An Account of Divers Rare Plants, Observed Last Summer in Several Curious Gardens, and Particularly the Society of Apothecaries Physick Garden at Chelsea. By Mr. James Petiver, F. R. S.

V. An Account of divers rare Plants, observed last Summer in several Curious Gardens, and particularly the Society of Apothecaries Physick Garden at Chelsea. By Mr. James Petiver, F. R. S. SECT. I. English and European Plants. Narrow curl'd Hartstongue, Ray Hist. Plant. p. 134. P. Hyllitis crispa Chabr. 557. Ic. 4. J. B. Vol. 3. lib 37. p. 757. Fig. Lingua Cervina angustitolia lucida terè crispa Bob. Hist. Oxon. 557. Sect. 14. Tab 1. L. Cervina minor sessilis, folio circum voluto Jonquet Hort. Reg. Paris. 75. L. Cervina angustifolia lucida, fol. serrato Vallot Hort. Reg. Paris. 109. an Hemionitis crispa minor. Muntingij Phyt. Tab. 81. Fig? The Leaves are of a deep Green above and pale below; its middle Rib prominent on both sides, the edges lightly curl'd, and as it were serrated; they are above a Span long, and not an Inch broad. This elegant Fern has been long an Inhabitant in our European Gardens: That accurate Botanist, John Bauhine, says he first saw it in the Garden of his old Friend Mr. John Heitzman, Apothecary at Basil, A. D. 1608. since which it hath been translated to Paris and London. Broad curl'd Hartstongue. Lingua Cervina maxima undulato folio Bob. H. Oxon. 557. 5. Sect. 14. Tab 1. Cervina maxima, undulato folio & auriculato per bosin Morini Jonq. H.R. Par. 75. Pluk. 248. Fig. 1. Phyllitis undulata Muntingij Phyt. Tab. 81. Fig. p. 286. c. 13. 3. Its Leaves are of a pale yellowish Green, above 2 Inches broad, and a Span long; crumpled on the edges, but not so much as Doctor Plukenet figures it, neither is it notch'd on the edges, and in those respects Munting's Figure is truer. Mr. Bobart's also very well expresses it, which I suppose they both took from the living Plant. It's auriculated at the base, and as it were perforated by lapping over the Stalks, in both which it differs from the Narrow Curl'd leaved. The Honourable Capt. Charles Hatton, my worthy and learned Friend, some Years since told me, he had seen many curious Varieties of this Plant in the Royal Garden at Paris, about the Time of that famous Flowerist Mons. Morin, who assured him he had raised them all from the Seed of the Common Hartstongue. Trifid, Curl'd Hartstongue. Lingua Cervina minor crispa, uno pediculo trifolia Val. H.R. Paris 108. Cervina minor crispa, folio multitudo ramosa, Pluk. Tab. 248. Fig. 2. Dr. Plukenet's Figure is an Original, and taken from the living Plant, which it very well represents, and his Name expresses. Manna Grass, or Edible Cocksfoot. Riv 1272. 6. Gramen Manna vulgo, Boerhaive Indice Plant Hort. Lugd. Bat. p. 230. 24. Gr. Manna esculentum Lob. pt. 2. p. 24. Ic. 2. Obs. 13. Fig. 2. Belg. 25. Fig. Adv. 4. Gr. Dactylon esculentum C. B. 8. pl. 8. Phyt 20. 91. Theatr. 118. 12. Fig. Graminis genus Dens Caninus 3. Gr. Manna Cinabr. 179. Ic. 5. Ischemon sativum sive Gr. Manna esculentum Park. 1178 Fig. 3. This is generally call'd Gramen Mannae, to which some add esculentum, because its eaten amongst the Germans; it civilly differs from our English broad-leaved Cocksfoot in its Culture. The Italians call both these Capriola, Sarguinaria, and Sanguinella (because the Boys there put the tops up their Nostrils to make them Bleed) The Germans call it Schweden. Mr. Ray in his History p. 1272. pl. 6. pl. 6. joyns this with our English broad-leav'd Cocksfoot, viz the wild and mowred together. Its sown as Corn in place. many Places of Germany, and used by them in Pottage and Meat, as we do Oatmeal. Gesner says its eat in Sallets. It grew very plentifully in Chelsea Physick Garden from Seed, which Dr. Ludovicus Stockins, a curious Botanist, sent me. Single Spiked Havergrass. Festuca spiâ simplici aristaâ. The lower part of the Spike is more obviously divided into 3 or 4 loose alternate Locustæ, each ending in a long arista or beard. Asarabacca. Ray 207. 1. Asarum C.B. 197. 1. Phyt 368. 1. vulgare Park. 266. Names. Fig. 1. Asarum, Baccaris sive Baccatus Lob. 601. Icon. 1. Belg. 713. Fig. 1. Obs. 328. Adv. 261. Grows wild in Provence, Savoy, Switzerland, &c. in place. shady Woods, Flowering in the Spring. Its nurs'd in many Gardens for its use in Physick. Thick Hoary Rupture-wort. Ray 214. 6. varietas. Herniaria hirsuta folijs & ramulis dense stipatis, fruticosa, viticulis lignosis, foliolis oblongiusculis brevis den. Names. fissa C.B. 281. xi. Var. This seems to differ from the common hairy Rupture-Character. wort, in having more twiggy Branches, with Leaves and Flowers thicker set. Chelsea Garden is obliged to Mr. Jacob Bobart for this Plant, who was so kind as to send me Specimens of it some Years since. Roman or Pill-Nettle, Rays English Herbal Tab. 1. F. xi. Urtica Romana Ger. 570. Fig. 1. Jonst. 706. Fig. 1. Park. Names. 440. Fig. 1. Romana sive Mas, cum globulis I.B. 3. l. 4. p. 445. Fig. Chabr. 478. Ic. 4. urens Pilulas terens i Diosc. C.B. Phpt. 440. 4. sem. Lini C.B. 232. 4. This differs from our Great Nettle in bearing its Seed Character. in little Balls. Its found in some few Places of England, Place, but very rare. Common Bur-Nettle: Ray's Engl. Herbal Tab. i. Fig. 12. Lappa minor, Xanthium Diosc. C B. 98. 6. Phyt. 373. 6. Lappa Strumaria, fol. angulosis dispersos, echinis bicornibus turfum rigentibus ad foliorum alas confertis Alm. Bot. 205. Lappa minor Tab. 773. Ic. 2. Hist. V. 2. p. 448. Fig. Found wild in divers Parts of England, but not common. Portugal Thorney Bur-Nettle. Mus. Petiver 100. Lappa minor polyacanthos seu Xanthium Lust. validissimis aculeis munitum Almagest. Botan. 206. Xanthium spinosum Lustianicum Parad. Batav. 246. Fig. prodr. app. spinosum Lust. validissimis aculeis munitum Element Botan. 348. Instit. Rei Herbar. 438. These Leaves are much more jagged and deeper cut than the common, and what is most particular at the setting on of these are 3 long yellowish Thorns. The Flowers and Fruit like the common. Its accurately figured and described in Dr. Herman's Paradysus Batavus, p. 246. as also in Dr. Magnol's Cat. Horti Regii Montpeliensis. Dr. Tournfort first discovered this in Portugal, and Mr. Jezeel Jones has since gather'd it about Lisbon. This elegant Plant I have only seen in the Bishop of London's Garden at Fulham. Golden Mouseear, or Grim the Collier. Ray 243. 2. Auricula Muris Hispanica, alijs Hieracium Pannonicum fl. saturate croceo I B. V. 2. l. 24 p. 1040. Fig. Hieracium Hortense floribus atropurpurecentibus C B. 128. xi. pr. 65. 18. Hierac. latifolium peregrinum Phlomoides H. Eyst. Pilosella major Park. parad. 300. c. 65. Fig. 29. 75. sine Auricula Muris Hispanica, quibusdam Hieracium Pannonicum Chabr. 324. Ic. 2. Its broad whole hairy Leaves, and deep Orange-coloured Flowers, distinguish it from all others. It Flowers in June and July, and sometimes again in September. It hath many Years been an Ornament in most Country Gardens. Columna's long stalk'd Hawkweed. Ray 234. 