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Show The BRITISH HERBAL. aaa HERBAL 268 ace, and fome others intro ys into its proper pl Wehave feparated that genu 1 fhall here treat dif tind proper genera 5 and r thei into r rs autho manner by the fame feparated by thofe characte um, and urti 74 : naft thecIname d cre/s OF properly uncJerfto od by filiculofe plants. blifhed from all the other DIVISION . 1: Narrew-leaved Crefs PL201 r um anguftpifolium.m. G4: urti aft Naft white, and furnifhed The root is long, thick, : . fibres many with are oblong, and The leaves that rife from it tuft: they are of narrow, and form a little thick the edges, and a pale green, cut in deeply at , fharp-pointed. upright, very The ftalk is round, thick, firm, in height. much branched, and a foot or more and’ in a perTheleaves ftand thick uponit, oblong, narfedtly irregular manner : they are no footrow, and of a pale green: they have the edges, ftalks; they are not at all indented at . and they terminate in a fharp point The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches and in little clufters, and they are very {mall white. The feed vefiels are fhort and hard: the feeds are large and brown. The whole plant has a ftrong acrid tafte. It is commonby the road-fides in Effex, and ly fome other parts of the kingdom, though utter unknown in many counties. SUPPErS TEs. BRITISH It flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Nafurtium fylveftre ofyridis folic. Others, Thlafpi angupifolium, and Thla/pi minus. The plantin its general afpect has much of the appearance of the common garden-crefs, efpecially while the radical leaves remain ; but they are generally of fhort continuance, fading as the plant he tops of but there are ufually fou ftalks clufters of the feed-vefiels, which ge browncolour. It is not uncommon in barren hilly flowers in April. Tabernamontanus calls it Nafurtium ; a name moft have copied: but fome call it Burfa paftoris minor. 3. Rocket-Crefs. Na but they are fimaller, narrower, and m the fegments are very flender pointed at the ends, The flowers are fmall, and ftandin tuftsat t tops of the branches. are brown. It is found on fome hilly paftures, and flowers in Auguft. C, Bauhine calls it A 7 DIVISTON The ftalks rife among thefe feveral together : they are round, flender, upright, and about four inches high. The leaves on them are very fmall and few; fometimes they are altogether naked, andthere are rarely more than two orthree onthe ftalk when the plant is moft vigorous andhealthful : thefe-are fhort, and deeply divided into three or four fegments. The flowers ftand at the top in a little tuft, and they are very {mall and white. The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are very {mall. The flowerslaft but a little while on this plant; are fall and brown. It is common every where by way-fides, and flowers in May. C. Bauhinecalls it Ambrofia campeftris repens. Others, Coronopus Ruellii, All thefe creffes are good againft fcorbutic complaints ; and operate by urine, The laft f{pecies is of late years become famous as an ingredient in thofe medicines, the receipt for which the government purchafed of Mrs. Stevens for th cure of the ftone. RUE 4G UNL 5S ne bras. The feed-veffels are alfo fmall: the feeds are 1, Garden Crefs. Eee dium ae Var fois CBO 0 The root is long and flender, and has numerous fibres. The firft leaves are long, narrow, and vari- oufly andirregularly. divided: they are ofa frefh green colour, a tender fubftance, and a pleafing acrid tafte. The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and of a whitifh green, not much branched, and two feet high. The leaves on this are numerous, and placed irregularly :, they are divided in the pinnated manner into narrow fegments, very varioufly. and irregularly, as thofe at the root; but the diyifions of thefe are narrower. The flowers ftandat the tops of the ftalks and branches, andare fmall and white. brown. It is a native of Germany, but is fownin our gardens for the ufe of the table, the feed-leaves being excellent among what is called young fallading. C. Bauhine calls it Nafurtium fylveftre vulgatum. Others, Nafturtium hortenfe. Culture occafions a great deal of varietyin the leaves of this plant. We fee them fometimes curled in a very beautiful manner at the fides, and