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Show 65 THE BRITI Sew “HIER B <A The 3. Moneywort with pointed leaves, iNummularia folits The roo acuti ender, and furnifhed with manyfibres. The ftalks are numerous, very flender, weak, andeight orteninches long. The leaves ftandin pairs, and have no footftalks: they are broad and fhort, and refemble very much the leaves of the commonkind in colouras well as difpofition; but that inftead of terminating DAVE SI O°N y asin that, they here end ina fharp poir e flowers ftand fingly on lor vw, flende which rife from the bofoms of thele and they are of a beauti > feed-veflels ate { 1 and round. requent in woods; and flowers in J C. Bauhine calls it J. Bauhine, Anag lutec wood pimper 3 but name comes neareft to truth, forit is in rea kind of moneywort. FOREIGN 1. Steliate-leaved Moneyy SP ECUE Ss: Petivercalls it Anagallis marina lutea folii Nummularia fol The root is fmall, flender, long, and ful fibres. The ftalks are numerous, wea k, flender, and feven or eight inches long. The leaves are broad, and fhort: they ftand four together : they have fhortfootftalks, and are fharp-pointed. Fromthe bofomof everyleaf rifes the pedicle of a flower, therefore there are four of themalfo at every joint: they are ofa beautiful yellow, and are deeply dividedinto five feements, The feed-veffel is {mall and oval. Tt is a native of Virginia, principally about the coaft ; andflowers in July. “BERIT ol ShH-- G E Ni U-=718 AN AG Are DS, PIHEflower confifts of a fingle petal, divided fo deeply into five fegments, that there remains no tubularpart, and the fegments adhere to one another only at their bafes: thI e cupis formed of a fingle gle leaf, divided intofive hollowed fegments: the feed-veffél is round, and the feeds are numerous and{mall. Linnzus p es this among his pentandria monog ynia ; the threads being five in every flower, ‘and the rudiment of the fruit fing BRITISH t: Red Pimpernell, gent; it is excellent againft {pitting of blood, and in dyfenteries : for thefe purpofes the beft way f giving itis dried and powdered. e ofit isa knownrer ly for overflowings of the menfes, and the roots powdere d are good in diarrhceas, Anagallis flore pheniceo. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with manyfibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and fpfeading: they are fix or eight inc long, but lie fcattered upon-the ground, or rife but very imperfectly. The leaves are fhort, broad, and of a fine bright gree: they‘ftand in pairs, and have no footflalks : they are broadeft at the bafe, and narrower ait y to the’ point, and are undivided at the edge y ftand at moderate diftances from pair’ to pair, and the plant has a recular sect. The flowers are fmall, but very confpicuous fromtheir colour, which is a bright fearlet : they fland on long, pale-green footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves all the way upthe GE Neus VI. ROUND PIN fPERNELL, 5, 4-M,0.L U S&. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are numerous. HE flower confifts of a fingle hollow petal, widening to the mouth, and divided intofive cbtufe fegments: the feed-veffel is of an oval figure, and the cup remains wit bit: Linneus places this among the pentandria mongyni a; the threads being five in the centre of each flower, and the rudiment of the fruit fingle, It is conimon in corn-fields, and flowers in May. C. Bauhine calls it Anagallis flore pheniceo. Others calls it Avagallis mas. Our common people, Pimpe Of this genus there is but one known {pecies, 2. Blue Pimpernell. Round-leaved Pimpernel, Samolus, The root is a thick tuft of long, fender fibres. Theleaves that rife from it are numerous, oblong, and without footftalks: theyftand in a re- gular tuft, and are of a beautiful green, They are narrow, and lengthened in manner of a ftalk toward the bafe, but at the top oval, undivide d at the edges, andobtufe. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a foot high. The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are of the fame figure with thofe fromthe root, except that they are not fo lengthened at the bate: they are broad, obtufe, and rounded at the end. P The flowers ftandat the tops of the ftalk and branches, and are {mall and white, The feed-veffelis fmall, and the feeds nu rous and minute. It is not uncommonin wet plac in July. and flowers C. Bauhine calls it Azagallis aquatica folio. ro- tundo non crenata. raudi. J. Bauhine, §. aN; 5 Anagallis ceruleo fi The root is long, divided, and fibrous. The ftalks are numerous and firm: they do not lie fcattered on the ground, as in the precedcies, but ftand tolerably upright ; and are little branched, andfix inches high. DIV 5S FLOWN, quantity of white wine. SeP Ea@s Ess: The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale gteen : they growtwo, or as oftén three, at a joint, and have no foottftall they are broadeft at the bafe, narrowerall the wayto the point, and not at all indented at the edges. The flowers are large, andof a beautiful blue : they ftand fingly on long‘footftalks rifing from the bofomsof the leaves, and are very numerous onthe whole lengthof the ftalks, The feed-veffel is large, anc merous andfrnall. Wehave it in our corn-fields, but not common. It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Anagallis Others, Anagallis femina, Female pimpe There ate two varieties of the co; pernell, which are treated by too ma diftinét fpecies; the one has white the other three leaves at a| joint, as the blue has, inftead of two: this isthe mere work of chance ; the plants all rife from the fa: by no means to be confidered as a difting cies. Pimpernell is a celebrated cordial and fudorifick ; and the red-flowered, or common kind has moft virtue. Aninfufion of the frefh plant is excellent in flight feverifh indifpofitions; nes rarely, failing to promote perfpirz off the complaint. The whole plant dried and po againft the epilepfy. The cated accounts of this te cured by it. A decoétionof it is much uf in the firft ftages of confumption FO RE IGN saved Pimpernell, Its juice is an excellent antifcorbuti ck, with juice of Seville or ge, and.a mo VIII. PU, MOPIE RN. Ea, DIVISEO eral fpecies, as th ey refemble the ort in form, are of the fame and qualities: it is a plant of very confi virtues, which loofé ftrife does not pofi 5 a leaft not in an equal de e, and is therefore very neceflarily feparated d preferved under its proper andpeculiar nan The « HUE TRA RIA WB, atis. The flowers are large, and of a d It is a native of Afia, and flowers in fp Petiver callsit 1 brown, t grow fromit are long and fpread i round form ky green, and 1 upright; and root, but they 1 acnited, lis pu , (; = Pimpernell, with fhort leaves. foliis brevibus. The root is long, flender, divided, and hung withfibres. The ftalks are numerous, and tolerablyfirm. 7 The |
