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together upon very long foot-ftalks ; there is a fuc- 
ceffion of thefe during all the fummer months, and 
the feeds ripen accordingly about a month after the 
flowers are fallen : there is a variety of this fort which 
has a dark circle in the middle of the leaves, which is 
mentioned as a diftind fpecies, but I find it is apt to 
vary from feeds. 
The thirty-fourth fort hath a very fhort fiefhy ftalk, 
which divides near the ground into fever al heads, each 
having many leaves, which ariJe on feparate foot- 
ftalks from the heads ; thefe are heart-fhaped, foft, 
and downy, and have a ftrong fcent like Anifeed ; 
from thefe heads come out feveral (lender ftalks near 
a foot in length, which lie proftrate on the ground, 
and are garnifned with rounder leaves than thofe near 
the root, but are of the fame texture, and have the 
like odour. The flowers are produced from the fide 
of thefe ftalks, three, four, or five Handing together 
upon (lender foot-ftalks ; they are very fmall and 
white, fo make little appearance, but the plant is pre- 
ferved in gardens for the fcent of its leaves. 
The thirty-fifth fort hath a thick, roundifh, tuberous 
root, from which arife feveral hairy leaves, which are 
finely divided, almoft like thofe of the Garden Carrot; 
thefe fpread near the ground, and between thefe come 
out the ftalks, which rife about a foot high, which 
are garniflied with two or three leaves of the fame fort 
with thofe below, but are fm after, and fit clofer to the 
ftalks •, from thefe arife two or three naked foot-ftalks, 
which are terminated by a bunch ofyellowifli flowers, 
marked with dark purple fpots, which fmell very fweet 
after the fun hath left them ; thefe are frequently fuc- 
ceeded by feeds, which ripen in autumn. This is the 
fort which has been long cultivated in the gardens, 
and is known by the title of Geranium noctu olens, 
or Night-fcented Crane’s-bill. 
The thirty-fixth fort hath a knobbed tuberous. root like 
the laft, from which come out feveral pretty large 
leaves, cornpofed of many lobes, fet along the mid- 
rib in the form of a winged leaf; thefe are narrow at 
their bale, but are very much enlarged at their ends, 
which are rounded, and cut aft along their fide 
and top into many acute points ; the ftalks which 
fuftain the flowers arife immediately from the root, 
and fometimes have one cr two fmall leaves toward 
the bottom, where they often divide into two naked 
foot-ftalks, each being terminated by a bunch of pale 
reddifti flowers, which fmell fweet at night. 
The thirty-feventh fort hath oblong tuberous roots, 
from which come out feveral decompounded winged 
leaves, ending in many acute points; the fegments of 
thefe leaves are broader than thofe of the thirty-fifth 
fort, and the leaves are very hairy. The ftalks rife 
a foot and a half high, which are garnifhed with a 
fingle leaf at the two lower joints ; thefe are fingly 
winged, and the lobes are narrow, Handing at a wider 
diftance, and the fegments are more acute than thofe 
of the lower leaves ; at the two lower knots or joints, 
arife two long naked foot-ftalks, each being termi- 
nated by a bunch of yellowifti flowers, which have long 
tubes, and fmell fweet in the evening when the fun 
has left them. This grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
The thirty-eighth fort hath a tuberous root like the 
former, from which fpring out many hairy leaves, 
which are finely divided like thofe of the Puifatilla, 
which have a hoary appearance, and rife immediately 
from the root, fpreading on every fide near the ground. 
The foot-ftalk of the flower is naked, and riies from 
the root ; this grows about nine inches high, and is 
terminated bv a loofe bunch of flowers, which are. of 
a very dark purple colour, and fmell fweet in the 
evening. 
The thirty-ninth fort hath fiefhy tuberous roots like 
thofe of the former forts, from which come out three 
or four broad leaves, divided on their borders into 
feveral lobes, in form of a Vine leaf ; thefe fpread flat 
on the ground ; they are hairy, and crenated on their 
edges, (landing upon fhort foot-ftalks. The foot- 
ftalks of the flowers arife immediately from the root. 
and grow about a foot high ; they are naked, and are 
terminated by abunch ofdarkpurple flowers, with long 
tubes, fitting clofe to the foot-ftalks, which have a 
very agreeable odour in the evening. 