fometimes undivided and broad, without fo muchas indentings at the edges. Under thefe appearances it has been deferibed by fome as two diftinét fpecies, but they are only varieties. The; plant is of the nature of the feveral wild creffes, and is no way to be taken more properly than as a fallad. affine. Others, Eruca nafturtio cogna It has muchthe afpect in general of the GE, Nofturtium foliis ten The root is a fmall, oblong fibre, with a few very flender threads hanging fromit in various parts. The firft leaves rife irregularly, a few in a clufter, and are of a pale green : they are oblong, narrow, and very beautifully divided in thepinnated manner : each confifts of fix or eight pairs of extremely fine fegments, and an odd one at the end; but. they are all connected by a rim of leaf that runs all along the middle rib. The ftalks rife in the'midft of this tuft, and are numerous, weak, flender, and very much branched. The flowers are fmall and white: they ftand at the tops of the branches inlittle clufters. The pods are fhort and very fmall, and the feeds are minute and yellowihh. It is found on the hilly paftures in the weft of England, and among rocks. It flowers in May. Ray calls it Nafurtiolum montanum an nuiffime divifum. annuum noftras, Plulcenet, Nafturtium petreum WN. CS XII. TREACLE MUSTARD 4. Fine-leaved Crefs, Nofturtium pumilium petreum. PO3 002 Thefirft leaves rife in a {mall round tuft: they are oblong, narrow, and verydeeply finuated at the edges ; fo that they have much the appearance of the pinnated divifion: they are of a pale green at their firft growth, but they foon become brown. The feed-veffels are fhort and rough: the feeds The root is long, fender, white, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves fpread themfelves beautifully upon the ground, forming a regularcircle : they are long, moderately broad, andvery deeply divided in the pinnated manner, andtheir colour isa frefh andpleafant green: the fegments are narrow, anddivided into three points, or notched on each fide at the end. The ftalks are numerous, round, green, and divided into manybranches: they are thick and firm; but they do not rife up from the ground, fpreading themfelves every way like the leaves. inm foliis er The rootis long, flender, white, ar with manyfibres. The firft leaves grow in little tuft oblong, and deeplydividedin the pinn ner: they are of a faint green, and of a tender fubftance. The ftalk is round, firm, uf and a foot high. The leaves onit refemble thofe from t 2. Rock Crefs. The root is flender, oblong, and furnifhed with a great number of {mall fibres. the leaves, and they are‘fmall and white. tium fupinum capfulis verrucofis. kind. flowers. “269 The flowers grow in clufters in the bofoms of 5. Swines Crefs. LO! BOS, Dit £ Si oPWe. HE flower is compofed of four petals placed crofs-ways: they are fmall, and of an inverted oval ‘ow bottoms. The cup is formedof four little leaves, which ftand fomeform, with very 1 d hollow, and fall with the ower. The feed-veffel is broad, fhort, and what open: they are ov comprefied ; it is narrow at the bafe, and broadeft at the extremity: the feeds are numerous. Linnzeus places this among the zetradynamia filicu ofa , the flower having four longer and two fhorter threads, andthe feed-veffel being a regular filicule, Hejoins the fhepherds purfe to this genus, but without reafon, The feed-veffel in that plant is of a very. particular form; therefore we have feparated it, and defcribed it in its place: and we to the reft; which Linnzus feparates under various names. have here joined feveral proper 74/. Dia Vt Ss] ON BR ETEeBS 7 1.. Common Thiafpi Thlafpi incanum majus. Alo904 The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The firft leaves are few, and quickly fade: they are long, narrow, and fharp-pointed, of a pale gteen, a little hairy, and fupported on long,flender footftalks, N°27, SPECIES, The ftalk grows in the centre of thefe, and they grow yellow, and decayasit rifes in height : it is firm, round, of a pale green, anda little hairy, and towardthe top divides into feveral branches. The leaves on it are long, narrow, and fharppointed: they are broadeft at the bafe, and there adhere to the ftalk with a kind of appendage or point oneach fide ; and from this part they grow fmaller all the way to the end. “Le The |