Ire of a deep green. The flowers cOme out on long 
foot-ftalks from the wings of the leaves, many 
growing together in round bunches ; they are variable 
from a deep to a light purple, mixed with white, 
and are fucceeded by {lender pods from two to three 
Inches long, {landing ered. This plant flowers in 
June, July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in au- 
tumn. The roots of this plant creep very far under 
ground, by which the plant increafes greatly; which, 
When permitted to remain unremoved for two or 
three years, will fpread and overbear what plants grow 
hear it-, for which reafon the roots fhould be confined, 
and it fhould be planted at a diftance from any other 
plants it will grow in almoft any foil and fituation, 
but thrives bed in a warm funny expo fare, in which 
the flowers will alfo be much fairer, and in meater 
quantities. This plant was formerly cultivated to feed 
cattle. 
The feventh fort hath an herbaceous ftalk, which riles 
two feet high, garnhhed with winged leaves, com- 
pofed of fix pair of fmall leaves, placed along the 
midrib, which is terminated by an odd one ; thefe 
are larger than thofe of the flxth fort, and broader at 
the top. The foot-ftalks of the flowers come out 
from the fide of the {talks, but they are fhorter than 
thofe of the fixth fort, and fuftain fmaller heads of 
flowers, which are fucceeded by five taper jointed 
pods, near two inches long. 
This is an annual plant, which grows naturally in 
the Archipelago, from whence Tournefort fent the 
feeds to the royal garden at Paris. The feeds of this 
fort fhould be fown on a bed of light earth in the 
fpring, where the plants are defigned to remain, and 
when the plants come up, they fliould be thinned 
where they are too clofe, and afterward kept clean 
from weeds, which is all the culture they will require. 
In June they will flower, and the feeds ripen in au- 
tumn. 
The eighth fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort 
in the Levant, from whence he fent the feeds to the 
royal garden at Paris ; this hath a perennial root, and 
an annual ftalk, which rifes upward of two feet high, 
Handing ered. The leaves are compofed of five or 
fix pair of fmall oblong leaves, ranged along the 
midrib, which is terminated by an odd one. The 
foot-ftalks of the flowers are ftrong, and upward of 
fix inches in length, fupporting large bunches of 
yellow flowers, which are fucceeded by fhort thick 
pods about an inch long. This flowers in June and 
July, and in warm feafons the feeds will ripen in 
autumn : there is a variety of this with large white 
flowers. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which {hould be 
fown on a warm border of light earth in the fpring ; 
and when the plants come up, they mult be carefully 
cleaned from weeds ; when they are fit to remove, 
they fhould be tranfpl anted into a warm border, 
where they are to remain, {hading them from the fun 
till they have taken frefh root, after which they will 
require no farther care in fummer, but to keep them 
clean from weeds ; and in autumn, when the (talks 
are decayed, if the furface of the ground is covered 
with fame old' tan to keep out the froft, it will be a 
fecure method to prelerve the roots. The fecond 
year the plants will flower, and, if the fame care is 
taken in winter, the roots may be continued fome 
years. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain; this rifes 
from two to four feet high, having many llender lig- 
neous branches, gamiflied with narrow fpear-fhaped 
leaves, which are fometimes trifoliate, and at other 
times have five lobes on each foot-ftalk ; the flowers 
Hand upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which come out 
from the wings of the ftalk, and are colle&ed in fmall 
bunches ; they are of a bright yellow colour, and 
appear for fix or feven months together,, but have 
not been fucceeded by feeds here as yet. 
This is propagated by feeds in the fame manner as 
the ftrft fort, and fome of the plants fhould be planted 
in pots that they may be fheltered under a common 
frame in winter, becaufe in hard frofls the plants are 
often deftroyed ; but in mild weather they fhould be 
cxpofed to the air, otherwile they will draw up 
weak. 
The tenth fort was difcovered by father Plumier in 
America. I received the feeds of this plant from 
Carthagena, which were fent me by my late ingenious, 
friend Dr. William Houftoun this hath a {lender, 
hairy, twining ftalk, ot a brown colour, twilling round 
any of the fhrubs which Hand near it, whereby it 
rifes eight or ten feet high, and is garnifhed with 
winged leaves, for the moft part compofed of five 
oval lobes, one inch long, and half an Inch broad, 
of a deep green. The flowers come out by pairs at 
each joint, Handing on very fhort feparate foot-ftalks 
creel ; they are large, and of a pale yellow ; thefe 
are fucceeded by taper jointed pods, more than three 
inches long, which are covered with fhort, foft, white, 
nairy down, and Hand erect. This plant is propa- 
gated by leeds, which fhould be fown early in the 
fpring on a moderate hot-bed ; and when the plants 
are come up, they fhould be each tranfplanted into 
a halfpenny pot filled with frefh rich earth, and 
plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to 
{hade them until they have taken root ; after which 
time they fhould have air and water in proportion to 
the warmth of the feafon, and when they have filled 
thefe pots with their roots, they fhould be {Lifted into 
pots of a larger fize, and plunged into the hot-bed 
again, where they muft remain until autumn, when 
they fhould be removed into the Hove, and plunged 
into the tan. Thefe plants muft be conftantly kept 
in the bark-ftove, and placed among plants which 
require a moderate heat ; where they will thrive and 
flower, and fhould be fupported by tall flicks, round 
which they will twine as Hops do ; for if they have 
not this fupport, they will twill round other plants 
and- fpoil them. Thefe are very proper plants to 
place againft an efpalier on the back part of the Hove, 
amongft other climbing plants, where they will make 
an agreeable variety. 
If the plants are carefully managed in the winter* 
they may be preferved two or three years, and will 
annually flower in July, and fometimes they will pro- 
duce ripe feeds in England. 
CORONOPUS. See Plantago. 
C O R T U S A. Lin. Gen.’ Plant. 1 8 1. [This plant is 
fo called from Cortufus, a famous botanift, who firft 
brought it into ufe.] Bears-ear Sanicle. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a fmall , fpreading , permanent empale - 
ment, which is indented at the brim in five parts *, this 
hath one wheel-Jhaped petal , fpreading open to the bottom , 
and cut into five parts at the brim , having five prominent 
tubercles at the bafe. It hath five fhort obtufe fiamina , 
which are terminated by oblong ere It fummits. In the 
center is fituated am oval germen , fupporting a fender ftyle, 
a owned by a fingle ftigma. The germen afterward becomes 
an oval , oblong , pointed capfule , having two longitudinal 
■furrows, and one cell, opening with two valves, filled 
with fmall oblong feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 
the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Cortusa ( Maithioli ) calycibus corolla brevioribus, 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 144. Bears Ear Sanicle, with an cm- 
palement fhorter than the petal. Cortufa Matthioli. Club 
Hilt. 1. p. 307. Bears Ear Sanicle of Matthiolus. 
2. Cortusa ( Gmelini ) calycibus corolkim excedentibus, 
Amcen. Acad. 2. p. 340. Bears Ear Sanicle with an 
empalement longer than the petal. 
The firft fort grows naturally on the Alps, and alfo 
on the mountains in Auftria, and in Siberia. This 
plant fends out many oblong fmooth leaves, which 
are a little indented on the edges, and form a fort of 
head, like the Auricula. ' The foot-ftalks of the 
flowers come out in the center of the leaves ; thefe 
rife about four inches high, and fupport an umbel oft 
flowers, each fitting on a {lender, feparate, fiiort foot- 
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