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Show 34 Th BRITISH HERB ftand within it a vaft number of very fhort filaments, and among themthe rudiments of numerous capfules. Toward the bottom ofeachpetal there is a gland which opens ina Jabiated manner, the lip being undivided. The feeds are contained in numerous capfules. It is a native of Wales, and of fome ofthe northern counties of England. It flowers in June. DIV I S.BOeN«a HH. The! 1 Small Globe-flower. The root is a tuft of long, thick fibres. Theleaves rifing from the root are deeply divided in the manner of thofe of the other; but they ftand on fhorter footftalks, and are ofa pale green. The ftalk is round, tolerably upright, and about ten inches high. Its leaves are few; and they are deeply divided, and have the divifions ferrated at the edge as the others: they are of a paler green, and ftand very irregularly. The flowers are venee large, andvery beautiful : their colour is a deep yellow, with a tinge of orange; and they at firft have the figure of thofe ofthe common globe-flower , but when they ON MARSH iH ER ew Ane Gry E-eoN UWS IV. FLOWERING RUSH. BUTOMUS. The virtues have not beentried. Moft authors have called this planta Rewunculus, not obferving the feed-veilel. C. Bauhinecalls ic Rau folio flore globofo x others, have ftood ‘fome time, they open: they have a great number of threads within, and are fucceeded by many fhort and flat pods. Whatis very fingular in the’ ftruéture of the flower in this fpecies is, that the glandules we have defcribed at the bottoms ofthe petals in the common globe flower, are in this very long, and give a very. particular afpect to the whole. This fpecies is a native of manyparts of the world, but not of England. Tournefort found it in the Greek iflands, and Ammanin Siberia : they both defcribe it as a {pecies of hellebore. Tournefortcalls it Helleborus nigerori nunculi folio flore neq 1 ‘glob Helleborus aconiti folio flore globofo croceo. Linnzus pee ‘the Hel as a fpecies bellebore, in his Flore Utes BRIRISH for the fingularity of BO R°EWE NOs (PLE Trollius humilis flore croceo. GE We keepit ir the flower. III. MARYGOLD. HEleaves are long and narrow. ‘The flowers are difpofed in a kind of umbel which has a three-leaved cup. Each confifts of fix petals, three larger within, and three {maller without, andfix capfules for the feeds follow the flower. Une places this amonghis Exneandria, becaufe its ower has nine filaments in the centre ; feparating it by fevera] claffes from the globe-flower and marfh mary gold, to whichits flowers andfeedvettals fhewit manifeftly belongs. There is but one knownfpecies of this genus, and that is a native of Britain We fee this clafs not only comprehends fewer genera than many others, but that feveral of thofe have but a fingle {pecies: The Flowering Ruth. Basan Theroot confifts of a multitude of long, flender and toughfibres joined to a fimall head: many of thefe heads grow together, fo that one clufter of the roots will be extreamly large F omtheferife together the leaves and ftalks ; form a kind of bulbous bottom, and the leaves furround one another, as well as the ftalk, to fome height ; afterthis they feparate; and they are long and narrow: they are not flat, but of a three cornered fhape, andare thick, and full ofa light, loofe pith. Their colour is a bluith green, andtheyare fharp at the points. The ftalk is tall and naked. It rifes from the centre of a clufter of leaves, and is three or four foot high. It is round, fmooth, thick, andfull of pith, The flowers ftand in a large tuft at the top, | | | | | andthefe are moderately large, and very beautiful. They confift each of fix fhort, obtufe, and roundifh petals, and are ofa delic pale red colour. They have two fets of thre. reads in the centre, fix which ftand outward, and three within m; and on thefe are nee , lormed each of two lamell or plates. In th centre of thefe are fix rudiments, which, after the Roweris fal en become the fruit. hele capfules are oblong, erect, and Openinwards. hey are each c »mpofed ofa fir gle piece, whereas thofe of the others ufually are of two. The feeds are oblongand obtufe. It is not uncommon with us in waters ; flowering in June. J. Bauhine calls it Juncus floridus. C. Bauhine, Funcus flo major. We have no account of its virtues. CAL To A: HE leaves are undivided: the flower is compofed of five large petals, and| 4as no cup. In the centre there are numerous filaments, with ereét, obtufe, compreffed buttons. The capfules are numerous, fhort, and pointed; and the feeds roundith. Linnzus places this among the polyandria polgynia, next to the crowfoot; fuIppofing, in his ufual manner, that they are of the fameclafs, becaufe both have numerous filaments ia the ce ntre of the flower ; thoughthe feeds ofthe crowfoot ftand naked, andthe feeds of the nx nfo marygold are enclofed in capfules. Ofthis genus there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain , and very common. Common Marth Marygold. Caltha paluftris. The root is compofed ofa vaft number of long, thick, whitifth fibres, which run under the furto a great diftance. The leavesrifing fromit ftand on long, green, thick, and flefhy footftalks : they are ofa roundifh e, “but indented where theyreceive the ftaik, and very lightly notched about the edges. The ftalks are thick, round, fle thy, upright, f pale green, and a foot and a halfPhigh:: they have 7 branches, andtheir leaves ftand ii rregularly ; thofe towardthe lower part have footttalks, thofe bi her up have not; and theyareall of the fame fhape, though fomewhat finuated and nd of the fame fine green colour. The flowersare very large, and ofa beautiful yellow: they have a great tuft of fhort ¢ in the centre. The feeds are contained in a clufter of fhort pods It is frequent in our meadows, and floOwers in April. C. Bauhine calls it Calzba palufiris flore others, Caltha paluftris. Authors have defcribed, and even figured, what theycall the fiall me ae marygol d, as if a diftine {pecies ; but it is only an acci dental variety. The flowers of this plant are fometimes found naturally double: this alfo has by fome been figured as a diftin& fpecies; but thefe are the molt common andtrivial of all varieties, Its virtues haye not been t Goi aie Wai 28 Me ARRY WATER PLANTAIN, DAMASONIU™. TH . flowers confift of three petals. The feeds are contained in capfules, feveral of which fucceed every flower. Linnzusae this among the bexandria polygynia, makingit a {pecies of water plantain, under the name«4 4. This was an early error, and weareto call the name water plantain a very improper one, heegh the addition of farry makes a plain diftinétion. We have been ufed to wonder that the common E “nglifh write rs named thisas q {pecies oftheat Penus 5 but our fur prife muft be greater when wefeethi s writer fall into the fame conan Its feed-veftels guith it from the inly diftinguif water plantains properly fo called, and refer it to this clafs, to which y do not belong. There is but one known {pecies of this genus, andthat is a native of Britain. Starry Water Plantain. ems The root confifts of numerous long andflender numerous. They ftand on four inches in length, and d ofter i end ; ae or fen inchesin length, irregularin vth, much branch spounde'thick..and their not very uprig f fhy. de aaiclafielsantheie tops, and GENUS in other parts: dicle, andare { they have eacha long flenderpeand te. Thefeeds followenclofed in capfules fix after every flower, h are difpofed in a radiated manner, fo as relemble the figureof a ftar; and thence the plant had its name /c had that of water pl in trom fome refetattance of the leaves to thofe of that plant. It is commen in thallow muddy waters and about ditch fides, The leaves fometimes float upon the water, at other times theyftan d dry. _ a flowers in July, and the feed-veflels foon follow J. Bauhine mis cal!s it Demafonium flellatum dalef C. Bauhine and moft others, Plautago quaticaftellata. We have no account of its virtues. GENUS |
