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Show co co CCRONOPUS ; [Kepwréarue, of K pana Crow, and Ii a Foot; becaufe the Leaves are fi to refemble the Foot of a Crow, or becaufe the Leaves refemble a Stag’s Horn.] Buck’s- e ScorpionY pe horn Plantain. The Characters are ; It agrees in Flower and Fruit with the Plan- e Species are RONILLA 3; argented, av'd, jointed odded Cc Coronicta; mariti Maritime jointed-podded tain, from whichit differs in its Leaves, which are deeply cut in on the Edges; whereas the The fourth fown every Spri of goodlight Ez to Coronitia; 4 5 Leaves of Plantain are either intire, or but fightly indented. fe preferv din curious Gardens of } yaceous jointed-pod xe fifth of is Ceylon: very tend This early-in the come up, they mt Pots fill'd with | into INILLA 5 Silver jointed-f YRONILLA eeTee 5 Wl ied Colutea and fecond rubs about 2 fo nearly I have been able to ex t that I’could readily pronounce themthe fame. were it not that they have been by fo man freque €q r of their Leaves Perfon into the far in the Spring upon any Soil, or in any Situation, it being extremely hardy ; and when it comes up, it may be thinned out and fatiered b d when the Pla high, they fhould be or in a Bed of good sur or five Inches Dift they may remain until have obtrength enough to plant out for good uld be either into Pots filP'dwith tarth, orin a warm fituated Border: the Winter is not too { ’ very well, and in the ing will produ large yellow Flowers ofa ft h will be r-jointed Pods in great nty, in whict 1 are contain’d the S§ eeds. he third Sc to remainfor Ule at about three or four Inches Diftance, where the Leaves maybe often cut for the Purpofes above mentioned, the Roots putting forch frefh Leaves ; and ifit is not ed to feed, the Roots will remain two or Years: but it feldom continues long after perfecting its Seeds. 1f the Seeds are fuffered to fall upon the Ground, there will be a concor c ofition; they Pots fill’d , u ed by am . ei: : but the Root creeps ve Panes ound, by which the P| nt increafe The Species a 1. Coronopus ; portenfis. C. B. Garden Buck’s-horn Plantain, or Hart’s-horn ; vulgé. 2. Coronorus; Maffilienfis, birfutior latifolius. Tourn. Broad-leav'd hairy Buck’s-horn Plantain of Afar/eilles. 3. Cornonovus ; Neapolitanus, tenuifolius. Col, Narrow-leav’d Buck’s-horn Plantain of Naples. 4 4. Cononorus ; maritimus, rofeus. Boce. Plantain. Buck’s-horn Rar. Pi, Rofe-like Sea The firft of theie Species, tho’ intitled a Garden Plant, yet is found wild in moft Parts und, andis the very fame Plant which grows upon moft Commons and barren Heaths, where, from the Poornefs of the Soil, ic appears to be very different from the Garden Kind, as being little more than a fourth Part fo large. But this Plant, when tranfplanted or fown ina Garden by the other, grows to be full as large. Nor can I fee any Difference ‘betweenthefe, and that which grows upon the Sea-Coafts; tho’ Ca/per Baubin, and many Botanifts after him, make them diftinét Species: But when they are all cultivated together in the fame Soil, I am fatisfy’d that no one Perfon can diftinguifh them, therefore I make no doubt of calling them all che fame Plant. This Species was formerly cultivated in Gardens as a Sallad-Herb ; but at preferit is little regarded, and almoft wholly difufed : It maybe eafily cultivated by fowing the Seeds ftant Supply of Plants, without any farther Care thanclearing them from Weeds as they grow. The other Varieties are maintained in 3otanick Gardens, but are feldom cultivated are foaped like a Funnel, are cut at the Top in many Segments, and ave difpofed in an Umbel : The Fruit is roundilb, terminating into a Point, and is clofely fixed in the Cup, in which are contained many [mall angular Seeds. There is but one Species of this Plant at prefent in England, whichis, Cortusa; Matthioli. Cluf’ The Bear’sEar Sanicle, or Cortufa2 of Matthiolus. This Plant is nearly ally’d to the Auricula Urfi ; but the Flowers are not quite fo large and fair: yet, for its Curiofity, may deferve a Place in every good Garden, efpeciallyas it requires no great Management to preferve it ; for it being a Native of the 4/ps, will grow in the coldeft Part of the Garden, under NorthWalls, €¢. but muft no tbe planted under the dropping of Trees,nor in atoo wet or {tiff Soil. It is propagated by parting the Roots, in the manner of Auriculas ; the beft Seafon for which is about Augujt or September. Thefe Plants lofe their Leaves in Winter, but put out new ones early in the Spring; and in April they produce their Flowers, which are fo times fucceeded by Seed-Pods ; but it is v rare that they perfect their Seeds with us. CORYLUS, [is fo call’d, of Kapia a Nut, q. d. a little Nut. It is alfo call’d 4vellana as tho” Abellina, of Abella a Town in Cam pania, where it grewin great Plenty.] “Lhe Hazel or Nut-tree. The Charaéters are ; It hath Male Flowers (or Katkins) growing at remote Diftances from the Fruit on tke fame Tree : The Nuts grow (for the mof part) in Clufters, and are clofety joyned together at the Bottom, each being covered with an outward Husk or Cup, which opens at the Top; and when the Fruit is ripe, 1t falls out : The Leaves are roundifo and intire. The Species are ; 1. Corytus ; /ylvefris. C. B. The wild Hazel-Nut. 2. Coryius ; fativa, fructu albo, minore, five vulgaris. C. B. The {mall manured Hazel-Nut, 3, Corvius; fativa, frudtu rotundo maximo. Cc. B. The large Cob-Nut. 4. Corvus; /ativa, fructu oblongo rubeute, C.B. The Red Filbert. 5. Coryxus ; fativa, fructu oblongo rubente, pelicula alba teéio. C. B. The White Filbert. 6. Coryius; Hifpanica, fruttu majore, angulofo. Pluk. Alm. The firft of thefe Trees is common in many Woods in England, from whence the Fruit is gather’d in Plenty, and brought to the London Markets by the Country People. ‘This Tree RTUSA: [This Plant is fo called, from is feldom planted in Gardens, (except by Perfons curious in Collections of ‘Trees and Cortufus, a famous Botanift, who firft brought Shrubs): It delights to growon a moift ftrong it into Ufe.] Bear’s-Ear Sanicle. for nder a common He the C 2s in mild Weather Joy as much of the andin the Spring, after the Cold is may be fha ( n out of the Pots, and{1 a warm Border, where they produceripe ¢ fmall, and dividedinto five Parts : The Flowers ure or Profit. Soil, and may The Charaéters are ; Tt hath a perennial Root: The Leaves are ie rough, and crenated on the Edges, like be plentifully increas'd by Suckers from the old Plants, or by laying down their Branches, which in one Year's Time will take fufficient Root for tranfplanting ; and of Ground-Ivy: The Cup of the Floweris thefe will be much handfomer, and better xx rooted |