The four firftlbrts of tuberous-rooted Crane’s-bill, are 
by Linnaeus fuppofed to be but one fpecies; but' I have 
propagated them from feeds feveral times, and have 
never found either of them vary from their parent 
plants, fo I make no doubt of their being diftindt fpe- 
cies, for their difference of leaves is as great as in anv 
of the other fpecies. 
The fortieth fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally at the Cape of Good Hope ; this rifes with 
herbaceous branching ftalks near a foot high, which 
are garniflied with doubly-winged leaves at each joint; 
the lower leaves Hand upon long foot-ftalks, but thofe 
on the upper part fit clofe to the ftalks. The flowers 
(land upon naked foot-ftalks, which proceed from the 
fide of the ftalks, on the oppofite fide to the leaves ; 
they grow three or four together upon fhort feparate 
foot-ftalks ; thefe are ihaped fomewhat like a papili- 
onaceous flower; the two upper petals, which are 
large, form a kind of ftandard, the other three petals 
are narrow, and reflexed downward ; they are of a 
pale fiedi colour, appearing in July, and the feeds 
ripen in September, foon after which the plants 
decay. 
The forty-firft fort hath a pretty thick tuberous root, 
from which is fent out feveral irregular ftalks, which 
divide into branches, and grow diffufed ; thefe have 
fwelling joints, and are fomewhat ligneous ; they are 
garniflied with one double winged leaf at each of the 
joints, and oppofite to the leaves come out the foot- 
ftalks of the flowers ; thofe which are fituated on the 
lower part of the ftalk, are very long and naked, but 
thofe which terminate the branches are {hotter, and 
have one or two fmall leaves fet at their bafe ; thefe 
foot-ftalks are terminated by a fmall bunch of flowers, 
fhaped like thofe of the former fort, but larger, and 
of a paler colour; thefe continue in fucceflion mod 
part of the fummer : this and the former fort are fup- 
pofed to be the fame by Dr. Linnaeus, but the former 
is an annual plant in every country, perifhing foon 
after the feeds are perfeded, and the latter is an 
abiding plant with ligneous ftalks. 
The forty-fecond fort is a biennial plant, which grows 
naturally at the Cape of Good Hope ; this fends out 
a great number of very (lender trailing ftalks, which 
are proftrate on the ground, and extend a foot and a 
half in length, garniflied with fmall, roundifh, hand- 
fhaped leaves, which are crenated on their edges. 
The flowers (it upon fliort (lender foot-ftalks, which 
come out at every joint from the fide of the ftalks ; 
they are very fmall, and of a reddifh colour ; fome- 
times they are fingle, and at other times there are 
two or three flowers upon a foot-ftalk. They con- 
tinue in fucceflion all the fummer, and the feeds ripen 
in about five weeks after the flowers decay. 
The forty-third fort hath a llirubby ftalk/ which rifes 
to the height of four or five feet, fending out feveral 
branches, which are garniflied with oblong leaves, 
indented, and unequally fawed on their edges ; the 
flowers (land upon long foot-ftalks, which come out 
from the fide of their branches; they are large, of a 
red colour, and the two upper petals are larger than 
the other; this fort flowers in June and July. 
The . forty-fourth fort grows naturally in the i fie of 
Chio in the Levant. This is an annual plant, which 
fends out feveral branches a foot long; the lower leaves 
are almoft heart-fhaped, but thofe on the branches 
are formed in the fliape of an ancient lyre. Thefe are 
placed alternate on the branches ; the foot-ftalks of 
flowers are produced on the fide of the branches, thefe 
are fix inches long, fuftaining many bright purple 
flowers at the top, which are iucceeded each by five 
feeds, having long {lender beaks ; thefe ripen in five 
or fix weeks after the flowers fall away, and if they 
are permitted to fcatter, the young plants will come 
up in the autumn ; and if the winter is favourable, 
they will live in the open air, fo will flower early the 
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