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                 ,W1r4US. Lin.,       Pln. 43- Tourl 
   THE Chataters are, 
   THs Flowers are included in an oblong comprefled Spa 
the Side and withers. The Flowers have a cylindrical Ftun 
which fpread open at the Brim; they havefix oval Petals o 
inferted above their Bak, and fix Awl-fhaped Stamina, C, fi 
ininatcd by oblong Summits, as E) they have a three cornere 
the fower fupporting a long flender Style) as F, crowned b 
tuns to aa obtufe, roundi , three-cornered Capfule, wit 
   TuIs Genus of Plants is ranged in the irft Sefion ofI 
MONOGYNIAb which contains thofe Plants whofe Flowers 
   THE Specie here reprefented is, 
   NARCISSUS (Pfeudonarciffus) fpathl ttniflori, n edtafio companulatW ereio,
crifpo xquante petala 
ovata. Lin. Sp. Plant. 414. Daffodil with one Flower in each Sheath, whofe
Neaarium is ere&, bell- 
fhaped and equal with the Petals, which are oval. Narciffus fylveftris pallidus,
calyce lutes. C. B, P# 
2., Pale wild Daffodil with a yellow Cup, or common Englifh Daffodil. Mill,
Sp. L. 
    THIs fort is a variety of the common Daffodil, which grows naturally
by the Borders of Woods and 
Fields in many Parts of England. The Stalk rifes a Foot and a half high,
having two fharp longitut-a 
dinal Angles, at the Top comes out a double Flower, inclofed in a thin Spatha
(ýur Sheath)hwhich is 
torn open on one Side, to make way for the Flower to come out, and then withers
and remains on the 
Top of the Stalk. The Flower is double; the outer Petals are of a pale Brimfione
colour, .and thof in. 
the Middle are fome Saffron and other Brimftone Colours. It flowers in March
and April, and after 
the Flowers are paft, the Germen turns to a roundifh Capfule, with three
Cells ýfilled with roundijf 
black Seeds which ripen in Jul. This fort propagates very faft by parting
the Roots. Mill. Gard. 
Din. 
                              P     L    A     T      E      LIV& 
 Pao0a. Tourn. InP. R. -. 1-73, Litt. Gen, Plant. 679. (ft calledfrom Paon
Me Phlcian, beca 
    be is faid to have cured Plate, ,hen wounded y Hercules, with this Herb)
T'he Peony . in Frencb 
    Pevione. 
    THE Characters 'are, 
    THi    Flower has a permanentt Empalement, compoted of iAve coicave teflexed
Leaves, as A, 
  unequal in Size and Pofition. The Flower hath five large, roundifh, concave
Petals which fpread 
  open, B, and a great Number of thort hairy Stamina, terminated by large,
oblong, four-cornered 
  Summits, with two, three or four oval, ere6t, hairy Germen in- the Center,
having no Styles, but 
  have oblong, reflexed hairy Capfules, as C, having one Cell open longitudinally,
as D, containing 
  feveral oval, fhining, coloured Seeds, as E, fixed to the Furrow, 
      THIs Genus of Plants is ranged in the fecond Setion of Linnxus's thirteenth
Clafs, intitled 
  POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA, which contains thofe Plants, whofe Flowers have many
Stamina and Germen 
  or Styles. 
      THE Specie reprefented here is, 
      Pcwonia (Hlirfita) foliis lobatis, lobis; lanceolatis integerrimis.
 Peony with lobated Leaves, whofI 
   Lts are Spear-thaped and entire.   onia fom  &re pkno rubro majore.
C. B. P. 324. Female 
   P ny with a larger double red Flower. Mill Sp. IV.. 
      THis Sort is the Female Peony; the Roots of this are compofed of feveral
roundifh thick Knobs, 
   which hang below each other, faftened with ftrings ; the Stalks are green,
and rife about two Fe t 
   and a half high,/hefe are gar""ihed with Leaves, compofed of
Lobes wh~ich are fe ar-fhaped and entire,. 
   the Flowers are large and of a deep red Colour; this Sort, when intermixed
witlargegrowing Plants, 
   in the Borders of large Gardens, will add to the Variety; and the Flowers
are very ornamental in 
   Bafons or Flower-pots, when placed in Rooms : the Flowers appear in May,
and the Seeds ripen ia 
   Aututmn. This is propgated by parting the Roots toward the latter end
of Septmbr. 
      No. XIV. 
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