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The ninth fort grows naturally in Germany, from 
whence the feeds were fent to the late Dr. Boerhaave, 
in whofe curious garden near Leyden I gathered the 
feeds ; this fends out from a ligneous root a great 
number of trailing ftblks, which are fmooth, and ex- 
tend more than a foot each way, garnifhed with oval, 
fpear-fhaped,, fmooth leaves, placed oppofite, having 
at their bafe three fpear-fhaped ftipula. The flowers 
are large, yellow, and grow in fhort clufters at the 
end of the branches j this always continues the fame 
from feeds. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Spain, from 
whence I received it •, this hath a fhort, thick, woody 
ftalk, from which come out feveral ftiort fxde- 
branches, which are garniflied with oval woolly leaves, 
having three longitudinal veins. The flower-ftalk 
which arifes from the main feem grows about nine 
inches high, having two or three narrow leaves placed 
alternate. The flowers are produced in pretty long pe- 
dicles toward the top of the ftalk, and have very 
fmooth empaiements. 
The eleventh fort was fent me from Verona, where 
it grows naturally ; this hath a low flhrubby ftalk, 
from which come out a few lliort branches, garniflied 
with fmall woolly fpear-fhaped leaves, placed oppofite. 
The flower-ftalk rifes about fix inches high, and 
branches toward the top, where the flowers are pro- 
duced on pretty, long foot-ftalks ; they are white, and 
fmaller than thofe of the common fort. 
The twelfth fort hath long fhrubby ftalks which 
trail on the ground, and divide into many branches, 
which are garniflied with oval veined leaves of a light 
green on their upper fide, but of a grayifh colour below, 
with three narrow erect ftipula at their bafe. The 
flowers are pretty large, white, and grow in clutters 
at the end of the branches. 
The thirteenth fort hath fhrubby ftalks which grow 
pretty upright, garniflied with narrow fpear-fhaped 
leaves, placed oppofite, woolly on their under fide, 
with three very narrow ftipula growing at their bafe. 
The flowers are white, growing in long fpikes at the 
end of the branches ; this grows naturally in the fouth 
of Trance. 
The fourteenth fort hath an ereft fhrubby ftalk, 
which fends out many fide branches, whofe joints 
are pretty clofe, and are garniflied with very nar- 
row leaves, placed oppofite, whofe borders are re- 
flexed their upper fide is of a lucid green, and their 
under fide hoary. The flowers are pretty large, white, 
and grow in fmall clufters at the end of the branches-, 
this grows naturally in Spain, from whence the roots 
were fent me. 
The fifteenth fort was found by Mr. Edmund Du 
Bois, near Croydon, in Surry, and was at firft fuppofed 
to be only an accidental variety of the common fort, 
but the feeds of this always produce the fame. I 
have cultivated this above thirty years, and never have 
found it vary from feeds ; this is very like the com- 
mon fort, but the leaves are hairy. The petals of the 
flowers are ftar-pointed, and fmaller than thofe of the 
common fort. 
The fixteenth fort hath upright fhrubby ftalks, which 
rife a foot and a half high, fending out branches the 
whole length thefe are garnifhed with fmall fpear- 
iliaped filvery leaves, placed oppofite, which are' 
fmooth. The flower-ftalks branch, and the flowers, 
which are white, are produced in ftiort fpikes at the 
end of the branches. 
The feventeenth fort was found growing naturally by 
the late Dr. William Sherrard, near Smyrna, who fent 
the feeds to England 5 this hath fhrubby ftalks which 
do not trail on 'the ground, garnifhed with oblong 
oval leaves placed oppofite, but thofe toward the top 
are narrow and placed alternate. The flowers are pro- 
duced at the end of the branches in long loofe fpikes ; 
they are of a Rofe colour, and the flze of thofe of the 
common fort. 
