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Show 84 Th BRITIS among the branches: thefe flender talks grow quickly where they find themfelves fupported, and entangle among one another, and among the fhoots of the plant, to which they have faftened themfelves in a ftrange manner. When they have got well eftablifhed there the root dies, the ftalks that rofe from the ground wither, and the plant lives only among the branches of the other, taking its nourifhment from them. In thisits full ftate of perfe€tion, the threads are purple, and as thick as a fmall twine: and they foon after flower. The flowers are produced in roundclufters on one fide of the ftalks; and are of a pale purplifh colour, little and flefhy. The feeds ripen in the fame heads, and are large. It is common in our fields and gardens, growing upon flax, nettles, heath, or any thing in its way, and often plaguing the gardener among his pot herbs: fome have fuppofed the fpecies of dodder differed according to the plant on which it grew, and have thence called it epilin and DIV LS 1LON OT. The ter than the dedder of the nettle when both grow in England: there is indeed a differencein that fold at the druggilts from our conimon kind, but this is not owing toits having grown on thyme, but to its having grown in Crete, where the fun being warmer, railes it to more virtue. C. Bauhine calls it C u Others, Dodder is a brifk purge, andis goodin obftructions of the vifcera, in the fcurvy, and the {ciatica. In a fmaller dofit works by urine. The beft way of giving it is in infufion, an ounce of the dedder to a pint of water. Outwardly the frefh herb bruifed is excellent againft ftrumous fwellings, The common dodder {preads itfelf only over plants, this frequently lies upon the ground; though it will alfo run to a vaft height upwards whenthere are trees or bufhes in the way to fup- portit. The root is a clufter of thick, very long and N U S-P BoGep Bs, | {preading fibres, brown, tough, andill-tafted. The {talks are numerous, and grow to a vait length: they are purple, round, and very tough, They have no leaves, but are ornamented with a vaft quantity of flowers: thefe are of a pale purple, and ftand on foorftalks. It is a native of the American iflands. Gronovius calls it Cu/cuta caule aphyllo volubili repente. We, American dodder. Ss XXIII, PLAIN Gems CEN EE Lee. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal divided deeply l into five fegments: thefruit is a capfule of an oval figure, half covered with the cv ip: it has only onecell » in which are numerous feeds : the cup is formed ofa fingle leaf, and is divided at the rim into five fegments: the leaves grow fingly, one on each footftalk, as do alfo the flowers. Linneus places this among the didynamia angiofpermia, becaufe of the four threads tha { are in every : he has chang flower two are longer and two fhorter ; and thefeeds are inclofed in aa capfule Ci edits known name plautaginella into limofella. We are not fond of thofe diminutive name s derived from thofe of other plants of different genera; but they are not needful to be changed without fome far. ther reafon. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain; a very fingular, and very pretty plant. Mudweed. Theroot is a tuft of little, flender fibres. From this rife together a numberof trailing fhoots for propagation. Thefe are procumbent: they run every way, and take root at little diftances, fending up numerous tufts of leaves, The leaves rife in clufters of ten or twelve together: each is fupported on a long, flender footftalk ; and they are of the fhape of the great aN WU. water-plantain leaves, whence it had its name: they are of a pale green, broad, fhort, and approaching to oval. The flowers ftand on feparate, and fingle foot- ftalks, not half fo high as thofe which bear the leaves; thefe are very {mall and white. The feed-veffel is large and full of feeds, It is common in the dry parts of fhallow fithponds: about Hounflowit grows in almoft every puddle. Tt flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Plantaginella paluftris. kenet, Al/ine paluftris repens foliis lanceolatis. 8 XXIV, PP ORTOVE A, HE flower confifts of a fingle petal divided to the bottom into five or more fegments 5 there is no tubular part, but thefe refembling fo many diftin& petals, join only at the bafes: the fruit is a fingle capfule after every flower; this is roundifh, deprefled, and flightly marked with ridges: the cup is very { d into five fegments, and remains with the capfule. Linnzus places this among his decandria mon the threads in the centre of the flower being ten, and the ftyle rifing from the rudiment of the fruit fingle; but he feparates fome of the {pecies, DTV TiSel ONe, BRL TE SHS 1. Round-leaved Wintergreen. Pyrola folits rotundis, SP Ee EES are placed on fhort and flender footftalks: they are broad, of a roundifh figure, and notched lightly on the edges. