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Show The HABER BA <E; Bi Rel OeH Thea BRUT Si Water Purflain. Dt Vv Psa oO Ni DP BCA Ee 8. ot does not aét with violence; but, being continued in-fmall dofes, feldom fails to anfwer its effet in topping f 2s or hemorrhages. The juice is faid to be good againft inflammations of the eyes; and fome have recommended the diftilled water for the fame purpofe. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. umerous, firm, large, upright, The ftalks a ; andfive feet high: they are not much branehed they are of an angulated figure, and of a brown colour toward the bottom, and green near the 2. Small fpiked Willowherb. Salicaria foliis alternis. top. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with The leaves ftand in pairs: they are large, and have no footftalk: they are broadedt at the bafe, and narrowerall the way to the end; not at all notched at the edges, and of a frefh green. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful purple: large fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, firm, branched, and a foot high, The leaves are placedirregularly, andhave no foot{talks: they are oblong, narrow, fharp-pointed, and of a deep green they growin long, thick {pikes at the tops 6fthe ftalks, and of many fhoots that rife from the bofoms of the upper leaves. The flowers are fmall, and of a bluifh purple: The feed-vetl is Jarge, and the feeds are-very there:have ‘ftood: waters in winter. ‘The rooe ofthis plant is,agoodaftringent; it of the afpet of purflain. Micheli calls it Glau- coides palufire portulace folio floribus purpureis. Lefelius, Glaux aquatica folio fubrotunds. C, Bauhine, fine minorferpyllifolia. lour a pale green, though, like the ftalks, they _ The people in fome parts of England givethe are alfo fometimesredifh. Juice of it againft the gravel: it operates brifkly The flowers are fmall and purple, and ftand in the bofoms ofthe leaves, by urine. SSOSSSERELISSOSHOGSHOSELELOLGOL GREESSOSRSESESORE Boel Food It flowers Gis = lage 3 cbon oN U § L LIONWLEA F, allied. LEON TORE TALON: HE flower is compofed of fix oval petals, alternately larger and fmaller: the feed-veffel is very SP, FE C4.E.S, ful red : they do not form a long, com: pact fpike, as. thofe of the common kind, but The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with large fibres. The ftalk is fquare, firm, upright, and a foot high. The leaves are narrow, oblong, and pointed : they have no footftalks, and they are not at all ferrated on the edges. They are very irregularly and uncertainly placed on the ftalk : thofe toward the bottom are in pairs, or fometimes three grow at a joint; thofe on the upper part ftand alternately. vant Thofe of which, there is no fpecies native of this country. but ‘this is a very improper ame, as it con+ fotinds it with a genus:to.which it it not at all The flowers are large, and of a bright beauti- Salicaria foliis anguftioribus flore rubente. R ForEIGN GENERA. Ray‘ calls ieSakcaria byffopifolia. C. Bauhine; Hyffapifolia. Our people, Small’ bedge-byffops Narrow-leaved fpiked Willowherb, WATER ftand erect, and they are in general about three inches in length, andrarely at all branched. Theleaves are placed in pairs: they are oblong, broad, of an inverted oval figure, and have no footftalks : their fubftance is fefhy, and their co- It is common in damp places, and flowers in May. Authors have been much perplexed where to place this little plant, or by what name to call it, Raycalls it Portala, fromits having fomething in June. F QR ET GN, sBs.N ground, and take root at the joints: but others The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds are numerous and minute. It.is found in many parts, of England, where Others imply, Lyfimachia pur- Go confpicuous, Theftalks are numerous, round, and weak : they are flefhy, and of a pale green, and fometimes purplifh: many of them lie upon the upperleaves. Clufius, Eyfimachia purpurea: com- Dot VES bQ-Niwlh very minute; but the cups are large and very Jiitlew B24 The root is compofed of a few {mall fibres. ofthe ftalks, but are placed in the bofoms ofthe C Bauhine calls it Lifimachia fpicata purpurea manis “majors purea, 219 The feed-veffels are alfo finall, andthe feeds they do not flandtin leng,thick fpikes.at the tops numerous and fimall. It is common by waters, and makes a very elegant figure in autumn when in flower. Many of the American plants we nurfe up for their Beauty, arehot equal to this’ weed, nor fo worthy a place in’ gardens. forte Plimi! Portula. (HR RB Ad ftand in the bofoms of the upper Jeaves in the large, and roundifh: it is inflated, and fomewhat fucculent, and contains a few large feeds: the cup is very fmall , it is compofed of fix’ leaves’ andit falls with the flower. * Linnzus places this among the hexandria monogynia; the threads in the flower being fix, and the flyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. This author takes awayits name /eoutopetalon, and calls it, by an arbitrary variation, /eontice. manner ofthofe of thelaft defcribed fpecies. The feed-veffels are large and pointed, the leffer-/piked willowherb, Lyfimachia [picata minor, we 1S 1. Broad-leaved Leontopetalon, the feeds minute and brown. It is frequent onthe fhores of the Danube, and elfewhere in Europe in the like damp places. It flowers in July. Clufius calls it Lyfimachia purpurea minor. C.Bashine, Lyfmachia rubra non Jiliquofa. Others, th, PURSLAIN. POOR TOU fd. HIE. flower is compofed of fix very {mall petals, regularly difpofed, and inferted near the edge of the cup; the feed-veffel is heart-fafhioned, divided. into twa partitions, and full. of minute feeds : the cupis large, bell-fafhioned, and divided at the extremity into twelve fegments, which are alternately larger and {maller. Linnzus places this among the bexandria monogynia , the threads in the centre of the flower being fix, and theflyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. Hetakes awayits name portula, and calls it peplis. OF this genus there is but one known fpecies, and thatis a native of Britain: Leontopetalon foliis latis. The root is thick, tuberous, roundifh, and of a dufky colour. he firft leaves are , broad, and of the compofite kind: each formed of five principal parts; two pairs of thefe are difpofed in the mannerofpinnae, and the odd one is at the end. on each of the lower pinnae there are three dif tinct, roundifh leaves; and the upper pair, and alfo the odd leaf at the top, have a threefold divifion: they are of a tawny green, whence the plant has been named, as refembling the colour of the lions } The ftalk rifes in the midft of a clufter of thefe firft leaves, and is firm, upright, and ftriated: its colour is the fame tawney yellowifh, but is ftriated with purple. The flowers are fmall and yellow: they ftand in great numbers on the tops of the ftalk, and of the branches. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are roundifth, andalfo large. It isa native of the Eaft, and of the warmer Parts of Europe; and flowers in Augutft. * C. Bauhine calls it Leontopetalon, and moft follow him, adding no diftinétion to the name. Tournefort calls it Leontapetalon foliis cofte alate adnafcentibus. Our people callit Lionsleaf, Lion- Jeaved turnip, and fome of them the Black turnip, and Lion tarnip. 2.-Narrew-leaved Leontopetalon. Leontopetalon foliis anguftioribus. The root is very large, thick, tuberous, ir. regularly rounded, and of a dufky colour on the furface, and redifh within. Thefirft leaves are numerous, and of a very fingular form: they are pinnated, but eachpair of pinnaz are double; and they are fo difpofed that they feemto ftand croflwife, and do not give the ufual afpect of a pinnated leaf: they are of a deep dufky green, and are finuated at the edges ; fo that they are fuppofed to have fome refemblance to the oak leaf; but that is not very ftriking. The ftalks are numerous, round, ftriated, flender, and toward the top divided into numerous branches: they are of a yellowith colour, and ftreaked with red. The flowers are large and yellow: they ftand at |