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from which arife feveral branching Halles, which grow 
about one foot high, garnifhed with 'leaves at each 
joint, which are divided into five lobes •, and are di- 
vided at the top into many fhort iegments, which are 
crenated on their edges; they are of a light green, and 
fmooth. The flowers are produced at the end of the 
brandies, many growing together in a bunch, but 
each fhort fpot-ftalk fuflains two flowers. The flowers 
have fwollen empalements, refembling inflated blad- 
ders. The petals are pretty large, equal, and of a 
fine bright purple colour, and the ftamina and ftyle 
are much longer than the petals ; the whole plant, 
when rubbed, emits an agreeable odour. This flowers 
about the fame time with the firft fort, and may be 
propagated and treated in the fame manner, the plant 
being equally hardy. 
The third fort grows naturally in many parts of Eng- 
land, but is often admitted into gardens *, this hath 
pretty thick, fleftiy, fibrous roots, which grow to a 
large head, from which arife many {talks, gar- 
nifned with leaves, divided into five lobes, which 
are again divided almoft to the midrib. The flowers 
Hand upon long hairy foot-ftalks, which come out 
from the fide of the (talk, each fuftaining one flower, 
compofed of five broad regular petals, which are of a 
deep purple colour. This fort flowers in June and Ju- 
ly •, there are two varieties mentioned of this fort as 
diftindt fpecies, one whofe {talks grow more eredl, and 
the other hath leaves more deeply divided ; but the 
plants whi,ch I have raifed from feeds of thefe do not 
come up the fame as the parent plants, fo they are 
only feminal varieties. 
This hath a perennial root, which may be parted in 
autumn, and thereby propagated ; or it may be pro- 
pagated by feeds, and the plants treated in the fame 
manner as the firft:. 
The fourth fort hath been fuppofed by fome to be 
only a variety of the third, but it is undoubtedly a 
diftinbl fpecies for I have frequently raifed the 
plants from feeds, which have always proved to be 
the fame. The ftalks of this plant are fhorter than 
thofe of the third, and fpread fiat on the ground ; 
the leaves are much lefs, and not fo deeply divided, 
and the flowers much fmaller and of a pale colour, 
marked with purple ; it grows naturally in Lancafliire 
and Weftmoreland, where I faw it in plenty. This 
may be propagated and treated in the fame manner 
as the others. 
The fifth fort is a perennial plant, of fmaller growth 
than either of the former. It rifes with branching 
ftalks about fix inches high, garnifhed with leaves, 
having three pretty broad lobes, which are undi- 
vided, and crenated on their edges : thofe on the 
lower part of the ftalks are placed oppofite, upon 
pretty long foot-ftalks, but the upper leaves fit dole 
to the ftalks and arefingle. The flowers are produced 
at the end of the ftalks, {landing together upon two 
fhort foot-ftalks ; they are of a dirty purple colour, 
and appear in June. It grows naturally in France. 
This fort may be propagated and treated in the fame 
manner as the firft. 
The fixth fort grows naturally on the Alps and Hel- 
vetian mountains, and is found in fome places in the 
North of England : this hath a perennial root, from 
which arife feveral ftalks near a foot high, with 
leaves whieh are divided into five or fix lobes, which 
are laciniated on their edges •, thofe which grow near 
the root have long 'foot-ftalks, but thofe on the up- 
per part of the ftalk fit clofe ; the ftalk branches out 
at the top into three or four diviflons, each being 
terminated by two or three foot-ftalks, fuftaining two 
flowers of a dark purple colour, with eredl petals. 
This flowers in June, and may be propagated by feeds 
or parting of the roots, in the lame manner as the 
firft fort. 
