ma. The germen afterward turns to a fmali capfule with 
two cells , filled with fmali feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft febiion of 
Linnaeus’s fourth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have four ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Sanguisorba ( Officinalis ) fpicis ovatis. Hort. Cliff. 
39. Sanguiforba with oval fpikes. Pimpinella fangui- 
forba major. C. B. P. 160. Greater Burnet. 
2. Sanguisorba ( Subauda ) fpicis cylindricis, foliolis 
cordato-oblongis, rigidis, ferratis. Sanguiforba with 
cylindrical fpikes , the lobes of the leaves oblong , heart- 
fhaped , ftiff, and fawed. Pimpinella major, rigida, 
praealta, auriculata, fubauda. Bocc. Muf. 2. 19. Bailer , 
acid , great Burnet of Savoy , with eared leaves. 
3. Sanguisorba ( Hifpanica ) fpicis orbiculatis compabtis. 
Sanguiforba with round compact fpikes. Pimpinella ma- 
jor Hifpanica altera, conglomerate flore. H. R. Par. 
Another great Burnet of Spain, with a conglomerated flower. 
4. Sanguisorba ( Canadenfis ) fpicis longiflimis. Hort. 
Cliff. 39. Sanguiforba with the longeft fpikes. Pimpi- 
nella maxima Canadenfis. Corn. 174. Greateft Canada 
Burnet. 
The firft fort grows naturally in moift meadows in di- 
vers parts of England ; the ftalks of this rife from 
two to near three feet high, branching toward the top, 
and are terminated by thick oval fpikes of flowers, of 
a grayifh brown colour, which are divided into four 
fegments almoft to the bottom. Thefe appear in 
June, and are each fucceeded by four oblong cornered 
feeds, which ripen in Auguft. The leaves of this 
fort are compoled of five or fix pair of lobes placed 
along a midrib, terminated by an odd one ; the lobes 
are about two inches long, and one broad at their 
bafe, drawing narrower to their point; they are thin, 
fawed on their edges, and a little dov/ny on their un- 
der fide. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Piedmont ; this 
rifes with ftiff upright ftalks more than three feet 
high, branching out toward the top, each branch be- 
ing terminated by a cylindrical fpike of brown 
flowers, fhaped like thofe of the former fort, but are 
fmaller. The leaves are long, the foot-ftalks are very 
ftrong, and much longer than thofe of the firft fort ; 
the leaves have feven or eight pair of ftiff lobes, ter- 
minated by an odd one ; thefe are oblong, heart- 
fliaped, deeply fawed on their edges, of a lucid green 
on their upper fide, but pale on their under, having 
pretty long foot-ftalks, at the bafe of which come out 
two fmali roundifh leaves or ears, which are deeply 
indented. This retains its difference when propa- 
gated by feeds, fo is undoubtedly a dibtinbt fpecies. 
The leaves of the third fort are fmaller than thofe 
of the firft, having but four pair of lobes to each, 
terminated by an odd one ; thefe are bluntly fawed 
on their edges, and have very fiiort foot-ftalks ; they 
are of a pale green on their upper fide, and hoary on 
their under. The ftalks rife about two feet high, and 
branch pretty much toward their top, and are termi- 
nated by round heads or fpikes of reddifh flowers, 
which appear in July, and are fucceeded by feeds 
which ripen in autumn. It grows naturally in Spain. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in North America ; 
this hath leaves like thofe of the firft fort, but are 
a little differ •, they are compofed of four or five pair 
of lobes, terminated by an odd one ; thofe on the 
. lower part of the midrib ftand alternate, but the two 
upper pair are oppofite ; they are of a light green co- 
lour, and deeply fawed on their edges. The ftalks 
rife three feet high, dividing toward the top into 
fmali branches, which ftand erebt, and are terminated 
by long fpikes of flowers of an herbaceous white co- 
lour, each Handing upon a fhort foot-ftalk. 
