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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fe&ion 
of Linnaeus fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia fi- 
liculofa, which includes thofe plants whole flowers 
have four long and two fhorter ftamina, ahd the feeds 
are included in fhort pods. 
. The Species are, 
1. Lunar ia (Rediviva) filiculis oblongis., Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 653. Sattin Flower with oblong pods. Lunaria 
major, filiqua longiore. J. B. 2. 88 1. Greater Moonwort 
with longer pods, commonly called Honejly , or White Sattin. 
2. Lunaria {Annua) filiculis fubrotundis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 653. Sattin Flower with roundifh pods. Lunaria 
major, filiqua rotundiore. J. B. Greater Moonwort with 
a rounder pod. 
3. Lunaria '(. Mgyptiaca ) foliis fupra decompofitis, foli- 
olis trifidis, filiculis oblongis pendulis. Moonwort with 
leaves decompounded whofe lobes are trifid , and oblong hang- 
ingpods. Cardamine foliis fupra decompofitis, filiquis 
unilocularibus pendulis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 656. Lady’s 
Smock with leaves decompounded, above, and hanging pods 
containing one cell. 
4. Lunaria ( Perennis ) perennis, filiculis oblongis, 
foliis lanceolatis incanis. Perennial Moonwort, with ob- 
long pods and fpear-fhaped hoary leaves. Lunaria peren- 
nis, lutea, folio leucoii, ramis expands. Vaill. Yellow 
perennial Moonwort , with a Stock Gillifiower leaf and 
expanded branches. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Hungary, Iftria,. and 
Auftria, but has been long an inhabitant of the Eng- 
lifli gardens. It is a biennial plant, which perifhes 
foon after the feeds are ripe ; it rifes with a branching 
ftalk from two to three feet high, covered with a 
reddilh hairy bark, fending out branches on every 
fide from the ground upward ; thefe. are garniflied 
with heart-fhaped leaves placed alternately, ending in 
acute points indented on their edges, and are a little 
hairy ; the lower Handing upon pretty long foot- 
ftalks, but the upper fit clofe to the branches. The 
flowers are produced at the top and from the fide of 
the branches toward their ends, in clufters ; they are 
compofed of fourpurplifh heart- fhaped petals, placed 
in form of a crofs. Thefe appear in May, and are 
fucceeded by large flat roundifh pods with two cells, 
inclofing two rows of flat kidney-fhaped feeds, which 
have a border round them. Thefe pods, when ripe, 
turn to a clear white or fattin colour, from whence 
the title of Sattin Flower has been given to it, and are 
tranfparent. 
The feed-vefiels of this plant, when they are full 
ripe, become very tranfparent, and of the appearance 
of white fattin, at which time the branches are cut off 
and dried ; after which they are preferved to place in 
the chimneys of halls and large rooms, where they 
continue a long time in beauty. 
This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 
in the autumn •, for thofe which are fown in the 
fpring often mifcarry, or lie a long time in the ground 
before they appear. The plants will grow in almoft 
any foil, but love a fhady fituation ; it requires no 
other culture, but to keep it clean from weeds. If 
the feeds are permitted to fcatter, the plants will rife 
without any farther care ; and if they are left unre- 
moved, they will grow much larger than thofe which 
are tranfplanted ; the roots of this fort perifh foon af- 
ter the feeds are ripe. 
The fecond fort grows naturally upon the mountains 
in Italy ; this hath ftalks and leaves very like the firft, 
but the flowers are rather larger, and of a lighter pur- 
ple colour ; but the principal difference is in the pods 
of this being longer and narrower than thofe of the 
other. It flowers and feeds at the fame time with the 
firft, and requires the fame culture. 
