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                         -Plower dec Luce, in Frencb, Flamb~e. 
HIS Genus of Plants is ranged in the fecond Se&ion of Tournefort's ninth
Clafs, 
which includes the Herbs with a Lily-flower of one Leaf, cut into fix Parts,
whofe 
Empalement becomes the Fruit. Dr. Linnaiu ranges it in the firft Se&ion
of his 
third Clafs, which contains thofe Plants whofe Flowers have three Stamina,
andl 
  THE Specie, reprefented here, is, 
  IRIs corrollis barbatis, caule foliis longiore multiiloro. Hort. Cl'G§1:
191  Iris with bearded Flowers, 
the Stalks longer than the Leaves, and having many Flowers. This is the Iris
Vulgaris, Germanica 
five Sylveftris, C. B. P..3o. Common Germanj or Wild Flower de Luce.   Mill.
Gard. Did. Sp. 2. 
   TH 18 Sort grow§ naturally in Germany, but has been long cultivated
in the Engl4/h Gardens for .Orna-, 
inent; the Roots of this are very thick, flefhy, and divided into Joints
fpreading juft under the Surface 
of the Ground; they are of a brownifh Colour on their outfide, but white
within; the Leaves arife :n 
Clufters, embracing each other at their Bafe; but fpread afunder iupward
in Forms of Wings ; they 
are a Foot and a Half long, and two Inches broad, having fliarp Edges ending
in Points like Swords; 
the Stalks between thefe, which ate a little longer than the Leaves,. having
at each Joint one Leaf 
without Foot Stalk; thefe diminifh in their Size upwards ; the Stalks divide
into three Branches, each 
of which produce two or three Flowers, ofte above another, at Diftances,
inclofed in a Sheath; they 
have three large purple,-coloured Petals which turn backwards, and are called
Falls, thefe have Beards 
near an Inch long on their mid-Rib toward their Baf.ý, and have a
fhort arched Petal which covers the 
Beard, with three broad ere& Petals of the fame Colour, called Standards;
the Stamina lie upon the 
reflexed Petals. Under each 'Flower is fituated an oblong Germen, wJhich
turns to a large three 
cornered Capfule with three Cells, filled with large compreffed Seeds; this
flowers in June, and tho 
Seeds ripen in Augujr. Mill. Gaed. Ditd, 
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            A L TH Ae     , (Axe.,- fo called from  , Gr. to heal) MARSHMALLOW.
   T H I S Genus of Plants is ranged, by Dr. Linneus, in the third Sedlion
of his fixteenth Clafs, 
which is titled Monodelphia Podyandria, the Stamina being joined together
and form a Sort of Column 
and having a great Number of Stigma, Dr. a n Royen, the late Profeffor of
Botany at Leyden, titles 
this Clafs Columnifiera, from the male and female Parts of the Flower being
joined in a Sort of Column. 
   THIs Specie is, 
   ALTHAA foliis fimplicibus acuminatis acute dentatis tomentofis. Marfhmallow
with fingle woolly 
 Leaves, which are indented in fharp Segments. This is the Althxea Diofcoridis
& Plinii. C. B. P. , 15. 
 Common Marfhmallow. Milt. Sp. x.