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Show The BRET &S 2 “he ftalk is naked and flender. Theflowers are large, white, and beautiful. The feeds ftand naked in a little round button, HER BA L; Thes England, and has been found on the Thames fhore by Lambeth. It flowers in Auguft. Plukenet calls. it Sagitta aqu nina, It is common infhallow waters in the north of BRI TIS M! fmall and white; and they are extremely nume- The leaves of this are TT, EO RE LGN 1. Blunt-leaved Arrowhead. ria aquat: ca foliis obtufis fruéu parvo. The root confifts of a large, irregular lump, with a great number of long fibres. The leaves ftand on long footftalks, are of the arrowhead fhape, but very broad at the bafe, and blunt at the end. The flowers are large and white, Thefeeds ftand nakedin a fmall round clufter, It is a native of Afia, and flowers in Auguft. Rheedecalls it after the Afiatick name, Culitamara. Plukenet, Sagittarie foliis planta fruéiu glomorato monopy The leaves ftand on long, ,thick, and {pu footftalks, three on each: they are very long, narrow, andof a pale green, but of the true arrowhead form. The ftalks are long, weak, fpungy, ob angulated, and naked. They are furnifhed toward the tops with large and beautiful flowers. The feeds followin fmall naked heads. It is a native of China and the Eat Indies, Petivercalls it Sagittaria Chinensfs foliis ternis longiffimis. The commen arrowhead is cooling; but we have no particular account of its virtues. 2. Trifoliate Arrowhead, Sagittaria fol are ufed to lay womens breafts, to dryup the milk. Two varieties of this plant have been defcribed as diftin& fpecies; the one with long and No WATER: AQUATICA. a little naked head, and their outer ee coverin yeaa loofe. Linnzus places this among the Hexandria polygy ynia, and calls it alifma. In this genus he joins withit the plant: called farry headed wate: tain ; which, though commonly cal led by the fame general name, is properly feparated, as having the feeds fucceeding each flow ver contained in fix abfoi Jute capfules; and the alifna of Dillenius, in wh ich coon ‘ 4 the feeds are contained in numerous fimall and obtufe capfules. 7 BR IMIS Plantago aquatica anguftifolia, The root is a great thick tuft of fibres, The leaves rife in a large clufter, and are very long and narrow : they ftand on footftalks of four or five inches long ; they are pointed at the end, diftinguifhed by three large ribs running lengthwife, in the manner of the plantain; and are of a fine bright green, The ftalks rife from the centre of thefe leaves; andare flender, weak, and a foot high, and have no leaves on them. The flowers ftand about the tops; and are fmall and white, each compofed ofthree petals, with a fewthreads in the centre. 4 The feeds follow in round, fmall, rough heads. It is common in ftanding waters, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Plantago aquati ca anguftifolia. J. Bavhine, Pi, 10 ‘a minor. seP ae poe The feeds ftand naked in a {mall head. nia, and flowers in auTt isa native of V Plantago aquatica foliis obtufs. tumn. The root is compofed of numerous fibres. The leaves ftand on confiderably long footftalks; and are large, broad, and of a fine frefh Vaillant ca dife latofe They are divided at the ftalk in a heart- like manner, andare blunt at the end. The ftalks are thick, weak, and branched. The flowers are fmall and white, and are each compofed of three blunt endedpeta's, ee IN a 6 XVI, U GM AR J dA. Ki 1. Narrow-leaved WaterPlantain. ROE G Ni HEflowerconfifts of five petals, and ftands in a cup compofed of a fingleleaf dividedinto five HE flower is compofed of three petals, and has a three-leaved cup, which remai ns after it is fallen. The feeds ftand together in Day SON’ “lt: MEADOWSWEET. PL ANTAIN: PLAN TACO narrow, the other with very large and broad 1. Blunt-leaved water Plantain. green. They are goodin the piles, and leaves. DNL Sri ww The root confifts of a great numberof fibres about a flefhy head. Sr and, as it is faid, répellent. The feeds ftand three together, in a little head after every flower. It is commonin waters, and flowers in June. Others, Plantago aquatica major. SS Poe C TES, Hi rous. C. Bauhine calls it Plantago aquatica latifolia, PHVA POA “23 H ER 8B AEE. SPECIss 2, Broad-leaved WaterPlantain. parts. The feeds are feven after each flower, and are twifted. pes eus places this among the icofandria poh ynia; and in his earlier works makes it a fpecies of filipendula or dropwort: in his later, he deftroys this genus, and makes both the dropwort and meadow fz They are diftiné in nature from fpirza, and mutually from on This new methodtherefore, which was intendedto render botany diftinét, we fee, incr ty that attendedit, not belong even to the fame natural clafs with thefe two genera; forits feeds are contained in capfules, whereas thofe of dropwort and mead rer refore, although they are joined in a method, the claffes of which are eftablifhed upon the num aments in the Hower, they are far feparated by nature in the fru‘tification. Their difference one from another is not fo ftriking, but it is fufficient: the diftin@ions of genera are fubordinate to thofe into claffes, and fhould be founded on leffer particularities. The meadow/fweet has feven twifted feeds after every flower, and has the léaves ir ularly pinnated. The dropwort has twelve feeds after every flower, and they are not twifted, andits leaves are regularly pinnated: thefe are fufficient diftinétions. ‘Thefe Linnzeus knew, for he has named them; therefore he fhould have ufed them. Thus on many other occafions this author may be convicted out of his own words, of knowing that his method was defective and erroneous. Thereis only one fpecies of meadow/weet a native of Britain. @ latifolia. The root confifts of a reat tuft of fibres, from which there rife a clufte r of ftalks to fuy Sod ¢ the leaves: the bottoms of th efe being broad and clofe compacted, form a kind of round head ; whence the fibres grow. he leaves ftand on thefe footf talks, which are long, hoHowed, weak, and fpungy : they are large, broad, and oblong, blunt at the divided at the edges, and ofa {moot and n frefh green colour ; with large rit ning lengthwife, in the manne rof COMM), tain. The flalk is naked > thick, fmooth, and th feet high: there grow a multitude of b in from wt in @ regular order; f o chat the middle upwards a kind of Te it hasf thape. The flowers ftand on thetops of th eae footftalk that rife from feveral Parts of thefe: they are ima DIV DSO uN, «2, B Ry fides Meadowfweet. ranched. elt grow xht, andis ftrc f pinne, ite, and ftand in } TH 1€ Aree ; is common by wa : ; . Bauhine calls it U long footftalks, o : and colour: of three or te i se } triated, é Eee nd flowers in June er th; and they j k. The flowers give a pleafant favour to xt with mead tliey give it the tafte of ines, DIVISION |