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flition introduced it into the gardens of the 
ancients. On the fame foundation a quack 
in this kingdom, a few years ago, publifhed 
a pamphlet on the infallibity of the root of 
Vervain, worn round the neck, for the cure 
of the King's Evil. It was thought, by the 
ancient phyficians, to poflefs great medical 
virtues. It is juft as ufefui in Medicine, as 
in the art of Incantation. 
Convol- No. 3. Convolvulus arvenfis, Small 
vulus. Bindweed: Pentandria Monogynia. 
The corolla, you obferve, is campa- 
nulate and plaited, and the piftillum 
has a double Jligma. The flems are 
generally numerous, weak and trail- 
ing. The leaves are fliaped like the 
head of an arrow, with three acute 
points: In the Convolvulus fepium, 
Great Bindweed, the two pofterior 
angles of the leaf are truncated. The 
flowers are white, as in this fpeci- 
cimen, or pale pink. 
No. 4. Anthyllis vulneraria, Ladies-finger. 
This is an old acquaintance: you have ex- 
amined it laft month. 
No. 5. 
