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Show 76 The. Ra Wisi and divided into five fegments; thefe, toward evening, clofe, and the flower has the look of a little arrow head of a pentagonal form: from this fhape andits colour fome have called this the pentagonal violet. The feed-veffel is long, and has fharp edges : the feeds are numerous and fmall. It is commonin the corn-fields of the north of Treland, but not in England. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Onobrychis arvenfis five campanula arvenfis ereéta, J. Bauhine, Avicularia flvii. 2. Little Venus’ Looking-glafs. foot; fo that, although called the lefler fpecies, it is in this cafe taller than the othér, but it is fearce at all branched. ‘The leaves are little, and have nofootttalks: they are fhort and broad, obtufe at the ends, and waved, or, as it were, curledat the edges. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk, and on fhort footftalks rifing from the bofoms ofthe leaves, one floweron each. They are fimall, of a bright purple colour, andftand upon the rudiment of the podorfeed veflel. When theyate fallen this fwells and lengthens, and becomes a long capfule, refembling a pod, ridged, and fharp at the edges, and contains great dealof minutefeeds. Ray calls it Campanula arvenfis erefta lum Veneris minus: It is not uncommonin our corn-fields in Suf- Speculum Veneris minus. The root is fmall, long, white, woody, and furnifhed with numerousfibres. Theftalk is hollow, tender, ftriated, and com- monly three or four inches only in height, but in places where it is well nourifhed it will rife to a DEPV,LS I OWN sah fex and fome other counties; and flowers in June. F'O.R-E 1G_N 1. Great flowered Venus’ Looking-glafs. The rootis fmall, white, long, and woody. The ftalks are numerous, weak, branched, and five or fix inches high. The leaves are numerous, cblong, and with- out footftalks : thofe toward the lower part of the ftalk are longer and more obtufe; thofe toward the upper part, fmaller and fharper at the point. The flowers are very large, and of a beautiful pale purple, with a-white eye in the centre, and fome blue about it: they are divided into five fegments, and are hollow. The feed-veffel is long and angulated, and the feeds are large, fhining and brown. «SP EB Cubs. they are round, thick, of a whitifh colour, and a little hoary. The leaves are broad’ and fhort: they ftand irregularly, and furround the ftalk at the bafe; Speculum Veneris magnoflore. fo that it feems to grow through them. E The flowers are large, and of a pale but beautiful red: they are deeply divided into five fegments, and they ftand. on the tops ofthe ftalks, and on fhort pedicles rifing from the bofoms of the leaves, The feed-veffél is long, and angulated; and It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in June. Morifoncalls it Campanula pentagonia perfoliata, The Venus looking-gla/s agrees with the bellflowers and rampions inits qualities. The larger kind, which is very common in the corn-fields of France, is one oftheir favourite fallad herbs. They gather the firft leaves and eat them in the fpring. The common fallading, Thracicum. 2. Perfoliate Venus’ Looking-glafs. known among them by the name of queue de Pevefque, is the firft thoot of this plant: befide Speculum Veneris perfoliatum. its agreeable tafte, it is fuppofed to be a good antifcorbutick, The root is long, flender, fibrous, and white. The ftalks are numerous, and tolerably erect : aeaitpeN Linnea. une S XIV. LINNZ A. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, hollow, open, divided into five fegments at the edge, and _ tefembling the campanula : the fruit is of an oval form, divid ed into two cells, and covered with its peculiar cup: it is ina manner of the berry kind, but not juicy. i The cup is double; there is one for the fruit juft named, and anoth er for the flower: the cup of the fruit is compofed of four leaves, two of whichare {mall er, two larger: the cup of the flower confifts of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments. Gronovius eftablifhed this genus, and namedi t in honour of Linnzeu $; but though the name and charaéter be new, the reft is familiarly known. There is but one fpecies of it 3 and thatis the plant defcribed by Bauhine, Gerard, Parkinfon, and the reft, under the name of thyme-leaved bellflower. Linnzus places the genus among his diy namia angiofpermia; there being four threads in the flower, two of which are taller than the others, and the feeds being covered : there is one only in each fruit. Linnea. 