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Show COMMON PHONILA Class XIEI. Essent. Gen, Coan. PEONY. OFFICINALIS. Polyandria, , R RIICL CAPPARIS SPINOSA. Order IT. Digynia. Calyx five-leaved : Petals five: Styles none: Capsule many-seeded. Spec, Cuan. Leaves oblong. a : TO COMMON CAPER BUSH DESCRIPTION. Pin stalk rises two feet. Leaves cut into lobes, which are oblong, or, if pinnated, terminated by an odd pinna. Capsules two, oblong, hirsute, crowned with a stigma. HISTORY. Native of Switzerland, common in our gardens, which it em- bellishes with its fine pompadour flowers in Mayan d June. MEDICAL VIRTUE. The famous Willis recommends the root to be given in the form of a powder, a drachm three or four fines a day, which he affirms to have cured both infants and adults labouring under epilepsy. Home gave this root to two persons suffering under that disease in the Edinburgh Infirmary, and he declares that one of them received a ¢ ‘mporary advantage from its use. Class XVII. Polyandria. Essent, Gen, Cuar. Order I. Monogynia. Calyx four-leayed, coriaceous: Petals four: Sia- na long: Berry leathery, one-celled, pedunculate. “Pec. Cuar, Peduncles solitary, one-flowered: Stipules spiny: Leaves de- luous: Capsules oval. SS DESCRIPTION. Li ‘ves alternate, on short footstalks, oval, veiny, succulent, a bright green. Flowers numerous, axillary, on long peJuncles, white, with a faint blush of red. Petals waved. Fila- ments conspicuous, of a pale purple: anthers the same. Germen standing upon a round purple footstalk, having the appearance of a style. HISTORY. Native of the south of France, Italy, and the Levant. 2N |