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to twelve fegments : The petals do not rife from 
the bottom of the empalement, but from its upper 
border. 
2. Salic aria Hyjopifolio latiore & anguftiore^ R 1 
,367. Hyjfopifolia^ C. 218. Gratiola anguftifolfa, 
G. E. 581. anguftifolia feu minor ^ P, 220. Grafs 
Poly, Small hedge Hyfop. In wet places, and 
where water has flood in winter. It has many 
green channell’d flalks, about nine inches high: 
The leaves refemble thofe of Hyfop, and have one 
nerve running along the middle lengthways : Out of 
the bofom of each leaf, from the root to the top, 
rifes one or two longifh blue flowers, compofed of 
flriped petals. 
PoRTULA, Water Purflane. It is a fmall plant : 
The leaves refemble thofe of Purflane : The 
flowers are hexapetalous, and fit fingly in the 
wings of the leaves. We have but one Ipecies 
of this plant, viz. 
For tula ^ R. 368., Alftne rotundifolia feu Fortu- 
laca aquatica^ G. E. 614. aquatic a minor folio oh- 
longo^ feu Portulaca aquatic a ^ P. 1260. Water Pur- 
flane. In marflies, and where water has flood in 
winter. 
Reseda, Bafe-rocket. The leaves are pennated : 
The empalement is cut into five long narrow 
fegments, which turn backwards, and are fome- 
times cut in two : The flowers confifl of fix 
dilTimilar petals, are difpofed in a Ipike or thyrfe, 
and furniihed with a great number of chives 
The fruit is membranous, three or four corner’d, 
gapes at the top, and is full of roundifh feeds. 
The fpecies are : 
1. Refeda vulgaris., R. 366, C. 100. minor feu 
vulgaris^ P.823. Pliniiy G. 216. Bafe Rocket. 
In fandy ground, and on walls. The leaves are 
dark green : The flowers are of a pale yellow colour, 
and grow in a fpike or thyrfe. 
2. Re- 