15. Hieracium montanum alterum leptomacrocaulon, Col. Names. 249. c. 9. 93. Fig. montanum hirsutum minus C B. This is a tall smooth Hawkweed, branched into many small Flowers most part of the Summer. Columna's Purple Hawkweed. Ray 231. 5. Hieracium Apulum fl. suave rubente Col. 242. Fig. c. 90. Names: Hieracium Intybaceum fl. carneo Park. 794. Fig. 3. Intyb. x. Clus l. 5. p. 152. Intyb. fl. ex purpuro rubentibus C B. 128. 3. Dentis Leonis folio, fl. suaverubente C B. 127. 7. ramosum Ponæ Ital. Its beautiful Blush-coloured Flowers, which rarely happen in this Tribe (they being mostly yellow) distinguish it from others. It grows in Italy, where it Flowers in April, but in our Gardens later. Rough Bushy Hawkweed. Hieracium alperum ramosissimum. This is a bushy Plant very much branched and matted, with small yellow Flowers, each standing on long naked Stalks, somewhat bearded and rough, not unlike the Lang du Beauf, but much less. I first gathered this in her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Beaufort's Garden at Chelsea, where it flower'd plentifully, as it hath since done in the Physick Garden. Fine jagged Smooth Sowthistle. Ray 224. 3. Chondrilla lutea I. B. 2. l. 24. p. 1020. Fig. Chabr. 317. Names: lc. 5. Coronopi aut Cyani facie tenuifolia lutea vinearum Ad. 84. Hieracium fol. in tenues lacinias profunde sectas fl. luteo Plak. Tab. 93. Fig. 3. Sonchus levis valde laciniatus Park. 805. 5. levis in plurimas & tenuissimas lacinias divisis C B. 124. 2 prodr. 61. 3. Dr. Pluket's Figure very well represents this Plant, which he design'd from a living Specimen formerly gathered in Chelsea Garden, where it flowered freely the last Summer. Curl'd. Curl'd Nipplewort. *Lampuana foliis crispis.* Its lower Leaves, being finely curl'd, distinguish it from the common. Hawkweed-Mary-gold. Ray 256. c. 3. *Calendula procumbens Hieracij flore, capitulum inclinans semine adunco Herm. Leyd. 104. Cichoreum semine adunco H.R. Bless. 361. Hedypnois annua El. Bot. 380. Inst. Rei Herb. 478. Hieracium florem inclinans I B. 2. l. 24. p. 1032 Fig. & H. fl. nutante Chabr. 321. Ic. 6. Hieracium capitulis inclinans semine adunco C.B. 128. i. minus alterum capitulo inclinante C.B. Phyt. 212. 17 Rhaadiolus Catalpini. Hieracium facie Hedypnoidis Park. 795. Fig. 1. Lob. 239. Ic. 1. Belg. 288. Fig.* It resembles the Marygold in bearing yellow Flowers, with longish rough crooked solid Seed, but none flat. It grows wild about Basil and Mompelier, flowering in March and April. Wart Succory. Ray 255. 5. *Zacintha sive Cichoreum verrucosum C.B. in Matth. 389. Fig. 9. Chondrilla verrucaria C.B. Phyt. 215. 8. verr. folijs Cichorei viridibus C.B. 130. 10. Park. 779. Fig. 8. Cichoreum verrucosum sive Zacintha Hieracijs adnum rando I.B. 2. l. 24. p. 1013. Fig. verr. Verrucaria Chabr. 315. Ic. 2. Marra di Cavaliero Italiz.* Calceolarius, a very curious Apothecary at Verona, who sent this to Matibiolus, asserts, that the Leaves eaten as a Sallet, will effectually take away Warts, and that a Dram of the Seed taken inwardly for 3 Nights together, will do the same. Camerarius says a certain Surgeon at Padua cured Warts in any part of the Body, by giving a Spoonful of the Seed powdered for 3 Days at the Moons decrease, by which Secret he got a great deal of Money. Lobel affirms, that the Juice of the Leaves outwardly apply'd will cure Warts, as also taken in Wine it helps the biting of a Mad Dog. This Plant is said to take its Name from Zacintha, now call'd Zante, an Isle in the Ionian Jonian Sea, where it was first discovered. Mr. Ray has observed it wild about Leghorn and Florence. White Butterbur. Ray 261. 2. *Petasites minor* C.B. 197. 2. Park. 419. flore candido Names. inodoro C.B. phyt. 370. 2. albus, anguloso folio I.B. 3. l. 31. p. 568. Fig. folio angulofo, rad. geniculata, caule striato, fl. albo Chabr. 513. &c. 4. It differs from the common in being somewhat less; its Flowers are white, with angular serrated Leaves. Mr Ray observed this Plant at the foot of the Hills between Gavia and Genoa. It Flowers in April. White leaved Butterbur. Ray. 261. 3. *Petasites minor* folio Tusilaginis Jonquet 98. H.R. B'ess. Names. Pluk Tab. 212. Fig. 7. minor alter Tusilaginis folio Vallet 139. The Leaves of this are very white underneath like Coltsfoot but more pointed. I have observed both these in Chelsea Garden. Dutch Crupine. Ray 331. c. 15: *Crupina Belgarum Nobis*. Centaurium Capitatum ciliare Names. annuum, fol laciniatis serratis H. Blef. 362. Chondrilla Hispanica Jonst. 287. F. 4. purpurascen e fl. C.B. phyt. 215. 4. folijs laciniatis serratis, purpurascente flore C.B. 130. 3. rara purpurascente flore, semine nitido deciduo Lob. 231. Ic. 1. Obs. 116. Fig. rara purpurea *Crupina Belgarum* dicta Park. 786. F. 4. Cyanus pulchro semine Centaurij majoris I.B. 125. p. 24. Fig. pulchro sem. Centaurij minoris (pro majoris) fl. purpurascente Chabr. 341. Ic.1. Senecio carduus Apulus Col. 32. Fig. c. 7. It's a pretty Annual Plant, with a purple Flower like Saw-wort, and shining smooth velvety Seeds, which on shutting them in your hand, are apt to slip or creep out, for which reason the Dutch call it Cruppen. It grows in Italy, Spain, Narbone, and about Mompelier, Sicilian Sicilian Milk-Thistle. Carduus Siculus Acanthoides, venis albicantibus Nobis humilis alatus sive Carduus Mariae annuus, folio lituris obscuris notato Cupani Hort. Catholicici. This resembles our English Gray Thistle, having many small purple Flowers and welted Stalks; its Leaves gray below but smooth above, and faintly veined with white. We are obliged to Father Cupani for the discovery of this Thistle. It Flowers with us from June till August: I have as yet seen it only in Chelsea Garden. Great Globe Thistle. Ray 283. 1. Echinopus Chabr. 351. Ic. 3. major I. B. 3. l. 25. p.69. F. Carduus Spherocephalus Dod. 722. Fig. Spher. latifolius vulg. C B. 380. 1. Spherocephalus seu Globosus major Park. 977 Ic. 2. Scabiosa Cardui folio Spherocephala elatior H. Leyd. 539. Mr Ray observ'd this in the hilly Woods about Viterbo. Great Centaurean Scabious. Ray 374. 1. Scabiosa Alpina C B. phyt. 526. x. Alp. maximæ Lob. 537. Ic. 2. Ad. 233. Fig. Belg. 638. Fig. Alpina folijs Centaurij majoris C B. 270. 1. montana maxima Park. 487. Fig. 1. Its Flowers of a pale yellow, the Leaves like the great Centaury, and its largeness distinguish it from others. Mr Ray observ'd this on the top of Thuiri on Mount Jura. Teafell Scabious. Ray 378. 16. Var. Scabiosa Virga Pastoris folio C B. 270. 6. Phyt. 527. 13. latifolia peregrina Tab. 160. Ic. 1. Hist. 547. Fig. 8. The Flower of this is very like the common Scabious, both in Shape and Colour, but the Leaves whole and serrated like the Teafell. It Flowers in June. Fine cut Sicilian Scabious. Ray 378. 