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Show Ther 3. Narrow-leaved Navelwort. Androface anguftifolia. and furnifhed The root is fmall, long, divided, with a few fibres. : they rife in The leaves are long and narrow fo that the firft clufters, feveral from one root 5 cated tuft: appearance of the plant is a compli the furface, they are of a pale green, fmooth on and undividedat the edges. thefe tufts, The ftalks rife from the centre of except that and are weak, flender, and naked ; fometimes they have fometimes a little membrane, The leaves rife in little clufters, and themfelves in a round form: they at y a deep green, fmooth, and fharp pointe are broadeft at the bafe, where they adhere to the top of the root; they thence grow {maller to the fower twoor more, juft where the footftalk of the ; ; fprings. imes there The flower is large and white; fomet are more. js one grows ona ftalk, fometimes there The feed-veftel is large and round, and the feeds are numerous and fmall. of AuIt is a native of the mountainous parts ftria, and flowers in fpring. eo foC. Bauhinecalls it Sedum Alpinum gramin lio laéteo flore. CTT Ta Th HERBAL. Be RE L's H point, andthey have no footftalks : there green. The flowers are large, and of a pale placed on fhort pe eight or ten of whichrife from the top of ftalk. The feed-veffel is round and large: are numerous, and {mall. It isa native of Switzerland, and flowers in May. C. Bauhine calls it, Sedum alpinumanguftiffimo folio flore carneo. Androface foliis acuminatis. Nev HERBAL $ SOWBREAD. HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, formedinto a rounded tube at the bottom, and at the rim divided into five fegments that turn upwards: the fruit is a fingle feed-veflel of a rounded form, in fome degree refembling a large berry, but opening into five parts at the top: the cup is rounded, anddivided at the edge into five fegments. Linneus places this among the pentandria monogy mia; the threads in each flower being five, and the ftyle from the rudiment ofthe fruit fingle. Mr. Ray, who is not exempt from errors, places it among the berbe dulbofis offines ; of which wefhall {peak hereafter ; but the flowers and feed-veflel refer it properly to the prefent clafs. 1, Ivy-leaved Sowbreéad. Cyclamen foliis hedere G75. 2) Theroot is a large, black, irregularly fhaped lump, white within, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The leaves rife in a confiderable number, and ftand on long, weak footttaiks. They are of an angulated form; not unlike fome leaves of ivy; for in thofe there is great variety ; they are heart-fafhioned at the bafe, ftalk, and they are large, and of a beautiful red : theyhave a pleafant {mell. The fegments of this flower are broader and fhorter than in the other fpecies; and thewit to be effentially different. The feed-veffél is large and roundith. It is frequent in the damp forefts of Switzerland, and flowers in September. C. Bavhine calls it Cyclamen orbiculato folie in- ferne purpurafcente. 3. Slender-flowered Sowbread. fides ; and often are fpotted. The flower is large, and of a beautiful deep blue. G E WN MOUNTAIN UL ts VI. BINDWEED. SOLDANELLA MONTANA. and expanded and divided HE flower confitts of a fingle petal, whichis tubular at the bottom, at the edge. into five deep, narrow, and, as it were, ragged fegments into five fegmients. The feed-veffel is long and pointed, andthe cup is divided in each flower, and the Linnzus pl aces this among: the pentandria monogynia , the threads being five ftyle from the rudiment of the capfule fingle. but it differs from that by The generality of authors have joined it with the common foldanella; and of a peculiar genus, obvious charaéters, and plainly is a plant of its own kind, its antient name, that I have avoid Jed the error of confounding it with the other, but have retained it may be known at once here. name of foldanella to this plant Linneus, ftudying critical exaétnefs more than utility, gives the While its diftinét name was alone; maki ne the othera fpecies of convolvulus ; and fuchit properly is. from that practice; but the ftudent will not find given to no ¢ other plant there could arife no error this only with the addition in this herb the virtues recorded of foldanella: he is therefore to know that the fingle word Joldanella