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about Hilderfham, fix miles from Cambridge, and 
on Bernack Heath not far from Stamford, and on 
Southrop Common adjoining thereto ; alfo on moun- 
tainous and dry paftures juft by Leadftone Hall near 
Pontefract in Yorkfhire. It flowers in April. 
This hath a flefhy taper root which runs deep in the 
ground ; the leaves are hairy, and finely cut, like 
thole of the wild Carrot, and fpread near the ground ; 
the ftalk rifes near a foot high, is pretty thick and 
hairy, and naked at the top, where there is a_ leafy 
involucrum to the flower, which is hairy, ending in 
many points ; it is terminated by one flower compof- 
ed of fix petals ranged in two orders, three without, 
and three within ; they are oblong, thick, and of a 
bright purple colour ; they form a fort of bell-ihaped 
flower nodding on one fide, and their points turn up- 
ward. Within the petals are a great number of flen- 
der yellowilh ftamina terminated by ereft fummits, 
and in the center a great number of germen are col- 
lected in a head, which afterward become feeds, each 
having a long tail, by which they are diftinguilhed 
from Anemone. 
There is a variety of this with double, and another 
with white flowers, but thefe have been obtained from 
feeds of the other. 
The fecond fort hath Ihorter leaves than the firft ; the 
ftalks do not rife fo high 5 the flowers do not expand 
fo wide, and hang downward, but their brims are re- 
flexed j they are of a very dark purple colour. This 
grows naturally in the meadows in Germany. 
The third fort grows naturally on the Alps and Hel- 
vetian Mountains ; this hath a perennial root. The 
leaves are like thofe of Smallage, and are Amply 
winged ; the ftalk rifes near a foot high, is naked al- 
moft to the top, where comes out a neat hairy invo- 
lucrum, and above that one yellow flower lhaped like 
the perennial yellow Adonis, Handing ere< 5 t Thefe 
appear about the fame time with the former, and are 
fucceeded by feeds which ripen at Midfummer. 
The fourth fort grows in Siberia this hath a thick 
fielhy root which fends out many ftrong fibres. The 
leaves are hand-fhaped, compofed of feveral round- 
ifh lobes, like fome of the forts of Ranunculi ; they 
are downy, and cut into feveral fegments. The ftalk 
rifes nine or ten inches high, having a hairy involu- 
crum a confiderable diftance below the flower ; it is 
terminated by one flower, which is large, fpreading, 
and of a whitifh yellow colour, with deep yellow fta- 
mina. This flowers early in the fpring. 
There are fome other fpecies of this plant, but thofe 
here mentioned are all the forts which I have feen 
growing in England, and therefore I have not enu- 
merated more, as it would be to little purpofe, fince 
it is difficult to procure them from the countries where 
they naturally grow. 
Thefe plants may be propagated by feeds, which 
fhould be fown in boxes or pots filled with very light 
fandy earth, obferving not to cover the feeds too 
deep with mould, which will prevent their rifling, 
for they require no more than juft to be covered. 
Thefe boxes fhould be placed where they may have 
the morning fun until ten of the clock, but mull 
be fcreened from it in the heat of the day and, if 
the feafon proves dry, the earth Ihould be often re- 
frelhed with water. The beft time for flowing of 
thefe feeds is in July or Auguft, foon after they are 
ripe, for if they are kept till fpring, they feldom 
grow. 
Thefe boxes or pots, in which the feeds are fown, 
fhould remain in this fhady fituation until the begin- 
ning of October, when they fhould be moved where 
they may enjoy the full fun during the winter feafon. 
About the beginning of March the plants will be- 
gin to appear, at which time the boxes fhould be 
again removed where they may have only the forenoon 
fun ; for if they are too much expofed to the heat, 
the young plants will foon be deftroyed. They 
fhould alfo be refrefhed with water in dry weather, 
which will greatly promote their growth, and fhould 
be carefully kept clean from weeds, which, if fuf- 
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Ik red to grow among them, will in a fhort time over- 
bear them. 
When the leaves of this plant are entirely decayed 
(which is commonly in July,) you fhould then take 
up all the roots, which being nearly of the colour of 
the ground, will be difficult to find while final! , 
therefore you fhould pafs the earth through a fine 
wire fieve, which is the beft method to feparate the 
roots from the earth, (but notwithftanding all pofli- 
ble care taken, yet there will be- many fmall roots 
left j fo that the earth fhould either be put into the 
boxes again, or fpread upon a bed of light earth, to 
fee what plants will arife out of it the fucceeding 
year.) The roots being taken up, fhould be imme- 
diately planted again on beds of light, freffi, fandy 
earth, about three or four inches afunder, covering 
them about three inches thick with the fame light 
earth. The fpring following moil of thefe plants will 
produce flowers, but they will not be fo large and 
fair as in the fucceeding years, when the roots are 
larger. 
The roots of thefe plants generally run down deep in 
the ground, and are of a rlefhy fubftance, fomewhat 
like Carrots, fo will not bear to be kept long out of 
the ground •, therefore, when they are removed, it 
fhould be done early in the autumn, that they may 
take frefh root before the froft comes on ; for if they 
are tranfplanted in the fpring, they will not produce 
ftrong flowers. Thefe plants thrive beft in a loamy 
foil, for in very light dry ground they are apt to de- 
cay in fummer. 
PUMP I ON. SeePEPo. 
PUNIC A. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 633. tab. 407, 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 544. [This plant takes its name 
from its punicean or red appearance, for its flowers 
and fruit are of that colour. It is called Granatum, 
from the word Granis, becaufe the fruit has many 
grains ; or, as fome fuppofe, of Granata, or Grana- 
da, becaufe it grows in great plenty in that country.] 
The Pomegranate-tree j in French, Grenadier. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is permanent , hell-jhaped , 
coloured , and of one leaf , cut into fix parts at the top „ 
The flower has five roundijh , ere£l, fpreading petals which 
are inferted in the empalement , and a great number of 
fender ftamina , which are alfo inferted in the empalement , 
terminated by oblong fummits. The germen is fitua ted un- 
der the flower , fupporting a fingle fly le crowned. by a head- 
ed ftigma it afterward becomes a large alrnofl globular 
fruit , crowned by the empalement . The fruit is divided 
into feveral cells by membranous partitions , which are 
filled with roundijh fucculent feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s twelfth clafs, in which he places thofe 
plants whofe flowers have more than twenty ftamina, 
which are inferted either in the petals or empale- 
ment, and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Punica ( Granatum ) foliis lanceolatis, caule arboreo, 
Hort. Cliff. 134. Pomegranate with linear fpear-Jhaped 
leaves , and a tree-like ftalk. Punica quae malum gra- 
natum fert. Caefalp. Punica which bears the Pome- 
granate 
2. Punica {Nana) foliis linearibus, caule fruticofo. 
Pomegranate with linear leaves , and a Jhrubby ftalk » 
Punica Americana, nana feu humillima. Lig. Tourn. 
Inft. 636. The American Dwarf Pomegranate. 
There are the following varieties of the firft fort, 
which are iu pooled to be accidental variations obtain- 
ed by culture from the feeds, therefore I have not 
enumerated them as fpecies; but as many curious per- 
fons will expect to find them inferted here, I (hall 
juft mention them. 
The wild Pomegranate with Angle and double flowers. 
The fweet Pomegranate. 
The, fmall flowering Pomegranate with Angle and 
double flowers. 
The Pomegranate with ftriped flowers. 
Thefe plants grow naturally in Spain, Portugal, Ita- 
ly, and Mauritania. There are alfo many of them 
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