13. Var. Scabiosa maritima Rutæ Caninae folio Bocc. Pl. rar. 74. & 95. Tab 40. & 52. Its lower Branches lie on the Ground, with Leaves deeply cut like the Scrophularia Rutæ Caninae folio, and still Still finer on the Stalks; its Flowers pale, and sometimes blush. Found on the sandy Shores about Gaeta. The Revd. Mr Stonestreet, a curious Naturalist, gave me a Specimen of this, which he raised from Seed. Valentia Fennel Tansy. Coma Valentina Cotulaefol. Nobis. Buphthalmo tenuifolio Names. simile, Chrythantb. Valent. Clusii I. B. 3. l. 26. p. 125. c. 19. Fig. Chabr. 364. Ic. 2. Chrysanthemum Valentinum Clusii 332. Cotula fl. nudo El. Bot. 396. fl. luteo nudo I. R. H. 495. This is like our Dogs Camomile, but the Flowers are Character naked. Hoary yellow Millfoil. Ray 347. 8. Millefolium tomentosum luteum C.B. 140. 7. I. B. 3. l. Names. 26. p. 138. Fig. toment. lut. Monspeffulanum & Narbonense Chabr. 367. Ic. 1. Millefol. luteum Lob. 748. Ic. 1. Obs. 431. Ic. Belg. 912. Fig. Park. 694. Ic. 6. Millefol. luteum tomentosum C.B. phyt. 240. 7. Stratiotes Millefolia, flavo flore Clus. 330. Fig. Caspar Bauhine gathered this in Tyrol, A.D. 1577: in place his Journey to Italy. Mr Ray observed it about Avignon and Aurange; it grows also in Spain. Flowers in June, Time July, &c. Smallage Laser-wort. Laserpitium Apij folio. Its Flowers are very small, and frequently at going off have but 2 bifid Petals like our Circe, the single Stalks of each Umbell have rarely more than 3 or 4 welted Seed on them, which ripen about July. The Leaves stiff and very like Smallage. Chelsea Garden is the only place in which I have seen this Plant. Small Candy Sheaperds Needle. Ray 428. 2. Aniso-marathrum Col. 90. Fig. c. 24. Clus. app. alt. Peeten Veneris tenuissime dissecatis folijs, Anthriscus Causa bonae I. B. 3. l. 27. p. 73. Fig. Chabr. 392. Ic. 2. Scandix Cretica minor C.B. 152. 4. prodr. 79. 2. Cret. similis C.B. Phyt. 265. Scandix Cretic. similis seu Anthriscus Park. 916. Fig. 3. Use. It's a great provoker to Venery, and often eaten in Sallets. It grows not only in Candy but in divers barren Places about Mompelier, and has there, both the taste and smell of Aniseed. Garden Skirreis. Ray 442. 1. Names. Elaphoboscum Dioscoridis Col. Phyt. 89. Fig. opt. Sifarium Lob. 710. Ic. 1. Obs. 408. Fig. Belg. 866. Sifarium Germanorum C B. 155. 1. mults Chabr. 401. Ic. 5. &c. 6 I. B. 3. l. 27. p. 153. Fig. Sifer vulgaris Park. 945. F. 1. Place. There are cultivated in many Gardens, for the sake of their Roots. Names. Broad upright Mountain Madder. Ray 491. 2. Character. Gallium montanum latifolium ramosum H. Leyd. 268. El. Bot. 94. I. R. H. 115. fl. albo majus, five Mollugo montana Park. 564. 3. Mollugo Dod. 354. mont. latifolia ramosa C B. 334. 1. Rubia Sylvatica laevis Chabr. 546. Ic. 4. I B. 3. l. 36. p. 716. c. 7. Fig. It's smoothness and growing upright distinguish it from others. It grows in the hilly Woods about Aken or Aix La Chapelle, &c. flowering in April. Names. Clivers with warty Seed. Ray 485. 3. Character. Aparine sem. Coriandri Saccharati Park. marg. 567. 2. fructu verrucoso Jonq. 14. It differs from the common in being less, with warty Seed like Coriander Comfits, but they do not stick like Burrs as the rest. I have gathered this at the Physick Garden at Amsterdam, and also at Chelsea. Names. Purple jagged Selfheal. Ray 551. 2. Place, &c. Brunella 2. fl. purpureo Clus. l. 4. p. 43. folio laciniato C. B. 261. 2. minor fol. lacin. C. B. phyt. 503. 3. Symphytum petreum Lob. 475. Ic. 1. Obs. 251. Fig. Belg. 559. Fig. Like the common, but with jagged Leaves. It grows wild about Paris. White jagged Selfheal. Ray 551. 2. Brunella fol. laciniato fl. albo H. R. Par. Brunella fl. Names. albo parvo, fol. laciniato I. B. 3. l. 30. p. 429. Fig. fl. albo parvo, folijs in medijs caulibus profunde dissecatis Chabr. 474. Ic. 1. Prun 2 non vulg. albo flore Clus. l. 4. 43. It differs from the last only in having a white Flower. Spanish tuberose Catmint. Ray 550. 6. Cataria Hispanica supina Betonica folio tuberosa radice El. Botan. 171. l. R. H. 202. Mentasirum tuberosa radice I. B. 3. l. 28. p. 227. Fig. Chabr. 3. Ment: 2 tuberosa radice. Clus. Pan. 585. F. 2. Hist. 33. quoad deset. sed 3 secund. Icon. Mentha tuberosa radice C B. 227. 7. Phyt. 430. x. Its Spikes of Flowers are thick set in striated hairy whorls. Cassidy or French Lavender. Ray 514. 1. Stachas Tragi 70. Ic. (see Stichas Chabr. 424. Ic. 4. Lob. Names. 429. Ic. 2. Belg. 516. Obf. 234. Arabica vulgo dicta I. B. 3. l. 28. p. 277. Fig. brevioribus ligulis Clus. 344. purpurea C B. 216. 1. Phyt. 408. 1. vulgaris Park. 67. Fig. 1. This famous Medicinal Plant grows in many Parts of Spain, Portugal and France, where it Flowers in April and May. Bastick Germannder. Ray 526. 3. Teucrium Baticum Clus. Hisp. 229. Fig. Bat. & Creticum Clus Chabr. 429. Ic. 3. I. B. 3. l. 28. p. 291. c. 68. F. Teucrium fruticans Reticum sive 3 Clus. 342. Fig. peregrinum folio sinuoso C B. 247. 4. Phyt. 471. 3. It's a specious handsome Plant in Gardens, and easily distinguished from others by its large blue Flowers, and Silver like Leaves underneath. Venice Hour Mallow. Ray 1067. 7. Alcea Veneta Tragi 925. Fig. Vesicaria C B. 317. 7. Names. phyt. 634. 8. Dcd. 657. Vesicaria Veneta H. Ox. 533. xi. S. v. Tab. 13. peregrina soliflora Lob. 656. Ic. 2. Belg. 203. Fig. Obf. 374. Fig. per. soliflora. Veneta quibusdam dicta Chabr. 300. Ic. 5. Ketmia Vesicaria vulgaris E. R. 83. I. R. H. 101. Malva Horaria vulgo. Ray 1057. 7. This Mallow has its Name from the short duration of its Flower, which it keeps open but an Hour or two, and that about Noon when the Sun shines. It grows in Italy and France, flowering in May, and soon after fades. Prickley headed Candy Crowfoot. Ray 582. 2 Ranunculus echinatus Cret. Park. 331. F. 6. Pon. Ital. 41. Ranunculus stellatus echinatus Cret. CB. 180. 2: H. Ox. 440. Ranunculus stellatus palustris echinatus I. B. 3. p. 858. This is a low Plant with angular Leaves, small Flowers, and large prickly Leaves. White Pyrenean Plantain Crowfoot. Ray 558. 1. Ranunculus montanus folio Plantaginis C.B. 180. 4. mont. longifolius C.B. Phyt. 327. 30. Plantaginis folio Park. 334. 3. Fig. 337. 3. Pyrenaeus albo flore Clus. app. alt. Fig. Pyren. fol. sublongis non laciniatis, albo flore Chabr. 466. Ic. 4. I. B. 3. p. 848. Its Leaves like Water Plantain, but smaller, with a white Flower in the Spring. It grows wild on the Pyrenean Mountains. Double White Mountain Crowfoot. Ray 589. 2. Var. Ranunculus albus flore pleno Park. parad. 216. 4. mont. albus fl. pleno Ejufd. 219. Fig. 9. albus major alter Gesn. Hort. 295. albus flore denso I. B. 3. p. 844. folio Aconiti, fl. albo multiplici C.B. 179. 6. hort. albus multiplici flore C.B. Phyt. 330. 40. niveus polyanthos Lob. 667. Ic. 2. Belg. '814. Fig. Obs. 381. Fig. This has long been nurs'd in many Gardens, and is known from others by its very double white Flowers, with angular jagged Wolfsbane Leaves. Dioscorides his Orpine. Ray 1016. 1. Telephium Dioscoridis Imperati 665. Fig. legitimum Imper. 7. Clus. 67. repens folio non deciduo C.B. 287. 6. Helianthes species rara, comâ inflexâ in Heliotropio Chabr. 101. Ic. 6. I. B. 2. l. 13. p. 20. Fig. It grows in Narbone on steep Rocks and Precipices, flowering in June and July. Pliny's Pliny's Cucubale. Ray 682. 