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Show 78 The BR ET-+1S'‘H +H E RB A-L: The Linnzus, as we have feen, properly places this among his pentandria monogynia, the threads in each flower being five, and the rudimentsofthe fruit fingle ; but improperly confounds it under the fame generical name with buckbean, the general form and the virtues being different, 1. Yellow-fringed Water Lilly. It is not uncommon in fhallow waters ; we have it abundantly about Brentford. It flowers Nymphoides flava. in July. The root is a tuft of thick, black fibres. From this, which is buried in the mud, rife C. Bauhine calls it Nymphea lutea minor flcre Jimbriato ; a name moft others have copied. many weak, trailing ftalks, which take root again at certain diftances, and fpread the plant far and wide. The leaves. are cooling: their juice, mixed with honey, is good for fore mouths. The countrypeople give it alfo in overflowings of the menfes with wine. We fee bythis that it partakes of The leaves ftand on long footftalks: thefe ufually rife to the furface of the water, on which the leaves naturally float: they are of a frefh the qualities of the common water lilly, and is by no means to be confounded with buckbean, whofe virtues it has not, nor any qualities at all like them. The common kinds of watersilly, though they green, thick, and fmooth, The ftalks are thick, foft, round, fpungy, and jointed. The flowers are large and yellow: they ftand on thick footftalks, and are beautifully notched refemble this plant in their manner of growth, and jagged, in the manner ofa fringe, about the .ctNeup Black Saltwort. opS 49 leaves, andare very pretty. The root is compofed of a clufter of flender The feed-veffel follows, and is large in proportion to the plant. It is common on‘our falt-marfhes, and elfewhere about the fea-coaft, and flowers all fum- fibres. Theftalks are numerous, and thofe which fhoot firft generally lie upon the ground, and take root again atlittle diftances. The fucceeding ftalks rife in the centre of thefe, and are round, flender, five orfix inches mer. C. Bauhine calls it Glaux maritima. Others, Glaux exigua maritima. We, Saltwort, and Sea Milkwort, from a notion of its encreafing the milk in the breafts of nurfes. high, and tolerably ereét. The leaves ftand in pairs at fmall diftances : they are oblong, {mall, and of an inverted oval figure ; the part wherethey growtothe ftalk being narroweft, and the leaf growing broader to the end. Gree This is all the virtue or ufe attributed to it 5 and this feems to ftand upon a veryprecarious foundation, SUNY SUS GREEK VALERIAN, treated of among plants that have feveral petals, not with thefe which have only one, bU HER & Au, The flowers are {mall and redith: they ftand without footftalks, clofe in the bofoms of the Glaux maritima. differ extremely in their flowers, and are to be edges. The feed-veffel is long and large, and contains a great numberof feeds. GrigeBy “BR TY 1s HW POLE MON TU M. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, which is tubular in the lower part, and divided into five, broad fegments at the rim: the fruit is a fingle capfule, of an oval form, with three rifing edges, and it contains three cells: the cup is compofed ofa fingle leaf, divided into five fegments. Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia; the threads in each flower being five, and XVII. Wel teh Rev tO lb. the rudiment ofthe fruit fingle. It would be well if this genus had a better name. HOTTONIA. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, divided into five fegments: thefruit is a fingle capfule, with only one cell, of a round fhape, but terminating in a point, and is placed on the cup, which is formed ofa fingle leaf, divided into five parts. Linneus ranges this among his pentandria monogynia, the threads being five in each fower, and the Its Englifh one, whichis the tranflation of the vulgar Latin name, it received from the refemblance of the leaves in the common kind to thofe of fome of the valerians ; plants from which it is altogether different in charaéter, and thereforeill confounded in name: the Latin one we give here, whichis that ufed by the more accurate writers, founds too like that of poleymountain ; a plant from. it as different, and with which it would be as erroneous in the ftudent to confound it as with valerian. rudiment of the fruit fingle. Ofthis genus there is but one knownfpecies, and that is a common plant in our ditches and fhallow ponds. Water Violet. which is to fupport the fowers: this is tall, upright, round, flender, and naked. Hottonia. The root is a tuft of black, long, and flender fibres : thefe penetrate deep into the mud. The leaves are long, large, and very beautifully pinnated : they confift each of ten, twelve, or more pairs of long and narrow fegments, regularly difpofed, and an odd one atthe end. Fromthe bafe of this clufter of leaves there ge- Theflowers ftand in little clufters at and near the top: they are moderately large, very pretty, and ofa whitith colour, tinged with red. The feed-vefiel is fingle and {mall. It is frequent in hallow waters that have muddy bottoms, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Miliifolium aquaticum, feu Viola aquatica caude nudo. Boerhaave, Hottonia; a name ufed nowgenerally forir. face of the mud, and in thefe places fend up frefh Theleaves are cooling, externally applied ; but they are more ufed by country people than by phyficians, clufters of leaves. In the centre of thefe leaves rifes the ftalk, GLA Bee Nios S -k BRP 6 Common Greck Valerian. Polemoniun vulgare. nerally are propagated fomelong, flender ftalks, which take root again as they run upon the fur- DIV 1ST ON Theroot is compofed of numerous, thick, and long fibres. The leaves rife in a large tuft, and are extremely beautiful: they are of the pinnated kind, and each is compofed of a great many pairs of pinnze or fmaller leaves, difpofed with great regularity along a middle rib, with an odd one at the end: they are of a beautiful green. The ftalks rife in the centre of this tuft of XVIII. leaves ; and are green, hollow, thick, ftriated, upright, and two feet high. The leaves ftandalternately on them, and are like thofe ofthe root, pinnatedin the fame elegant manner, but {maller. DG A's. CaN SALTWORT. alk Large-flowered Greek Valerian. GeL gue, Polemoniumflore magno. HEflower confifts of a fingle petal, divided into five obtufe fegments: the feed-veffel is a fincle capfule, having only onecell, and containing five feeds. There is no cup ; wherefore lone havecalled the flower a cup, and faid the plant has no flower. This is a cuftom with many writers, whenthe flower remains with the fruit; but it is unnatural, and therefore improper. Linnzus places this among his pentandria monogynia ; the threads being five in each fower, and the rudiment of thefruit fingle. OF this genus there is but one known fpecies, and that isa common wild plant about our feacoatts, Black The root is compofed of numerous long fibres. The firft leaves are large, and of the pinnated kind; the pinne are oblong, and very numerous, andare terminated by an oddleaf. The ftalkis ereét, ftriated, and firm. The leaves are like thofe from the root, but faller, and paler coloured: they are placed alternately, and at confiderable diftances. Sep Ee EE 1s) The flowersftand in large clufters at the tops of the ftalks, and of {mall branches, rifing from the bofoms of the leaves : they are large, and of a beautiful blue, fometimes white, The feed-veffels are large and light, and the feeds numerous. It is not uncommon wild in dampplaces in Yorkfhire, and the other northern counties; and its beauty has brought it into frequent ufe in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it Valeriana cerulea. J. Bauhine, Valeriana Greca quibufdamcolore ceruleo & aloo. Tournefort, Polmonium vulgare caru leum. Its virtues are not known. O RET .GANbo: SPEC 1S. The flowers are large, and of a bright red ; they ftand in a kind of thick clufters at the tops of the ftalks and branches. The feed-veff-l is large, and has three ribs very plain and firm. It is a native of Carolina, Dillenius calls it Quamoclit pinnatum ereéfum foribus in Thyrfum difpofitis ; but it is properly a polemonium, |
