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Show BRENTIS PGi E we BAH ‘The BRITISH HERB AL. g, and fplit at the end; and the minute. It is-a- native of the Welch mountains, and flowers in May. Ray calls it Saxifraga mufcofa trifido folio. C, Bauhine, Se Others, Se- fubitance andpale gr i larly on the ftalk, The flowers are tiful : they are ] spotted) with a deeper yellow: lee in fome Slant thefe in dum ajz, are fewer; and in fomethere are none : {pots are very numerous; s ind degree ofPee colour, being very ary in 4, Short-leaved blue. flowered Saxifrage. Saxifraga cerulea foliis brev The root is long, flender, divided, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The leaves rife in a thick tuft, and are fupported on fhort ftalks, a great clufter upon each. They are oblong, and fomewhat broad; and of a pale green, pointed at the ends, and undivided at the edges. The ftalks whichbear the flowers are {mall and weak. The flowers are large, beautiful, and blue. The feed-vefiel is roundifh, but terminates in a forked end; and is full of very fmall, brown feeds. It is foundonthehills in our northern counties, and on the Welch mountains ; and. it flowers in April. Ray calls it Saxifraga alpina ericoides flore cerulea, but, though he adopts that name, he declares it to be ill fuited; the leaves being like thofe of mother of thyme, rather than of heath. C. Bauhine calls ic Sedum alpinum ericoides cerueum. 5- Saxifrage with yellow fpotted flowers, a, Saxifraga floribus luteis guttatis. Ary "2 The root is fmall, and compofed of flender fibres. The ftalks that firft rife from this trail upon the ground, and fend out roots alfo in many places. From thefe rife the ftalks which bear the flowers. ; They are fmall, uptight, round, flefhy, and four or five inches high, The leaves are oblong, narrow, andof a flefhy DEVelS TON if FO Great Saxifrage witha bulbiferous ftalk, a major caule bulbifera. 70x 4439c7,.4| root is compofed of a number of tu- 8, arid many fibres tifing among them, The firft leaves are of a roundith form, but deeply cutin feveral parts, and more flightly indented. * ° They ftand uponfhort, redifh footftalks, which are fléfhy and firm. The he ftalk ta is round nd, fingle, undivide ivi d two feet high. Bae om “ | 7 7 h e The leaves are placedalternately, and they are . 2 . oblong, ‘bread, thick; flefhy, and very deeply divided. Roe coeea ch leaf, whereit In the bofomof is inferted it is i to the ftalk, there ftands a little, flefhy bulb, or tubercle : It is not peculiar to this plant to produce thefe particular parts: the toothwort, to be de{cribed hereafter, and feveral others, do the the bofoms of the leaves are collected for ufe in Germany. Hence came the miftakeof calling the t bulbs of the root feeds, thefe having been called by that name, and from their fituation fame. much more naturally than thofe at the root. others there they alfo Saxifragafoliis ovatis ferratis. Tih KIDNEYWORT. GEUM at t he bafe, and broadeft at the extremity: the feedHE flower confifts of five petals, narrow the cup is compofed of five little leaves, and vefiel is oval, and terminates in a divided top: and detached fromit. remains withthe feed-veffel, though feparate a digynia, joining it under one common name with Linnzus places this genus among the decandri faxifrage. 6, Saxifrage with ferratedleaves, oe. GEN palein fome, and very deep in others. The feed-veffel is oval, and has two horns: the feeds are moderately large, and redith, f It is found in damp places, and about {pri in the northern mountains of England: flowers in June. i : Ray calls it Saxifraga alpina a ae : > : luteo guttato. C, Bauhine, Sedum and effentially they I have fhewn, in the charaéter of the preceding genus, how abfolutely differ in the ftructure of the cup. Lng, Der AS ONG Theroot is compofed of a multitude of thick black fibres. : The leaves rife in a tuft from this; and they are large, of an oval figure, and fharplyferrated at the edges: they are of a pale green, andfie- quently their edges turn in; fo that they appear hollow: they are an inch in length, and two thirds of an inch in breadth ; they lie fpread uponthe ground, rifing from the head of theroot without any footftalks, Theftalk rifes in the mid{t of thefe, and is round, thick, flefhy, and of a pale