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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedtion 
of Linnsus’s fifth clafs,- which contains thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and two ftyles ; and to 
this genus he has added fome lpecies of Myrrhis and 
Cerefolium. 
The Species are, 
1. Scandix (Peften) feminibus lsevibus roftro longifil- 
fflo. Hort. Cliff, ioi. Scandix with fmooth feeds and 
the longeft beak. Scandix femine roftrato vulgaris. 
C. B. P. 152. Common Shepherd' s-needle with beaked 
feeds. 
2. Scandix {Auftralis) feminibus fubulatis hifpidis, flo- 
ribus radiatis, caulibus laevibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 257. 
Scandix with prickly awl-Jhaped feeds , radiated flowers , 
and fmooth ftalks. Scandix Cretica minor. C.B. P. 152. 
Smaller Shepherd' s-needle of Candy. 
3. Scandix ( Grandiflora ) feminibus pedunculo villofo 
Jbrevioribus. Flor. Leyd. 1 1 1. Scandix with fh or t hairy 
foot-flalks to the feeds. Scandix Orientalis flore maximo. 
Tourn. Cor. 23. Eaflern Shepherd' s-needle with a very 
large flower. 
4. Scandix ( Cretica ) feminibus hifpidis, involucris um- 
bello multifidis, caulibus afperfis. Scandix t with briftly 
feeds , many-pointed involucrums to the umbels , and rough 
flalks. Scandix Cretica major. C. B. P. 152. Greater 
Shepherd' s-needle from Candy. 
5. Scandix {Odor at a) feminibus fulcatis angulatis. 
Hort. Cliff. 101. Scandix with angular furrowed feeds. 
Myrrhis major cicutaria odorata. C. B. P. 1 60. Sweet 
Cecily, or great fweet Chervil , by fome fweet Fern. 
6 . Scandix ( Anthrifcus ) feminibus ovatis hifpidis, co- 
rollis uniformibus, caule lsevi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 257. 
Scandix with oval rough feeds , the petals of the flowers 
uniform , and a fmooth ftal\. Myrrhis fylveftris femi- 
nibus afperis. C. B. P. 160. Wild Myrrh with rough 
feeds. 
7. Scandix ( Procumbens ) feminibus nitidis ovato-fubula- 
tis, foliis decompofitis. Gron. Virg. 147. Prailing- 
ing Scandix with neat , oval , awl-Jhaped feeds , and de- 
compounded leaves. Cerefolium Virginianum procum- 
bens, fumarite foliis. Mor. Hift. 3. p. 303. trailing 
Virginian Chervil with Fumitory leaves. 
The firft fort grows naturally in ftiff lands amongft 
the Corn in many parts of England, fo is not culti- 
vated in gardens. It is an annual plant ; the leaves 
are finely divided into fmall fegments, and have long 
foot-fbalks •, the ftalks branch and rife fix inches high. 
The flowers are fmall, white, and like thofe of wild 
Chervil, and fit upon the top of the beak or horns, 
which are the rudiment of the hern. At the bottom 
of the fmall umbel five leaves embrace the ftalk with 
broad and fhort foot-ftalks, which are afterward cut 
into fmall fegments like the reft : the feed is long, 
and runs into a fmall point, refembling a large nee- 
dle, but the umbels have great refemblance"to the 
umbels of Mufk Crane’s-bill. It flowers in June, and 
the feeds ripen the end of July, which, if permitted 
to fcatter, there will be a plentiful fupply of young 
plants. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France, in Italy, and Crete. This is an annual plant 
with low fpreading ftalks, garniftied with very nar- 
row fine cut leaves, placed thinly. The flowers are 
fmall, white, and ftand in fmall umbels at the top of 
the ftalks ; thele are fucceeded by awl-fhaped rouo-h 
feeds. It flowers and feeds about the fame time as 
the former. 
The third fort grows naturally in the Levant ; this is 
an annual plant, with fine cut leaves ; the ftalks rife 
eight inches high, garniftied at each joint with a fine 
cut leaf, and are terminated by an umbel of white 
flowers, with large heart-fhaped petals. The horns 
of this are longer than of any other forts, and their 
foot-ftalks are very fhort and hairy. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Crete •, this hath 
larger leaves than either of the former, and are finely 
cut the ftalks grow a foot long, and divide into ma- 
ny branches, they are rough and channelled ; the um- 
bels have many-leaved involucrums, and the feeds are 
rough. It flowers at the fame time as the former. 
