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Show The BRAT TS A DIVISION HOR EIGN Trifoliata Meadowfweet. Ulmaria trifoliata, The root is a great tuft of fibres rifing from a fmall head. The firft leaves ftand on long, redith footftalks, and are large, of a pale green colour, and firm ftruéture. They in fome degree refemble thofe leaves of the common meadow/weet that grow on the upper part of the ftalk. They are compofedofthreeparts orthree feparateleaves, Gaeeb HERBAL. Nal The o PoE C MES, DA V-1-<StiO. N which may be called one pair of pinnz, and an endleaf. The ftalk is frm, upright, andfive foot high. Its leaves refemble thofe from the root, but they are fmaller. The flowers are large, and white. The feeds are twifted. It is a native of North America. Morifon calls it Ulmaria Virginiana iri) y flovibus candidis amplis longis et acutis. Others, Ulmaria major trifoliata Virg S 1, Common Mallow. lar ge, white, and furnifhed The leaves rifing from it ftand on long footftalks, and are of a roundifh form, but deeply waved, orfinuated and notched. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a yard high: the leaves on it refemble thofe from the root, but are fmaller and more waved. he feeds are collected into a round, flatc oreferved by the cup. Poi Ll PEND OL A, HE flower is compofed of five petals, and ftands in a cup dividedinto five parts. et, is commonin all wafte places, and flowers t 2 throughout the fummer. The feeds Linnzus, we have juft thewn, joins this and meadowfeet with the fpiraa among his icofandria polygynia. SFE Gal bs) 3- Small purple-flowered rough-feeded Mallow. Malva flore minore purpureo feminibus ru Malva v The root is long, with many fibres, “Be & BAGH RIE LSet The flowersare large, and of a beautiful red, ‘hey ftand in great numbers at the tops of the alk andits branches. XVII. DRO. WO RE, following each flowerare twelve in number, andare erect. BRITT Si The root is long, white, and hung round with manyfibres. The leaves ftand on long, flender footftalks, and are little, of a roundith figure, but deeply and of a dufky green. finuated, The ftalk is thick, tolerably ereét, and about a foot hig are altogether like thofe from the aller, and on fhorter footftalks. rs are numerous, very fmall, and of a blueifh purple. The feeds follow in a fmall, rounded, rough to the touch. It is not common with us, but grows in Kent and Suffex, and fome other places in barr ound. It flowers in June. Others, A There is but one known fpecies of dropwort, and that is a native of Britain. Mallow. Dropwort. Filipendula vulgaris. The root confifts of a vaft tuft of fibres, to which there are connected in many places large flefhy lumps: thefe are of a dufky colour on the outfide, and white within. Fromthe headofthis clufter rife ten or a dozen leavesof a very beautiful and regular form. They have very fhort footftalks, and are regularly pinnated, each having fix, feven, or more pairs of pinne, with an oddleaf at the end, all uniform, oblong, and regularly dented round the edges. The ftalk rifes in the midft of thefe, andis upright, round, firm, and two or three foot high, Theleaves ftand irregularly on it, and are like thofe at the bottom. The flowers are white, and have a large tuft of yellowith threads in the middle. The feeds ftand in a little, naked head. It is not uncommon indrypaftures, and fowers in autumn. C, Bauhine calls it Filipendula vulgaris. J. Bauhine, Filipendula. We, Dropwort. All, names GUE SNe taken from the tuberous parts of the root, which refemble fo many great drops, and hang by threads. The root of dropwort is attenuant in the vifcera; but has a flight aftringency in the bowels. It works by urine, and brings awaygravel. For this ufe it is beft taken in decoétion. It is goodin epilepfies and other nervous complaints. To this purpofe a tinéture made of it in wine is the beft form of giving it; and ir fhould be made with three ounces ofthe dried root to a quart of the liquor. It has alfo been found ferviceable againft the fluor albus ; and for this is beft given in powder. In this form fifteen grains is a proper dofe. In repeated dofes in this laft form it is {aid to have cured dyfenteries. It is one of thofe remedies of which our fore-fathers were very fond; and which we have very unreafonably neglected. C. Bauhine and others have defcribed what va arborea. ‘he root is long, and white, and has many res. The leaves rife in a tuft or clufter, and have moderately long footftalks. They are of a roundifh figure, and pale green colour, and are 's finuated than thofe of the common mallow. The ftalks are numerous, and theylie upon ound, though fufficiently thick, and firm. The leaves on themare like thofe at the bottom, but fmaller. The flowers ftand on fhert footftalks, and are large, and a pale whitifh colour, fometimes - purplifh, and fometimes a e colour throughout. le round clufters. y fides, and flowers all The root is verylarge, woody, white, long, and full of fibres. The leaves that rife from it ftand on long footttalks, and are of a rounded figure, deeply finuated and notched; and of a pale green colour, and velvety foftnefs to the touch. The ftalk rifes in the midft of the clufter of them, andthey prefently after fadeandwither away. This is fix or feven foot high, and very thick, firm, and woody. The leaves ftand irregularly on it on long footftalks, and are fo much finuated that they frequently appearin fome degree curled. The flowers are fmall, and whitifh, with a pale bluth of purple. Thefeeds ftand in round, flat clufters. It is not unfrequent about our fea-coafts, and flowers in July. Merret call they call a lefler frecies of dropwort ; but accord- ing to their ownaccounts, this differs in little but fize, andis evidently a variety. Uv S XVIII. MA LLOW. on long footit. a little ob MALVA. HE flower is compofed of five petals, which join together at the bafe; andft ands in a double cup: the outer of thefe compofed ofthree | eaves; the inner one, of a fingle leaf dividedinto five parts, and both remain withthe feeds. Thefe are gathered into a round, flat head, and have the outer coveringloofe. Thus far the charaéter of the genus comprehends with the feveral kkinds of mallow, thofe of marfp mallow and vervain mallow. To diftinguith the mall from thefe, we are to add, the leaves are entire, of a roundifh figure, and green, Thereafon of this addition to the charaéter of the genus is, that the a/th thea, andalcea, marfh, and vervain mallow have the fame flowers and feeds; but the leaves in the marfb mallowkinds are oblong and white: and in the verv. wthey are deeply divided. 1 heyare very nearly allied, included among the monadelphiq polyandria by Linnzeus , DIVISIO The feeds ftand in a rounded, flat head, It is a native of the fouth of France, whence we have brought it into our gardens. It flowe Tg in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls hine, Malva crifpa. about are of a pale green, fomewhar tand on long footitalks. igh: the leave ftand irregularly on it, and ge, and pl on long footital a more oblong y fo ngure |