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grow ere 61 , fending out many (ide-branches which are 
alio ered •, they have a pale green bark when young, 
which afterward changes to a yellowifli colour. 
The leaves are (horter, and. let cloier together than 
thofe of the other fort, and are of a lighter green, ap- 
proaching to a gray colour ; the flowers are produced 
in long loole fpikes at the end of the branches, (land- 
ing ered ; they are larger than thofe of the former, 
and have ten (lamina (landing alternately. It flowers 
about the fame time as the former, 
Thefe both cad their leaves in autumn, and it is 
pretty late in the fpring before the young ones puih 
out, which renders them lefs valuable ; they are now 
frequently planted in gardens for ornament, and, 
when they are mixed with other (hrubs, make a pretty 
variety. 
They may be eafily propagated by laying down their 
tender (hoots in autumn, or by planting cuttings in 
an eaft border, which, if fupplied with water in the 
fpring before they begin to (hoot in dry weather, will 
take root in a fhort time-, but they fhould not be re- 
moved until the following autumn, at which time 
they may be either placed in a nurfery to be trained 
up two or three years, or elfe into the quarters where 
they are defigned to remain, obferving to mulch their 
roots, and water them according as the feafon may 
require, until they have taken root ; after which, the 
only culture they will require is to prune off the 
draggling (hoots, and keep the ground clean about 
them. 
T AMUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 991. Tamnus. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 102. tab. 28. The black Briony. 
The Characters are. 
It has 'male and female flowers on different plants. The 
male plants have empalements , compofed of fix oval fpear- 
f japed leaves , which flpread wide at the top ; they have 
•ho petals , but have fix floort ftamina , terminated by erect 
fummits ; the female flowers have bell-Jhaped empalements 
of one leaf cut into fix fpear-Jhaped fegments , which fit 
upon the germen ; thefe have no petals , but have oblong 
pun Cured neclarii flitting on the infi.de of each fegment 
of the empalements and a large , oblongs oval, fmooth ger- 
men under the empalement , with a cylindrical jlyle , crowned 
by three reflexed indented ftigmas. The germen afterward 
becomes an oval berry with three cells , including two glo- 
bular feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fixth fedion of 
Linnaeus’s twenty-fecond clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe male flowers ire upon diflind plants from 
the fruit, and the male flowers have fix damina. 
The Species are, 
1. Tamus ( Communis ) foliis cordatis indivifis. Hort. 
Cliff. 458. Tamils with heart-Jhaped undivided leaves. 
Bryonia laevis five nigra racemofa. C. B. P. 297. Com- 
mon black Briony. 
2. Tamus ( Cretica ) foliis trilobis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 102S. 
Tamns with leaves which are divided into three lobes. Ta- 
mus Cretica, trifido folio. Tourn. Cor. 3. Black Bri- 
ony of Crete with a trifid leaf. ' 
The firft fort is rarely cultivated in gardens, but 
grows wild under hedges in divers parts of England, 
and is there gathered fir medicinal ufe. The root is 
very large, flefhy, and has a dark brown (kin or co- 
ver; the dalks are fmooth, and twine round any 
neighbouring fupport, whereby they rife to the height 
often or twelve feet ; they are garnifned with fmooth 
heart-fhaped leaves of a lucid green, which are pro- 
duced alternately. The flowers are produced in long 
bunches from the fide of the dalks -, thofe of the male 
plants fall off foon after their farina is cad abroad, 
but the female flowers are fucceeded by oval fmooth 
berries which are red when ripe. It flowers in July, 
and the fruit ripens in autumn. 
It may be eafily propagated by fowing their feeds 
foon after they are ripe, under the fhelter of bufhes, 
where, in' the fpring, the plants will come up, and 
fpread their branches over the bufhes, and fup- 
port themfelves, requiring no farther care, and their 
roots will abide many years in the ground without 
decaying. 
T A N 
The fecond fort was difcovered in the if] and of Crete 
by Dr. Tournefort, who fent the feeds to the Royal 
Garden at Paris ; this has a rounder root than the 
other. The dalks twine round any neighbouring fup- 
port in like manner; the leaves of this are divided 
into three lobes, in which the principal difference con- 
fids. This is an abiding plant, which is hardy enough 
to live in the full ground in England, and may be 
propagated as the other. 
TANACETUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 461. tab. 
261. Lin. Gen. Plant. 848. Tanfey ; in French,, 
Tanefie. 
The Characters are, 
It has a flower compofed of hermaphrodite and female flo- 
rets , contained in one common hemifpherical imbricated em- 
palement, whofe flcales are comp a 11 and acute-pointed . 
The hermaphrodite florets , which comp of e the dijk of the 
flower , are funnel-Jhaped , and cut at the top into five 
fegments which are reflexed ; thefe have five floor t hair- 
like ftamina, terminated by cylindrical tubulous fummits , 
and a flmall oblong germen, fupporting a fender Jlyle , 
crowned by a bifid revolved fiigma. The germen afterward 
becomes an oblong naked feed. The female florets are tri- 
fid, which compofe the rays or border , and are deeply di- 
vided. within ; thefe have an oblong germen , with a fen- 
der Jlyle, crowned with two reflexed ftigmas, but no ftamina . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 
of Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, which contains the 
plants whofe flowers are compofed of hermaphrodite 
and female florets which are fruitful, and their fum- 
mits are connected. 
The Species are, 
1. Tanacetum ( Vulgar e ) foliis bipinnatis incifis ferra- 
tis. Hort. Cliff. 398. Tanfey with doubly-winged cut 
leaves which are flawed. Tanacetum vulgare luteum. 
C. B. P. 13 2. Common yellow Tanfey. 
2. Tanacetum ( Sibericum ) foliis pinnatis, laciniis line- 
arii-filiformibus, corymbus glabris, caule herbaceo. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 844. Tanfey with winged leaves which 
are cut into linear thread-like fegments , a fmooth corymbus , 
and an herbaceous Jlalk, Tanacetum foliis pinnatis 
rnultifidis, laciniis linearibus trifidis. Flor. Sibir. 2. p. 
134. Tanfey with many-pointed winged leaves , having tri- 
fid linear fegments , 
3. Tanacetum ( Balfamita ) foliis ovatis integris ferra- 
tis. Hort. Cliff. 398. Tanfey with oval, entire, flawed 
leaves. .Balfamita major. Dod. Pempt. 296. Cofimary, 
or Alecoaf. 
4. Tanacetum ( Frutefcens ) foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis 
lanceolatis obtuflulculis integerrimis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
844. Tanfey with wing-pointed leaves , having fptar- 
f taped, entire , obtufe fegments. Tanacetum Africanum 
arboreicens, foliis lavenduke multifido folio. H. Amft. 
2. 210. African-tree Tanfey, with a leaf like the cut- 
leaved Lavender. 
5. Tanacetum (, Suffruticofum ) foliis pinnato-multifidis, 
laciniis linearibus fubdivifis, acutis caule fuffruticofo. 
Hort. Cliff. 398. Tanfey with' many-pointed winged leaves, 
having linear fegments which are acutely divided, and an 
under ffrub fialk , Tanacetum Africanum, frutefcens, 
foliis lavenduke multifidse, longe minoribus, graveo- 
lens. Boerh. Ind. Plant. 1. p. 124. Shrubby African. 
Tanfey , with leaves like the cut-leaved Lavender , but much 
fmaller and ftronger feented. 
6 . Tanacetum ( Crithmifolium ) foliis pinnatis, pinnis li- 
nearibus remotis integerrimis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 843. 
Tanfey with winged leaves , whofe lobes are linear , grow 
at a difiance from each other , and are entire. Elichryfum 
Africanum frutefcens, foliis crithmi marinh Hort. 
Amft. 2. p. 113. Shrubby African Goldy -locks with leaves 
like Samphire. 
The firft fort is the common Tanfey which is ufed in 
medicine and the kitchen ; this grows naturally by 
the ftdes of roads, and the borders of fields in many 
parts of England. It has a fibrous creeping root, 
which will fpread to a great diftance where they are 
not confined, from which rile many channelled 
dalks, from two to almoft four feet high, accord- 
ing to the goodnefs of the foil, which are garniflied 
with doubly-winged leaves, whofe lobes are cut and 
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