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propagated by cuttings had been continued, fo that 
no feeds were ever produced in England till within a 
few years paft, when I received fome feeds from the 
Cape of Good Hope, from which 1 raifed many plants 
of both fexes, and a few among them with her- 
maphrodite flowers, which have produced feeds, 
from which many plants have been raifed. 
hNTHYLLIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 773. Vulneraria. 
Tourn. Barba Jovis. Tourn. Ladies Finger , or Kidney 
Vetch. 
The Characters are, 
■ It hath a /welling , hairy , permanent empalement of one leaf 
which is divided at the top into five equal parts. ‘The 
flower is of the butterfly kind , having a long ftandard re- 
flexed on both Jides beyond the empalement ^ the two wings 
are Jhort *, the keel is of the fame length , and comprejfed. 
There are ten ftamina , which rife together , and are crowned 
hy Jingle fummits. In the center is fltuated an oblong ger- 
men , fupporting a fingle ftyle , crowned by a blunt ftigma : 
the germen afterward becomes a fmall roundijh pod inclofed 
by the empalement ,‘ having one or two feeds. 
This genus is ranged in Linnaeus’s ieventeenth clafs 
of plants, entitled Diadelphia Decandria, the flowers 
having ten ftamina joined in two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Anthyllis (' Tetraphylla ) herbacea foliis quaterno- 
pinnatis fioribus lateralibus. Hort. Upfal. 221. Her- 
baceous Kidney Vetch with winged leaves , having four 
lobes , and flowers growing from the fide of the ftalks. 
Vulneraria pentaphyllos. Tourn. Inft. 
2. Anthyllis ( Vulneraria ) herbacea foliis pinnatis inae- 
qualibus capitulo duplicato. Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. 
Kidney Vetch with unequal winged leaves and double heads. 
Vulneraria fupina flore coccineo. Raii Syn. Ed. 2. 
P* 325 - 
3. Anthyllis {Ruftica) herbacea foliis pinnatis inasqua- 
libus foliolis caulinis lineari lanceolatis fioribus capi- 
tals fimplicibus. Herbaceous Kidney Vetch with unequal 
winged leaves x whofe lobes are narrow , fpear-Jhaped , and 
fingle heads of flowers , called Ladies Fingers. V ulneraria 
ruftica. J. B. 1 1. p. 362. 
4. Anthyllis {Montana) herbacea foliis pinnatis mqua- 
libus capitulo terminali fecundo, fioribus obliquatis. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. Herbaceous Woundwort with equal 
winged leaves , terminated by the head of flowers , which 
are oblique. Aftragalus purpureus. Dalechampii 1347. 
Purple Milk Vetch. 
5. Anthyllis ( Cornicina ) herbacea foliis pinnatis inae- 
qualibus capitulis folitaris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 719. Her- 
baceous Woundwort , with unequal winged leaves , and a 
fingle head of flowers: 
6. Anthyllis {Barba Jovis) frutjcofa foliis pinnatis ae- 
qualibus fioribus capitatis. Hort. Cliff. 371. Shrubby 
Woundwort , with leaves equally winged , and flowers col- 
lected in a head. Barba Jovis pulchre lucens. J. B. 1. 
p. 385. Jupitefis Beard . , or Silver Buflj. 
7. Anthyllis {Cytifoides) fruticofa foliis ternatis inae- 
qualibus calycibus lanatis lateralibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
720. Shrubby Woundwort , with three unequal leaves , and 
a downy flower-cup growing from the fides. Cytifus in- 
canus folio medio longiore. C. B. P. 390. 
8. Anthyllis {Erinacea) fruticofa fpinola foliis fim- 
plicibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 720. Shrubby prickly Wound- 
worf, with fingle leaves. Genifta Spartium lpinofum 
foliis lenticulae fioribus ex cseruleo purpurafcentibus. 
C. B. P. 394. 
9. Anthyllis {Hermannia) fruticofa, foliis ternatis fub- 
pedunculatis, calycibus nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1014. 
Shrubby Woundwort of Crete , with ternate leaves , and 
naked flower-cups. Barba Jovis Cretica, linariae folio, 
flore luteo parvo. Tourn. Cor. 44. 