green. It has no leaves, noris at all branched; andits height is four, five, or fix inches, The flowers ftand atits top in a thick, thort, tuft: they are large and beautiful. ; The feed-veffel is oval, and fplits at the top ne re horns; and is full of minute feeds. a8 t is frequent vet on the mountains ins of Wales, Vales, andanc Ray calls it Saxifraga foilis oblongrotundis dene tatis floribus compaétis. Merret, Sedum Jerratun rotundifolium, Thefe plants are fuppofed to poffefs the fame vi rtues with ji the common faxifrage; ifr: but few off them have beentried. RELGM 19! oS PECME sg: Thefe in all refpects refemble thofe tubercle s which grow to the root, and anfwer the fame purpofes ; for they fall to the ground when the leaves drop, and taking root furnith n ew plants, The flowers ftand three or four togethe r at the tops of the ftalks, and are large and white. The feed-veffel is oval, and {plit at the top into two horns; and is full of {mall brown feeds. This is frequent in Germany, and flowers in June, It greatly refembles our common SaxiSrage, but is larger, andhas the leaves more di- eget “tafe hasbeen tried, and the Lae ce produce the other, whichis Prove themdiftinét fpecies. Thevirtues of this are the fame withthofe of the common Englith kind, and thefe bulbs from the SP E-C PE’S. BRT Tors The feed-veffel is divided into two parts at the 1. Hairy Kidneywort. Geum hirfatum. The rootis long, flender, andhas a few fibres. The leaves rife in a fmall tuft, and ftand pretty upright: they have no footftalks ; and they are oblong, moderately broad, fharp-pointed, dented at the edges, ofa pale green colour, and hairy. The ftalk rifes in the midft of thefe, and it is fmall, naked, flender, and four inches high. The flowers ftand at the top, on long, flender footftalks, and {pread themfelves into a kind of umbel: they are fmall and white. The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds are numerous and brown. in Tt is found on the Welch mountains, and and fome of the northern parts of England, flowers in April. Ray calls it Geum paluftre minus foliis oblongis crenapis. 2. Narrow-leaved yellow Kidney wort. Geum anguptifolium luteo flore. top, andtke feeds are {mall and brown. It is found on the hills in our northern counties, and flowers in Auguft. Raycalls it Geum anguftifolium autumnale flare luteo guttato. 3. London Pride: ‘eum foliis fubrotundis crenatis. fa The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. Theleaves rife in a tuft, and are of a roundifh figure, dented about the edges, and of a pale green. Theftalk rifes in the midft of a regular and beautiful tuft of thefe, and is round, flender, redifh, naked, and a foot high. The flowers ftand in great numbers on branches fent out from the upper part of the ftalk, and they are fmall, but, when examined nearly, very beautiful: they are {potted in a moft elegant manner with crimfon. The feed-veflel is fmall, and terminates in a double point, and the feeds are minute and nuThe rootis aclufter of flender, but tough fibres. The leaves rife from it in a tuft; and they are | merous. It is wild on the mountains ofIreland ; whence oblong, narrow, and fmooth : they are of a flefhy it has been brought into ourgardens. It flowers fubftance, and pale green colour. in July. The ftalk rifes in the center of thefe, and is Raycalls it Geumfolio fubrotundo majori piftilla round, flender, upright, and of a pale green, offroris rubro. We, London Pride, or None fo ten redifh. pretty. The flowers are very beautiful: they are compofed of five yellow petals, pointed, and beautifully dotted with orange-colour. Diy Ls..oN FOREIGN SPECIES, 1. Long-leaved Kidneywort. filvery edgeof a cartilaginous fubftance all round Geum. longifolium. in a circular manner on the ground, and theftalk rifes in the centre. This is round, firm, upright, and of a pale This is a moft elegant plant. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a fewfibres. The leaves are numerous, and very beautiful : they are long, narrow, and rounded at the ends: they are of a pale green, and they have a thin them, whichis beautifully ferrated ; they lie fpread green. There are generally two or three Jeaves upon it of the fame fhape with thofe from the root, and they ftand irregularly, and at great diftances. 3 The |