6. Cucubalus Plinii Lugd. 1429. Cucubalum quibusdam Names. vel Alsin baccifera I. B. 2. l. 15. p. 175. c. 42. Fig. Plini quibusdam; Alsin baccifera tr. nigro Chabr. 124. lc. 3. Alsin repens major Clus. l. vi. Fig. 183. repens clus. Hisp. 414. Fig. Alsin terpeggiante Durant. 19. Fig. It grows in shady Hedges in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Holland, flourishing all Summer, and in our Gardens in July and August. Ivy Toad Flax. Ray 759. 36 Cymbalaria CB. 306. Phyt. 615. Italica Jonst. 530 F. C. Cymbalaria Italica Hederacea Park. 682. Fig. Ital. Hederae folio Lob. 615. lc. 1. Obs. 337. Fig. Belg. 333. Fig. Cymbalaria flosculis purpurascensibus I. B. 3. l. 35. p. 685. c. 7. Fig. Cymb. vel Cymbalaris Capni genus alterum quibusdam Chabr. 538. lc. 1. Linaria Cymbalaria dicta. Ray 759. 36. Hederaceo folio glatro f. Cymbalaria vulgaris. El. Bot. 139. I. R. H. 169. Mr Ray observed this on the Walls of Basil. It grows Time, also very common in Italy on most Walls, Rocks, &c. It's said to be found wild upon Thatch'd Houses in the North, and in Lancashire plentifully. Sage Figwort. Ray's English Herbal. Tab. 35. Fig. xi. Scrophularia Scorodonae fol. H. Ox. 482. 5. Sect. v. T. 35. Scrophularia Melilae folio. El. Bot. 136. I. R. H. 166. Dr Sherard observed this Plant by the Rivulet sides, Place betwixt the Port and St. Hilary in the Isle of Jersey, and Mr Edm. Lhwyd, that Curious Naturalist, near the Sea Shore about St. Ives in Cornwall. Yellow Figwort. Ray 765. 6 Scrophularia flore luteo CB. 236. 5. Prod. 112. Fig. Names. opt. Phyt. 447. 5. descr. Park. 611. 6. Galeopsis altera luteo pallida Park. 608. Fig. 4. Scrophularia lutea, magna, amplis folijs I. B. 3. l. 30. p. 422. c. 23. Fig. montana maxima Col. 191. c. 7. annua folio Lamij, fl. luteo H. Ox. 482 z. S. v. T. 8. an Lamium Pannonicum alterum five excitum Clus. 38. Fig. Panx. 595. Fig. Columna found this in Italy. It Flowers and Seeds in May and June. Red, Nettle Figwort. Ray 765. 5. Scrophularia folio Urticæ C.B. 236. 4. flore rubro C.B. Phyt. 446. 4. Camer. I.B. 3. l. 30. p. 422. c. 32. Fig. peregrina Cam. Hort. 157. Fig. Park 611. 4. an Scrophula-tia Cretica 2 Clus. 210. This grows on the Walls of Pisa, and elsewhere in Italy. Portugal Elder Figwort. Scrophularia Sambuci fol. capsulis maximis H.Ox. 483.6. Scrophularia fl. rubro, luteo, vario pulchro Virid. Lusit. Plut. Tab. 313. F. 6. Lusit. fl. luteo elegant, folijs incisis Schuyt. H. Leyd. 70. peregrina altera Park. 611. Fig 5. Mr Parkinson had the Seed of this Plant out of Italy. Small Rocket Figwort. Scrophularia Reseda folio Nobis fl. variegato minor, Ruta Canina dicta H. Ox. 483. 9. These Leaves are glaucous or bleuish, and deeply cut like our Base Rocket. Its Flowers many and small, reddish and white. Chelsea Garden is the only Place I have as yet observed this pretty Plant, where it Flowers from May to July. Hoary Sea Medick. Ray 965. 26. Medica marina Cam. Hort. 98. Fig. 28. Clus. 243. Fig. Lob. 2. p. 38. Ic. 1. Belg. 2. p. 43. Fig. Ad. 312. Fig. Park. 1114. 4. Tab. 510. Ic. 2. Hist. 212. F. marina s. Trif. Coch-leatum mariaum Chabr. 165. Ic. 5. Cochleata polycarpos, capsula spinosa minima percennis incana maritima H. Ox. 144. 15. Iucia Gnaphalitea marina nostra e littore Veneto Donati 63. Trifolium Cochleatum maritimum C.B. Phyt. 660. 24. Coch. mar. tomentosum C.B. pin. 329. 7. Trifo-lium marinum Gesn. Hort. 285. Cochleatum marinum Ger. 1029. Ic. 2. Jonst. 1203 Fig. 3. Trif. Coch. mar. sive Medica marina I.B. 2. l. 17. p. 383. c. 65. Fig. That curious Botanish Carolus Clusius found this in the Place. Mouth of the Tagus near Lisbon, flowering in December A.D. 1564. It grows also on all the Mediterranean Shores. Bobart's Smooth Tunns. Medica turbinata glabra Jac. Bobart. an Medica Coch- leata major dicarpos, fructu capsulâ turbinatâ planâ H. Ox. 153. 5. S. 2. Tab. 15. 5. The Figure of the uppermost Cluster of Parkinson's 9 sorts of Medica p. 116, very well resembles this Fruit, but I have not as yet observed so many as he represents, viz. 6 together. These Leaves are finely serrated; those about the Root are some roundish, others broad, and towards the uppart part pointed; the Fruit has about 6 twirls wholly smooth, and flat at each end, often sin- gle; sometimes 2 or 3 together, rarely more. I am obliged to Mr Jacob Bobart, Botannick Professor of the Phylick Garden at Oxon, for the first Specimens of this elegant Plant, who hath since sent its Seed to Chelsea, where it now grows. Camerarius h's Moon Clover. Ray 922. 5. Auricula Muris Camerarij Hort. 24. Tab. 8. l. B. 2. l. Names. 17. p. 387. Fig. Chabr. 167. l.c. 3. H.Ox. 181. 4. Anthyllis leguminosa marina Betica vel Cretica S. Auricula Muris Camerarij Park. 1093. Fig. 2. Lato affinis aliquis hirsutis circumis C.B. 233. 4. Medicago Vulnerariae facie Hispani- ca El. Bot. 328. I.R.H. 412. Trifolium filique faucata simi- lis C.B. Phyt. 661. 29. The Reverend Sir George Wheeler, that curious Botan- ist, found this on the Isle Salamine near Athens. Yellowish Meadow Trefoil. Ray 943 8. Trifolium pratense hirsutum majus, flore albo sulphureo fem ocreoleuco. Ray 9438. Synopsis. 134. 3. edit. 193. 3. Trifolium Lagopoides annuum hirsutum pallide luteum fem ocreoleuco H. Oxyn. 141. 12. Sect. 2. Tab. 12. The peculiarity of this Clover is in having yellowish Flowers, especially when they first appear. Its Leaves plain, hairy, small; and round below, but above more pointed, standing on long hairy Stalks. It Flowers in June in Thickets and dry Pastures. Mr Ray first observ'd this about Geneva, and has since been found in England. Teasell headed Trefoil. Ray 945. xi. Pluk. Tab iii. F. 4. Trifolium stellatum glabrum Jonst. 1208. 6. Trifolium capitulis Dipjaci quorundam. Ray 945. xi. Its Leaves stand on long Stalks, are not serrated, but soft and roundish; the Flowers flesh coloured, not large, each guarded with 2 pointed small green Leaves; these turn into 5 Star-pointed Burry heads like Eryngo or Teasell, but much smaller. Mr Johnson first discovered this the 10th of June 1633. in Dartford Salt Marsh. I have also gathered it about Tilbury Fort against Gravesend. Mr Ray observed it about Messina in Sicily, and Dr. Balam at Tangier. Small knotted Trefoil, with large Seeds. Ray 945. 14. Trifolium nodiflorum, glomerulis mollioribus & rotundioribus sem. magno Ray Cat. Angl. Tr. dilute purpureum glomerulis florum oblongis, sine pediculis caulibus adnatis Cat. Cantab. parvum hirsutum, fl. parvo dilute purpureo in glomerulis oblongis femine magno, Ray 945. 14. descr. opt. Syn. 134. 7. edit. 194. 8. an Trifol. cujas caules ex geniculis glomerulos oblongos proferunt I.B. 2. l. 17. p. 387. Fig. Chabr. 165. ic. 5. Ray 945. 