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Show he Th BRITISH (aei R BAL. aR ad aa ot EE e the outfide, and paler within; and they have a pleafant fmell. They confift each of fivepetals; and have a tuft of threads with yellow buttons in the centre: andthey ftand in a {preading, purple kind of cup, very beautiful. This is formed of five leaves of the entire cup of the flower, which, as in the others before defcribed, confifts of five larger, andfive fmaller. The feeds grow in a naked head, and this ftands on a longith pedicle. They have hairs hanging from them in the famé manner as the others. It is a native of Britain; butnotcommon. It has been found about Settle in Yorkthire, and on Snowden hill in Wales, and, as is faid, in Effex It is by fome called mountain avens, and by others water ovens, its place being naturally in bogs on e green colour, andalittle hairy ; they are of a fine : and fharply ferrated. four The ftalks rife in the centre of thefe, They are or five from each head ofthe root. the ground long, flender, redifh, and run upon and fend in fie manner of thofe of cinquefoil, tufts of roots at every joint downwards, and leaves, andoften new ftalks upwards. of a The flowers are moderately large, and threads beautiful yellow, withalittle tuft of paler petals, in the middle. They confift each of four , not whence it is plain the plant is a /o mentill It is not common. Plot and Morifon found it in Oxfordfhire. I have feen it on the edge of Chariton foreft in Suffex. Its virtues are probably of the fame kind with thofe of the former, but in a lefs deg Morifoncalls it Pente 0 tetrapetalOF mittens. Plot, Pew rofundius Les tis. a cinquefoil. Whenthefe are fallen, the feeds ripen in a {mall oval clufter, GE NU AVENS. OS the tops of hills. C. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllata ac iitfore fore, and J. Bauhine Caryophylle firiato. Others, Caryophyllata montanapurpurea. Vv CARYOPHIYLLATA, Avens witha fingle white flower. aeryophyllata flore alba fo threads in the centre. ‘The feeds hav I SET E flower of avens confifts of five petals, with a tulft of are pinnated. long and crooked hairs growing to them ; and the leaves awayits antient and proper name, Linnezus ranks this among the icofandria polyginia ; andtaking calls it geum. is therefore> one This laft is a name ufually underftood to be long to a very different plant. This name, caryophy of thofe inftances in which he has brought in need]efs confufion. The antient {mell, refembl ing that of is very proper; the root of this plant having a fragrant and aromatick ie) Bue the clove fpice, caryophyllus. DIVISION Piet T TS ws PE Ce x. Common Avens. Caryophyllata vulgaris. The rootis thick, and of auinegular figure, and tifuallylies obliquely in the ground. It is of a edith colour, an auftere tafte, and a very light, pleafant, aromatick fmell ; and has many thick fibres. The leaves rife in a little clufter fix or eight together andare of a very pretty fhape. They are pinnated, but in a fingular manner, the feve- ral pairs of fmall leaves on the fides bearing no proportion to the odd one at the end, whichis large and rounded. There are three or four of thefe pairs, and they are fmall, broad, and obtufe. The colour of the whole leaf is a pale green, andit is fomewhathairy. The ftalk is round, firm, hard, upright, and branched. There ftandirregularly on it feveral leaves. They have a couple of broad, fhort fegments at the ftalk; and at the extremity are divided into three parts, and are deeply water on half an ounce of it cut to flices, is an excellent fudorifick. The powderof the root in a dofe of half a dram, repeated in the manner of the bark, will frequently cure ag.es, where the bark itfelf, through ill management, failed. The phyfician often meets with patien are fo averfe to the bark that they will not t it: thefe home-produced remedies fhould thenube tried, for they will generally fucceed. 