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or fourteen . In the center there are many germina time ft ed 
in a head , which are attended by a great number of Jhort 
ftamina , crowned by oblong inflex ed fummits after the 
flower is pafl , the germina become fo many naked feeds , 
dofely adhering to the pedicle, and forming an obtufe fpike. 
This genus is by Dr. Linnaeus ranged in die feventh 
fection of his thirteenth clafs, entitled Polyandria 
Polyginia, the flowers having many ftamina, and many 
germina. 
The Species are, 
s. Adonis {Annua) floribus o&opetalis fru&ibus 
fubcylindricis. Hort. Upfal. 156. The common Adonis, 
or Flos Adonis, with fmall red flowers. 
1. Adonis (. MftivaUs ) floribus pentapet-alis fruftibus 
ovatis. Annual Adonis with pale yellow flowers. Ado- 
nis Sylveftris fiore luteo folds longieribus. C. B. P. 
178. 
c. Adonis {V emails) flore dodecapetalo, fruftu ovato. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 771. Perennial Adonis with yellow 
flozvers, by fame titled fennel-leaved black Hellebore. Ado- 
nis Hellebori radice Buphthalmi fiore. H. L. 
There is a variety of the firil fort, which hath been 
long cultivated in the gardens ; the flowers of this 
are larger, and the leaves fhorter, than thole of the 
wild fort ; but, from many repeated trials of fowing 
their feeds feparately, they appear to be only acci- 
dental variations arifing from culture, and therefore 
may be properly efteemed as fuch. 
The feeond fort is undoubtedly a diftinct fpecies. I 
have cultivated both thefe forts above thirty years, and 
have never obferved the feeond to vary either in the 
fhape of its leaves, colour, make of the flower, or 
growth of the plants, which are much taller than the 
firfh, the leaves thinner, fparingly fet on the ftalks, 
and of a lighter colour. 
Both thefe forts are annual, and if the feeds are fown 
in autumn, the plants will come up the following 
fpring •, but when the feeds are not fown till fpring, 
they rarely come up the fame year : fo that when the 
feeds are permitted to fall on the ground, they gene- 
rally fucceed better than when fown by art. The firft 
fort grows naturally in Kent, particularly by the fide 
of the river Medway, between Rochefter and Maid- 
ftone, where it is found in great plenty in the fields 
which are fown with wheat •, but in the intermediate 
years when the fields are fown with fpring corn, there 
is rarely a plant of it to be found, which fhews the ne- 
cefiity of fowing the feeds in autumn, for thole fields 
of fpring corn, if fuffered to remain undifturbed after 
the harveft, will abound with this plant the following 
year. For fome years paft, great quantities of the 
flowers of this plant have been brought to London, 
and fold in the ftreets by the name of Red Morocco. 
Both thefe annual forts flower in the beginning of June, 
and the feeds ripen in Auguft and September •, this 
muft be underftood of thofe plants which arife from 
feeds fown in autumn, or fuch as have fallen to the 
ground ; for when any plants come up from the feeds 
fown in the fpring (which fometimes happen) they do 
not flower till July or Auguft, and their feeds feldom 
ripen before October. 
Thefe plants will thrive beft in a light foil, but may 
be fown in any fituation, fo that by fowing fome in a 
warm fituation, and others in the fhade, they may be 
continued longer in flower. The feeds ought to be 
fown w r here the plants are to remain to flower, for 
they do not bear tranfplanting, efpecially if they are 
not removed while the plants are very young : there- 
fore they ftiould be fown in fmall patches in the bor- 
ders of the flower garden, and when the plants come 
up, they fhould be thinned, leaving three or four in 
each patch, which will make a better appearance than 
where they grow Angle. 