16? From a single white Root it sends forth divers branch'd Stalks, in barren Places scarce a Span long, trailing on the Ground; but in fatter Soil much longer. Its Leaves dark, green, hairy and whole; those next the Root smaller, bluntish, and sometimes cordated; towards the top they are longer and pointed, standing on shorter footstalks. The Flowers small, Flesh coloured, and quickly Fade, growing at the ends of the Branches: These turn into hard thick set heads, in barren Ground roundish, in better better Soil oval; they have always one, and sometimes Leaves at each head, which when full ripe, are streakt, hairy, and swell, each Husk ending in 5 little Thorns, in which lies one large yellowish Seed. It grows in bar- ren Pastures. Knotted Trefoil with rough heads. *Trifolium flosculis albis in glomerulis oblongis asperis, Names. cauliculis proxime adnatis, Ray Syn. edit. 2. p. 134. 9. Trifolium parvum rectum flore glomerato cum unguiculis I.B. 2. l. 17. p. 378. Fig. Chabr. 162. Ic. 3. Ray 946. 15?* This has whitish Flowers and rough heads, ending in 5 stiff points. It grows with the Sesamoides Salamanti- cum near the Mill at New Market, and in divers other Places. Knotted Trefoil with soft round heads. Ray 948. 24. *Trifolium cum glomerulis ad caulium nodos rotundis, Names. Ray cat. Angl. & Syn. 134. 8. edit. 194. 9: supinum cum glomerulis ad caulium nodos globosis floribus purpuran- tibus Ray 948. 24 Pluk. Tab. 113. Fig. 5. Its Leaves crenated, Flowers flesh-coloured, with soft heads, in which it differs from the last. Thomas Willisell and others have found this about London, and Mr Ray at Sax-Mundam in Suffolk, as also abroad, viz. about Messina.* Mompelier Star Trefoil. Ray 945. 12. *Trifolium stellatum C.B. 329. 1. Phyt. 662. 35. descr. Prodr. 143. 1. descr. stellatum hirsutum Jonst. 1208. 5. Trifolium stellatum Monspeliensium Lob. illustr. 154. Park. 1105. Fig. 1. Trifolium stellatum purpureum Monspel.I.B. 2. l. 17. p. 376. Fig. Chabr.161. Ic. 4. H. Ox. 143. 9. S. 2. 13. Fig.* Its soft starry heads, with very long and limber rayes, distinguish this from other Trefoils. It Flowers and Seeds in April and May. Jonston says he saw this in Mr Tra- descants Garden, flowering in May, who brought it from Formentera, an isle in the Mediterranean near Ivica. Mr Ray has observ'd it to grow plentifully at the foot of Mount Mount Vesuvius, as also about Messina and Mompelier. Mr Jezreel Jones gathered it about Lisbon, and Dr. Salvatore has sent it me from Barcelona. Salamanca Strawberry Trefoil. Ray 947. 19. Trebol de Prados Salmanticensibus. Trifolium pratense folliculatum C.B. 329. 2. Salmanticum Ger. 1021. Ic. 3. pratense Salmanticum Clusij 247. Fig. Hisp. 474. Fig. Park. 1111. Fig. 3. Jonst. 1189. Fig. 3. Trifolium folliculacenum seu Vesicarium minus purpureum Chabr. 163. Ic. 1. I. B. 2. l. 17. 379. Fig. Fragiferum f. Vesicarium floribus nitidis rubellis Ray Syllog. 255. Trifol. Hispanicum Tab. 522. Ic. 1. Hist. 221. Fig. Its small bright red Flowers distinguish it from common Strawberry Trefoil. It grows in the Meadows about Salamanca, and Flowers all the Summer. Mr Ray observ'd this elegant Trefoil about the Port of Leghorn and elsewhere in Italy in the borders of Fields. Mr Jacob Bobart formerly sent me a Specimen of this, which now grows in the Physick Garden at Chelsea. Silver Moon Cytisus. Ray 973. 17. Cytisus 3 Cornutus Tab. 1094. Ic. 1. Hist. 798. F. 7 Corn. Ger. 1124. Fig. 7. Jonst. 1305. F. 7. incanus filiquis falcatis C.B. 398. 1. Cytisus Galeni creditus, Marantha cornutus Park. 1471. Fig. 1. Maranthae Matth. Lob. 2. p. 46. Ic. 2. Belg. 2. p. 53. Ic. 1. Obs. 503. Ic. filiqua incurva folio candicante Chabr. 78. Ic. 3. I. B. 2. l. 11. p. 367. Fig. Medicago trifolia frutescens incana El. Bot. 328. I. R. H. 412. Trifolium frutescens incanum sive Medica frut. incana, filiqua falcatâ planâ H. Ox. 153. 4. It's an elegant Shrub, with silver Leaves, and tufts of yellow Flowers at the tops of its Branches, which turn into smooth crooked Pods. The Heart of this is black like Ebony, and of it the Turks make Handles for their Sabres, and the Priests of Patmos turn them into Beads to pray with. Bartholomew Marantha found this on a certain Hill near Naples. Honorius Bellus observed it also also in Rhodes, but more plentifully in a little Island near it call'd Astachida. Mr Ray saw it about Baia near Naples in Italy. In our Gardens it Flowers in June, and bears Pods towards Autumn. Smooth round leaved Cytisus. Ray 973. 13. Cytisus Ger. 1121. Fig. 2. Jonst. 1304. Fig. 2. alter Lob. Names. 62 2. p. 46. Ic. 1. Belg. 2. p. 52. Fig. 2. alter minor & vulgation Adv. 388. Fig. glaber siliquâ latâ Chabr. 80. Ic. 2. I. B. 1. l. xi. p. 373. Fig. glabris folijs subrotundis Cytisus pediculis brevissimis CB. 390. 1. Cytisus v. rotundifolius Tab. 1095. Ic. 2. Hist. 798. Fig. The roundness of its Leaves, very short Stalks at the top of the Branches, and smooth Pods, distinguish it from others. It makes a beautiful Hedge in Gardens, and Flowers there in June. Mr Ray observed this on the Sea Cliffs near Salernum in Italy. Scarlet, square coddled Pease. Ray 966. 1. Pisum flore coccineo, siliquâ quadrangulâ Nobis. Lotus tetragonolobus Cam. Hort. 91. Fig. 26. Lotus quadripinnatis siliquis Park. 1101. Fig. 2. Lotus ruber. siliquâ angulofâ CB. 332. 13. Lotus siliquosa, fl. fusco tetragonolobus I. B. 2. l. 17. p. 358. Fig. Chabr. 157. Ic. 5. Lotus siliquosus fl. rubro Clus. 244. Fig. Paun. 763. Ic. Lotus oligoceratos tetragonolobus annuus Cretic. fl. rubro seu holosericeo coccineo H. Ox. 176. 7. Lotus siliquâ quadrata Jonst. 1198. Fig. 3. Trifolium siliquosum rubrum CB. Phyt. 668. 60. Its deep Scarlet Flowers, and square welted Pods, distinguish it from all others. Mr Ray observ'd this on the tops of the Hills about Messina. Dr Salvatore, a very curious Botanist, hath sent it me from Barcelona. Shining Cranes-bill. Ray 1060. 25. Geranium alterum mont. saxatile rotundifolium Col. Names. 137. Fig. c. 41. Geranium annum rotunditolum mont. saxatile lucidum H. Ox. 512. 6. S. 5. Tab. 15. Geranium lucidum Chabr. 488. Ic. 5. I. B. 3. l. 30. p. 431. Fig. CB. Phys. 637. 18. descr. Geranium lucidum saxatile C B. 318; 15. Park. 707. Fig. 9. Geranium saxatile Cam. Hort. 66. saxat. ugroscopelon Thal. 44. Fig. 5. Camerarius, Columna, and Thalins first discovered this Abroad, and Mr. John Goodyer, as Parkinson testifies, found it first in England, where it grows on shady Walls and old Ruins, &c. Knotty Cranes bill. Ray 1060. 29. Geranium 5, nodosum Plateau Clus. 110. Fig. 5. & 6. Ejusd. ex sent. C B. Geranium nodosum CB. 318. 12. Park. 704. Fig. 2. Geranium magnum folio trifido I. B. 3. l. 30. p. 478. Fig. Geranium magnum fol. trifido fl. purpureo-cente Chabr. 487. Ic. 6. Mr. Ray observ'd this in the Hedges in Dauphiny. Mr Archergen brought this to Mr. Jacob Bobart, assuring him he found it wild on the Mountains in Cumberland. Rose Cranes-bill. Ray 1061. 32. Geranium 7, aimatodes Clus. 102. Fig. hæmatodes Par. parad. 229. 8. Fig. 227. 6. Geranium Gruinum sive Gruinale hæmatodes lupinum rad. reptrice Lob. 660. Ic. 24. Geranium sanguinarium Ger. 799. Fig. 2. Jonst. 945. Ic. 2. Tab. Vol. 2. p. 449. Fig. Icon. 774 Fig. 1. Geranium sanguineum maximo flore C B. 318. 4. Phys. 637. 7. H. Ox. 514. 