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two or three pair of narrow, acute-pointed, entire 
lobes, which are hairy, and pale on their under fide. 
The flowers are produced at the end of the branches 
in clutters ; they have five yellow petals fpreading 
open in form of a Rofe, with many germen and fta- 
mina within. Thefe appear in July, and are fame- 
times fucceeded by feeds inclofed in the empale- 
pient. This plant is commonly cultivated in the 
nurfery-gardens as a flowering fhrub, by flickers, or 
laying down the tender branches, which will take 
root in one year, and may then be taken off from 
the old plants, and planted in a nurfery for a year 
or two to get ftrength, before they are planted 
where they are defigned to remain. It may alfo be 
propagated by cuttings, which may be planted in 
autumn in a moift fhady border, where they will 
take root the next fpring, and the Michaelmas fol- 
lowing may be tranfplanted into the nurfery. 
The beft feafon for tranfplanting of thefe plants is in 
Qdtober, that they may get new roots before the 
hard froft fets in •, for as this plant grows naturally 
upon moift boggy land, fo when it is removed in 
the fpring, if due care is not taken to water it in dry 
weather, it is apt to mifcarry ; nor will this plant 
live in a hot dry foil, but in a fhady fituation and on 
a cool moift foil it will thrive exceedingly. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France and Italy; this hath hand-fhaped leaves, com- 
pofed of five or (even lobes which join at their bafe, 
where they meet the foot-ftalk ; they are deeply cre- 
nated on their fides, and are hairy on both hides. The 
ftalks rife nine or ten inches high, branching toward 
the top, and garnifhed at each joint with one leaf, 
of the fame form as thole below, but fmaller. The 
flowers grow at the top of the ftalk ; they are white, 
and fhaped like thofe of the former fort, appearing 
about the fame time, and are fucceeded by feeds like 
thofe. This is a biennial plant, which dies foon after 
the feeds are ripe. It may be propagated as the fe- 
cond fort. 
The fifth fort grows naturally on the Alps, and in 
other rough hilly parts of Europe. This hath a thick 
fiefhy root which ftrikes deep in the ground, from 
which arife feveral purple branching (talks about a 
foot high, garnifhed with leaves compofed of five 
wedge-fhaped lobes, which are deeply cut on their 
edges, and are very hoary on their under fide. The 
flowers grow at the top of the ftalk, which branches 
out into many foot-ftalks ; they are yellow, and fhap- 
ed like thofe of the fourth fort, but fmaller. The 
root is perennial, and the plant may be propagated 
as the fecond fort. 
The fixth fort grows on the mountains in Auftria ; 
this hath a perennial root; the leaves ftand upon 
foot-ftalks which arife from the root, and are very 
long ; they are compofed of five oblong lobes which 
are a little fawed at their ends, very hoary and fllky 
on their tinder fides, but green on their upper. The 
flowers are produced upon long (lender foot-ftalks, 
which arife immediately from the root ; they are 
white, and fhaped like thofe of the other fpecies, ap- 
pearing in May, but are leldom fucceeded by feeds in 
England. It may be eafily propagated by runners in 
the fame manner as the Strawberry ; the beft time to 
tranfplant them is in autumn. It loves a cool foil 
and a fhady fituation. 
The feventh fort grows naturally near Montpelier ; 
this is a perennial plant; the ftalks grow erecft, about 
a foot high ; they are very hairy, and garnifhed with 
trifoliate oblong leaves, fawed on their edges. The 
flowers are produced upon foot-ftalks, which come 
out above the joints of the ftalk ; they are white, 
and large. This plant flowers in June, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, will 
produce plants in plenty the following fpring, which 
will require no other culture but to keep them clean 
from weeds. 