10. Anthyllis ( Iletercphylla ) fruticofa, foliis pinnatis, 
floralibus ternatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1013. Shrubby 
Woundwort of Portugal , with winged leaves , but thofe 
near the flowers ternate. Barba Jovis minor Lufitanica, 
: flore minimo variegato. Tourn. Inft. 651. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Spain, Italy, and 
Sicily. This is an annual plant, with trailing branches, 
which fpread flat on the ground ; the leaves grow by 
fours at each joint, and the flowers come out in cluf- 
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ters on the fides of the ftalks, having large fwelling 
empalements, out of which the extreme parts of the 
petals do but juft appear*, thefe are of a yellow co- 
lour, and are fucceeded by fhort pods inclofed in the 
empalement. It flowers in June and July, and the 
feeds ripen in September. The feeds of this fort 
fhould be fown on a bed of light earth in April, where 
the plants are to remain, and will require no other 
. care, but to thin them to the diftance of two feet, 
and keep them clean from weeds. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 
gal, from both which countries I have received the 
feeds ; it alfo grows wild in Wales, and the ifle of 
Man. This is a biennial plant, having fingle leaves 
at bottom, which are oval and hairy ; but thofe which 
grow out of the ftalks are winged, each being com- 
pofed of two or three pair of lobes terminated by an 
odd one : the flowers grow collected into heads at 
the top of the ftalks, thefe are of a bright fcarlet co- 
lour, fo make a pretty appearance : it flowers in June 
and July, and the feeds ripen in Oftober. When 
the plants of this fort grow on poor land, they will 
fometimes continue three years, but in gardens they 
feldom laft longer than two. 
The third fort grows naturally upon chalky grounds 
in many parts of England, fo is rarely admitted into 
gardens. Dr. Linnseus fuppofes this and the former 
fort to be the fame, but from having cultivated thefe 
for many years, I can affirm they are different fpecies, 
never altering from feed. The leaves of this fort are 
much narrower than thofe of the former, and have 
generally one or two pair of lobes more in each. The 
heads of flowers in this fpecies are fingle, whereas 
the other has generally double heads ; add to thefe, 
the root being perennial, which makes an effential 
difference between them. 
The fourth fort is a perennial plant with trailing 
branches, garniffied with winged leaves, which have 
an equal number of hairy lobes at the extremity of 
the branches *, the flowers are produced in heads, thefe 
are of a purple colour, and globular form. This 
fort grows naturally on mountains in the fouth of 
France and Italy, from whence I have received the 
feeds. It is propagated by feeds, which may be fown 
either in the autumn or fpring : thofe which are fown 
in the autumn, will rife the following fpring, and 
more certainly grow, than thofe which are fown in 
the fpring, which feldom grow the fame year. When 
the plants come up, they mult be kept clean from 
weeds ; and where they are too clofe together, they 
muft be thinned. The following autumn, they fhould 
be tranfplanted to the places where they are to re- 
main, and will require no particular management af- 
terward. This fort flowers in June and July, and 
the feeds ripen in Oftober. 
The fifth fort approaches near to the third, but the 
leaves are hoary, and the flowers are produced on the 
fide of the branches *, thefe are yellow, and collecfted 
into fmall heads. It is an annual, or at moft a bien- 
nial plant for when it flowers early in the fummer, 
it commonly decays foon after the feeds are ripe ; 
whereas thofe plants which flower later in the feafon, 
and do not perfedt feeds, will abide another year. 
This may be propagated by feeds, in the fame manner 
as the former. 
The fixth fort is the Barba Jovis, or Jupiter’s Beard, 
by many called Silver Buffi, from the whitenefs of 
its leaves. This is a fhrub which often grows ten or 
twelve feet high, and divides into many lateral 
branches, garniffied with winged leaves, compofed of 
an equal number of narrow lobes, which are very 
white and hairy ; the flowers are produced at the ex- 
tremity of the branches, collected into fmall heads ; 
thefe are of a bright yellow colour, and appear in 
June *, fometimes they are fucceeded by fhort woolly 
pods, containing two or three kidney-ffiaped feeds ; 
but unlefs the feafon proves warm, they do not ripen 
in this country. It is propagated either by feeds or 
cuttings *, if by feeds, they fhould be fown in the au- 
tumn, in pots filled with light earth, and placed under 
*■ ' a frame 
