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Vinks Wild, or Field. 
low broad Leav’d Pink. It rijes ilp with a J}:ort 
low Stalk , zohich prefcntly divides it felf into 
two Branches , about half a Foot high. Its lower 
Leaves next the Ground , arc fomc thing bread and 
fhort , but a little logger on the Branches 4 being 
fiof ■, and a pale green color , fet by couples at the 
Joints each oj the Branches bear but one fmdll f 
P a le , purplijh , white Flower , riftng out of a [mall 
fhort Husk. 
XXXVIII. Caryophyllus Mont anus a lb us , The 
white Mountain Pink. Its Root is great thick and 
woody, which fends up very many fmall and narrow 
Leaves , finer and lejfier than Grafs, not uni ike to 
the jin file ft Rufh : among zvhich rife up tender 
Stalks , Jointed or Kneed by certain difiances •, fet 
with the like Leaves by couples even to the top , 
one oppofite againfi another at the tops of which 
grow fweet fuelling Flowers compofed of five 
fmall white Leaves. The Seed u fmall and 
b/ackifh. 
XXXIX. Caryophyllus pumillus Alpinus , The 
Dwarf Mountain Pink. Its Root is long , blacky 
and much fpreading , by which means this lit t Id 
Vinks Mountain Dwarf. 
XXXIII. Caryophyllus arvenfis XJmbellatus , Wild 
Pink in Tufts. It much refcmblcs a Wild Campi- 
on, having fhort broad Leaves , fo me thing like to 
Lobel his Catch- Fly , but of an hoary green color-. 
The Stalks have the like Leaves fet by couples on 
them, and at the top feveral fmall Flowers, fifing 
altogether from one Joint, and each fianding on a 
fhort foot Stalk, compoflng thereby a kind of 
Vmble , Jome of a reddifh , others of a whitifh 
color. 
XXXIV. Caryophyllus arvenfis holofiius Hirfu- 
tus. Wild hairy Set Pink. This grows very like 
to a Garden Pink, but of a gray i/h or hoary green 
color and fomewhat hairy witball. The Flowers 
grow not like Pinks in long Husks, but more like 
to a Imall Wild Campion, of a reddifh color tend- 
ing to a murry , and gives f mailer Seed, unlike 
to that of Pinks. 
XXXV. Caryophyllus holofiius tomentofus. Hoary 
Sea Pinks. Its Root is fmall and creeping , and 
fends forth feveral /lender round Jointed Stalks 
lying on the Ground, and dividing themfelves into 
many Branches, a Foot or two, or more long, on 
which are fet Leaves by couples , fome of them 
broad and long, others more round, yet all of them 
hoary white, like unto the Leaves of Gnaphalium 
Americanum, called white Live Long, or Life E- 
verlalling. The Flowers are white , confining of 
five Leaves , and round pointed. This abides long, 
and fpreads much upon the Ground. 
XXXVI. Caryophyllus angufiifolius tomentofus , 
Hoary narrow Leav’d Pin 1 '. This fmall low Pink 
J'carcely rifes with the Stalks an Hand breadth high, 
which are woolly, and Branching into two or three 
parts. It hoe very narrow long and woolly green 
Leaves thereon, one being longer than another. 
Bach oj the Stalks has a lobite Flower confifiwg of 
five Leaves, fianding in a Green Husk. 
XXXVII. Caryophyllus pumillus latifolius , The 
Riant covers the Ground for a good fpace together 1 
like as a Mofs, making when the Flowers are blown 
a beautiful /hew, which is commonly in Junc^ the 
beauty of its verdure and blufh, being thick inter- 
mixt, makes it look like a wrought Carpet, by which 
it very much pleafes the Sight. The Stalk is about 
an Inch, or fomeihing more high , fet with little 
fl:arp pointed green Graflie Leaves. The Flowers 
zvhich grow upon thefe Stalks, are compofed of five 
little fiefh colored Leaves » a little divided in their 
upper parts. The Seed is contained in black /Lining 
Heads, which is fmall , reddifh, and Kidney fafhi- 
oned. 
XL. The R laces. The firft fxteen /7^/^ Garden 
Pinks, and the next ten double Garden Pinks, are 
incur Country, only Inhabitants of Gardens 
tho’ in fome Forreign Southern Countries and 
warmer Climes, they do often grow Wild in the 
Fields. The laft ten grow Wild abroad in Paltures 
and Borders of Fields, in many Regions, as in 
England , France, Germany, Italy , Spain , 
The Common Sea Thrift grows in the Salt Marfhes 
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