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Show Phe-—-B-R-I-T 1.$-H 492 BR DD Sl Thea pede: G The leaves of this plant fometimes have the footftalks a little longer ; and.in that ftate it has been defcribed as a diftinct {pecies. U S XXII. Stel Ly hic ‘ fr Za IL Ou Df f of the The root creeps juft at the furface ground. deeply The leaves are roundith, but indented for the ftalk, and ofa fine green. ; and are The flowers grow clofe to the ground tinged with of a gteenifh colour, more or lefs This conftitutes the whole plant, for there is no rifing ftalk. It is found in our northern woods, f April. All authorscall it 4/aru : J the filamehts being ten, and “the ftyles two in . Great-flowered Knawel. inial, and full of fibres, h, beautifully _ The flowers are {mall and whitifh ; andthey are placéd in the’divifions of the branches: n.dty barren paftures. It fowers The e oblong andnarrow. The flowers are large, and ftandat the tops of the branches, ar he bofoms of the le Wehave itinb mpattures. Itflowers in June. Ray calls it Ki el incanum flore majore pe- ne calls it Polygonum anguftiffimo folio The earlier writers were not acquainted withit. green. Co Nee S VsBoR Poh beled AT EB. XXVI. KUN, O.TAG.R A. S$) o-oo SO a The cup is formed of a fingle"piece, divided into five narrow fegMs } a i } The feed-veffel is roundifh, and the Theroot is compofed of numerous fibres. , The ftalks are round, not very upright branched, and a foot in length. The leaves are extremely beautiful : they are of aroundith form, divided into many pointed fegments at the edges, and folded. Their colour is a deep green, with a tinge of 7 and of a greyifh green. The flowers ftand in the bofoms ofthe leaves; and are very fmall.and whitith. It is common in plowedfields, and flowers in May. C Corrigicla vulgaris. ot is fibrous. {talks “are numerous, and weak, three inches long, and of a pale green, T s are fhort, broad, ofa pale green, and white: they a fters roundthe ftalks, in the man* e in the verticillate plants, have it in the weft of England toward It flowers in July E Others, Percepier Angloru: iola folio craffo. The root is very long and flender. Iks are weak, branched, of a pale and four inches high. Theleaves are -{mall, rounded, thick, and of a fhining green. The flowers are fmall and wh It is found on our fea-coafts, a Ray calls it Polygonum ma um longius radi- N UV S XXVII. RUPTUREWORT: It is a powerful diuretick, 2 and good in the o gravel. HERNIARIA piece, dividedinto five pointe: in the bafe of the cup ; 4. Prickly Glaffwort. Kali cochleatum. The root is fibrous. The ftalks are numerous and branched, brown, and eight inches high. The leaves are oblong, and ofa dufky greens andin their bofoms ftand clufters of young ones, which are fmaller, and prickly at the ends. flowers are minute and whitifh ; llow, and twifted. ine calls it Kali , flowers in June. Ms C. Bauhine Others, Corrigiola. C. Bauhine calls ‘it Cherophyllo nom nibil « five, andthe flyle, thoug 2. Thick-leaved Verticillate Knotgrafs. 1. Verticillate Knotgrafs The feedis fingle, and contained in Percepier, ranthus flore majores The root is fibrous and white. The fta are numerous, three inches high, and branched. [he leaves are narrow, oblong, -and ofa pale 1s places this among the pentandria digynia ; the filaments b it at the top. The root is flender, The ftalks are weak, whitifh, crowded w leaves, and three inches high. Theleaves are broad, fhort, deeplyintended, cedens. a NTE RSIS: Cor 4 a he end ° ar hairy at the ends, anddis is of~ a pentangular form, 3. Parfley Piert. Alchemilla Alpina pe of CO 1. Common Lady’s Mantle. Alchemilla vulgaris. 2% Theroot is fibrous. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and bi they are of a filvery white. The leaves are placed on long footftalks, five on each; and theyare of a dark green onthe upper fide, and of a f are fmall and v 3s . ‘The cup is formed of one leaf: it is of a campanulated fhape, 2. Cinquefoil Lady’s Mantle. CC no petals. the cup. in April. C. Bauhine c yiceo. Others, Alch Y The root is a very rough vomit; but it and the powder of the whole plant, are uf ( promote fneezing, and draw humours from the head. divided into eight fegments, alternately larger and fmaller, We fA, Scleranthus tenuifolius, Ci S84 3 ARCH E MIL TI-Z, yellowith. The flowers grow in tufts at the tops of the branches ; and are yellowifh and fmall. It is common in ourfouthern counties, flowering in May. vulgaris. C. Bauhinecalls it 4% Re XXV, x. Germen Knoterafs, or Knawel. S XXIV. N U Gost Lab X-s MANTLE. THE flower has no petals. iy 8 EW ® inns places this aniong the decandria the flower. and confifts of a cup, whichis formed of one piece, hollow, HE flower has no petals. It bell-like form, coloured, tough, and permane a of edge, the at nts fegme three into vided fubftance. It is contained within the fubftance of the cup; andis The feed-veflel is of a tough feeds in each. vided into fix cells, with numerous dria monogyynia; the threads being twelve in each Linneus places this among the dodecan e. fingl and the ftyle purple. U A 7iece, iv} : di HE f vel coulis of a cup, formed of a fingle piece, divided into five pointed fegments, and containing the Glaments,andpiftil, The feed veflel is of an oval form, very thin, and contains Re As AR UM, Afarabacca. N ON two fe ASARABACCA. 4 -E Aninfufion of it is gently diuretick. very fmall, and ‘The flowers are very numerous, f of a gold yellow. flowers in April. It is common in woods, and ifolia aurea. C. Bauhine calls it Sexifrage rotund Geli HERBAL. H-E-R-B-A_ 4, The root is lor The ftalks trz n the eround, andare three with green, The flowers are very numerous, ey ftand at the joints The El 49: wi THIRTY-FIRST 6K Cl |