INTRODUCTION. 
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that kind to individuals, and deemed it 
expedient to ena6t, that no Tulip, or other 
flower root, fhould, in future, be fold for 
any fum exceeding about fifty pounds 
fterling. The word Tulip is faid to be 
derived from the Turkilh word, Tulipan, 
\ 
fignifying a cap, or head drefs. 
The Ranunculus is of the clafs and 
order Polyandria Polygynia; according to 
Linnaeus, it is the Ranunculus Afiaticus; 
five, Ranunculus foliis ternatis biterna- 
tifque, foliolis trifidis incifis, caule inferne 
ramofo : i. e. Afiatic Ranunculus; or 
Ranunculus with trifoliate, and twice 
trifoliate leaves, whofe leaflets are trifid 
and cut, the Hem branching at the 
bottom. 
The Afiatic, or as it is more commonly 
called, the Perfian Ranunculus, according 
to Linnaeus, is a native of Afia and 
Mauritania; it is faid to have been intro¬ 
duced 
