Volume I Part 2 (1/2)

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We are not a little surprised that Mr. Miller should have taken no notice of the present species, as it must have been in the English gardens long before his time, being mentioned by Parkinson in his Garden of pleasant Flowers: it is nearly related to the _Pseudo-Narcissus_, but differs from it in many particulars except size, _vid. Lin. Sp. Pl._ and Parkinson above quoted.

Though its blossoms are not so large as those of the other species, yet when the roots are planted in a cl.u.s.ter, they make a very pretty shew, and have this advantage, that they flower somewhat earlier than any of the others.

Like the common Daffodil it propagates very fast by the roots, and will thrive in almost any soil or situation.

Though a native of Spain, it is seldom injured by the severity of our climate.

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~Cynoglossum Omphalodes. Blue Navelwort.~

_Cla.s.s and Order._

~Pentandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus. Semina depressa interiore tantum latere stylo affixa.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CYNOGLOSSUM Omphalodes repens, foliis radicalibus cordatis[B], _Lin. Sp.

Pl. p._ 193. _Syst. Vegetab. p._ 157. _Scopoli Fl. Carn. p._ 124. _t._ 3.

SYMPHYTUM minus borraginis facie. _Bauh. Pin._ 259.

BORAGO minor verna repens, folio laevi. _Moris. hist._ 3. _p._ 437. _s._ 11, _t._ 26. _fig._ 3.

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A native of Spain, Portugal, and Carniola, and an inhabitant of woods and shady situations, flowers in March and April: in the autumn it puts forth trailing shoots, which take root at the joints, whereby the plant is most plentifully propagated; thrives best under a wall in a North border.

[Footnote B: ”Stolones repunt non caulis florifer, cui folia ovalia, et minime cordata. TOURNEFORTIUS separavit a SYMPHITO, et dixit OMPHALLODEM _pumilam vernam, symphyti folio_, sed bene monet LINNaeUS solam fructus asperitatem aut glabritiem, non sufficere ad novum genus construendum.” _Scopoli Fl. Carn. p._ 124.]

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~h.e.l.leborus Niger. Black h.e.l.lebore, or Christmas Rose.~

_Cla.s.s and Order._

~Polyandria Polygynia.~

_Generic Character._