belongs to the other; not to of an epithet 5 andis to underftand ftill, this plant. Of this genus there is but one knownfpecies. Mountain Bindweed. Soldanella. oF / , ‘This is not the only plant called dindweed which has not a winding ftalk: the name was firft given to fome of the fpecies that hads and wards continuedto fuch as hadnot. ai The root of this is long and furnifhed with many fibres: it runs obliquely under the furface, and fpreads greatly. The leaves rife in a large clufter, and ftand on long, redifh footftalks: they are fmall, roundifh, and fmooth. The ftalks rife among thefe, and are round, thick, eight inches high, and naked. The flowers grow at the tops in a kind of tuft, four, five, or more together: they have each its own feparate footftalk, and fpread out in the manner of cowflips. The feed-veffels are large and long, and the feeds are fmall and brown. It is anative of the Pyrenzzan mountains. Its virtues are not known. Others, Cyclamen rotundis Solium autumnale. pointed at the end, and notched irregularly at the black. The rootis long, flender, fibrous, and VII. CY Cle AM BON: the feeds The virtues of thefe plants are unknown. 4. Sharp leaved Navelwort. Gare rife fe- veral long fhoots among thefe clufters of leaves, that lie on the ground, and take root as they {pread5 and others that raife themfelves upwards. The ftalk that fupports the flowers is and of a w h, two or three inches colour: they BRITISH Gyclamen floribus anguftis. 7% The root is large and tuberous, black on the furface, white within, and hung with many fibres. afpeét from the points running upwards. The leaves ftand on long, flender footftalks, The feed-vefiel is large, and ftands on a twifted| andthey are large and angulated: they are of a pedicle; the upper part of the ftalk, when the deep green on the upper fide, but frequently flower is fallen, turning in the manner of a cork diftinguifhed by white {pots and white edges, ferew. and red underneath. It is a native of Germany and other parts of The ftalks which fupport the flowers are long, Europe, and grows in the damp partsof foretts. weak, andredifh: they are naked, and only one It flowers in Augutt. flower ftands oneach. C. Bauhine calls it Cyclamen hederefolio. LinThis is large, and of a beautiful pale red: nus, Cyclamencorolla retroflexa. This author allows only this fingle fpecies of the fegments turn up as in the other kinds; but they are much narrower; and the flower, though the plant: but there are two others ; the roundequal in length, is vaftly fenderer than in either leaved and the narrow flowered being abfolutely of them. different. Culture makes innumerable varieties The feed-veffel is fmaller than in the others, from thefe three fpecies, and the various kinds and round. all rife from one or other of them ;- but not all It isa native of Italy, and flowers in {pring. from this one, as that author imagines. C. Bauhine, calls it Cyclamen folio angulofo. J. 2. Round-leaved Sow-bread. Bauhine, Cyclamen flore rubro graciliore vernym. It ftands on a tender, nakedftalk, about four or five inches in height, and has a very fingular en rotundifolium. The root is tuberous, large, and roundifh; black on the outfide, white within, and furnifhed with fome long fibres. The leaves rife in little clufters from different parts of it, and are fupported by flender and weak foot{ftalks: they are of a roundifh, or rather oval figure ; broad at the bafe, where they gre a little heart fafhioned, and narrower to the point: of a deep green, {potted ufually with white, and purple underneath ; and not at all notchedat the edges. The ftalks are numerous, weak, naked, redifh, and four inches high. The flowers ftand fingly, one on each footN° 10: The two other fpecies are pre ly autumnal : they flower toward the end of fummer, at which time there are no leaves on the plant. When the flowers are faded the leaves appear, and remain green all winter: they die off in May, and nothing is then feen till autumn. They all agree in virtues, being gently purga- tive. The root, dryed and powdered, is beft forthis purpofe ; andthe dofe is five and twenty grains. It is good in the jaundice andall obftructions of the vifcera. The frefh juice of the leaves is excellent againft inflammations of the eyes. It is alfo good in the piles, Dd GENUS |