2. Purple Avens. Caryophyllata flore p The root is oblong, irregul lies obliquely under the furface : : the outfide, paler within, and has manythick black fibres. Its tafte is auftere and bitterith. Theleavesrife in little clufters, and ftand on fhort pedicles. They are compofed each of fe- veral pairs of fmall pinnz, aideat a large rounded leaf at the end. They are notched rudely and irregularly at the edges, and are a little hairy. At firft they are of a pale, afterwards of a brownThe flowers are fmall and yellow, and have ifh green; and in fome places, but not in all, threads of a paler mae in the centre. they have a pleafant fmell: this variation is perThe feeds ftand ii n a large button, naked, and ceivedalfo in the roots of the other kind, which furnifhed with hookedpoints. It is commonin paftures and underhedges ; are very fragrant in fome places, and little fo in others, and flowers in June. The ftalks are numerous, round, hairy, and Authors defcribe it under the name of caryorobuft: they are a foot or more in height, and. wilata vulgaris; in Englith we call it avens divide into many branches. Their leaves are fmall, andherb bennet. notched, hairy, and difpofedirr oan The flowers are {mall, ftriatedd, and purple. It poffefles the virtues of the tormentill, but is They grow ina pendent manner on the tops of more a cordial, andfudorifick with lefs aftrinthe anaes or onlittle bending, hairy footftalks gency. The root in powder, is good in fevers attended with diarrhzas. Ten grains is a dofe. ee from them toward the top. 1 An inkt ; of boiling ra An infufion Paetecattn made by pouring a pint en perfectly. ‘Their colour is a deep purple on ferrated. th The root is long, brownifh, with a tinge of and of a woody fubftance. _It fpreads under e furface, and fends up leaves in many places, in feparatetufts. Thefe ftand on long and flender footftalks and are oblong, of a deep green, and pointed at the ends. Theftalks are hard, woody, and lie uponthe ground. Theyare fouror five inches long, and have the famefort of leaves on them, but fmaller. They are harfh to the touch, and white underneath; as are alfo thofe from the root. The flowers are large, white, and very beautithofe of the commonftrawful. They refe DIVISION J F 1 upright fingle flowers. fore erecio J The root is © s, thick, andof an irregular fhape. It runs obliquely under the furface, and is edoed with fibres. Its colour is black, andits 1 aromatich and ftand le he ort foorftal! Theyconfit each of three or four pairs of blunt pinne, and large leaf at the This is d grofsly into three parts pon the whole, fhape, andit is irregularly notched he whole of a fhining green; and the footftalk is ftalks are round, upright, green, anda Their leaves are hairy, more distched than thofe at the bottom; and on long, flenderfoot large, and beauti cinquefoil ; HERBAL. berry; but that they are larger: They fta fingly on long, flender, hairy footttalks, ar have a tuft of threads in the middle: Thefeeds ftand in naked heads, furnifhed with long andfeathery filaments 5 fo that theyr thofe of the pafqueflower. It is not uncommonin Ireland, particu Galway. It flowers in June. Morifon calls it Caryophyllata alpina ch folio. C.Bauhine, Chamedrys alpina : 4. Cinquefoil avens: Carophyllata pentaphyllea. The root is a tuft of numerous, brown, fibres rifing from a fmall head: of a cutie oe and aromaticktafte eaves arifing from it, ftand on long, footttalks. They are divided deeply into five parts; fometimes into feven, in the ma the tormentill leaves; and are of and hairy. The feveral fegments pointed at the ends, and notchedat Theftalk is round, hairy, and: Theleaves ftand irregularly on it, and are vided into five parts, in the manner of thofe at the bottom. Thefe fegments are narrow, hairy; andferrated. The flowers are fmall and yellow. They confit each of. five leaves, with a tuft of threads in the centre; and ftandon the tops ofthe branches: Thefeeds follow ina naked, fmall head, and have hairs hanging to themlike thofeof the com. monavens, but more tenderandfofs. It is found in fome parts of Scotland; and flowers in May. J. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllata pentaphylla C. Bauhine, Ce hyllata alpina gu REIGN magno luteo. ©, Bauhine, Ca lutea. ; It feems to poffefs the virtues of the common avens in a very powerful degree: 2. Creepitg Avens with finely dividedleaves. Caryophyllata foliis incifis caule re The root is long, brown, flender, divided into branches, and befet with fibres. The leaves ftand on fhort. footftalks; are divided into a number of {mall parts, which are obtufe, fhort, and notched at the edges The ftalks are weak and low; they are alittle hairy, and ufually lie upon the ground. They have about four leaves on them, andthefe fmaller ththan thofe from the root; otherwifealike, except that the divifions are finer. Onthe tops of the ftalks ftand the flowers. They are large, yellow, and very béautiful. One f ufually ftands on the top of each flalk. They are compofed of an uncertain number ofleaves, and have a tuft of threads in the centre The feeds ftand in a {mall, naked head; but they have fine and foft hairs growing from them. It is a native of the cold mountainous parts of Switzerland, and other p af Europe. It flowers in June. D The |