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with The ftalk is upright, round, and eight inches numerous fibres. The leaves rife in a clufter, and are very fingular andpretty : they have long, flenderfootftalks, and are ofa roundith figure, fomewhat approaching to oval, of a thick fubftance, and a frefh green colour: they are perfectly fmooth, and divided at the edges: they in fome degree refemble the leaves of the pear-tree, but are fmaller, and hence the genus had its Latin name, this being the firft known kind; and that name is continued to the others, thoughtheir leaves have nothing of that form. high, and toward the topit divides into feveral Inthe centre of this tuft of leavesrifes a fingle ftalk: this is round, firm, upright, and ten inches high: it has no leaves on it, except a few narrow membranes be called by that name; andat its top fuftains a fpike of flowers. they have numerous threads in the centre, and a long point, whichis the ftyle, rifes among them. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are numerous and fmall. It is not unfrequent in the woods of our norhern counties, and flowers in Auguft. We meet with it fometimes in thofe parts of boggy heaths which are deep covered with mofs. C. Bauhinecallsit Pyrola major. Others, Pyrola. Our name of wintergreen is given it from the frefh appearance ofthe leaves at the moft dead feafons of the year, but it isa very indeterminate one, andhas led toerrors and confufion. The late lord Petre, defirous to have this plant, wrote into Yorkfhire for its feeds, and received what were called fuch; they were nurfed with great care, and produced wintercre/s Barbare Suchjudges are gardeners of the Englifh plants ! This fpecies nerary. They wound-drinks, and plaifters. chirurgery bas is greatly recommendedas a vul ufe it in Germany inall their and in many oftheir ointments th us the better knowledge of put thefe vulnerary plants much out of ufe, 2. Lefer Wintergreen. branches. The flowers are large and white, and they ftand inclufters upon all the branches : they have a tuft of threads in the centre, as the other; but in that they lean, in this they ftand upright, and the middle point or ftyle is fhort, not long and prominentas in that {pecies, The feed-veflel is large, and the feeds are very numerous and very minute. It is common in the northern parts of England, and flowersin July. Others, Pyrola Rivinus calls it Pyrola mi Staminibus r 3. Tender Wintergreen. Pyrola folio mucronato The root is long, flender and ¢ it runs obliquelyunder the furface, and fends out at fmall diftances tufts of fibres Thefirft leaves, whichrife in numerous clufters fromdiffereitt parts of the root, are oval: they ftand on fhort, flender footftalks, and are of a deep green, and not at all fe d. Among thefe rife the ftalks: they are round, flender, weak, and but ill fipport themfelves in their bight, which is about a foot. Onthe lower part of thefe there are fome of thofe fhort, narrow, membranaceous leaves that are on the common winte nm {talk ; but befides thefe, there are numerous other large and proper leaves. The flowers grow at the top, and are large and white: they ftand only on one fide of the ftalk when the plant is but moderately nourifhed, but when the root f{preads in a rich, freefoil, they are more numerous, and ftand on both fides. It is a native of the north of England, but not commonthere. C. Bauhine ca ronato fer Clufius, Pyrola fecundatenerior ; and his name is generally adopted by other writers. 4. Chickweed-flowered Wintergreen. Pyrola alfines flore E Plu- GENUS “HeBeAr, WINTER GREEN. Thefe are large, white, and very beautiful : MUDWEED, Plantaginella. BRS EP “lS? He Gooner of thyme is no way d ferent from, nor any bet- H OURS 1 -C IN” Procumbent Dodder. E BoHE RS AL. epurtica, andby a variety of other names of the fame kind. Among thefe none is fo famous as epithymum, that is the dodder which grows on garden thyme, from which it has been fuppofed to im bibe peculiar virtues; but the epithymumor dodder The root is fmall, long, and furnifhed with fibres. } 1 e s rife ¢wenty or more together, and The root is compofed of numerous threads connectedto a fimall head. The firft leaves are few and fmall: they are Zz fhorts |