but thofe which grow higher upon the Stalks are 
J mailer and. longer : The Leaves in general are fo 
like to thofe of Garden Chervil, or Sweet Cicely, 
that it muft be a very obfervant Eye which can di- 
Jhnguijh them , and whiljl young are fcarcely to be 
differenced but by the tafle. The tops of the Stalks 
are replenifhed with white Flowers , which turn into 
flat Pods or Pouches , not much unlike to Shepherds 
Purfe j in which is contained flat reddijh Seed -, 
the Smell of both Leaves and Seed is flrong and 
fP lcc y *3 an d their dafte is hot , fharp , and biting , 
almojt like Pepper, for which reafon fome call it , 
Pepper-wort. 
GadcnCpfie! fly 
V. The fecund, or Broad Leav’d Garden Creis 
Of a Root which is fmall and long , perifiung every 
year, and therefore muft be conftantly Sown in thi 
Spring ; and for this reafon alfo ■ becaufe after it 
is Sown , it fpnngs up quickly, and will not endure 
the cold of Winter. Its firft Leaves are fmall like 
Bafil, among which rifes up a Stalk about half a 
yard high. Jet with larger Leaves thereon, without 
any dwifion , but finally dented about the edges, and 
pointed at the ends , every one /landing upon a long 
Footfalk, branched from the middle to the Top with 
leffer and narrower Leaves, like to the Top Leaves 
of Garden Crefs : from whence break forth many 
white flowers fet in fpikes, one above another, after 
which come Pouches or Purfes containing brownif) 
Seed like to the other Crejfes, bur much more bitter 
and yet not all out fo fiery or fharp. 
VI. The third, or Curled Creis, has a Root like 
to the former, which goes pretty deep into the Earth, 
and perifhes every year after Seed time, as the other 
does. It grows like the firft, or common Garden 
Crefs, and differs therefrom only in the Leaves, 
which are of two forts : the one with broad Leaves' 
cut, and roundly dented, and curled about the edges ! 
every one by it felf on a long Stalk. The other , call 
filling of many fmaller Leaves, fet one again/} ans- 
wer upon a middle rib, each part of which is in the 
fame manner cut in, and curled as are the other, 
The flowers are white, like the common Garden 
Kind ; and the reddifh Seed alfo like the fame in 
form and Magnitude. 
VII. The fourth, or Impatient Clefs, has a fmall 
Root fpreading forth it felf into many Branches ; 
jrom whence arife many winged Leaves, not much 
unlike to the fmaller Sium, which fpread themfelves 
at firft upon the ground, not much above an Inch or 
two long, which fo abide from Autumn, when it 
fprtngs up, all the Winter long. In the Spring of 
the year, they grow fomewhat bigger, and the fud 
Leaves are a little denied about the edges, the bot- 
tom of the Leaf being for the moji par } the biggej }. 
From among thefe Leaves rifes up a flcnder Stalky 
about a foot and half high , which is divided into Je- 
veral Branches, from the middle thereof to the Top. 
On the extremities or tops of all which Branches 
grow many very fmall white Flowers, which being 
paft away , as many fender long pointed Cods follow, 
m which is contained fmall yellowif Seed ; when 
thefe Cods are ripe, they are fo impatient of being 
touched \ and the Seed is fo hard to be gathered, th.it 
the Pod breaks it felf , even of its own accord, upon 
the leaf! touch of the hand, or any thing elfe, and 
fo the Seed flies away, not being then poffible to be 
gathered : This Seed hat little or no heat in it. 
VIII. An Obfervation. It is indeed the Nature 
of this Impatient Crefs, that if you but touch the 
Cods when the Seed is ripe, though you do it 
never fo gently, yet will the Seed fly all away with 
a great Violence, not fufferirg it felf to be touch- 
ed, from whence came the name, Noli me tangere, 
and Nafturtium lmpatiens ; as for the like quality’ 
the Perficaria SUiquofa is named. The nature 
this Plant is fomewhat admirable, for if the Seed is 
fully ripe, though you put your hand but near the 
Cods, as profferring to touch them, though you 
touch them not, yet will the faid Cods be apt to 
open, and the Seed to fly out upon you, when you 
may expe£I no luch thing. Profper Alpinns is the 
only Man who formerly wrote hereof, from whom 
our Parkinfon and Johnfon have taken their Dif- 
courfes. 
IX. The Places. Thefe Plants are all of them 
nurs’d up with us in Gardens. The firft matters 
not what Soil it grows in, for it likes any ground, 
Specially if it is well watered : The lecond came 
Hh firft 
