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Show Th BRITISH HERB AL, . Broad-leaved white Nigella. a5 N ifolia i aibo flore Ia. ate Sheed latifolia flare albo. DHE ‘ Pona, / st i The root is long, flender, and hung wich manyfibres. i wl j . Common Purflain. : pecies all poffelS the famevirtues mI é the firft defcribed has them in the gteatelt de- The firft leaves are large, and have ws c a gree. ftalks : they are divided into three principal parts, < and thofe are again notched andfubdivided ; and they are of a dufky green. ‘The feeds are to be preferred te iss Fe pare: they. are‘deobtthue nt and diuretic, g0odin all obftructions of the vifcera, and aga gravel, The ftalks are round, weak, and white: they ftand but imperfeétly upright, and are very much branched. The leaves on thefe are oblong, and divided into broad, notched fegments, ina pinnated manner. The flowers ftand fingly at the extremities of the branches, and are large and white: they have nothing of620, that ofE leaves under them, i $y clufter 9 which diftinguifhes fome of the others. The feed-veffei is oblong, large, and full of rough feed in fivecells. Ir is frequent in the Greek iflands, and flowers| in Auguft. Z Po and feeds having a fragrant {mell. 3 Some have recommended thisfeed as at againft agues; but the bark has fuperfeded all other medicines for that uf. ' The root externally applied, ftops bleeding It is a cuftom in the Eaft to chew re ana pitt up the nofe in hazmorrhages from that part, It is fingular, that the flowers of the 7 gella afford a green colour: If theyare d and rubbed onlinen, they ftainit toa fref fhh green, green which holds through many wafhings. It would be therefore worth confidering, whether they might not be ufeful in dying ; for the plant is ea- fily cultivated, and the fowers are numerous, It would grow on any indifferent light land. GFR Nie U.S a vulgaris, D0LeBhyd 2 The root is long, thick, and hung with many aires The ftalks are numerous, thick, weak, and very much branched : they are of a foot or more in length, and they fpread themfelyes upon the grou they are of a frefh green colour, and of ee } ~ = P : a thick, flefhy, tender fubftance: fometimes they are red toward the bottoms, but that more when cultivated than when in the wild ftate. The leaves are numerous, oblong, androunded a Portulaca pilofa. e is ] e: Le 3), JZ are ofa faint greenith yellow, and ftandclofe in the bofoms ofthe leaves. effel is fmall, and of an oval figure, and the feeds are numerous and minute. It is a native of the warmerparts of Europe, and flowersin July. ¢ ‘ at ‘Theroot is long, flender, and furnifhed with many" fibres. , The ftalks are numerous and thick: they lie i patt upon the ground, and are in part tole. The leaves are oblong, narrow, and fharppointed: they fland alternately at confiderable The flowers are {mall andinconfiderable : they diftinct fpecies : they have called it Portulaca Jatifolia fativa, Broad-leaved garden purflain, in oppofition to this, which theycall the narrow-leaved cpte flower is compofed of five irregularly-difpofed petals, and has a fpur behind: the 2. Hairy Purflain: rably Upnignt. Inthis ftate it has been defcribed by many as ifa BrodoL SAM Il NAA, €, and is cooling, and at the ends: they are very thick andflefhy, of a When it is brought into gardens, and enlarged by culture, the leaves grow thicker and broader, Bad. .b |S.AiM, dfor the pale green, fometimes redifh, and of a tender fabftance. C. Bauhine calls ic Portulaca anguftifolia fylwoftris. VII. It is goodagainft the fcurvy. diftances, and they have a tuft of hairy matter in their bofoms. The flowers are very fmall, and ofa faint red they ftandin the bofoms of the leaves, andparti- cularly at the tops of the ftalks and branches, wherethere is a kind of ipreading head, forme by a large tuft of leaves, with a great deal ofhairy ™atterat their bafe, 3 The ftalk is lightly hairy, and the leaves are of a light fhining green, : It isa native of South America, and flowers in July. Herman calls it Portulaca lanuginofa pfylli¢ folio ereétior, ct elatior flore dilute rubente, Others call it Portulaca orientalis hirfutofolie. veffel is of a