•F 11 A N C E.
'•BOTANY.
1 O f the papilionaceous plants that are natives of this country, feveral
■deferve noticd for their ufe or ornament . La thyrus‘tuberofus;, a vege-
table of the pea kind, grows wild in Alface, and is cultivated in many
-parts of-France for its large efculent tuberous roots,; Lupinus varius, the
great lupin, varying with blue, white, or fielh coloured bloffbms, and
Cicer arietinum chicfcpm , are met w ith in the fouthern p ro v in g s grow-
ing fpontaneoufly, but are more Frequently cultivated in large fields as
food both for cattle and m a n ; in .'England the -former is confidered
merely as an -ornamental plant, and is found in every flower-garden.
Trigonella foenumgrecum, fenugreek, efteemed for its medicinal virtues,
and Aftragalus tragacantha, iragacaiitb vetch, fo foimcdfti‘am |p e
gum that it yfeMs, ‘are bodi 'h ^ t i ^ e s ^ ^ P r ^ ^ g of
Morrtpdlier. M a n y - r d fm r o f t^ r f t a n i e R t a l fl|ful#'ih|lt&g W© Rp3
eSafe,1 fucji* as *Gytiffts-'diahu'm«m ^ e ^ '^ S u h tU r k
Hack cytifus f Collutea arborefeehs, bladder fen n a ; Anagyris foetiJa,
Jiin ktttg lean trefoil, and Spartium junceum, ;Spdm0 M m fp ¥ i
- Severalfucbuknt -plkrits'' of fhe^mfe,natufa‘l clS!s^w-iHi%L^^m| ajg
found on «he -dry vocM arA ’tfte Spanifh a n d T ^ - i f t ^ S ^ t i '^ ^ o f « h i f i 'a
fbw have been introduced into e>ufc%2fdeM;!*viv o ed h n r apapampleros
and villofiim, everrgreen orpine, and hairy fedihri-, "Sempervivuhjf g|ohi-
ferum and araehneideum, 'hen la n d t chicken ^khSL'p^^aebwm^
JLttm.
T-hlrclafs Pentandfia of Lirtnseus - con talnS 'feve:M wlj|®i®Wn prats
th ^ b c e h r nafifvfeFn Frahce, feme'cif''hrhichr haveib'e^KWb'duced
■our gardens and fhrubBe|ieS;; ‘'fiich are- Ffi’muk^'vil
, bairyprim rofe and auricula i A n d ro k c e ^W im a and dsftHea^ g ^ /gr and
^ejh -cp h u rfd dndrofaee, all jfpfead wild-on-'t-he monntams^etPWv^nce;
ifohicera CoeTul^a, M u e 'h etriF d p r^n ^^i^te X L y c fu n r a ^ f fm ^ u n i,^ .'-
,thorn ; Nerium oleander, rofebay dleande'r^\ Campanula grandiflora and
fpeculum, g rea t 'ftti'wered campanula and Venus's looldng-glafs ; Rhamnus
paliurus and alaternus, ChrijPs thorn and 'aldtefnus. -, Tamarix Gallica and
Germanica, German arid French tdm nfijk. Others of this clafs defe rve
notice for their ufe in various arts, and in medicine, as Piftachia teie-
binthus, GhiS turfienttim-iree, P. lentifcus, niaftibh-tree ; , Geltis auftralis,
m ettle-tree; Rhamnus infedtorius, the berries o f which .are ufed in dyeing
I . m 1 ’>5
by Hie na'me ^FFritnd/bllerries oh"g'rdines <& kvigm h /'Atiehufa tindforia,
i& g & ’and
'fpnM tih ftifd a ch \ hhe p o # ' e f a ^ h g ^ g , ; and largely
ap-plierd'tadeathel%hfnig k n d fd ^ in ^ f plant
gfowimgiohithhslhoteiofJftfhe f M ’'wdnc'b the Barilla of
to this ‘cUfsr
whilh|^noPiftr?a:%i rfaltaiv& Fr.africfe^baye ”atie^Beth'^io%!'na^urak,
j^ e d '^ th b sM .and ’ehmafoy tlhefetsare ;
Piftachia M ^ o ^ tW ^ p y & h M lb m r tr e e ; R h a & n ^ ^ z y p h u S ^ ^ e -
tre h n p
- Flfotff^v^Fe^ieii rf4\*h^I^^|a^a^Segd^Be cnieMdned under the
clafetBdCandrk’Litm'. I rEh.&firaxmella, Didlambus alhus-'; thfe'*^//oWahd
Ndf&onne iz jk x p lin u n r 'flavram. ’ arid) ' NirbdntnhhfeHi ^W$ddbet$WiUfam
Bxptjpcmdpinki w&tkHcarhtaion, Dianthus harhaftt^tarmeria1,1 and’ caryo-
phyllus!;' it^^yfertiugm m skiR hvdodendron$| Ri rfernu^irieum’-1; ;afid the
5t o w 2g % ^ ^ ^ g ; ;;Sakifraga;eotyled!ohbfaiteiad(0:pted>anta/our-l0WfeE
gardens:. ’Xk&tiRuey, w t i , tgraveplen^; asrd^ S fyw xrM e, .#Styiax<-ofehiai-
% thejformer;a -native, and the_other.naturalized a t -Hieres^ areiufed in
medieiae. -
^ th e rip b ftih e a u tifil plants1 offthe t^fle&bf^Jya^dria andiicci-*
ahd®.a?atfe to hj|;m!e;t<with"wildji*n^ France'; :ljLteh ^reuGhielidomlim;cor-
iM S ^ ^ td ii^ ;eK k h b p m e S .^ ijP f\i ■ Psedniail i^ e fe d is -1. «and • .-.tenuifdlinsj
edmrifon and %afr6,W ileam d pemijtr, Ranmacrfu's mountain
ranunculus^ - ;®.ftivali^,aa^id| ; Kpheafan#s ^ eye ;j
T'halitflrufn^; a^uiJlgil^lgEla^ i ^fyd^hp^ed^• c s l^ r ^ in ^ J ,Ai(pii?!'£gia? alpina^
mountain {eol/wgibine ‘id arijaiyena ,apd s5 ^ 'fenneUjUfci,^
Hellebpr-psahlger and/hyemalis^thlpf^m aM r^ydnd’. 'winder,, .aconite; .Anemone,
alpina, hortenhs, ^XiA'p&^^d\C2^^l^inpfpjipparht;.yinefw nei\apd. be-
patiyctii E ) a l p h i . n i u T n | ^ 'larhfpur^ ^ J|G-©mtu|a^p|»ehus, r^unkfs
4^^>isfe ^ ^h t^ e e s an^&rUibs l^ptl^hj^gmental ^ n ^ J iM ip ji^ ib ammge •
themi@^essun_der, oipp rni^j^her^spf( tfeefe 'glaftejs.,c, My$tR«Mo®to,nnis,
thg bf@$d lecyped m yrtle, grows ^yitl^jgreat luxnriagce,al|ins; th e whoje^ofi
the jyiecliterranean coaft; Capparis fpinofa th e , fe /^^-^^.n.Ciftus, lautH
folivfe’ andjMmifoeh'enfls, Ihe ‘ laurel-leaved and Mmjpettiep^ ei/lps, three
low fhrubs of exquifite beauty, hangirom the fyimph-Sj'-Qr. clufter tound
i. o , , the
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