 

 a yellowiih fetid Juice ; the Leaves 

 are fomewhat like thofe of the com- 

 mon Hemlock, but are of a lighter- 

 green Colour : the Roots divide into 

 four or five large taper ones, which, 

 when feparated, have fome Refem- 

 btance to Parfneps ; for which fome 

 ignorant Perfons have taken and 

 boil'd them, whereby themfelves and 

 family have been poifon'd. 



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The poifonous Quality of this 

 Plant hath led fome Perfons to be- 

 lieve it is the Cicuta of the Antients: 

 but, according to Wepfer, the Sium 

 alter urn olufatri facie of Lobel is what 

 the Antients call'd Cicuta ; as may 

 be feen at larger in Wepfer 's Book 

 De Cicuta. 



The fecond Sort is very common 

 in moilt Soils, and by the Sides of 

 Rivers, in divers Parts of England : 

 this is not fuppos'd to be near fo 

 ftrong as the firft, but is of a poifon- 

 ous Quality. 



All the Sorts of thefe Plants natu- 

 rally grow in moift Places ; fo that 

 whoever hath a mind to cultivate 

 them, mould fow their Seeds foon 

 after they are ripe in Autumn, upon 

 a moilt Soil ; where they will come 

 up, and thrive exceedingly the fol- 

 lowing Summer, and require no 

 farther Care but to clear them from 

 Weeds. 



OLDENLANDIA. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a rofe-Jhaped Flower, con- 

 Jifting of one Leaf , which is divided 

 into four Parts almof to the Bottom, 

 and rejls on the Empalement : which 

 Empalement afterward becomes an 

 almojl globular Fruit, having two 

 Cells, which contain many fmall 

 Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Oldenlandia hum'ilis hyffopi fo- 

 lia. Plum. Nov. Gen. Dwarf Ol- 

 denlandia, with an HyiTop-leaf. 



This Plant was difcovered in 

 America by Father Plumier, wha 

 gave this Name to it in Honour to 

 Henry Bernard Oldenland, a German, 

 who was a Difcipie of Dr. Herman at 

 Ley den, and was a very curious Bota- 

 nift. 



The Seeds of this Plant were fent 

 into England by Mr. Robert Millar, 



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