17. Geranium sanguineum sive hæmat. crassâ radice I. B. 3. l. 30. p. 478. Fig. fl. purp. Chabr. 488. Ic. 1. Sanguinaria radix & Geranium 3. Tragi 348. Its cut Leaves and spacious large red Flowers distinguish it from other sorts. It is frequent in the North on high Heaths and hilly Woods, flowering in July and August. Dale's deep cut Rose Cranes bill. Geranium hæmatodes folijs majoribus pallidioribus & altius incisis Ray Synops. edit. 2. p. 219. pl. 7. Its Leaves are larger, paler, and more deeply cut than the common. Mr. Dale found this on the Banks of the Devils Ditch towards Reche. Rose Cranes-bill, with a pale veined Flower. Geranium Hæmatodes Lancastrense, flore eleganter striato. Ray 1061. & Syn. 156. 12. edit. 2. p. 218. 8. This is a lower Plant, and smaller than the Common; its Flowers are of a pale blush with deeper coloured Veins, as in the streak'd Roman Cranes-bill. We are beholden to Mr. Tho. Lawson for the first Discovery of this pretty Plant, who found it on the sandy Shores of Walney Isle Place in Lancashire. Dusky Cranes-bill. Ray 1062. 35. Geranium Batrachoides pullo flore Jonst. 942. Ic. 3. Batrachoid. hirsutum fl. atrorubente C B. 318. 2. Phyt. 636. 5. Geranium pheum seu pullo flore Clus. 99. F. Pann. 416. Ic. Chabr. 487. Ic. 5. I. B. 3 l. 30 p. 477. Fig. Geranium pullo flore Park. 704. Fig. 3. Its blackish Flower distinguishes it from all others. It grows on the Stirian Mountains and Flowers there in June. Dusky Cranesbill with reflex'd Flowers. Ray 1063. 36. Geranium 13 Tabern. 151. Fig. 13. Geranium maculatum Ejusd. Icon. 616. 1. Geranium maculatum fuscum Ger. 799. Fig. 1. Jonst. 945. Ic. 1. Geranium montanum fuscum C B. 318. 8. Phyt. 637. 9. Geranium pheum fuscum, petalis reflexis H. Ox. 515. 18. Ger. pheum fl. reflexo I.B. 3 l. 30 p. 477. F. Chabr. 487. Ic. 4. Mr. Ray found this on the top of Mount Jura near Thuir, who says its more hairy than the last, and is rather Purple then dusky; it differs also in having its Petals or Flower leaves turn Back. Roman veined Cranesbill. Ray 1063. 37. Geranium Romanum versicolor fuscum striatum Park. parad. 227. 7. & 229. 6. Fig. opt. H. Oxon. 516. 24. Its pale Flesh-coloured Flowers, with fine streakt Veins, distinguish it from all others. This pretty Plant has been an Ornament in many old Gardens ever since Parkinson's time, viz. about the Year 1620. Brindis Cranesbill. Ray 3. p. 512. 17. Geranium supinum Botrys folio, acu sursum spectante Bocc. Mus. Plant. 145. Tab. 109. The Leaves are hard, curl'd and jagged like the Oak of Jerusalem; it spreads on the Ground into divers Branches, a foot about; the Bill grows upright, and is half a Span in length. Signor Boccon found this in a Meadow two Miles from the City Brindis in the Kingdom of Naples. Round, Mountain Valerian of Lyons. Ray 3. p. 242. 5. Valeriana maxima Cacalia folio D. Fagon Schol. Botan. 153. Pluk. Tab. 232. Fig. 1. Nard de Montagne de Leon. Hist. Lugd. Gallice Tom. 1. p. 805. Fig. This rare Plant was first Figured and Described in the French Edition of the Hist. Lugdunensis, but omitted in the Latine. It grows on the Mountain Veduxo called Sierras albas or Puerto de Veduxo, facing the North, where it Flowers in May and June. Dr. Plukenet first Observed it in Mr. Charles du Bois his very Curious Gar- den at Mitcham, and has Figured the upper part of the Plant only, with auriculate Leaves, which the Hist. Lugd. has erroneously made whole; which only are so at the Root, round and serrated like the Cacalia, but those on the Stalk are auriculated, as I have since observed it in the Physick Garden at Chelsea, when in Flower and Seed. Bladder Nut. Ray 1681. cap. 12. Staphylocendron Chabr. 18. Ic. 6. I. B. l. 3. p. 274. Fig. Tabern. 1022. Ic. 2. Hist. Vol. 2. p. 724. fig. Staphylo- dendron sylv. & vulgare H. Leyd. 582. Nux Vesicaria Ger. 1294. Fig. Jonst. 1437. Fig. Park. 1418. Fig. Pistacia sylvestris C B. 401. 3. This Tree grows in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and in some few Places in England. It Flowers in May, and the Fruit is ripe in September. Christ's-thorn. Ray 1708. cap. 8. Palurus Dod. 756. Fig. Chabr. 51. Ic. 2. Ger. 1153. Fig. Fig. Joyst. 1336. Fig. Paliurus sive Rhamnus 3 Dioscoridis Park. 1006. Fig. Rhamnus sive Paliurus folio Jujubino I.B. i.l.6. p. 35. Rhamnus folio subrotundo, fructu com-presso C.B. 477.5. The Flowers are stellated, small, of a greenish yellow, growing in Clusters amongst the Leaves, which are serrated like the Jujube. Its Fruit is hard and somewhat Bell-fashioned, including 3 Kernels, which rattle in the Cells when ripe. It grows in the Hedges and Fields about Montpelier, and several Parts of Italy, where it Flowers in May and June, and bears ripe Fruit in the Autumn, which hangs on the Trees all Winter. Petrus Bellonius, who travell’d over the Holyland, says it was with this Thorn they crowned our Saviour, and gives this Reason for it; That in Judea there was not any Thorn so fit, pliant and prickly as this, and that in those parts it grew in so great abundance, that they burn it for Fuel, as we do our Grass or Furze. Common Spindle Tree. Ray 1621. i. Euonymus Dod. 783 Fig. Tabern. 1047. Ic. i: Hist. 2. Names. p. 754. Fig. Euonymus Theophrasti Ger. 1284. Fig. i. Joyst. 1468. Fig. i. Euonymus vulgaris Park. 241. Fig. i. vulg. granis rubentibus C.B. 428. i. Euonymus 2 Clus. 57. Fig. Pann. 95. Fig. Euonymus multis, alijs Tetragonia Chabr. 62. Ic. 6. I.B. i.l.8. p. 201. Fig. This makes a pretty Shew in Hedges, especially in the Autumn and towards Winter, when its red Husks open, and expose its Orange Kernels. Broad, purple flowred Spindle Tree. Euonymus latifolius, fl. purpurco Nobis. This rare Tree seems to differ from both the Hungarian sorts of Clusius, the broad leaved, like this, having white or flesh Coloured Flowers, and the Leaves of the Purple flowred resemble our Common. I saw this in Flower with great Pleasure in the Bishop of London’s Garden at Fulham. French Tamarisk. Ray 1704. 1. Tamariscus Narbonensis Ge. 1194. Fig. 1. Jonst. 1378. 1. Tamariscus folio tenuiore Park. 1479. 3. Fig. Tamarix Narbonensis Tabern. 945. Ic. 1. Hisp. Vol. 2. p. 647. Fig. Tamarix major sive Arborea Narbonensis I B. 1. l. 10. p. 350. Fig. Tamarix altera fol. tenuiore sive Gallica C B. 485. 2. Myrica s. Cluf. 40. Fig. Hisp. 105. Myrica sive Tamarix Chab. 75. Ic. 1. It bears Tufts of very small pentapetalose blush Flowers, which when ripe, turn white. It grows plentifully on the Sea Coasts near Montpelier. The famous Dr Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first that caused this Tree to be brought into England, he being relieved of a great Oppretion and hardness of the Spleen, by the use of it. German Tamarisk. Ray 1705. 2. Tamariscus Germanica Ger. 1194. Fig. 2. Tamariscus folio latiore Park. 1479. Fig. Tamarix Tabern 2. p. 646. Fig. Myrica id. 944. Ic. 2. Tamarix Germanica sive minor fruticosa I. B. 1. l. 10. p. 351. Fig. Chabr. 75. Ic. 2. Tamarix fruticosa folio crassiore Germanica C B. 485. 