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pellation, alluding to the fhape of 
the fpike, is almoft fufficient to dif- 
tinguifh it from any other fpecies; 
but if you add, that the horn is re- 
markably long; that the ftem is ten 
or twelve inches in length, and en- 
tirely inveloped by its leaves, you 
will be in no danger of miftaking it 
for any other Orchis. 
No. 13. Plantago major. Great Plan- Plan- 
tain. Of the Clafs and Order Vetran- tag9 ' 
drla Monogynia. Thefe very minute 
flowers are an infuperable objection to 
the Linnaean fyftem. If, however, the 
ufe of a fyftematic arrangement of 
plants be only to trace them to their 
generic and fpecific names, the habitus 
of the Plantains is fo obvioufly diftin6l, 
that we may leave fyftem out of the 
queftion. Thisjpectes is known by the 
leaves being broader, flightly indented, 
and not downy, and by the antherae be- 
ing purple, and the fpike longer than 
in Plantago media, from which in ap- 
pearance it differs very little. 
No. 14. That is the Hedyfarum onobrycbis, 
x 4 which 