The third fort hath a perennial root, and an annual 
ftalk. This grows naturally on the mountains of Bo- 
hemia, Pruflia, and other parts of Germany, where 
the root is often ufed as the true Black Hellebore, 
though from the deferiptions given by the antients of 
that plant, this by no means will agree with them: 
this has been long cultivated in gardens. It produces 
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its flowers the latter end of March, or the beginning 
of April, according to the forwardnefs of the feaibn : 
the ftalks rife about a foot and a half high, and when 
the roots are large, and have ftood un removed lor 
fome years, they will put out a great number of ftalks 
from each : thefe are garnifhed with fine [lender leaves, 
which are placed in clutters at intervals. - At the top 
of each ftalk, is produced one large yellow flower, 
compofed of an unequal number of petals, the center 
of which is occupied by a great number of germen, 
furrounded by many ftamina ; after the flowers drop, 
the germen become naked feeds, clofely adhering to 
the foot-ftalk, forming an obtufe fpike. Thefe ripen 
in Auguft, and fhould be fown foon after, otherwife 
they feldom fucceed. 
When the plants come up, they muft be carefully 
kept clean from weeds, and, in very dry weather, if 
they are now and then refreflied with water, it will 
promote their grov/th. They ftiould remain in the 
place where they are fown until the feeond year, for 
they make but flow progrefs while young. The beft 
time to tranfplant them is in autumn, when they ought 
to be planted where they are to remain, for if often 
removed, they will not produce many flowers, nor 
thofe flowers be fo ftrong as on the plants which are 
unremoved. 
AD OX A. Lin. Gen. 450. Mofchatellina. Toum. 
Lift. Tuberous Mofchatel, or Hollow Root. This 
is ranged in Linnaeus’s eighth clafs, entitled Odan- 
dria Tetragynia, the flower having eight ftamina and 
four ftyles. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is bifid and permanent , upon 
which refts the germen the flower is of one leaf which is 
cut into four acute figments. The germen is Jituated in 
the center, fupporting four erect ftyles, thefe are attended 
by eight ftamina, crowned by roundijh fummits ; after the 
flower is pafl, the germen becomes a round berry , refting 
on the empalement , which hath four cells , each containing 
a Jingle ccmpreffed feed. 
There is but one'^ECrEs of this genus. 
Adoxa. Hort. Cliff. 152. Bulbous Fumitory Hollow Root? 
or tuberous Mofchatel. • Radix cava minima viridi flore 
of Gerard. 
This plant grows naturally in fliady woods in divers 
parts of England : I have frequently gathered it on 
the top of Hampftead among the buflies, near the 
wood j it is a very low plant, feldom riflng more than 
four or five inches high, the leaves refemble thofe of the 
bulbous F umitory, the flower-ftalk arifes immediately 
from the root, upon the top of which is placed four 
or five fmall flowers of an herbaceous white colour ; 
thefe appear the beginning of April, and the berries 
ripen in May, foon after which the leaves decay. 
There is little beauty in this plant, but as fome perfons 
are fond of colleifting the fe vera-1 kinds of plants in 
their gardens, which are not commonly found, it is 
mentioned here. The roots may be tranfplanted any 
time after the leaves are decayed, till winter •, thefe 
are tuberous, and fliaped fomewhat like a tooth. 
They muft be planted in the fhade, under fhjrubs ; 
for if they are expofed to the open fun, they will not 
thrive. The leaves and flowers fmell like Mullc, from 
whence it has been by fome called M ufk-C rowfoot. 
JE GILO PS, Wild Fefcuc, a fort of gtals which grows 
naturally in many parts of Europe, fo is rarely culti- 
vated except in botanic gardens. 
JEGOPOD I U M, Small Wild. Angelica, or Goutwort ; 
this plant grows naturally in feveral places near Eon- 
don, but the roots run fo fail: in a. garden, as to ren- 
der it a troublefome weed- 
JE ; SCRYNO M E N E. Lin.. Gen. Plant. 7 69. Baf- 
tard Senntive plant. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the, third feflion of 
Linnseus’s feventeenth. clafs, entitled Diadelphia de- 
candria ; - the flowers of this clafs have ten ftamina., 
nine of which are united, and the other is feparate.. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the f Lower conflfts of one leaf. \ cut 
into two equal fegments, the upper being bifid, and the 
D lower 
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