1: Myrica sylv. altera Cluf. 40 Fig. Pann. 27. Fig. This differs from the French in having thicker greyish Leaves and spiked Flowers, which turn into a white Down. It Flowers in May, June, &c. in Rocky wet places, and River sides. Mr Ray observed it about Ausburgh, Geneva, Landau, &c. Nettle-tree. Ray 1483. c. 9. Lotus arbor Ger. 1308. fig. Jonst. 1522. fig. Park. 1522. fig: Lob. 2. p. 186. Ic. Belg. 2. p. 218. fig. Obs. 605. fig. Lotus arbor fructu Cerasi Chabr. 16. Ic. 3. I. B. 1. l. 2. p. 229. fig. Lotus fructu Cerasi C B. 447. 1. Celtis fructu nigricante El. Bot. 485. I. R. H. 612. Its Leaves notcht like Elm, but longer pointed, with small stamineous Flowers and a blackish Berry, with a furrowed Stone, distinguish it from other Trees. It grows in the Hedges about Rome and Mompelier. SECT. Sect. II. Oriental, African, and West Indian Plants. Canada Asarabaca. Ray Hist. Plant. 208. 2. 81 A Sarum Canadense Cornuti 25 c. xi. Fig. Asarum Americanum Park. 226. Fig. Asarum Americanum majus Virid. var. 94. Vallot H. Reg. Paris. 25. This is larger in all its Parts than the Common, its Leaves somewhat pointed and Velvetey. It flourishes very well in the Bishop of Londons Garden at Fulham, where I have seen it in Flower. Grows wild both in Place. Virginia and Canada. Pellitory Pill-Nettle. Ray 161. 7. 82 Urtica Pilulifera altera, Parietariae folijs Dodart. Mem. Names. 131 Fig. Urtica Romana altera mitior, foliis minus serratis, Lini semine Jonquet Hort. Reg. Paris 138. Urtica urens altera Pilulifera, Parietariae folijs Vallot 187. This differs from the Roman Nettle, in having lesser Leaves, and those rarely serrated. Many Gardiners call this Plant Spanish Majoram, inducing unwary People to sting their Noses by smelling to it. Great Canada Nettle. Ray 1854. 8. 83 Urticaracemosa Canadensis maxima Dodart Mem. 120. Names. Fig. Urtica iners maxima Canad. Joncq. 138. Urtica max. racemosa Canadensis Vallot. 187. The Leaves of this stand on longer Footstalks, are of a deeper green, and not pungent as the Common Nettle. Great Canada Bur-Nettle. Ray 165. 2. 84 Xanthium majus Canadense H. Leyd. 653. Lappa fru. Names. maria seu Xanthium Virginianum folio & fructu grandiori Almag. Botan. 205. Xanthium Canadense minori congener, sed procerius Val. 110. This is much taller, larger and more spread than the Common, its Burs also bigger. I have observed this in the Bishop of London's Garden at Fulham. **Egyptian Groundsel with Fetherfew Leaves.** *Senecio *Egyptiacus*, fol. *Metricariae Boerhave Ind. Plant.* H. Leyd. 40. 2. The Leaves are large and smooth, but the Flowers small, which appear from July till Autumn. We are obliged to Dr Boerhave, Botanick Professor at Leyden, for the Seed and first discovery of this Plant. **Athenian Groundsel.** Ray 3. p. 183, pl. 3. *Senecio Atticus vulgaris similis, flore petalis fere inconspicuis radiato Pluket. Almagest. Botan. 342.* These Leaves are very hoary, like our Sweet Groundsel, but larger and more clammy; the Flowers also are scarce radiated. The Reverend Sir George Wheeler first observ'd this Plant about Athens, and communicated Seed of it to our Gardens. **Cockle-Flowered Oriental Scabious.** *Scabiosa Orientalis Pseudo-melanthis flore.* The Peculiarity of this Plant lies in the Flower, whose Rim is composed of broad, flat, red Petals resembling the Cockle, with much less, narrower and pipey Leaves in the middle. It Flowers from May till towards Autumn. **White Oriental Scabious** with differing Leaves: *Scabiosa Orientalis folijs biformibus, fl. albo Nobis argentea minor Wheeler 239. 2. Scabiosa Orient. argentea folijs inferioribus incisis T. Coral. 34.* The Leaves next the Root are whitish and jagged like the Small Field Scabiose, those towards the top very narrow, mostly whole and pale; the Flowers white with broad Rims, like the Cockle flowered, but smaller and trifid; its Heads composed of long stiff Hairs resembling those of Aven. This elegant Plant was first discover'd by Sir George Wheeler on Mount Sipylus. My very worthy Friend Mr Jacob Bobart at Oxford, sent me the first Speci- Specimen of this, since which I have observed it with Mr Thomas Fairchild at Hoxton, and in Chelsey Garden, flourishing in July, August, &c. Yellow hoary Cape Camomil. Ray 356. 9. Chamaemelum Ethiopicum lanuginosum Breyn. Cent. 73. Fig. Cotula Africana capite elegantissimo I. R. H. 494. Its Leaves are very fine resembling Dogs Chamomil, the Character. Flowers yellow, with a small short Rim standing in a pretty glaucous Funnel-like Calix. I first observed this Place in the Physick Gardens at Leyden and Amsterdam, and since at Chelsey, Flowering in July and August. Dwarf Oriental Fennel-Tansy. Coma Orientalis pumila Nobis. Chamaemelum marinum Astaticum nudum humifusum, folio crasso Boerhavse Ind. Plant. H. Leyd. 36. 8. This chiefly differs from the Valentia Fennel-Tansy in Character, being much less. Egyptian Mandrill. Ray. 369. II. Ageratum Illyriacum, foliis incanis varie incisis Nobis. Abrotano farnina 2 Specie Zanon. 9. c. 3. Fig. 3. Absinthium Capili Veneris folio C B. phyt. 236. 12. Absinthium Santonicum Egyptianum C B. 139. 3. Park. 103 Fig. 5. Semen Sanctum, aliud peregrinum sive Egyptianum Absinthium L. ob. 756. Ic. 2. Belg. 923. Fig 2. Obs. 437. Fig. 2. I first received this elegant Plant from that curious Place: Botanist Mons. Sebastian Vaillant at Paris, and her Grace the Dutchess Domager of Beaufort hath since sent it me from Badmington: I saw it the last Summer in Flower with her at Chelsey, as also in our Physick Garden. Hoary Milfoil-Maudlin. Ageratum Orient. folio Millefolii tomentoso Nobis. Names. an Millefolium Tomentosissimum Boerhavse p. 38. 8. The lower Leaves are hoary, very long and finely cut, Description not much unlike a Herring Bone, its Flower tuft before they open; are very close, broad and white, but when full blown, of a bright yellow, like the hoary Tarrow of that Colour, but without Rims. It flowers in Chelsey Garden from July till September. Dioscorides his Gingidium. Ray 416. 3. Gingidium Dioscoridis Rawolphij 287. Fig. Lugd. app. 34. Gingidium Syriacum Camer. Hort. . Fig. 16. Gingidium folio Faniculi C B. 151. 1. Phyt. 263. 1. Gingidium verum f. Syriacum Park.890.1 Anetho similis planta fem. latolaciniato I. B. 3. l. 27. p. 7. c. 6. Fig. Anetho similis planta; Gingidium verum Dioscor. Chabr. 382. Ic. 4. Leonard Rawolph was the first, since Dioscorides, who discovered this elegant Plant on the Precipices of the famous Mount Lebanon. We are much obliged to that Curious Botanist Dr William Sherrard Consul of Smyrna for this Plant, which I first saw in Flower and Seed with Mr Thomas Fairchild Gardener at Hoxton, and since with Mr Charles du Bois at Mitcham. Yellow Clammy Oriental Tournsole. Heliotropium Orient. procumbens viscosum fl. luteo Nobis. Buglosium Orient. fl. luteo T. Cor. 6. The Root-Leaves are long, broad, and very clammy, as are its Branches, which spread on the Ground and end in reflex Spikes of yellow Flowers. We are oblig'd to Dr Sherrard for Seeds of this Plant, which flowers in Chelsey Garden the greatest part of the Summer. Brasil broad Borrage-Tournsole. Ray 502. 