The eighth fort is alfo a perennial plant, but differs 
from the other in having trailing ftalks ; the lobes 
of the leaves are oval, obtufe, and bluntly indented 
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on their edges ; the flowers are larger, and the whole 
plant is of a deeper green. It flowers in July, and 
the feeds ripen in autumn. It propagates itfelf like 
the former fort. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Italy and Sicily ; 
this is a perennial plant ; the ftalks rife near two feet 
high, they are purple and very hairy, garnifhed with 
leaves compofed of five or fevcn narrow lobes, which 
are deeply cut on their Tides, fo as to referable thofe 
of winged leaves ; the ftalks branch out greatly to- 
ward their top. The flowers are yellow, and fhaped 
like thofe of the fourth fort. It flowers in June, and 
the feeds ripen in autumn. It may be propagated as 
the fourth fort. 
I O T E R I U M. Lin. Gen. Tlant. 948. Pimpinella. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 156. tab. 68. Burnet ; in French, 
Pimprenelk. 
The Characters are. 
It hath male and female flowers in the fame fpike. The 
male flowers have a three-leaved empakment ; they have 
one petal, which is cut into flour parts ; thefe are oval \ 
concave , and permanent , and a great 'number of long hair- 
line fiamina , terminated by roundifh twin fummits. The 
female flowers have one wheel-floaped petal with a fhort 
tube , cut at the brim into jour parts ; thefe have no fia- 
mina, but two oblong oval germen, with two hairy ftyles 
the length of the petal, crowned by coloured pencil-Jhaped 
jtigmas. The germen afterward becomes two hard feeds, 
inclofed in the petal of the flower. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the eighth fedion 
of Linnaeus’s twenty-firft dais, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers are male and female in the 
lame fpike, and the male flowers have many ftamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Poterium (, Sanguiforba ) inerme, caulibus fubangu- 
lofis. Hort. Cliff. 446. Unarmed Poterium with angular 
ftalks. Pimpinella fanguiforba minor hirfuta. C. B. P. 
1 60. Smaller hairy Burnet. 
2. Poterium ( Hybridum ) inerme, caulibus teretibus 
ftridtis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 994- Unarmed Poterium with 
a narrow taper ftalk. Pimpinella agrimonoides odo- 
rata. H. R. Par. Sweet-fmelling Burnet refembling 
Agrimony. 
3. Poterium. ( Spinofum ) fpinis ramofis. Hort. Cliff. 
445. Poterium with branching fpines. Pimpinella fpi- 
nofa, feu fempervirens. Mor. Umb. 57. Prickly or 
evergreen Burnet. 
The firft fort is the common Burnet, which grows 
naturally upon chalky lands in many parts of Eng- 
land ; of this there are two or three varieties, one of 
them is much fmootherthan the other, and the third 
hath larger feeds than either of the former ; but thefe 
differences are not conftant, being only feminal va- 
riations. This is a perennial plant, from whofe root 
arife a great number of leaves, (landing on pretty long 
foot-ftalks ; they are compofed of five or fix pair of 
lobes, terminated by an odd one. The lobes are ge- 
nerally ranged a little alternate on the midrib, but 
fometimes ftand by pairs ; they are fawed on their 
edges, and are fometimes fmooth, and at others hairy. 
The ftalks rife a foot and a half high, branching out 
pretty much, and are terminated by long ftender foot- 
ftalks, each fuftaining an oblong fpike of flowers; in 
which there are fome male ancT others female ; they 
are of a purplilh red colour, and appear in June. The 
female flowers are each fucceeded by two hard feeds, 
which ripen in autumn. 
This plant is propagated in gardens ; the young ten- 
der leaves are put into fallads in winter and fpring, 
and the leaves are ufed for cool tankards in hot wea- 
ther. It is ufed in medicine, and is reckoned to be 
cordial and alexipharmic. The powder of the root is 
commended againft fpitting of blood. 
This plant is eafily propagated by feeds, which fhbuld 
be fown in autumn foon after they are ripe ; for if it 
is fown in fpring, the feeds frequently lie in the 
ground till the fpring following. If the feeds are 
permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up in plenty ; 
and if thefe are tranfplanted out in a bed of undunged 
earth, at about a foot cliftance every way, and kept 
clean 