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Thefe four forts will fow themfelves wherever they are 
once introduced, and require no other care but to 
thin them and keep them clean from weeds. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Germany, but has 
been long kept in the Englifh gardens ; and of late 
years the feeds have been thrown out of gardens, fo 
that the plants are frequently found growing natural- 
ly in the neighbourhood of thofe gardens. it has a 
very thick perennial root, compofed of many thick 
fibres, of a fweet aromatic tafte like Anifeed, from 
which come forth many large leaves that branch out 
fomewhat like thofe of Fern, from whence it was ti- 
tled Sweet Fern. The ftalks grow four or five feet 
high, they are hairy and fiftulous. The flowers are 
diipofed in an umbel at the top of the ftalk, they are 
white, and have a fweet aromatic feent ; the outer pe- 
tal of the flowers is large, the two fide ones are of a 
middle fize, but the two inner are fmall ; thefe appear 
the latter end of May, and are fucceeded by long an- 
gular furrowed feeds, having the tafte and feent of 
Anifeed, which ripen in July. 
This fort propagates fail by feeds, which, if permitted 
to fcatter, there will be plenty of the plants arife, and 
thefe may be tranfplanted to any abjedt part of the 
garden, for it will grow in any foil or fituadon, and 
will require no care. 
It ftands in the lift of medicinal plants, but is rarely 
ufed. Formerly the young leaves of this plant were 
put into fallads, but it has been long difufed for the 
table in England, but in Germany it is put into 
foups. 
The fixth fort grows naturally on the fide of banks 
and foot-ways in many parts of England •, this is an 
annual plant, whofe feeds drop early in the fummer j 
the plants come up in autumn, and flower early in the 
fpring. The leaves of. this are finely divided, very 
like thofe of the Garden Chervil, but are hairy ; the 
ftalks rife a foot and a half or two feet high, dividing 
into branches. Thefe fuftain umbels of fmall white 
flowers which come out early in April, and are fuc- 
ceeded by fhort, hairy, crooked feeds, which ripen in 
June, and foon after the plants decay. 
There have been fome inftances of the ill effects of 
this plant when taken inwardly •, fome who have eat- 
en this herb in foups, by miftaking it for Garden 
Chervil, have narrowly efcaped with their lives. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Virginia ; it is a 
low trailing plant of no great beauty or ufe, fo is on- 
ly preferved in botanic gardens for variety. 
SCHEUCHERIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 452. Sp, 
Plant. 482. 
The Characters are, 
Fhe empalement of the flower is divided into fix oblong , 
reflexed , permanent fegments ; it has no corolla , but hath 
fix capillary ftamina crowned by long compreffed fummits ; 
and three oval compreffed germina the fize of the empale- 
ment having no ftyles , but oblong ftigmas fitting on the 
germen. , 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedtion 
of Linnaeus’s fixth clafs, which contains thofe plants 
whofe flowers have fix ftamina and three ftigmas. 
We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 
Scheucheria {Paluftris.) Flor. Lapp. 133. Marfh Scheu- 
cheria. Juncus floribus minor. C. B. P. 12. Smaller 
flowering Rufh. 
This plant grows naturally in marfhes, fo is rarely 
admitted into gardens, therefore I fhall not trouble 
the reader with any further account of it. 
S CHIN US. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1130. Molle. Tourn, 
Inft. R. H. 661. Indian Maftick. 
The Characters are, 
It is male and female in different plants. I' he empalement 
of the male flowers are of one leaf , divided into five acute 
fegments which fpread open •, the flower . hath five oval 
fpreading petals on foot-flalks, and ten fender ftamina the 
length of the corolla , crowned by roundifh fummits ; thefe 
have no rudiments of fruit. The female flowers have a 
one-leaved empalement , divided into five acute fegments 
which are permanent and five oblong fpreading petals , 
with a germen having no ftyle , but three oval ftigmas. 
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