The eighteenth fort is annual this grows naturally 
in France, Spain, Italy, and in jerfey, where the late 
Dr. William Sherrard found it, and fent the feeds to 
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England ; this Hath a branching herbaceous ftalk, 
which rifes four or five inches high, garnifhed with 
narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, placed oppofite, which 
are covered with hairs thofe on the upper part of 
the ftalks are placed alternate, and are narrower. The 
flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches, {landing upon long foot-ftalks ; they are 
final], and compofefl of five yellow petals, with a dark 
purple ipot at the bafe of each , thefe flowers are very 
fugacious, for they open early in the morning, and 
their petals drop off in a few hours after, fo that by 
ten of the clock the flowers are all fallen. 
The nineteenth fort grows naturally upon Mount 
Baldus, from whence the feeds were fent me •, this is 
an annual plant, which fends out many herbaceous 
ftalks from the root, garniflied with oval leaves, which 
are hairy. The flowers are produced in loofe fpikes 
at the end of the branches ; they are of a pale yellow 
colour, and very fugacious, feldom Lifting two hours 
before the petals fall off : there is another variety of 
this which grows about Verona, with upright ftalks. 
The twentieth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France and Italy, and was found by the late Dr. Wil- 
liam Sherrard, growing near Smyrna, who fent the feeds 
to England and Holland by a new title, fuppofing ft 
to be a different plant; but when it was cultivated here, 
it proved to be the fame with that growing in the 
fouth of France ; for this plant puts on different ap- 
pearances, according to the foil and fituation where it 
grows ; for, in a good foil, where the plants ftand 
Angle, and are not injured by weeds, they will rife 
near a foot and a half high, the leaves will be two 
inches and a half long, and near half an inch broad 
in the middle but in a poor foil, or where the plants 
ftand too clofe, or are injured by weeds or neighbour- 
ing plants, they do not rife more than half that 
height. The leaves are much narrower, and the feed- 
veflels not half fo large ; fo that any perfon finding 
thefe plants in two different fituations may be de- 
ceived, and take them for different fpecies ; but when 
they are cultivated in a garden in the fame foil and fi- 
tuation, they do not differ in any particular. This is 
an annual plant, which perifhes foon after the feeds 
are ripe. 
The twenty-firft fort is an annual plant, which grows 
naturally in Spain and Portugal ; this hath branching 
ftalks, which rife a foot high, garnifhed with oval 
oblong leaves placed oppofite on the lower part of 
the ftalk ; but on the upper part they are alternate 
and narrow, a Angle leaf being placed between each 
flower, which occafions the title of Solitary Flowers, 
for they grow in loofe fpikes at the end of the 
branches, in the fame manner as the other fpecies. 
The twenty-fecond fort was fent me by Dr. Adrian 
Van Royen, who received the feeds from the Cape of 
Good Hope. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk about 
nine inches high, garnifhed with very narrow fine 
leaves, growing in clufters ; the flowers come out from 
the fide and at the end of the branches, Handing upon 
{lender foot-ftalks they are of a pale Straw colour, 
and very fugacious, feldom continuing longer than 
two hours before the petals fall off. This feldom 
continues longer than two years. 
The twenty- third fort grows naturally in Egypt ; 
this is an annual plant having fhrubby ereift ftalks, 
garnifhed with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, Handing 
on foot-ftalks •, the upper part of the ftalks are adorned 
with white flowers, whofe petals are not fo large as the 
empalement, and being very fugacious they make 
but little appearance : it flowers in July, and the feeds 
ripen in September, foon after which the plants decay. 
The twenty-fourth fort grows naturally about Ken- 
dal in Weftmoreland, and in feme parts of Lanca- 
fhire, upon rocky fituations. This hath trailing her- 
baceous ftalks, which feldom extend more than three 
or four inches, garnifhed with oval leaves, which 
are very woolly, and fit clofe to the branches j. 
the flowers are produced at the upper part of the 
branches ; they are white and fmall, lo make no great 
appearance. 
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