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Show The G. HERB AL. BRIT SHH att Ni 8 s00U The DIV ES' TOON” XI edg the ivi i fegments s ai at thethe edge: HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, hollow, and divided into five feed-veffel is rough and cup is formed of a fingle leaf, divided alfo into five fegments 5 and the be ° hairy on the outfide, andis divided into three cells within. ¢ of the g the difference gi monogynia ogynia; ; and, > not regarding Hf the ? pentandria o the 4 this is among places aC Linnaus ‘i feed veffel, makes it the fame g:nus with campanula. I. BRITIS 8.5 :B.B,C LE S, 1. Great Throatwort. Trachelium foliis longioribus ferratis. The root is compofed of a number oflong, flender parts; which fpread under the furface, and have many greatfibres. The firft leaves are very large: they rife in a great tuft, and ftand uponlong footftalks: they are very large, foblong, broadeft in the middle, fharply ferrated, and pointed. In the centre of this tuft rife the ftalks, which are round, firm, thick, upright, not much branched, and fout feet high. The leaves on them ate numerous, and of the fame form with thofe from the root: they frequently grow two, three, or four from the fame point, but without any great regularity. The flowers are very numerous, large, and of a purplith colour, ofdifferent tinéts and degrees ; fometimes they are of a deep blue, fometimes redifh, and fometimes white. The feed-veffel is very large, hairy, and divided into three cells within; it has the fame fhort footftalk which fupported the flower, and generally hangs downward. It grows not uncommonly on the mountainsin Wales, and in Yorkthire and fome other parts of England ; and flowers in June. >. Bauhine calls it Caz naxima folits eum, and our Englith gardeners, Giant throatwort. 2. Nettle-leaved Throatwort. Trachelium foliis urtica. The feed-veffel is large, rough, and. divided into three cells. It is commonin Kent, Suffex, and manyother countries, and flowers in Auguft. Its common place of growthis by road fides. C. Bauhine calls’ it Campanula vulgatior foliis urtice major et afperior. Others, Trachelium majus, or Great throatwort. 3. Clufter-flowered Throatwort. The firft leaves are few and large: they aré oblong, broad at the bafe, and, fmaller to the point; and they ftand on fhort footftalks. The ftalks are numerous, round, firm, redifh, erect, and twofoot high. The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and refemble thofe from the root: thofe on the lowes part have fhort footftalks, thofe on the upperpars have none. The flowers are large and blue; fometimes redifh, and not unfrequently white: they ftand in thick clufters at the tops of the ftalks, and of the branches rifing from the bofoms of the leaves. The feed-veffels are large and rough. It is not uncommonin dry paftures in many parts of England, efpecially where the foil is chalk. It flowers in July. C.Bauhine calls it Zrachelium five campanula Pratenfis flore glomerato. Others, Trachelium minus. We, in Englifh, ufually, Little throatwort. The root is long, thick, and {preading. The firft leaves exactly refemble thofe of the common, ftinging nettle; they are few, and of a dufky green, and hairy, broadat the bafe, fharp at the point, ferrated, and fupported on long footftalks The ftaiks are numerous, firm, upright, hairy, ftriated, purplith, anda yard high. The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and have long footftalks: they are of the fame fhape as’thofe from the root, but fmaller. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalks, and on fhort pedicles rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: they are very large, and of a beautiful blue, deep, open, and cut into five fegments The rootis long, thick, and fpreading, The feed-veffel is rough and‘oval. The firft leaves are very large : they are oblong, narrow, ferrated, and often curled at the edges : they are of a dufky green colour, and have no footftalks. The ftalk is round, upright, firm, redith, and a little hairy: The leaves ftand itrégularly on it, and ‘réfemble thofe from the root: they are of’a pale green, and have no fooftalks, The flowers are very large and beautiful: their moft natural colour is a fine deep blue, but they are fometimes redifh or white: they are deep, It grows in Switzerland, and flowers ii June, b C. Bauhine calls it Campanuin fi villofs. Others, Trachelium fohis ecbii. 