5. Heliotropium Americ. caeruleum folijs Hormini Dodart. 83. Fig. latifolium H. Leyd. 307. Jacua acanga. Pit. 229. Ic. Fedogoso Lusit. Jacua acanga Brasil. Scorpioidis Species Marcer. p. 7. Ic. This elegant Plant grows about a Yard high, with large opposite Clary like Leaves; at the end of the Branches rise long slender Spikes of small blueish Flowers, which turn backwards like our Common Scorpion Grass. Barbadoes Spikenard. Citrago Barbadiensis folio Melissæ majore. Its middle Stalks grow near a hand high, are four Square, with large opposite Balm Leaves of a pale green, more lacerated or torn then serrated, standing on long slender Footstalks. Its Flowers come from the Bosom of the Leaves, especially at the bottom, they are small and Mosley like those of Nettles. This curious Plant flowered the last Summer in Chelsey Garden, which is the only Place where I have as yet seen it. Cape Hour Mallow. Ray 1667. 8. Alcea Vesicaria Capitis Bone Spei H.Ox.533. 12. Alcea Vesicaria Æthiopica Munting. Phytograph. Curiosa Tab. 72. Fig. This differs from the Common, in having a firm upright Stalk; its Leaves rounder, broader and smoother; the Flowers finer, larger and a blacker bottom; the Seed less. Munting has given a very accurate Figure of this Plant. Round leaved Virginia Crowfoot. Ranunculus auricomus Virginianus Jac. Bobart. Ranunculus Virginianus parvo flore, molliori folio Herm. H. Leyd. 514. Its lower Leaves are round, limber and serrated like our Alliaria, or Sawce alone, the Flowers scarce discernible, and Seed heads very small. Dr Herman owns to have received this from Mr Jacob Boerart: I first saw it in the Leyden Garden with Dr Boerhave, who hath since sent it to Chelsey. Piked Strawberry-Trefoil. Trifolium Orientale, capitulo velicario rigido. The Leaves are oval, smooth, and lightly crenated; its Heads round, with stiff long Points, standing out of streaked, whitish, bladder-like Husks. I observed this elegant Plant in Chelsey Garden. Round Husey Haresfoot. Trifolium Lagopoides procumbens, capitulis rotundis G. Stonestreet. an Trifolium Orientale, capite lanuginoso T. Coral. The Leaves are small, oval, plain and somewhat hairy; the lesser Branches, which adhere to the greater Stalks, are bearded; its blush Flowers stand in a round flutey Head, like our Haresfoot, but not so soft. The Reverend Mr William Stonestreet, that sagacious Naturalist, gave me a Specimen of this, which he had raised in Mr Fairchild's Garden at Hoxton from Seed he received from Dr William Sherrard Consul at Smyrna. Four leaved Earth-Nut. Muf. Petiver. 33. Ray 919. 3. Arachydna India utrinque tetraphylla Par. Bat. pr. 314. Arachus upogaios congener hirsuta e Maderaspatan, flore flavo, siliquis punctatis scabris, folliculos sub terram condens. Pluk. Tab. 60. Fig. 2. Alm. Botan. 341. pl. ult. Mundubi Marcgr. 37. Fig. Pif 256. Fig. It bears four Leaves on a two Inch hairy Footstalk, with two long welted Beards at setting on. The Peculiarity of this strange Plant is to ripen its Pods under Ground; the Pease are much eaten both in Guiney and the American Isles; it grows also in the East Indies. It was raised the last Summer in Chelsey Garden. China Pink. Caryophyllus Sinensis, flore pulcherrimo Boerhav. 88. 23. This elegant Plant has single Flowers with a large dark Eye or Ring towards the bottom; its Leaves not unlike the other Pinks. I saw it in Flower the last Summer with Mr Fairchild at Hoxton. Cape Tree-Cranesbill with roundish circled Leaves. Geranium African. arborescens, Alchimilla hirsuto folio, floribus rubicundis Comel. praedud. 1.p.51. Fig. Ray App. 3. 229. 1. This rises three or four Foot high from a round hairy Stem, which divides into so many Branches; its Leaves soft and roundish, with a dark Circle in the midst; these if lightly rubbed, smell very pleasantly like Codlings and Creams; it bears Tufts of blush Flowers, with equal Petals, Petals, the two uppermost only streakt with red. This is cultivated in most of the curious Gardens about London, viz. with the Duchess of Beaufort, Bishop of London, Dr Uvedal, Mr du Bois, &c. It flowers most part of the Summer, especially from Midsummer till Autumn. Boerhave's Cape Cranes bill, with small roundish circled Leaves. Geranium African. folio Alchimillæ piloso, maculato Boerhave Ind. Plant. Leyd. 112. pl. 52. This is a low Plant, with dark Circles and roundith Leaves like the last, but more indented, yet not so deep and hairy as the Ladies-Mantle Cranes-bill of Dr. Herman; its Flowers are also smaller than that and all white, the Petals whole, and of one size. I observ'd this in Chelsea Garden, flowering in August. Cape Cranes-bill with round and angular, thick, fower Leaves. Geranium African. Hederae arboreæ folio, floribus purpureis Ray 3. p. 514. pl. 38. Geranium Africanum, folijs inferioribus Asari, superioribus Staphydisagriæ, maculatis & splendentibus, Acetose sapore Comel. prelud. 1. p. 52. fig. Ray 3. App. 228. 2. This is a spreading low Plant, with shining, thick, juicy, tart, round umbrella Leaves; those towards the Flowers are angular and pointed: Its Tassel-Flowers are large, of a blush colour; the Petals all of the same size, and the two uppermost streak'd with red. It flourishes most part of the Year at Chelsea, Fulham, Enfield, &c. It grows wild in the Districts of Heycoon at the Cape of Good Hope. Yellow African Bean-Caper. Falugo Africana arborescens, flore Sulphureo, fructu rotundo Comel. Pl. rar. 10. Fig. Its Leaves are small, thick, green, and 4 together, viz. two on each side the Stalk, with as many little Spines at setting on; from these come 5 leaved yellow Flowers, with a round flatish Husk, which splits into 5 Cells, containing so many Seed. I have with great pleasure seen this rare Shrub between 2 and 3 yards high, and in Flower, with her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Beaufort, now at Chelsea. Virginia Spindle-tree with rough Fruit. Euonymus Virginianus Pyracantha folijs, capsula verrucarum instar asperata rubente Pluk. Tab. 115. Fig. 1. Alm. Botan. 139. pl. 8. The Leaves are small, stiff, and serrated, not unlike the Sloe. I have seen this with ripe Fruit at the Bishop of London's at Fulham, under the Care of Mr. Millward, my Lord's Gardner, where it now grows larger than a Currant Bush. Steerbecks Cape Spindelkin. Euonymo adfinis Æthiopica semper virens, fructu globoso scabro, folijs Salicis rigidis serratis Herm. H. Leyd. 139. Pluk. Tab. 176. Fig. 3. Alm. Botan. 129. pl. 11. Laurus non odorata, fructu globoso, Africana Steerb. Citricult. 248. Lauro ferratae odoratae Stapelianæ similis indora Capitis Bone Spec Breyn. Prodr. 1. p. 42. This Tree bears Tufts of small five-leaved pale greenish Flowers, coming from the Bottom of its Leaves, which are stiff, long and serrated. I saw a specious Tree of this in the Queens Stows at Hampton Court, under the Care of Mr Wise, Her Majesty's Gardiner, Flowring in July, &c. VI. Observa