77 purple, and divided deeply into five fegments: The root is long, flender, divided, and nifhed with fibres. The ftalks are numerous, flender, round, commonly redifh: they lie upon the ground, take rootat different places, thus fpreading furand and into they ftand on Jong, flender footftalks, which | fometimes terminate the branches, and fometimes rife from the bofoms ofthe leaves. The feed-veffel is oval, fmall, and fmooth.; : it is a native of Ireland 3 but is not found It flowers in July. large tufts. wild in England. The leaves are fhort, broad, ferrated, and fharp-pointed ; they ftand in pairs, and have no footftalks. The flowets are moderately large; of a pale C. Bauhine. calls it Campanul name that does not very well expret but moft other writers have copiedic. G) 9H nie Wg XV. BUCKBEAN. MEN YiAN TH E S. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, divided into five fegments, which are hairy: the fruit is a fingle caplule, of an oval figure, and undivided within: this ftands furrounded with the cup, which is formedofa fingle leaf, dividedinto five ments, and hairy within: the leaves ftand three on a ftalk. egynia, the threads in each flower being five, and the Linnzus places this amon rudiment ofthe fruit fingle. This author joins in this genus with the duckbean, properly called menyanthes, the /; but they are plants altogether differing in fhape and qualities, though their flowers are ali ke difpofition ofthe leaves, which is by threes in this plant, and fingly in the other, is a fufficient and obvious mark ofdiftinétion. Where nature happens to have given flowers of the fame form to plants very different in form and qualities, we are not to confound the genera fhe has eftablifhed, by joining them together under one name, but.to feek in the reft of the plant thofe particulars which may keep them feparate. OF this senus there is but one knownfpecies, which,is a commonwildplant amongus. Thefeed-vefiel is large and oval. Common Buckbean. It is commonin damp pattures, and on boggy the feed moderately large, and of a glofly furface. It is a native of Thrace, and flowers in June. Ray calls it Speculum Veneris flore amplifimo GS Th BRITISH HERBAL, iH E RB AL. The rootis long, thick, jointed, redifh on the outfide, white within, and runs obliquely under the’ furface. The firft leaves ftand three on éach footftalk ; and thefe footftalks’ are thick, and redifh at the bottom. The leaves are large, oblong, of a frefh green colour, and ofa thick, flefhy fubftance: they 2. are broadeft in the middle, pointed at the end, and undividedat: the edges. The ftalle is thick, round, ten inches-high, andnot at all branched: it is redifh at the botally enveloped by the tom, and is t s of feveral leaves that broad bottoms of i fife with it, and furroundit to fome height. fromthe root, but fmaller; like thofe Thefe no others onthe ftalk. andthere the top ina thick, fhort The flowers ft and very beautiful: their fpike ; and are colour is whitifh, but witha faint bluth of red, . ap reas ide and they are hairy or rough on the infide. Gm EON grounds, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it 7 » paluftre, ‘Tournefort, Menyanthes pal . ap ; f lly celebrated for its virIt is a plant def tues: it is diuretick and deobftruent in a great degree, and has a bitternefs extremely ferviceable ? 2 me to the ftomach. Tt is good in dropfies, the jaundice, the feurvy, the rheumatifm, and in intermittent feve Fordropfies the beft method ofgiving after bruifing the plant, with a : ¢*E refs the juice se little white wine. In the fcurvy, a ftrong waibon taken twice aeffect: there day for a continuance, is of great are not wanting thofe who give it in the gout in the fame manner. For intermittent fevers, it fhould be dried carefully, and powdered; half a dpa is a dofe; and I have known it fucceed where the bark has failed. (UES ER ENG DsWA-T-ER XVI. ebb &: NYMPHOIDES. ringed yhich afare cut or fringe which me CHE flower confifts a fingle petal divided deeply iinto five fegments, Cp HE epee counts of Bae in its ftruéture: the leaves ftand fingly, one fimple and large, is l feed-veffe the ed« the at on each foorftalk x Linnzus, “A N®8 |
