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Show fhe BRAFRIS G N UM's ORP EN E. TELEPHIU™. HEflowers confift eachoffive petals, and ftandi n akind of umbel. ‘The Jeaves are flefhy andflat. i among his i decandriapentagynia, ria pentagynic making king it a2 fpecies ies of fedum edumor Linnzus places this it or h houfeleek. The flowers and feed-veffels indeed are very like’; but orpine in its general form andfigure, is fafficiently diftin@ ; and having beencalled by a feparate name, and endowedwith particular virtues, we preferve the diftinGion. here is the more ufe in this becaufe the {pecies of houfeleek are in themfelves very numerous; {0 i, ex d Pamiliar that the leffening the numberis the knowledge and more¢ fam i i rendering i <now : of them em lefs lefs(s perplexed 2 familiar. Dota. S10 BRS 2 x. Common Orpine. The root is compofed of a great number of tuberous pieces irregularly joined together, and giving the root is carefully dried and reduced to BRT ES Hi. The ftalk is round, thick, flefhy, of a pale green, two foot high, but not very erect. The weight of the top is too muchfor it towards the bottom, andit ufually bends or drops. The leaves are numerous, of an oval figure, and with only the rudiments of a footflalk they are {malleft at the bottom, broadeft at the top, and ferrated at the edges ; the extremity terminating alfo in a {mall point. The ftalk frequently fends out branches toward the top, and on the fummit of thefe ftand the flowers. They are fall but numerous, placed in a clufter in the mannerof common orpine, but of a de-per purple. The feeds are contained in feveral {mall pods. Tt is a native of Italy, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Telephium purpureum majus. J. Bauhine, Anacampferos pu Its virtues are the fame with thofe of conimon orpine. Some wi havibg many fibres between them. powder; five and twenty grains for a dofe. The firft leaves are fmall and inconfiderables 2. Roofe-root. they are oblong, blunt at the ends, and have + no foorftalks. They prefently grow yellowand Telephiumrofeum. decay. The root is large, thick, and of an irrecular The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, flefhy, form, oblong, and tuberous, andfull of fibres upright, and two foot high. it is brown onthe outfide and white within, and The leaves ftand thick upon the ftalks, two, or have fuppo bh ich i J ct {pecies, to be only a variety: this is an error on the other fide; it is plainly diftinguithed as a {pecies by ‘ormof the leaves andthe finallnefs of are broad,’ oblong, flat, blunt at the ends, and The root is not tuberous or large, as in the mon orpine, but compofedonly of fibres. The leaves that rife from it are few and fade quickly, three fometimes rifing from the fame fpot: they CATTTPM en) ae US P-E CS TES; and fubaftringent. The root contains the principal virtue, and it is excellent in dyfenteries, and in diarrheas that erode the inteftines. It is alfo ufed externally in burns. The beft way of Telephium vulgare. The H HERBAL flightly ferrated at the edges. Their colour is a frefh and beautiful green. The flowers ftand in clufters at the tops of the ftalks: they are fmall, but of a delicate red. Eachis compofed of five fmall, radiated, pointed Jeaves, with ten threads, and the rudimentsofthe feed veffels in the centre. The flower being fallen thefe rudiments ripen into capfules five after every flower, in which are contained very {mall and numerous feeds. It is commonin our paftures, and flowers in July. The whole plant is fucculent and flefhy, and will preferve its form and colour a long time when cut from the root, efpecially if refrefhed with water. C. Bauhinecalls it Telephium vulgare. J, Bauhine, Anacampferos vulgo faba craffa. Wefometimes fee it with a white fower. In this condition it has beendefcribedby fomeas a diftinét fpecies. There are alfo fome othervarieties in the breadth and difpofition ofthe leaves, from which there have been made many imaginary f{pecies, fuch as the broad-leaved orpine, and the like ; burt thefe, when more nicely examined, will be found notto differ in any thing effential fromthis commonkind. Orpine is famous as a vulnerary. DL Val 841 ON: It is ftyptick Ty is brittle, and of a very pleafant {mell. There is plainly the fcent of the damafk rofe init, but it is very flight; and the fame flavour is perceived in tafting it, The firft leaves are oblong, narrow, and with- out footftalks : they quickly fade. The ftalks are numerous, and rife in little clufters fromdifferent parts of the roots. They are flender, round, and about a foot hich. ‘The leaves are very numerous, and they ftand Telephiumfoliis ovatis. The root is white, long, irregularin fhape, and eps under the furface, with numerous fibres. but there are always feen a great number a7 round, flefhy, weak, and a foot or more long, but they are only a part ofthat length in height; forthey lie on the ground toward the bottom, and frequently take root there, creeping and {preading; fo that the tufts of this plant are commonly large. The leaves are very numerous on thefe {talks while young, but when they growto a height, and approach toward flowering, they fall off; fo that while. the young thoots are very thick fet with them, the flowering ftalks are almoft naked. Thefe leaves are fhort, broad, of a bluith green colour and a gloffy appearance, andare not all indentedat the edges. The flowers ftand on the tops of the ftalks in 3 for the main ftalk feldom or fends out any branches. Thefe are n the flowers of the common e, and of a bright pale red, fometimes white. There ftandin the centre of each Aower ten threads with yellow buttons, which make a pretty variety in the colours and among themare five rudimen ts of capfules. The flowers being fallen thele grow larger, and contain a very {mall, pale brown feedin great plenty. It is a native of the Apennines, and flowers in June. The leaves remain on the young ftalks all the winter. C. Bauhine calls it T¢/ Others, Te/ Semper virens. Thefe two names feem contradictory, but Bauhine alludes to the droping of the leaves from the flowering ftalks ; the other to thofe on the young fhoots, being greenall the winter, of young fhoots, which arefull of little leaves. hefe rife by rees into ftalks: they are The leaves are cooling, and are ufed in ointnmMon, irregularly on the ftalks: they have no footftalks. They ate oblong, narrow, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated at the edges. They are of a yellowith green, and ufually have a purplith tinge at the point. The flowers ftandin clufters at the tops of the ftalks, They are finall, and of a pale red. The feeds follow in feparate capfules, which are longifh andbent like horns. It is frequent on the mountains in Wales and in Yorkthire. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Rhodia radix; and Morifon telephium rofeum. The rootis recommended by fome againf t the gravel. It is aperient by urine, but in fome degree aftringent in the bowels; and poffeffes in common withorpine, the virtue of blunting the SEDU mM. ; E wer confifts of five petals, and ftands in aa cup compofed of afingle leaf divide d into five fegments: in the centre of each flowerare feveral threads furround ing five rudiments, which afterwards become fo many capfules, containing {mall numerous feeds. While thefe rudiments are ower each has a nectarium or little gland nearits bafe. zeus places this genus amongthe decandria pentagyni a. It is nearlyallied to the orpine, but its e fufficienzs tly numerous without including thofe of that 5S genus > fo long known by that name, 7 5 and fo diftin& in figure and in their manner of growing, SION 5 BR TADS El #w Stonecrop. acrimony of fharp humouis that erode the intef- tines. Againft diarrheas and dyfente ries it fhould be given in powder; and as a diuretick, in.decoction. FO REIGN 1. Oval-leaved Orpine, Short-leaved Orpine. um repens foliis brevibus. “AB ARSB Ay Bs. SPECIES, The firft leaves have fhort pedicles, and are oblong, narrow, obtufe and fer ed, and of 2 pale green, Thefe fade quickly, fo that there i no remain of them about the 3 The root is fmall, fibrous, and creeping. The firft branc that rife from this, for there are no fingle ifi romit, are flender, weak, andlie uponthe furface, T hey are long, andfet very thick with leaves, mmonly ofa blood red colour. This he Latin n f the plant, SGP ECT BS: The ftalks which bear the flowers are fix or eight inches high: they are, | the others, round, thick, fiefhy, with a firm core, and are ufually of a redifh colour, The leaves ftand as thick on thefe as on the others, andare ofthe fame kind. They are oblong, thick, flefhy, rounded in circumf erence, but alittle flaton one fide; and are of a pale at firft, but become redafterwards; and rminate in a kind of weak prickle. The flowers ftand ina tuft in the manner of thofe I |