There is another with long fpikes of red flowers, 
which grows naturally in the fame countries, whofe 
ftalks rife higher-, the fpikes of flowers are thicker, 
the lobes of the leaves are broader, and are whiter 
on their under fide but whether this is a diftinbt fpe- 
cies, or an accidental variety of the fourth, I cannot 
p yet determine. 
All thefe forts are very hardy perennial plan ts.rr.d 
will thrive in altnoft any foil or fituation. Th eymay 
be propagated either by feeds or parting of the roots ; 
if they are propagated by feeds, they fhould be fown 
in the autumn, for when they are fown in the fpring, 
they feldom grow the fame year : when the plants 
come up, they muft be kept clean from weeds till 
they are ftrong enough to tranfplant, when they may 
be planted in a fnady border, at about fix inches dif- 
tance each way, obferving to water them till they 
have taken new root, after which they will require no 
other care but to keep them clean from weeds till au- 
tumn, when they may be tranfplanted to the place 
where they are to remain ; the following fummer they 
will produce flowers and feeds, but their roots will 
abide many years. 
If the roots are parted, it fhould be done in autumn, 
that they may get good root before the dry weather 
comes on in the fpring. 
The other forts of Burnet are referred to the article 
Poterium. 
SANICULA. Tourn. Lift. R. EL 326. tab. 173. Lin. 
Gen. Plant. 289. [fo called from fanando, healing, be- 
caufe good in many diftempers.] Sanicle. 
The Characters are, 
It is a plant with an umbellated flower. L The univer- 
fal umbel hath but few rays , and the involucrum is fitu- 
atedbut half round on the outfide ; the partial umbels have 
many cluftered rays , and their involucrums flurround them 
on every fide', the empalement of the flower is fcarce dif- 
cernible ; the flowers have five compreffed petals which 
are bifid, and turn inward -, they have five erect flamina 
which are twice the length of the petals, terminated by 
roundifh fummits , and a briftly germen fituated under the 
flower , Jupporting two awl-Jhaped ftyles, which are re- 
flexed, crowned by pointed ftigmas. 1 he germen after- 
ward becomes a rough oval-pointed fruit , dividing into 
two parts , each containing one feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond febtion 
of Linnreus’s fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and two ftyles. 
There is but one Species of this plant, which is 
a native in England, viz. 
Sanicula ( Europaa ) foliis radicalibus fimplicibus flof- 
culis omnibus feflilibus. Flor. Suec. 235. Sanicle whofe 
lower leaves are Jingle , and all the flowers fitting clofe 
to the fialk. Sanicula ofiicinarum. C. B. P. Sanicle , 
or Self-heal. 
This plant is found wild in woods and fhady places 
in many parts of England, but being a medicinal 
plant may be propagated in gardens for ufe. It may 
be increased by parting the roots, any time from Sep- 
■ tember to March, but it is beft to do it in the au- 
tumn, that the plants may be well rooted before the 
dry weather in fpring comes on ; they fhould have a 
moift foil and a fhady fituation, in which they will 
thrive exceedingly. 
SANTOLINA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 460. tab. 260. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 847. [fo called, on account of its 
great virtue; q. d. Sancta Herba, i. e. the Holy 
Herb.] Lavender-cotton ; in French, Petit Cypres , 
or Garde-robe. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a compound flower with a flcaly hemiflpherical em- 
palement. The flower is uniform, compofed of many her- 
maphrodite flerets which are longer than the empalement ; 
thefe are funnel-Jhaped, and cut into five parts at the top , 
which turn backward-, they have five fine very Jhort 
hair-like ftamina terminated by cylindrical fummits , and 
an oblong four-cornered germen, Jupporting a fender ftyle , 
crowned by two oblong , depreffed , torn ftigmas. Bhe ger- 
men afterward becomes a flngle , oblong, four-cornered feed, 
which is either naked, or crowned with very floort down, 
ripening in the common empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft febtion of 
Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, which contains thofe 
plants whofe flowers are compofed only of herma- 
phrodite fruitful florets, and the ftamina are connected 
with the ftyle. 
The 
