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Show The Th BRITIS H tues with the common kind, but ‘in a lef 1 therefore they are not'to be regarded. The flowersofthe pan/y hav hfome, the credit of being a’cordial and flidorificle and therear ) thofe who recommend theminepilepfies ; but this | doés not ftand ‘upon any warrant of experie perience, vitfame’ the poffefs to Theiall are fuppoled Others Thefe are all the fpecies of wild writers, but on have been named bylefs accurate found only a better examination they have been fpecies, varieties of one or otherof the former DLV $4.0 Niyll- F.O.R.E.EGWN.;S PEC LES, Viola fel This is of the common violet, not of the panjy kind, thoughextremely. fingular in the leaf. The root is compofed of numerous fibres; {mall he The leaves are fupported on long, flender, redifh footftalks, and are broad, and divided in the fingered or palmated manner, each into about five parts: thefe fegments ftand wide afunder : they are flightly notched at the edges, arid the two outer pieces are broader than the others. The whole leaf is: fall, and its’ colour is a pale'green. The ftalks which fapport the flowers’ rife among the leaves; they ‘are weak, flender, and about ‘three iiches high. flower ftands-‘6n‘each, ‘and’ this’ is fmall ahd white. The feed-veflel'is fhort, and full of final! feeds. There: is little beauty in the plant; but it is extremely fingular, It isa native of North America, and flowers in April. Plukenet calls it* Viola Virginiana pl There fometimes are running fhoots from the root, as in the co t violet. Viola foliis ovatis ferratis eretia. ‘The root is long, flender, and full of fibres. The ftalks are numerous, round, flender,.upa : right, and very much branched, The leaves are broad, fhort, and ofa figure approaching to oval: theyare fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated ; and they adhere by a broadbafe longifh, and long foot- ftalks, and they are flightly notchedat the edges; and at their bafe on the ftalk growfmaller and more jagged ones. The flowers ftand! on long footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves, one on each: they are large, and ufually of a pale blue; fometimes deepet ;. fometimes white; and fometimes variegated. The feed-vefiel is large, and the feeds are merous. It. is a native of the mountainon Europe; and flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Viola purea. Goby sh variegated with white and yell fhort and flender footftalks 2 tifal. The feed-vefte merous, It is a.native of Africa, and fle Plukenet calls it Jpecies per Thefe foreign violets poflefs the fame. virtue monkind, US IMPATIENT: ie Peg TE NS, difpofed: thefe are one HE flower is compofedof five petals of unequal fize, andirregul upper, two lower, and two intermediate: the upper petal is fort, upright, and li tly fnipp’d into three parts at he’ top : the lowerpair are large, broad, unequal, and reflex; and’ they make a kind of lower lip, as the fingle petal above does an upper one: the intermediate pair placed oppofite to one ano her, andthere is a fpur behind, This is the ftruGure of this fingular flower. nted: when the feeds:are ripe it burfts with violence onthe leaft motion even of the wind. The cup is compofed of two very fmall leaves: they are placéd fide-ways of the flower, andfall with it; and they are not-green, as in moft plants, but coloured. hyngenchia polygamia monogamia, one of his artificial claffts; and he Linneus places thi is very wrong, becaufe the fhape of the‘ feed-veiltl is altogether joins with it thed diftin& ; and there are other obvious andeffential differences. 2, OF d-this plant: he has put it’ among the Ray has, byforme’ overfight, alfo miff : y and fin Doo thofe with four-icaved flowers Of this genus, thus ftrictly charaéterifed, there is but one knownfpecies;'‘ahd that is a native of Britain. Yellow Impatient. Viola ereita foliis The root is compofed of many Teathe fpreac ne fAres The leaves are numerous, an | each has its feparatelong andflend I na and their fhape is, like that of a and notched rou The ftalk rifes in the centre, ar upright, and notatall brane andftand It has three or four leayes the name of fevenfrom the root, but fmaller; and at the ionable, though, in divides into two parts. r to be feparate leayes | Oneachof thefe ftands a flower: fegrents of one en- | perfect violet: ahd its colour is throu fine deep yellow. t the fowers The feed-veflel is fall, and the feed n the manner. ofthe merous andlittle, ort, flender, and each It is an extremely fingular plant. Till it flowers it would, by and beautiful; fometimes of one taken for the thora, deferibec ri blue, but oftener perclafs, it feem anfy growing It is a native of the northernparts manner of the CO but not of England ; and is) moft ative of Virginia, cold, barren mountains. It flowersiin: June. C. Bauhine. calls’ it lutea, Others, Viol HERBAL with ours, but none of themis equal to the com~ The flowers are large, and of a deep purple, The root is compofed of 1 nur which are long, tough, crooked re {mall and oval: they’ foon The firft leave fade and perifh. The ftalks are numerous, round, firni, upright, not much branched, and of a pale green colours they area foot or more in height, and very robuft. The leaves on thefe are 1: fomewhat heart-fathioned : they 5. Oval ferrated-leaved Panfy, without any faotftalk. g. (Great upright Viol stawilin folti Fohie ne maxima 1. Fingered-leaved: Violet. BRITISH The root is compofed of numerous large fibres. The ftalk is round, thick, upright, branched, and two feet high: it is of 4 pale green colour, of a firm, yet tender, fubftance; and looks ina nanner clear, or tra The leaves are oblong, broad, and fharply 1: they ftand irregularly on the fkalks : fe pedicles; and the p y, grow, frequently fy ge, numerous, and of a an open mouth, and a sp yellow : they okedfpur. they contain manyfee they will burft open on 1; the motion, in but approaching to touch ti the air, caufed by the hand, 5 fi It if found in our northern counties in damp 4 places ;. and ower C. Bauhinecalls it gerbe iofity in many it me tangere. gardens; where the gardeners call it Quick in hand, or Touch me not. The leaves, bruifed and applied will raife an inflammation. Inwardly taken, it is a powerful b diuretick ; occafionin g bloodyurine ftranguries, when given in an o ' The feed-veflls are oblong and brown; and wer s of f petals, unequal iefs irregularly difpofed.: the upper at the tip: the j |