The third fort is an annual plant, which grows natu- 
rally in Egypt. This rifes with a fmooth branching 
ftalk little more than a foot high, garnifhed with 
winged leaves, compofed of feveral pair of lobes 
ranged along the midrib, terminated by an odd one •, 
' thefe lobes are of unequal fizes, and vary in their 
form ; feme of them are almoft entire, and others are 
cut at their extremities into three parts ; they are 
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fmooth, and of a lucid green. The flowers ftand 
each upon pretty long (lender foot-ftalks, which come 
out from the fide, and allbat the end of the branches, 
in loofe fmall clufters ; they are of a purple colour, 
and are fucceeded by oblong compreffed pods, which 
hang downward. This fort flowers in June and July, 
the feeds ripen the beginning of September, and- the 
plants decay foon after. , 
This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 
upon an open border where the plants are to remain ; 
if they are. fown foon after they are ripe, the plants will 
come up in the autumn, and live through the winter in a 
ftieltered fituation ; thefe will flower early the following 
fummer, whereby ripe feeds may be obtained; they may 
alfo be fown in the fpring in like manner. When the 
plants come up, they will require no other care but 
to keep them clean from weeds, and thin them where 
they are too clofe. If the feeds are permitted to fcat- 
ter in the autumn, the plants will rife without care, 
and may be treated in the fame way, which is much 
preferable to the fowing the feeds in the fpring. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the Archipelago - 
this hath a perennial root, from which arile two^ or 
three ligneous ftalks a foot high, covered with a white 
hairy bark, dividing upward into feveral fmaller 
branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves fitting 
clofe to the ftalks, which are a little hoary. The 
branches are terminated by loofe (pikes of yellow 
flowers which appear in June, and are fucceeded by 
oblong flat pods, containing flat kidney-fhaped leeds, 
which ripen in the autumn. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which, if fown in 
the autumn, will fucceed better than in the fpring; 
they fhould be fown on a warm border, and on a dry 
poor foil, otherwife they will not live through the 
winter ; but in a rubbifhing foil the plants will conti- 
nue two or three years. 
LUPINUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 392. tab. 213. Lin. 
Gen. Plant. 774. Lupine ; in French, Lupin. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement is bifid and of one leaf ; the flower is 
of the butterfly kind ; the Jlandard is roundifh , heart- 
fhaped , indented at the top , and the fides reflexed and 
compreffed. The wings are nearly oval , and almoft as 
long as the Jlandard ; they are not fixed to the keel , but 
clofe at their bafe ; the keel is as long as the wings , but is 
narrow , falcated , and ends in a point. Lt hath ten fia- 
mina joined at their bafe in two bodies , but as they rife 
are dijtinci above , terminated by five oblong fummits. In 
the center is fituated a hairy , compreffed , awl- fhaped ger- 
men , fupporting a rifmg ftyle, terminated by an cbtufeflig- 
ma. The germen afterward becomes a large , oblong , thick 
pod with one cell , ending with an acute point , including 
feveral' roundifh compreffed feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 
Linnseus’s feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia De- 
candria, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 
have ten ftamina joined in two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Lupinus ( Varius ) calycibus femiverticillatis appen- 
diculatis, labio fuperiore bifido, inferiore fubtriden- 
tato. Hort. Cliff. 499. Lupine with empalement s half 
whorled , having appendages , whofe upper lip is bifid , and 
the under one almoft trifid. Lupinus fylveftns,, purpu- 
reo flore, femine rotundo vario. J. B. 2. 291. Wild 
Lupine , with a purple flower and a round variegated feed , 
commonly called the leffer blue Lupine. 
2. Lupinus (. Anguftifolius ) calycibus verticillatis appendi- 
culatis, labio fuperiore bipartite, inferiore integro. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 721. Lupine with empalement s having alter- 
nate appendages , whofe upper lip is divided into two , and 
, the under one entire. Lupinus anguftifolius cceruleus 
elatior.Raii Hift. 908. Narrow-leaved taller blue Lupine. 
3. Lupinus ( Luteus ) calycibus verticillatis appendicu- 
latis, labio fuperiore bipartite, inferiore tridentato. 
Hort. Cliff 499. Lupine with crapalements growing in 
whorls , having appendages to them , whofe upper lips are 
cut into two parts, and the under one into three. Lupi- 
nus fylveftris, flore luteo. C. B. P. 348. The common 
yellow Lupine. 
4. Lit- 
