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Show Th BRITISH HERBA J. 401 sus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in each flower 1. has being five, and This authorjoins the /phon and panas Hi , calls it Her there is fuf antient name may very well be retained. BRITISH HERBAL. Drevel os LO oNc. i Mh CaS... S XXIV. 78 and aré comPlants whofe flowers are placed in umbells, or rounded clufters 5 prjed each of frve petals, and fucceeded by two feeds, which fland naked, and united, and are crowned with the cup. feparated Te are diftinguifhed as obvioufly as the preceding by Nature, and can neverbe from one another; nor can any otherplants be joined with themin a juft method. The umbel is a tuft compoled of numerous flowers, placed on divided, andoften fubdivithat belongs ded footftalks; all of which are enclofed at the bafe by a leafy cup, befide the fmall one to the fower. This plainly and obvioufly diftinguifhes them. And what Nature has thus thrown before the moft flight obferver, fhe has fapported and confirmed for the ftricteit obfervation ; for all thofe plants, which have the flowers thus thrown into umbells, have each flower thus compofedof five petals, and followed by two joined and naked feeds, This has led Mr. Ray to clafs them under the name of herbe umbellifere, and moft others havein Linnzus, who keeps moft of the umbelliferous plants together in his clafs of pentandria, yet joins with themthe e/m and gentian. The two purpofes to be anfwered by arranging plants in claffes, are, to keep thofe whichare alike together, andto feparate them from others. The regularity of Nature does not admit of varying from the firft point ; but thefe authors wholly lofe fight of the latter. Jagged Cow-Parfnep. TASH. 0 It is an emollient outwardly applied. DIV 415 LO Now, S GIGI Sphondylium pumilum. The rootis long, flender, and redifh: The leaves that firft rife from it are fmall, and divided into five parts, fupported on long footftalks, and of a pale green. The ftalk is firm, upright, branched, and a Gabe: The elm and hemlock in Lin- Natives of BRITAIN. U.S... Nin U 24/8 Il. PAR S N Ep, Pe Diy 1S FON 1. ys) TL IN AC A, BRITISH Wild Parfnep. Therootis long, flender, white, woody, and of a fweettatte. rp flowers are difpofed in very large umbells, furrounded at the bafe with numerous, oblong Each is compofed of five petals, in fome regular, in others irregular; the outer ones being larger than the others, and all of them nipped at the end, and heart-fafhioned. ~I, Poftinacha Jylveftris. BOS2 SP HO N Deming vinine very fmall; and the feeds are broad, fhort, and foliaceous. C.Bauhine calls it Sphondylium Alpinum par= vu, ftyles two. GOW-PARSNEP leaves. It is a native of the hilly parts of Germany, and flowers in Auguft. Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the Thofe of which one or more fpecies are naturally wild in this kingdom. IN. The leaves on it are fmall, divided into three parts, and fupported on flender footftalks, The flowers are {mall and redifh. HE flowers are difpofed in large, rounded, but flat umbells, on divided and fubdividedftalks thele rife naked from the ftalk, having no leafy cup. Each flower is compofed of five petalss which are pointed and crooked. The cup is very minute, but is divided into five parts; and the feeds are of a flatted, oblong figure, and foliaceous, -BaR Beer SPECIES: foot high. GPLGBRLE L LE Theroot is long, thick, and white. The firft leaves are extremelylarge; and they are very deeply divided in the pinnated manner into narrow, and in fome degree curled feoments. The colouris a pale greyith green ; and the whole leafis hairy. . The ftalk is upright and ftriated, not much branched, and five or fix feet high. The leaves onthis are placed alternately, and they refemble thofe from the root: they are of a pale green, and rough. The flowers are white, and have faint tinge of purple often very agreeably thaded over thers they ftand in rounderand fmaller umbells than in the other. The feeds are large and brown. We have it very frequently in hilly paftures, Tt flowers in Auvuft. C. Bauhine calls it Sp ‘lium birfutum foliis anguftioribus. EO RE PON Dwarf Cow-Parfnep. heeus ftand in the fame clafs ahd the fame feétion : they are not feparated by any fubordinate divifion. BBVOVSLVLOVHROGESEPAGLSS LLL um foliis te of The root is long, thick, and white, and of a fweetifh, but fomewhatacrid tafte. The firft leaves are very large, deeply divided in the pinnated manner, of a rough furface, and of a pale green. The ftalk is fix feet high, upright, firm, ftriated, and of a pale green, often purplith toward the bottom. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk and of the branches; and they are white: theyare very numerous, and are difpofed in extremely broad umbells. The feeds are very large and brown. It is common in paftures, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Sphondylium vulgare birfutum. Others, Sphondylium vulgare. the fame manner kept them together, and feparated them fromall others: but the modernfyftems, always at war with Nature, fet afide this diftinction ; they regard only the number of threads in the flower : therefore the obvious and certain mark of the umbel cannot haveany force. Nature is fo uniform, even in the leaft things, that this method keeps moft of the umbelliferous plants together, for they agree alfo in the numberof threads and petals; but it does not feparate ; them from other plants. S'P°EC T Bis, 1. Cow-Parfnep. Sphondylium vulgare. BRPLSSSEHRGLOGOIS Pea eee ng away the name genera; and the The cup is Linnzus The firft leaves are large, and beautifully divided in the pinnated manner; their fegments being numerous and narrow, and their colour a yellowith green, The ftalk is upright, firm, branched, ftriated, and of a yellowith colour. N° XL; SPECIES: The leaves ftand alternately on it; and they refemble thofe from the root, but they are fmaller. The flowers are little, and ofa faint yellow. It is common in dry paftures, and flowets in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Paftinacha flvdftris latifolia, Others, Elaphobe/cum. Some have thought the garden-parfnep raifed from this by culture; but repeated trials fhew otherwife, 5K DIVI- |