n6 Dr. Flukenett'* Qhfervahons, 



naturally too jealous, do almoft: fufpe£i: (tho' I durft 

 never declare my Sufpicion, the thing appearing clear 

 to every body befides my felf) that the Eggs and young 

 ones have been feverally, and very artificially added 

 to the Snail, mo indeed the Snails are oviparous^ and 

 peradventure, perfect fhell'd Animals may be obferv'd 

 in the Eggs themfclvcs 5 To that I may be under an 

 unreafonable Doubt. 



Dr. Plukenet'j Obfervations on Mr. Kay's 

 Synopfis Stirp. Britan. 



SI Rj June 3. 1690. 



Page fyf j l II E laborious Parkinfonwzs indeed mi- 

 jL ftaken when he confounded the Cha~ 

 mtem. vulg. that grows among Corn,with the Nobile or 

 Roman Hind > and we are not a little obliged to your 

 learned andpeircing Obfervation for the Difcovery of 

 it : But I cannot readily fubmit that the Chamam. flor. 

 pi. (which we have lb common in Gardens, or the naked 

 Sort) fliould either of them beVarieties of this Amarum 

 . Kind^ fince they are both very fragrant, and creeping 

 upon the Ground, and nothing different, but in thole 

 very Accidents, of flowering from that which grows 

 trailing on our Commons ; which, however errone- 

 ously ityPd Vulgar ) yet in reality is the Roman^ or 

 Noble Sort of Chamam. . But that which ordinarily 

 goes under the Name of Cotula fostida ft. plen. which 

 I once found in fome Plenty on the high Road from 

 London to Barney about half a Mile fhort of the 

 Town, is both upright in its Stalk, and of no Scent 

 at all And this I dare pronounce to be the Double 

 of the Cham<zm< arvor.'vulg. which I take alfo to be 



different 



