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bafe, furrounding the {talk. At each joint comes 
out a very ilender branch, having three pair of fmall 
leaves of the fame fhape with the other, terminated 
by a fmgle flower ; the ends of the branches have 
three or four flowers fitting dole without foot-ftalks. 
The flowers are of a deep purple colour, and like 
thole of the firft. This flowers at the fame time with 
the other forts. 
I he fixth fort rifes to the height of five or fix feet, 
with a ftrong woody ftalk, fending out many hairy 
branches, garhifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, fmooth 
on their upper fide, but veined on their under, having 
ihort foot-ftalks, which join at their bafe, where they 
form a fort of fheath to the branch. The flowers 
come out at the end of the branches, which are large, 
of a light purple colour, and refembling thofe of the 
fourth fort. 
The feventh fort hath erect branches, which come 
out from the lower part of the ftalk, and are woolly; 
garniftied with oblong hoary leaves, covered with a 
white down, which are fmooth above, but veined 
on their under fide, joining at their bafe where they 
furround the ftalk ; the flowers are produced at the 
end of the branches, which are of a bright purple 
colour, and large. This flowers at the lame time 
with the other forts. 
The eighth fort hath a flender fmooth ftalk, covered 
with a brown bark, which never rifes more than three 
feet high, fending out many horizontal weak branches, 
which fpread wide, garniftied with fmall oval leaves, 
which are hairy, {landing upon ftiort foot-ftalks. The 
flowers come out at the wings of the leaves, upon 
long naked foot-ftalks ; thefe are white, and fome- 
what fmaller than thofe of the other forts. This 
flowers in June, July, and Auguft. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in the iflands of the 
Archipelago ; this is the plant which produces the 
labdanum, as is hereafter mentioned ; it rifes three 
or four feet high, with a woody ftalk, fending out 
many lateral branches, covered with a brown bark, 
garniftied with oval, fpear-fliaped, hairy leaves, with 
waved borders ; thefe in warm feafons fweat a glu- 
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tinous liquid, which fpreads on the furface of the 
leaves, is very clammy and fweet fcented. The flowers 
come out at the end of the branches, on fhort hairy 
foot-ftalks ; they are of a deep purple colour, and 
about the flze of a fmgle Rofe ; thefe appear in June 
and July. 
The tenth fort rifes with a fhrubby ftalk about four 
feet high, the branches are very, hairy, glutinous, 
grow erect, and are garnilhed with long, narrow, 
hairy leaves, ending in points, of a deep green on 
both fldes, having a deep longitudinal furrow on their 
upper fide, made by the midrib, which is prominent, 
the flowers ftand upon long foot-ftalks at the end of 
the branches, which are of a pale fulphur colour, 
having a bordered empalement, which is cut into 
five acute parts at the top. This flowers in June, 
July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The eleventh fort rifes with a ftrong woody ftem to 
the height of five or fix feet, fending out many eredt 
branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves ending 
in points ; thefe are thick, white on their under fide, 
of a dark green above, and very glutinous in warm 
weather. The flowers are produced at the end of 
the branches, upon long naked foot-ftalks, which 
branch on their fldes into fmall foot-ftalks, each fuf- 
taining one large white flower, having a hairy em- 
palement. This fort flowers in June and July. 
The twelfth fort rifes with a fmooth fhrubby ftalk 
, four or five feet high, fending out many flender lig- 
neous branches, covered with a fmooth brown bark ; 
garnifhed with oblong heart-fhaped leaves, which are 
fmooth, and have long foot-ftalks. The flowers are 
produced at the end of the branches. Handing upon 
pretty, long foot-ftalks ; they are white, and appear 
in June, July, and Auguft, but rarely produce any 
feeds in England. 
The thirteenth fort rifes with a flender fhrubby ftalk, 
from three to four feet high, fending out many 
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branches from the bottom upward, which are 'hairy, 
garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, of a very dark 
gj een colour, having three longitudinal veins in each, 
and in warm weather are covered with a glutinous 
fweet- fcented iubftance, which exfudes from their 
P^res, The flower-ftalks which come out at the end 
of the branches, are long, naked, and fuftain many 
white flowers, rifing above each other; their em- 
palements are bordered, and end in fharp points. 
This flowers at the fame time with the laft men- 
tioned. 
The fourteenth fort rifes with a woody ftem to the 
height of five or fix feet, fending out many fide 
branches from the bottom, the whole length ; thefe 
are fmooth, covered with a reddifh brown bark, gar- 
nifhed with narrow fpear-fliaped leaves, whitiflTon 
their under fide, of a dark green above, having three 
longitudinal veins. The flowers are produced at the 
end of the branches, on fhort foot-ftalks, and are 
compofed of five very large, roundifh, white petals, 
each having a large purple fpot at their bafe. The 
whole plant exfudes a fweet glutinous fubftance in 
warm weather, which hath a very ftrong balfamic 
fcent, io as to perfume the circumambient air to a 
great diftance. This flowers in June, July, and 
Auguft. 
There is a variety of this with white flowers, having 
no purple fpots, which is in all other refpe&s the fame 
with this. 
The fifteenth fort hath a fliff, flender, woody ftalk, 
which fends out many branches the whole length, and 
rifes to the height of fix or feven feet ; the leaves are 
large, heart-fhaped, and of a light green colour ; 
thefe fit clofe to the branches, having many nerves 5 
the flowers are produced at the end of the branchy 
upon naked foot-ftalks ; they are white, and foon drop 
off. This flowers in June and July, and is atprefent 
pretty rare in the Englifh gardens. 
The Sixteenth fort hath weak, flender, woody branches, 
which fpread horizontally, fo feldom rife more 
than two or three feet high, garnifhed with fpear- 
fhaped hairy leaves, which are indented on their 
edges, and have three longitudinal veins running 
through them ; the flowers are white, coming out 
upon naked foot-ftalks from the wings of the leaves; 
thefe are fucceeded by roundifh blunt feed-veffels, 
having feveral cells, filled with angular feeds. This 
flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen in Au- 
guft and September. 
The feventeenth fort hath an upright fhrubby ftalk, 
which rifes four or five feet high, fending out many 
branches from the ground upward, fo as • to form a 
large bulh. The branches are channelled and hoary. 
The leaves are oval. Handing oppofite ; thofe on the 
lower part of the branches have foot-ftalks, but up- 
ward they coalefce at their bafe, and furround the 
ftalk; they are very white. The foot-ftalks of the 
flowers which rife at the end of the branches, are a 
foot in length, naked, hairy, and put out two or 
four fhorter foot-ftalks on the fide, each fupporting 
three or four flowers. The flowers are large, of a 
bright yellow colour, but of fhort duration; their em- 
palements are hairy, and fharp-pointed. This fknvers 
in June and July, and at prefent is but in fewEnglifti 
gardens. 
The eighteenth fort hath been long preferved in the 
Englifh gardens ; this rifes with a flender woody 
ftalk three or four feet high, fending out many 
flender branches, garnilhed with narrow, fpear-fhaped, 
hoary, waved leaves ; from the wings of the leaves 
come out flender branches, which have two or three 
pair of fmall leaves, terminated by loofe bunches of 
flowers, each Handing on a flender foot- ftalk. The 
flowers are of a dirty fulphur colour, and appear in 
June and July, but are never fucceeded by feeds in 
this country. 
This fort will not live abroad in the winter, fo is 
always placed in a green-houfe, where, by its hoary 
leaves, which continue all the year, it makes a va- 
riety. 
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