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Show 130 The /B:R-l P41 The leaves are rough, of a pale green, and of a heart-fafhionedfhape, but with an obtufe point: they ftand alternately, and have moderately long, flender, pale green footftalks. The flowersrife fingle from the bofoms of the leaves, and are Jong, hollow, and crooked : each has its feparate fhort footftalk ; andis of a greenith colour, andftriated on the outfide, and purple and rough within, The feed-vefiel is large and oval, and contains numerous feeds, with a pithy or {pungy white matter between them. It is a native of Spain and Italy 5 and flowers in July C. Bauhine calls it 4% lockia longa vera. Others, Ariffolochia longa bifpanicasand, fimply, Ariftolockia longa. HE RIB pal ane Thefe four poffefs the fame virtues, and warm, drying, and aperient. The beft, the long has the next degt thefe others muchlefs. It is ufed in the famous powder nowin & great efteem for the gout, and is one of the chief ingredients: fome have omitted it in makies ing that powderfor female Fat has been greatly impa - The reafon of omit tingsit on thefe occafions. has been its power a promoter of the menfes, not at that quired. Birthwort ‘is a ftrong, but difagreeableb:nitter’; this makes it lefs ufed than it deferv: es; It-isiex. cellent in diforders of the head,. and in obftuctions of the. vifcera. iven with fuccefs againft the ftufi ABS Roa 4 2S5Hi 6. Spear-pointed. Birthwort. Ariftolochia folits lanceolatis. The root confifts of a vaft numberof long, r filaments ae ftalk is upright, firm, and hard; of a green colour, and almoft woody fubftance, Theleaves ftand alternately, and have fhort footftalks: they are long, narrow, and) heartfafhioned at the bafe, but they, run out. froni thence into a flender, fharppoint. The flowers are long, hollow, andof a dufky G7 NL gs, and obftructionsofthe menfes; and Clinching Birthwort. Ariftolochia clematitis. Vlg The root is long, flender, and creeping: it runs under the furface, and fends up a great numberofftalks fromdifferent parts, and a multitude of black fibres downward. The ftalks are of a pale green, jointed, and crooked, but more firm than the others, and three feet high. The leaves are large, and of a heart-fathioned fhape: they ftand alternately, and have long footftalks, The flowers rife from the bofoms of theleaves, but not fingly, as in the two preceding kinds, but in confiderable tufts together: theey are long andhollow, ‘and of ‘a pale gréenifh white éolout: The: feed-veflel “is. very large’: grown itis as big when fully as a wallaut ; andit contains many feeds, with a white fpungy matter between them. It is a native of the fouth of France; and flowers in June. T havefeen it in woods in Effex, but iimagine it came from roots or pieces of the falks out rd Petre’s garden Bauhine calls it Ariftolochia clematitis refa. i Soracenica ; and, fimply, Arif: 4. Small Birthwort: Ariftclochia minor piftolochia difta. “7, ond The root is compofed of a great many tub rous, long, and not very thick pieces, with many Bors growing to thern, and among them. Theftalks are numerous, very weak, and iling: they are a foot long, crooked from joint to joint, and of .a pale green. The leaves ftand on fhort footftalk > and they are fmall, and heart-fafhioned, very lightly and irregularly notched at the eines and fometimes not at all-fo, and blunt at the end. The flowers are large, hollow, and crooked » pk nieve they rife fingly from the bofom The feed-vefiel is large, and has a white pith in it, together with the mode, Iyis a native of France, and flowers in A ueutt. @. Bauhine calls it Arifolocharia piftolachia ditta. Others, Ariftolochia parva and , triftolochia polyrrhizos. ° xcellent to promote the neceffary difcharges in lying-in. E » Snakeroot Birthwort. ee Jerpentaria virgini The root confifts of a vaft quantity of long, flender, and interwoven filaments with a head: thefe are of a pale greenifh browncolour, andare of a fragrant fell. he ftalk is “fiehder, jointed, weak, and unable to fupport itfelf erect: it is a foot or more in length, and of a pale green, rarely at all branched. F THe leaves are oblong, and of a fmooth furface : they are of a pale green colour, and ftand on flenderfootftalks: they approach to the heartfafhioned fhape, but lefs than inthe other kind The flowers have long foothtalks : they. rife from the bofoms of the leaves, or naked joints of the ftalk: they are long oe hollow, like the others, asThe feed-veffe 1 is large, and