roundith form, and the cup is compofed oftwo leaves, Linnzus places this among the /yugene/ia polygamia monogamia, making it the fame genus with the impatiens.: but thefe plants, as | have fhewn already, differ as genera, not as {pecies of the fame genus, Theform of the feed-veffel alone were fufficient to eftablith the diftin€tion; but there are others obvious enough, and aseffential. Common, Balfam, Balfamina foliis lanceolatis. their colour is naturally a bright red, but they 72 Si ID Therootis large, thick, and fpreading. The ftalks are thick, flefhy, and very much branched : they, are of a tender fubftance, and of a pale green. The leaves ftand irregularly on them; and they are long, narrow, and fharp-pointed, and ele- gantly ferrated at the edges: their colour is a freth green The flowers are large and beautiful : they grow fingly on fhort footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves, and they have a fhort {pur behind: GE UN. change continually into white and variegated: the fame plant will frequently afford themat the fame time many different colours and variega- tions, i The feed-veffel is roundith, and rough ; and, when ripe, it burfts open with Violence, and featters the feed. It is a native of the Eaft, but it ftands the fummer perfectly well in our gardens, It flowers in July. C, Bauhine calls it Balfamina Femina, Others only, Balfomina. Our gardeners know it bythe name of Balfam, x |us VII. Ct a ITHE floweris compofed offive equal petals regularly difpofed: the feed-veffel is of an oval fioure; and covered 5 fplitting in the middle when ripe, and containing numerousfeeds: fmall, and divided into two parts, and the cupis 5very it remains when the flower is fallen Linnzus places this among the Polyand ria monogynia; the threads in the centre of the flower being humerous, and fixed to the Teceptac le, and the ftyle from the tudimen t of the capfule fingle aos 1. Common IX, COR C HOR US. HIE flower is. cornpofed of five petals repularly difpofed: the feed-veffel is very large, and ig formed of five valves, and contains five cells: the cup is formedof five fmall leaves, and falls with the flower. Linnzus places this among the polyandria monogynia the threads in the centre of the flower being numerous, and rifing from the receptacle, and the ftyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle, 1. Long-fruited Corchorus, 77 Corchorus foliis crenatis barbatis fruélu, longo. The rootis long, flender, and full of fibres. The ftalk is ftriated, round, upright, a foot and a half high, and divided into many branches. The leayes ftand irregularly on it, and they are large, of an oval form, but pointed, and ofa pale green. They are fharply ferrated all the way at the edges, and the two.points of the ferratures on eachfide neareft the footftalk, run out into each a long, flender, hookedfilament ofa purplith co- Jour ; this gives. them the name of barbated BURBS EAT WN, 20/8 TUL 46 & RUG leaves. The flowersrife from the bofoms of the leaves: they are fupported on, fhort footftalks, and are of pale yellow. The feed-veffel is very long andflender: it is Pointedat the end, and contains numerous feeds. It is a native of Egypt and Amercia, and flowers in J; 2. B ni i s Plinii. Others, 2. Short-fruited Corchorus; “2 ine Me Corchorus fru&u brevi foliis oblongis barkatis: The root is large, and divided. The ftem is hard, woody, branched, and coz vered with a yellowifh bark. The leaves are placed irregularly ; and they are long, broad toward the bafe, and continued to a narow point: theyare ferrated all the way at the edges, and the two lowerferratures, as in the former, are continued into flender, hooked, or curled filaments: “he flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves; andare fmall, and of a whitith yellow. The feed-veffel is large, fhort, and marked on the outfide with five cuts, and in the fame manner divided into five parts within : the feeds are numerous andlarge, It is a native of the Eaft, and of America, and flowers in Auguft, Plukenet calls it Corchorus Americanus pre: longis foliis capfula ftriata fubrotunda brevi. The ufe ofthefe plants is for the table, not for GENUS |