3: White Phrodtwort: Trackeliun albwyr Several “kinds of ¢ ort have thé flowers accidentally whitey but thofe 6F this plant are naturally fo ; the others ar€ only Varieties of thé feveral fpecies to which they belong, but this’ is altogether’ diftinct. long, and dividedinto five fegments at the edge. The root is long, thick, divided into feveral parts, and of a redifh brown. The leaves rife in a round tuft: they are little, fhort, pointed, and fomewhat hairy. The ftalks fife in the céntre of thefe : they are numerous, upright, ftriated, and a foot and a half high. The feed-veffel is large and rough. It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July: C. Bauhine calls it Campanula hortenfis folio et Flore oblongo. Others, Viola mariana; and our gardeners Coventry bells, 2. Rough-leaved Threadwort; Trachelium floribus glomeratis. The root is long, large, fpreading, and fur- , nifhed with many fibres, The root of the great throatwortis aftringent. A decoélion of it in water, and witha little red wine, is excellent againft the falling down of the uvula, and is a very good gargarifm in many diforders of the throat: it thence obtained its name. An infufion of the root of the nettle-leaved throatwort, fweetened with honey, is a good gargle for fore mouths. In geheral all the fpecies have the fame virtue: the great throatwortin the principal degree, and this nettle-leaved kind next. The root is tong; thick, white, and furnifhed Theleaves that rife from it aré nutherous, dblong, narrow, of a brownifh green, hairy; rough to the touch, fharply ferrated, and without footftalks. The ftalk rifes in the centre; and is round; firm; upright, and a foot high; it is rough to the touch, and often redith: Theleaves ftand irregularly on it, and are not DIVL C. Bauhine calls it Campanula alpina [pherocéhalos. J. Bauhine; Trachelium majus petr very numerous: they are narrow, and have no footftalks. oN VENUS’. WS XIV: LOOKING-GLA§ 5. SPECULUM VENERIS, HEflower confifts ofa fingle petal divided into five fegments at the edge. ‘The feed-veffel is long, fingle, of a cornered fhape, and is divided into three cells within. Linnzusplaces this among his pentandria monogynia, the threads of the flower being five, and the rudiment of the fruit fingle ; but he joins it, as of the fame genus, with the campanula, from which we fee it manifeftly differs in the form of the feed-veffél, as well as inits general afpect. Tf. BRITISH. 1. Great Venus’ Looking-glafs. Speculum Veneris major. oS PEC LE 5S; The leaves ate fhort and broad: they are of a deep green colour, placed irregularly, often, as it were in pairs in many parts, in others alternately The root is fmall, long, woody, white, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, very much branched, and about feven or eight inches high: they do not ftand erect, but lean and bend. at the edges. moderately large, oblong; undividedat the ed 35 andhairy. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in thick tufts: they are white; moderately largey and deeply divided into three’ fegments, The feed-veffel is oval, rough; and divided into three cells. It is a native of the mountainous parts of Switzerland, Germany, and Italy ; and flowers in Auguft. with a few fibres. DIVISTON Dried and powderedit aéts as an aftringent in the bowels, and is goodagainft diarrhzas, efpecially fuch as ate attended with bloody ftools. The leaves ftand’ irregularly on them; andare Trachélinm foliis anguftis Jerratis villofis. Cth oo Bon Bs Gy The flowers are large, of a beautiful blue, and hairy ,at the edge, and fland on the top of the ftalk, and onlong, flender footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: Trachelium foliis anguflis. TALECHIUM. HERB AE, PY OR a1 GAN 1, Narrow-leaved Throatwort. THRGATWORT. DAV. St _0-N— BRITISH! and diftant: they are fharply ferrated at the edges; pointed at the ends, and broadeft in the middle ; and they have no footftalks. The flowers fland on the tops of the ftalks and branches: they are fmall, of a deep purple, and |