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Show The abakul also H HERBAL HOE RB AG. uU SN. wiLbD § IV; RU: Ey HARMAL A. ERA five pe tals, regularly expanded: the feed-veffél is roundifh, but HE flower is compofed of 55 onc Bue vals m1 se CO @ f five little leav, lightly trigonal, and the feeds are numerous and oval: the cup is compofedof five little leaves, and remains after the flower is fallen. in the centre of the flower. beLinnzus places it among the polyandria monogynia ; the threads ing numerous, andfixed to the receptacle, andthe ftyle fromthe rudiment of the fruit fingle. This genus peganum, author, inftead of its moft received name barmala, calls this 2. Wild Rue, with undivided leaves. 1. Common Wild Rue. Harmala foliis integris: Harmala « The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with manyfibres. The firft leaves are large, broad, and divided into numerous, fine, narrow fegments : they are of pale green colour, and ofa ftrong {mell. The ftalks rife in the midft, andare firm, upright, very little branched, and a foot anda half high. The leaves on thefe ftand irregularly, and refemble thofe fromthe root in fhap The flowers are large and white: they ftand fingly cn long footftalks, rifing from the bofoms ofthe leaves. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are nu- merous and fmall. It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it. Ruta fylveftris flore albo magno. Others, Ruta fylveftris tenuifolia, and Harmala. i ee gy MARSH GED The root is long, flender, and furnifhed many fibres. The firft leaves ate oblong, narrow, of a pal green, pointed at the ends, and not at all ferrated. The ftalks are numerous, flender, upright, and yyeur aif fed ; and has within it eight glands, that make 4 ; they are circularly difpofed, and are fhort, and of a laPE rotted ; the lower narrower, and plain. The feedbroadeft, and , and {welled in the mannerof a bladder, andcontains five cells, fo diftiné more properly faid to confift of five feparate capfules joined together. The } » and there is no cup. the threads in the centre of the flower being places this among the polyandi and fixed to the receptacle, and the ftyles from. the rudiment of the fruit alfo nuThis genus feems to connect together the plants with many capfules to a flower, and thofe with one. There everal fpecies of it; and in fome the divifion of the whole is lefs, and in others more dilflinct: i ; a fingle membranous feed-veffel, divided only into feveral cells, in the ng andin others it is more and more plainly compofed of feveral feanner of maay of capfules, which, though firmly conneéted together, yet are in a manner each perfect and of a gale green. blue Nigella, The leaves ftand irregularly on them, andare oblong, narrow, and fh arp-pointed : theyrefemble thofe of the common milkwort. The flowers ftand on flender footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves, and they are white or yellowith, The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are very numerous. It is anative of Siberia, and flowers in Augutt. Amman calls it Harmala montana polygale Solis. ; leo involucro 7 - 27. © z Aen foliofo cincto. The root is long, flender, divided, and fursith manyfibres. % leaves growin a clufter, andpartlie sround, part ftand erect: they are large, ] into numerous fegments, which gh: 1alterna The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and very much branched: it is a foot or more in height, and of a pale green. The leaves are placedirregularly on it, and in all refpeéts refemble thofe from the root. The flowers are moderately large and white : they ftand fingly at the tops of the branches, and not that clufter of leaves under them which is feen in the blue kind. The feed-vefiel is large and oblong, and contains five cells, very plainly diftinguifhed on the outfide. The feeds are large and black. It is anative of the Eaft, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Nigella flore minore fimplict US is by culture affords alfo double flowers; but Cirs-f Urs! theyare not fo large, or nearly fo beautiful as the at the top of each ofthe branches. UM, others. 3. Spanifh Nigella. HE flower is compofed of five petals regularly difpofed: the feed-veffel is of a roundith figure; it contains five cells, and fplits in five places at the bafe whenripe: the cup is fmall, and is formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments at the edge. Linnzus places this among the decandria mongy wia; the threads in each flower being ten, and the ftyle from the rudiment ofthe fruit fingle. 1. Narrow-leaved Marfh Ciftus. Ledumfoliis anguftis ferrugineis, 77iny <@ The root is Jong, thick, divided, and fpreading. The ftem is hard, woody, and covered with a grey bark. The young fhoots are long, flender, purplith, and covered with a white hoary matter : they are thick fet with leaves, and thefe are long and narrow, refembling thofe of rofemary : their fides are ufually curled up together, and they are covered with a ferrugineous dutt. ; The flowers ftand at the top of the branches in little tufts, and they are large and white. The feed-veffel is fmall, and the. feeds are nu/ merous and brown. It is frequent in boggy grounds in many parts of North America, C. Bauhine calls it Ciftus ledon rorifmarini_folii. Serrugineis. Comerarius and others, Rofmarinu flvefire. GENUS Nigella flore maximo ceruleo. nber of fimall leaves by way of cup round the flower, for it has no proper cup f its own, and thefe afterwards gather up round the feed-veffels, and n in either ftate a beautiful appearance. ve-6f Italy, and other of the warmer ‘ope: the their corn-fields in July. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with numerous fil The firft leaves are very large, and of a deep green ; and theyare divided into numerous, long, and narrow fegments. The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and a foot and ahalf high. The leaves ftand irregularly on its and they are of a deep green, and divided in the fame man- The double kind, and by our flowers ftandat the tops of the branches fingly ; and they are very large, and ofa beautiful blue. The feed-veffel is large, rounded, and formed arts, containing in five cells a great ty of roughfeed. native of Spain, and of other the warmer ‘urope, and flowers in Auguft. ne calls it Nigella latifolia flore majore Others, Nigella Hifpanica maxie 1 fome only Nigella Hifpanica, lii 4. Broad |