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are divided into many fmaller branches, garniftied 
with winged leaves, compofed of twelve or fourteen 
pair of fmall, narrow, oval lobes, terminated by an 
odd one ; thefe, and alfo the Italics, are covered with 
a whitifh down. The flowers are very fmall, of a 
purple colour, and ftand upon very long flender foot- 
ftalks, each fuftaining three or four flowers ; thefe 
are fucceeded by comprefled pods little more than 
half an inch long, which are a little bent like a fickle, 
each containing a Angle row of fmall kidney-fhaped 
feeds. It flowers in June and July, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. This is a perennial plant, which, 
if flickered in the winter, will continue feveral years ; 
but the branches do not extend more than a root in 
length, and unlefs they are fupported, always trail 
upon the ground. 
The three firft mentioned forts are very hardy fhrubs, 
which thrive in the open air extremely well, fo are 
generally propagated for fale in the nurfery-gardens ; 
but the firft fort hath been longer in England, fo 
is more generally known and propagated than either 
of the other, which have been but few years in the 
Englifh gardens, nor has the third fort been long 
known in this country. This is not mentioned in any 
of the botanic books ; but as the feeds ripen here 
very well, in a few years it may be in as great plenty 
as the firft fort. 
The three firft forts arepropagatedbyfowingtheirfeeds 
any time in the fpring, in a bed of common earth ; and 
when the plants are come up, they muft be kept 
clear from weeds ; and the Michaelmas following 
they fhould be tranlplanted either into nurfery rows, 
or in the places where they are defigned to remain ; 
for if they are let grow in the feed-bed too long, 
they are very fubjed to have downright tap-roots, 
which renders them unfit for tranlplantation ; nor 
fhould thefe trees be fuffered to remain too long in 
the nurfery before they are tranlplanted, where theyare 
to remain for the fame reafon. 
The firft fort will grow to the height of twelve or 
fifteen feet, fo is very proper to intermix with trees 
of a middling growth in wildernefs quarters ; or in 
clumps of flowering trees, where the oddnefs of their 
flowers and pods will make a pretty variety, efpe- 
cially as thefe trees continue a long time in flower ; 
for they ufually begin flowering by the end of May, 
and from that time to September they are feldom 
deftitute of flowers, but efpecially the fecond fort. 
Thefe fhrubs make great fhoots annually, which are 
frequently broken down by ftrong winds in the fum- 
mer ; fo that if they are not flickered by other trees, 
their branches fhould be fupported, otherwife they 
will be broken and fplit off, whereby the trees will 
be rendered unfightly. 
The third fort does not grow fo tall as the common, 
but makes a more regular Ihrub and is lefs liable to 
fplit. The flowers of this fort are of a dufky red colour, 
ipotted with yellow, fo it makes a very pretty variety, 
and is as hardy as the common fort, therefore may 
be propagated by feeds in the fame manner. 
The fourth fort is tender, fo will not live through 
the winters (when they are fevere) in the open air in 
England •, but in mild winters, if they are planted in 
a dry foil and a warm fituation, they will thrive very 
well ; and thofe plants which live abroad will flower 
much ftronger, and make a finer appearance, than 
thofe 'which are preferved in the green-houfe ; for 
thefe plants require a large fliare of air, otherwife they 
are apt to draw up weak, fo feldom produce their 
flowers in plenty ; therefore when any of the plants 
are fhekered in winter, they muft be placed as near 
the window as poffible, that they may have all the 
advantages of air 5 and in the fpring they muft be 
hardened, to bear the open air as foon as poffible. 
This fort is propagated by feeds as the former. If 
the feeds are fown early in the fpring upon a warm 
border of light earth, tire plants will flower in Au- 
guft ; and, if the autumn proves favourable, they 
. will fometimes ripen their feeds very well ; but there 
are fame perfons who fow the feeds upon a moderate 
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Hot-bed in the fpring, whereby they bring their plants 
fo forward as to flower in July, whereby the feeds are 
generally perfected from thefe plants. When the 
plants are tranlplanted, it fhould always be done 
while they are young, for they do not bear removing 
when they are large. This fort will fometimes live 
in the open air for three or four years, when they 
ftand m a well flickered fituation ; and thefe will grow 
to have large heads, and make a very fine appearance 
when they are in flower ; they will alfo continue much 
longer in beauty than thofe plants which are treated 
more tenderly. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in warm countries, fo 
is too tender 'to thrive in the open air in England, 
It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a 
hot-bed in the fpring ; and when the plants are two 
inches high, they fhould be each tranfplanted into a 
feparate fmall pot filled with light earth, and plunged 
into a hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to ftiade 
them till they have taken frefli root; after which 
they muft be treated in the fame way as other plants 
from the fame climate, always keeping them in a 
ftove, which fhould be of a moderate temperature 
of heat. 
The flxth fort is a low annual plant, which feldom 
grows more than a foot and a half in height; the 
flowers being fmall, and haying little beauty, it is 
feldom preferved but in botanic gardens. The feeds 
of this fort muft be fown upon a moderate hot-bed in 
the fpring, and the plants muft be planted into fmall 
pots, and brought forward in another hot-bed. In 
July they will flower, when they may be expofed in 
the open air, in a warm fituation, where the feeds 
will ripen in September, and the plants will foon af- 
ter decay. 
The feventh fort may be raifed on a rnoderate hot- 
bed in the fpring, and afterward expofed to the open 
air in fummer ; but in winter they muft be fhekered 
under a frame, otherwife the froft willdeftroy them. 
COLLIFLOWER. See Brassica. 
COLUTE A SCORE IOIDES. See Emerus, 
OMA AUREA. See Chrysocoma. 
OMARIJM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 563. Pentaphylloi- 
des. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 298. Marfh Cinquefoil. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a large fpreading empalement of one leaf, \ 
divided into ten parts at the top , which is coloured. It 
hath five oblong petals, which are inferted in the empale- 
tnent , but are much fmaller. It hath twenty or mare per- 
manent ftamina , which are inferted into the empalement , 
terminated by moon-fhaped fummits. It hath a great 
number of fmall roundifh germen collelied into a head , hav - 
ing fhort flngle fiyles arifing from their fldes , which are 
crowned by Jingle ftigmas. The common receptacle after- 
ward becomes a large flefhy fruit , having many pointed 
feeds adhering to it. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedion of 
Linnaeus’s twelfth clafs, indtled Icofandria’Polygy- 
nia, the flower having many ftamina and a great num- 
ber of ftyles. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Comarum ( Paluflre ). FI. Lapp. 214. Pentaphylloides 
paluftre rubrum. Inft. R. H. 298. Red Marfh Baftard 
Cinquefoil ; and the Quinquefolium paluftre rubrum. 
C. B. P. 326. Red Mar flo Cinquefoil. 
There is another variety of this, which grows plen- 
tifully in Ireland, and alio in feveral places in the 
north of England, from whence I have procured 
many of the plants, which after one year’s growth in 
the garden, have been fo like the common fort, as 
not to be diftinguilhed from it ; fo that the different 
appearance which it has in the places where it grows;: 
not ur ally,- may be fuppofed to arife from the foil and 
fituation. This is by Dr. Plukenet titled Pentapbyl- 
lum paluftre rubrum, craffis & villous foliis Suec-i- 
cum & fiibernicum. Aim. 284. Red Marfh Cinquefoil 
of Sweden and Ireland, with thick and hairy leaves. 
This plant hath creeping woody roots, which fend 
out many black fibres, penetrating deep into the 
ground, from which arife many herbaceous italics' about 
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