E N G L A m M
B o t a n y . i-peeies ; ©f thofe whichf ’ai:e"fouad wild in England, there, are:.©ri!y-
eleven, .genera, arid twenty-eight fpecies j and. trier greater number . of
thefe. are of rare- -occurrence in- a truly native- fiate the ■ fg ring afar
autumnal' crocus;, : trie fn©w-drpp, trie- foo-w-flake, the three kinds- of
Nareilfe^sfpwlitdmg, the-daffedytj, the fritillary‘‘ tulip,, and ISiyoff' the
VaMey^as wed a^thgeri fpecies of ornithogalum, or ‘f tam j^ ’^ethteiheBa,.
are mere, familiar to us as garden., plants, than as nadve&: o f enr woods
and paftarek T h e reft ©£. th is; clafs ^are •;leven .,^fecies: oi' Allium
* (g a r le k ) th r e e ir if Goavall^ia. (Solonahn’s ;Gd&^cutniau|ttotfiale
(fafadpw faff®©«) ; arid four - kfiads {o f Scilfe o f rsrijeiijfrie
Beautiful- and fragrant harfebieftf eb w ild hyacinth, is. thh principal- .-ornament
o f ©ufagroyes arid thickets, a t aJsinie -when’ they are-profufe
e f beauties.
Kofaeeeiu.. T h e Rofaceeus plants conaprilmg. the idfas? fcofahidm. o f Lipnasus,
form aM' important part e£ En^lifc botany, andt incfacfo.twelve? genena-,
a n d forty-ene Ipeeies; f Sfcme efj thefe a*e hpifajceous^. and; others: are
deeidtioHS tree» and ffaubs*. fa: the. faft-divifToniptke.rivQft-'.wortlr^.-eif.
notice are, Spirseat urinaria (me’ad'uw-faeeD).^ growing pfefatfuSy.b[$»'the
-fide o f brooks and ditches,', a n d fcenting the; air about ' Midfiii;irrtiier',
with its powerful!''cloyiriig f^gekst^fcdgarbt^ye&fi
perhaps th e moft vaiuablh of e u rn a tiv e fafatsfarTofmeritMla-bfafarialig
(common tormentil-}, o«e?;©f. thfe' ftroBgAvegetfailei Uftrirageivts. :T
the' feeoad divifien belbr^::ftd-VB®ft.bgfafifrib
flirubsy the Rrtinus imfitLtiay and -fpkiofa. »"(bistBlace; and Wack^tltOEh') j 1
Me^silusEfxyaeantha (ha^h©r»^£®yfua iBalua arid a u e a ^ * |i ^ a b | ^ d
meUfttafa feveral fpecies off R®fa ,(w ^ ; ro f e ); and Rubus (bramble).
' The cherry* thfa medfar, faeji&wce^-arfip^T^trp^S^iyehdfcffi^nri,,
when, wild, is* of fo little accogrit, and; «^^fu(^vklu©svidffifafcp^,yed.'hy
cultivation, belong alfo tos this clafs. T h e rarer amKSng-t-hefis.p'laats are
Eyrus demeftica ffervice-tree'h. SpiEasaialici&fias fwiisewg-lMvad^^ ^ ^ B
Rofa rubiginofaitjfweet-briar)?;,, Rubus Id2eii&.^fgfaerry)i'.
, woods-j- Dryaffc ©£tepetak
(ftrawberry flowered- c in q u e fo il)R u b u s chamcemorus (cloud-berry)
Ruhus, faxatilis (ftoae-branible) i on. th e high, mountains, of- ^Y^les*
■ : and
and the n o rth o f England : The burnet-rofe, and white beam tree,
are certain indications of calcareous foil j and, indeed, almoft the whole
«lafs thrivebeft'(>rt UfaLftffafauS'
The Tetrad-ynamious, of cruciform plants, compofe - a large natural
elafs, entirely diftindt from any other, the individual fpecies, 'boweker,
of whrcfif h a w ib 1 'manyfaontmon features, ofaifajem b larS^si akete- render
jt in feveral cafes, by rifa-means eafy to ascertain, their Jffoeifa: differences.
The flower corififfs o f four petals, dilpofed in the form of a
erofil-cdntafai'n^iwe ’piftifoand fix ftamens,' ty p ;3of which are Ihorter
than the reflf ; th lfo a re ffaceedefaby-tsppucWfor jp®d, bearing?the1 fe^d^
hence* tlfefolafgf. fa di-vi’ded- in to:thie.1 < poti ch« dfofaKfi ddde cf plants« .-The
tafte of all thefe is- more or lels acrid* but none are poifono-iis : they are
found toffee peculiarly'gratfeful m ^failor-s-'who 'hasp.been!.laatg at
andrherdby bave?’eo-ritra£ted th e feurvy-^ ©n. aeCoitritj'ijtihfefe.'^getT
able« have’ obtained th e name of tkribiftrirlSuti®^ ;rtteir«hritxhifiiarg/ flavour
fs h^ft'intrinfedn wet4 feafokk, and'" in £ fwfentpyif fd|l^%tfrif«lfpisSrfe^
mark ably mitigated -by eakivattori. fa light' 'ff-iidy'.grourld.f Mariy of
eur m't^i^eftriemed' culinary vegetahfesi.^re. o f ibis (Slals^^lch 1 a s’the.
eafeMgfef with ah hs^ varieties! of'b©s?soli, cadlifiowe'd, &c; the tu k i^ ^ 'th e
radifh, 'misftard',' brefsj arid, karf&radhh y ; twesty--t3h^e^ ‘gsneray and
fixty-two fpecies, compofe this clafs. The moll, worthy of notice, are-
trie feveral kinds o f I.epidium, or p ep p .e rw .o rtof Coehlearia, including
tri#:Su¥vy-grafs, [arid, lir irfe -r a d illio f Braffixsa, 'ccfat^mgAe?hplew.©rtj
#elflMciSb^ge',’'colelfeedry tiimip‘, -and fe«^bbagc>; oftSinapi^t ,fa chudiyig
the- white and common- mu-ftard;; Buiiias catuile (fea-roc.ket) ^ Cram be
maritima's(fea-kai€)*l12Si%mihrium haftmtium.\(wate|fc'e-ie{^^ and Ery-
fimum alliaria (fauee alone)-; all thefe are wl and .agreeable
vegetables-, either in- falfads or- boiled. » Ifads tinSroria (woad), is wo-r-t
thy oflmentioib. as ^ d y e in g datagj.afflerendyuildd b y the Bgritoas- for, thft
purpofe ■ of ftainihg their fkinsf awL‘ in fome effimatiOrt evpnuat prefcnt,
as a fiibftitut® for-’fadigOii'uTbcifew.'rasre' plati’ts; beloBg^ogtfa' t)ns(c|a(s.
ace,. Velk- annua (an-nuai crefo racket-) yhSfyrnbriu-m monenfey,|fea^'
rocket),, in fa n d y -fo ilsD r a b a incamai:(Wreathed :creft)vy;lheris-a^riara)
(bitter candy-tuft), Unaeftonc* f -Thlalpk'aKtenfe' (fnaooth? • Alithridate.
y muftard,)v
B otany.
Cruciform.