yerefavisfatio-, turn te quoque Medlca pufres 
Accipmntfulci. 
Pliny fays it was called Medica, from Me- 
dia the country whence it was brought into 
Greece : - Medica externa, etiam Gractte, ztf 
a Medis adveta per btlla Perfarum, gute Da- 
rius mtullt If you be curious to know 
more of this plant, I refer you to Martyn's 
Georgics. He thinks Virgil meant our 
Lucerne 
Hyofcya- You obferve, among that rubbifh, 
muSt a large plant, with dark buff-co- 
loured flowers of a fingular appear- 
ance. You find it has five Jtamina 
and one ptftillum: you have there- 
fore no doubt as to the Clafs and 
Order. The corolla, is funnel-ftiaped 
and obtufej-theyta^ are inclined, 
and the capfula is bilocular and co- 
vered. It is therefore an Hyofcyamus*, 
and though there be feven fpecies of 
this genus, yet as the nlger is the 
only fpecies in this kingdom, it can 
be no other than our common Hen* 
bane. It is very eafily known by the 
mixture of deep purple and buff in 
the- 
