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The Species are, 
1. Epilqbium {Angufti folium) foliis Fparfis lineari-lance- 
olatis, floribus inasqualibus. Lin. Sp. 493. Epilohium 
with linear flpeaf-Jhaped leaves which are- placed thinly , 
and unequal flowers. Chamaenerion latifolium vulgare. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 302. Common broad-leaved JVilkozv 
Herb, or French Willow. 
2, Epilqbium ( Hirflutum ) foliis oppofitis lanceolatis fer- 
ratis decurrenti-amplexicaulibus. Lin. Horc. Cliff. 
145. Epilohium with oppoflte flpear-Jhaped leaves , which 
are flawed on their edges. Chamaenerion villofum, 
roagno flore purpureo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 303. Hoary 
Willow Herb with a large flower , commonly called Codlins 
and Cream. 
There are feveral other fpecies of this genus, fome of 
which grow naturally in fhady woods and moift places 
in mo ft parts of England, where they are often very 
troublesome weeds, therefore are feldom admitted in- 
to gardens, fo I fhall not trouble the reader with their 
diftinCtlons. 
The ftrft fort here mentioned was formerly planted 
in gardens for the beauty of its flowers ; but as it 
u fa ally fpreads far by the creeping roots, whereby it 
over-runs all the neighbouring plants, it has been ge- 
nerally caft out of moft gardens : however, in fome 
low moift places, or in great fhade, if there was a 
place afflgned for this plant, it will make a good ap- 
pearance when it is in flower, and thefe flowers are 
very proper to cut for bafons ta adorn chimnies in 
the fummer feafon. This ufually ’ grows about four 
feet high, with {lender ftiff branches, which are befet 
with leaves, refembling thofe of the Willow, from 
whence it had the name of Willow Herb, or French 
Willow. On the upper part of the ftalks the flowers 
are produced in a long fpike or thyrfe, which are of 
a fine Peach colour, and, if the feafon is not very hot, 
they will continue near a month in beauty. This fort 
is round growing wild in divers parts of England, 
but feveral botanifts have fuppofed it was only found 
in fuch places where the plants had been caft out of 
gardens ; however, I think it muft be allowed to be 
a native of this country, flnee it is found in great 
p ay in woods at a great diftance from any habita- 
tip , rticularly in Charlton foreft, and feveral other 
woods in Suffex. It is a great creeper at the root, fo 
may be eafiiy propagated. 
There is a variety of this with white flowers, which 
is .planted in gardens, but differs from it only in the 
colour of die flower; however, fome perfons are 
fond of propagating thefe varieties, for which reafon 
I mentioned it here. ■ 
■ The fecond fort is found wild by the fide of ditches 
and rivers in many parts of England. This plant 
grows about three feet high, and produces its flowers 
on the top of the ftalks ; but thefe are much lefs 
beautiful than thofe of the firft, and the plant being 
a meat rambler at the root, is feldom admitted into 
gardens. The leaves of this plant being rubbed, 
emit a feent like fealded Apples, from whence fome 
have piven the name of Codlins and Cream to this 
O 
plant. 
EPIMEDIUM. Lin. Sp. Plant. 138. Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 232. tab. 1 1 7. Raii Meth. Plant. 129. Bar- 
renwort. 
The Characters arc, 
The flower hath a three-leaved empalement which falls 
off. It hath four obtufle oval fruit , which are concave , 
and flpread open , and four nediariums which are cup- 
Jhaped , ohtufe at the bottom , and as large as the petals. 
It hath four Jlamina , terminated by oblong , eredi, bilocu- 
lar fmnmits The oblong germen is fituated at the bot- 
tom i, flupporting a floor t ftyle , crowned by a Jingle fiigma. 
The germen afterward ■ becomes cm oblong pointed pod , 
with one cell , opening with tzvo valves , inclofing many 
oblong feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feCHon of 
Linneeus’s fourth clafs, intitled Tetrandria Monogy- 
nia, the flower having four ftatnina and one ftyle. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
1. Epimedium (. Aipinum .) Hort. Cliff. 37. Alpine Barren- 
. wort. 