The feventh fort is very like the fixth, but the 
leaves are larger, the lobes {hotter, broader, and not 
fo much cut they are ftriped with black ; the ftalks 
rife higher, the flowers are larger, and the petals are 
telexed. Thefe differences are permanent, fo are 
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fufficient to conftitute a ipecific difference between 
them. This may be propagated and treated in the 
fame manner as the firft lort. It grows naturally on 
the Alps. 
i he eighth fort hath a perennial root, which fends 
up many branching ftalks a foot and a half high, 
garnifhed with light green leaves ; thofe on the 
lower part of the ftalk hath five lobes, and Hand 
upon long foot-ftalks ; but thofe on the upper part 
have but three lobes, fit clofer to the ftalks, and 
are fharply indented on the edges ; the flowers ftand 
upon long {lender foot-ftalks, each fuftaining two 
flowers, compofed of five obtufe petals, which are 
deeply indented at the top ; they are of a dull white, 
with many purple {tripes running longitudinally thro* 
them. Thefe appear in June, and in cool feafons 
there will be a iucceftion of flowers a great part of 
July. This fort is very hardy, fo may be propagated 
by dividing of the roots, or from feeds, in the lame 
manner as the firft fort. 
The ninth fort grows plentifully in the meadows in 
Lancafliire and Weftmoreland ; this hath a perennial 
root, which fends out three or four upright ftalks 
about nine inches high, garnifhed wkh leaves, having 
five lobes, which are fawea on their edges ; they are 
placed oppofite on the ftalks ; thofe on the lower 
part have pretty long foot-ftalks, but thofe on the 
upper part fit clofer. The flowers are fituated 
on the top of the ftalks, {landing upon fhort foot- 
ftalks, each fuftaining two pretty large blue flowers, 
with entire petals. This flowers in May and June* 
and may be propagated and treated in the fame way 
as the firft fort. v 
The tenth fort was difeovered by Dr. Tournefort in 
the Levant, from whence he fent the feeds to the Royal 
Garden at Paris ; this hath a perennial root, from 
which arife a few weak ftalks about nine inches long, 
garnifhed with leaves which are round, and divided 
into five lobes, which are indented at the top, and 
placed oppofite on the ftalks. The flowers ftand upon 
pretty long foot-ftalks, which come Angle from 
the joints of the ftalks, each fuftaining two purplifli 
flowers with entire petals, having very fliort empale- 
ments. It flowers in June, and may be propagated 
either from feeds, or by parting of the roots in the 
fame manner as the firft fort, but the plants require a 
drier foil and a warmer fltuation ; for although in 
common winters it will live in the open air, yet in fe- 
ver£ froft thefe plants are fometimes killed, efpecially 
when they are planted in moift cold land. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally on the Pyrenean 
mountains ; this hath a perennial root, from which 
arife many branching ftalks a foot and a half high, 
garniflied with round leaves, divided into many ob- 
tufe fegments at the top, placed oppofite. The 
flowers are produced upon fliort foot-ftalks, which 
come out at the divifions on the fides, and at the top 
of the ftalks ; they are in fome of a pale purple co- 
lour, and in others white. The petals of the flowers 
are bifid, like thofe of the common Dove’s-foot 
Crane’s-bill, to which the whole plant bears fome re- 
femblance ; but the ftalks are eredl, the leaves and 
flowers much larger, and the root is perennial ; this 
will propagate itfelf fall enough by its fcattered feeds 
where it has once got pofleflion, and will thrive in any 
foil or fltuation. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally upon the Alps. The 
feeds of this were fent me by Sig. Micheli, of Flo- 
rence ; this hath a perennial root, which runs very 
deep into the ground. Thp lower leaves of the plant 
have very long foot-ftalks, they are doubly winged 
and fmooth. The ftalks rife a foot and a half high, 
which are garniflied with leaves of the fame form as 
the lower, but fmaller, and ftand oppofite. The 
flowers grow many together upon very long foot- 
ftalks ; they are purple. This flowers in June, but 
has never ripened any feeds in England. The plant 
is hardy, and lives in the open air, but as the root 
puts out no offsets, nor perfects feeds here, we have 
not been able to propagate it. 
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