contain s many eeds, with a whiute pith furrounding them. It is a native. of Viirginia, and of other patts of North America; and flow. ers in July. This is the plant whofe root is called at the druggifts Serpentaria Virginia Plukenet calls it lolockia piftole chia, y pentai giniana caude nodofo. na. tues, and therefore gather all together: fully. Theroot of this kindis celebrated. amongthe Indians as a remedy againft thebites of venomous ferpents, whence it had the name Jnakero ot sand with us it is found to be an excellent cordial and fudorifick; ; It is good in fevers, in all diforders of the head andnerves, andin obftruétionsof the vifcera 1 ke it may be takep in powder or infufion, but the beft way is in tin@ture made in brandy, Itis one of the kinds ie roots of which are ufed among, thofe of the righ t. Virginian fnakeroot, but it is very muchinferior to the true kindi: Virtue, TUES S Il. HE flower is made of a fingle’ petal; and is of the labiated form: it confifts of a tube and two lips: the tube is oblong and rounded: .the upper lip‘is broad, obtufe, and emarginated: the lowerlip is divided into three fegments, and ‘turned back : the cup is divided at the edge into five fegments ; and the feed-vefltl is of an oval form, ‘and opens at the bafe. Linneus places this among the didynamia angiofpermia: the threads in the flower being four, two longer and twofhorter, andthe feeds enclofed in a capfule, Others have referredthe feveral fpecies of this genus to the foxgloves, but they are abfolutely difting. Another plant of the umbelliferous kind, ‘and altogether different from this, has been culled horba i: let the ftudent take care the found of the name do not confound in his mind plants fo diftinét. 1. Narrow-leaved Gerardia. 2. Jagged-leaved Gerardia. Gerardiafoliis anguftis. Gerardia fo The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with manyfibres. The ftalk is round, firm, erect, rarely at all branched, anda foot high. The leaves ftandin pe and have no footflalk : y are long, very narrow, and of a pale green ; pointed at the ends, and undivided at the edges. The flowers rife from the bofoms of theleaves, and are very large and beautiful: they ftand fingly, and have fhort footftalks: they are hollow, deep, wide open at the mouth, and of a beautiful red colour. The feed-veffel is large and oval; and the feeds are fmall, numerous, and brown. Ic is a native of Virginia, and flowers in niana rubra N but this: they fhould therefore be fepara ted care- colour: they have fort footftalks, ftand fingly io the bofoms of the leave The fruic is Jarge and roundifh; and thefeed have-a pithy fubftance about them. It is a native of Virginia, and fowéfs ‘in Auguft. Plukenet calls it Aroftoloch latis foliis Virginiana. GER@ R-D+1 +A. Thofe who gather the roots for ¢a are not fo careful as theey fhould bein takingonly sht kind; for there arefeveral other {pecies of fmall dirthworts common wild: in the fame places; they fancy theey have all the fame virexperience fhews. this, though count enanced by fome great names, to be an error ; for not one of aeothers hasth he fragrancy or true tafte of He Boa, The root is compofed of numerous thick fibres. Theftalle is round, firm, brownifh, erect, and a foot and ahalf high. The leaves are pectsin pairs, and have no footftalls : they are long, ‘narrow, and very deeply divided all along: the edges, infomuct: that {ome toward the bottom of the» plant are of a pinnated form. The flowers are numerous, ‘large, and beautiful: they are hollow, deep, and of a gold yelee colour: they rife ie the bofoins of the leaves fingly on longfootftalks, and one or two of them generally terminate theftalk. The; feed veflel is oval and-large: the feeds are numerous and fmall. It is a native of Virgir and flowers in July. Gronovius calls ic Asonymos floribus flavis f] ofis digitalis equalibus. US IV. CHEE ON£. PIAHE flower confifts of a fingle petal approaching to the labiated form : it is difpofed into a t ; z bicaoentie A ind two lips: the tube isjefffhort, and the opening the oblong: inflated and of thee mouth is inflated +r lip is obtufe and dentated at the top: the lowerlip is very lightly dividedinto three fegments, 1 there is no opening: the cup is fmall, and divided at the end into five fegments : the fee veflel is oval and oblong. Linnzus places this among the didynamia angio[permia the threads being in each flower fou There is in all the fpecies a ru ; and two fhorter, and the feeds contained in a capf fifth thread. |