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E R I 
This plant hath a creeping root, from which arife 
many ftalks about nine inches high, divided at the 
top into three, each of which is again divided into 
three fmaller ; upon each of thefe (bands a ftiff heart- 
fhaped leaf, ending in a point, of a pale green on the 
upper fide, but gray on the under. A little below 
the firft diviflon of the (balk comes out the foot-ftalk 
of the flowers, which is near fix inches long, divid- 
ing into fmaller, each of thefe fuftaining three flow- 
ers ; thefe are compofed of four leaves, placed in 
. form of a crofs ; they are of a reddifh colour, with 
yellow ftripes on the border. In the center of the 
flower arifes the ftyle, fituated upon the germen, 
* which afterward turns to a (lender pod, containing 
many oblong feeds. It flowers in May, and the leaves 
decay in autumn. The roots, if planted in a fhady bor- 
der, fhould be every year reduced, fo as to keep them 
within bounds, otherwife it will fpread its roots and 
interfere with the neighbouring plants. It grows na- 
turally on the Alps, but I received fome plants of it 
which v/ere found growing naturally in a wood in the 
North of England. 
EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS PLANTS [of 
- Nl, upon, <2 >-jAAov, a leaf, and Gr. feed,] fuch 
plants as bear their feeds on the back of their leaves, 
the fame as capillaries. 
EQUINOCTIAL, EQUINOCTIAL [of 
equus, equal, and nox, Lat. night.] A great and 
immoveable circle of the fphere, under which the 
equator moves in its diurnal motion. 
The equinoctial, or equinoctial line, is ordinarily 
confounded with the equator; but there is a difference, 
the equator being moveable, and the equinoctial un- 
moveable, and the equator drawn about the convex 
furface of the fphere, but the equinoctial on the con- 
cave furface of the Magnus Orbis. 
The equinoctial is conceived, by fuppofmg a femi- 
diameter of the fphere, produced through a point of 
the equator, and there deferibing a circle on the im- 
moveable furface of the Primum Mobile, by the ro- 
tation of the fphere about, its axis. 
Whenever the fun comes to this circle, in his pro- 
grefs through the ecliptic, it makes equal day and 
night all round the globe : as then arifing due eaft, 
and fetting due weft, which he never does at any 
other times of the year,. 
The people who live under this circle, have their 
days and nights conitaady equal ; and the fun is in 
their zenith at noon, and cafts no ihadow. 
E QU I N O X E S are the times when the fun enters 
into the equinoctial points, which are the two points 
where the equator and ecliptic interfeCt each other ; 
the one being in the firft point of Aries, called the 
vernal equinox ; and the other in the firft point of 
Libra, called the autumnal equinox. 
So the equinoxes happen when the fun is in the equi- 
noctial circle, when, of confequence, the days are 
equal to the nights throughout the world, which is 
the cafe twice a year, viz. about the 21ft of March, 
and the 2 2d of September ; the firft of which is the 
vernal, and the fecond the autumnal equinox. 
E QU I S E T U M [of equus, a horfe, and feta, a 
briftle, becaufe the leaves and branches reprefent the 
briftles or hair of a horfe’s main or tail. It is by the 
Greeks called of a horfe, and OuQ, 
a tail ; and hippofeta, of and feta.] Horfe- 
Tail. 
There are feveral fpecies of this plant, which are 
found in England, on the fides of ditches, or in fhady 
woods ; but as they are plants which are never cul- 
tivated in gardens, I fhall pafs them over in this 
place. 
ERANTHEMUM. See Adonis. 
ERICA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 435. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 
602. tab. 373. [’EpHXYi, of or if A)', Gr. to break, 
becaufe this plant is faid to have the virtue of break- 
ing the ftone in the bladder.] Heath ; in French, 
Bruyere. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a coloured permanent empalement of four 
oval 
