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pods fhut up in the woolly empalements, having two 
cells, containing three or four fquare feeds in each. 
It flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn, foon after which the plants decay. The 
feeds of this fhould be fown in April, on an open 
border, where the plants are defigned to remain ; 
and when the plants come up, they fhould be thin- 
ned, leaving them at leaft two feet afunder, and keep 
them clean from weeds •, the fecond year they will 
flower, and produce feeds. 
The fourth fort hath a perennial root, which fends 
out feveral ftriated ftalks near three feet high, which, 
if not fupported, proftrate themfelves towards the 
earth. Thefe are garnilhed with winged leaves placed 
alternately, at two inches diftance, which are com- 
pofed of about ten pair of oval fmall lobes, termi- 
nated by an odd one. The flowers arife from the 
wings of the leaves, upon foot-ftalks two inches long, 
in fmall loofe fpikes, which are yellow, and fhaped 
like the reft of this genus, and are fucceeded by 
hairy, globular, fwelling pods, ending with a fliarp 
point, opening in two cells, in each of which are 
contained two or three hard reddifh leeds. It flowers 
in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This grows 
naturally in the fouth of France and Italy. It is eafily 
propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown upon an 
open border in the fpring •, and when the plants come 
up, they mult be thinned and kept clean from weeds 
till autumn, when they fhould be tranfplanted to the 
place where they are to remain, and will afterward 
require no other culture, but to keep them clean from 
weeds. One or two of thefe plants in a garden by 
way of variety, may be admitted, but they have lit- 
tle beauty. 
The fifth fort is annual This fends out from the 
root two or three hairy trailing branches, which are 
garnilhed with winged leaves, compofed of ten or 
twelve pair of blunt lobes, terminated by an odd 
one : the flowers come out from the wings of the 
leaves upon naked foot-ftalks, four or five inches 
long, and are gathered into a round head ; thefe are 
fhaped like the others, but are pretty large, and of a 
deep purple colour, which are fucceeded by fhort 
pods rough on their outfldes, and when opened, are 
fhaped like a heart, ending in a fharp point, contain- 
ing three or four feeds. 
The feeds of this fhould be fown on an open border 
in April, where the plants are to remain, and treated 
as the other annual forts before-mentioned. It flowers 
in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. It grows na- 
turally in Spain and Portugal, from whence I have 
received the feeds. 
The fixth fort is a perennial plant, which grows na- 
turally upon the mountains in Spain, from whence I 
■received it. This is a low plant, feldom rifling with 
a ftem more than three inches high, fending out 
winged leaves on every fide, which are compofed of 
many pairs of narrow lobes, fet very clofe together 
on the midrib, terminated by an odd one. The 
flowers grow upon long foot-ftalks, which rife above 
the leaves j thefe are ia*'ge and of a purple colour, 
growing in a loofe fpike, and ftand ered, and are fuc- 
ceeded by oblong crooked pods opening in two cells, 
filled with fquare feeds. It flowers in June, and the 
feeds ripen in Auguft. This is propagated by feeds, 
which fhould be fown, and the plants treated in the 
fame manner as the fourth fort, but fhould have a 
ihady fituation and a ftronger foil. 
The feverith fort is annual. This fends out feveral 
trailing branches near two feet long, which are gar- 
jiifhed with winged leaves, compofed of about ten 
pair oft blunt lobes, fet thinly on the midrib, termi- 
qated by an odd one : at the wing of each leaf comes 
out a foot-ftaik near two inches long, fuftaining four 
or five yellow flowers at the top, which are fucceeded 
by triangular brown pods, fhaped like a prifm, grow- 
ing erect, and open in two cells filled with greenifh 
fquare feeds. It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen 
in autumn, foon after which the plants decay. 
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This may be treated in the fame manner as the 
fecond. 
The eighth fort is a perennial plant, which grows 
naturally upon hills in feveral parts of England, par- 
ticularly in the North. This is a low plant, feldom 
riflng more than two Or three inches high, having 
many winged leaves compofed of narrow woolly lobes, 
placed clofe on the midrib the flowers are pretty 
large, of a purple colour, growing in loofe fpikes. It 
flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. This 
may be propagated as the fourth fort, and fhould have 
a fliady fituation. 
The ninth fort hath a perennial Creeping root, fend- 
ing out leaves, which are compofed of many pair of 
oval lobes, terminated by an odd one ; the ftower- 
ftalks are as long as the leaves, which fupport a cy- 
lindrical fpike of yellow flowers, which are fucceeded 
by fwollen pods, opening in two cells, containing fe- 
veral greenifh feeds. This may be propagated as the 
fourth fort, and muft have a fhady fituation. It flow- 
ers in June, and grows naturally in Siberia. 
The tenth fort was difeovered by Dr. Tournefort ih 
the Levant, who lent the feeds to the royal garden at 
Paris, where they fucceeded, from whence I was fur- 
niflied with them. This fends up ftalks near three 
feet high, which are large at bottom, and gradually 
diminifh to the top ; the leaves alfo at bottom are 
very long, and diminifh upward, fo as to form a fort 
of pyramid ; thefe are winged, and compofed of 
many large oval pair of lobes, which are placed thin- 
ly on the midrib, and terminated by an odd orie ; 
the flowers come out in clufters from the wings of 
each leaf, beginning near the root where the 
foot-ftalks are the longeft, and continuing up- 
ward, diminilhing in their number. Thefe are 
large, of a bright yellow colour, and are fuc- 
ceeded by cylindrical pods opening in two cells, 
filled with fquare yellow feeds. It flowers in July, 
and in very favourable feafons will perfed feeds in 
England. It is propagated by feeds, which fhould 
be fown, and the plants afterward treated as hath 
been direded for the fourth fort ; with this diffe- 
rence only, to plant them in a warm border and a dry 
foil, otherwife the plants will not thrive well in this 
climate. The. third year from feed the plants will 
flower, and continue many years in a proper foil. 
The eleventh fort grov/s naturally in Egypt, from 
whence the feeds were fent to the royal garden at Pa- 
ris, and Dr. Juflieu was fo good as to fend me part 
of the feeds : this is an annual plant, which rifes 
with upright ftalks a foot and a half high, thinly gar- 
niflied with winged leaves, compofed oft about twelve 
pair of oval lobes, terminated by an odd one ; the 
foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from the wings of the 
leaves, and are extended beyond them ; thefe are ter- 
minated by loofe fpikes of yellow flowers, which are 
fucceeded by fickle-ihaped pods. It flowers in July, 
and the feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the 
plants decay. It may be propagated by feeds in the 
fame manner as hath been before directed for the an- 
nual forts, putting the feeds in a, warm -border and a 
dry foil, where the plants will perfedl their feeds very 
well. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in Italy, and the 
fouth of France, from whence I received the feeds. 
This is an annual plant, which fends out feveral weak 
ftalks without any order, gar mined with winged 
leaves, compofed of ten or twelve pair of lobes, and 
fometimes terminated by an odd one ; thefe are hairy ; 
at the foot-ftalks .of the leaves the flowers come out 
in fmall clufters, fitting clofe to the Tides of the ftalks, 
which are of a copper colour, and are fucceeded by 
awl-fhaped pointed pods growing erect, and reflect- 
ed at their points. This is propagated by feeds in 
the fame manner as the other annual forts before men- 
tioned •, it flowers in July, and the -feeds are ripe in 
autumn. 
The thirteenth fort was Uncovered by Dr. Tournefort, 
in the Levant, who fent the feeds to the royal garden 
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