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Show 250 The BRI T 1 S:H © leaves on thefe ftand i y: they have no foo the fame greyifh green w ith thoie fr but they are not hairy. The flowers are {mall and wi The feed-veffels are lor ufually are feen in a loofe fpike, unc brown tuft of flowers, and are full of fmall, o hirfutior. Others, Braffica {puria caule magis foliof s. Pelofellefiliquofe altera fpecie 4. Branched Turritis. is. Turvitis ramofa foliis imis hifpid white, and furThe root is fmall, flender, nifhed with a few fibres. feeds. It is common on walls and dry banks, and flowers in April. erably The firft leaves are oblong, and confid and fomebroad: they are of a greyifh green, : thefe lie what hairy, and rough to the touch Raycalls it Braffica [puria ar manner. fpread upon the ground in a circul weak, and The ftalks are numerous, flender, branched. ¢ et glabris. Others, Pilofella common people, Codded moufear. B Roit1.5 9H I. DIVISION Ther . HERBAL. eo \.5.P E,Cd E.S. and they are of a bluifh green colour, and of a Great, various-leaved Turritis. fmoothand gloffy furface. Lurritis major foliis variis, 7Bb0/5 The flowers ftand in tufts at the tops of the ftalks, and are white, with a tinge of yellowifh, fometimes more, fometimes lefs. The feed-veffels are long and flender, and the feeds are fmall and brown. is The root is long, thick, and white, and furnifhed with manyfibres. The firft leaves are very long: theylie in a circular tuft upon the ground, and fome of them are irregularly cut, and undulated at the edges, It is a native of Germany, and manyother parts of Europe, and flowers in July. others altogether undivided: they are all rough fo the touch, and of a dufky green. C. Bauhine calls it Braffica [ylve/t radicem chicoraceis. Others, Turr The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, up- right, verylittle branched, and twofeet high. placed, andaltogether different from thofe about the root : they are of a form approaching to triangular, broad at the bafe, where they furround the ftalk, and fmaller all the way to the point; 0. 48 The firft leaves are numerous, large, and very deeply divided: they are placed onflender foot- flalks, and are deeply cut, almoft to the rib, into a number of fegments, in fomewhatlike a pinnated form. The feed-vefiels are long and flender, and they ftand at a gooddiftance fromthe ftalk : the feeds are {mall brown. XVI. HEDGE MUSTARD. poe Rao) Sah Me Ue THE flower is compofed of four petals, regularly difpofed crofs-ways; thefe are oblong, blunt at the end, and have narrow, fmall bottoms, whichftand ereé&t, and are of the length of the cup: the cup is formed of four little, oblong leaves, which are coloured, and converge at theirpoints, and the whole falls with the flower: the feed-veffel is very long, and very flender, and the feeds are {mall and round. being Linnzusplaces this among the tetradynamia filiquofa, four of the fix threads in the flower longer than the other two, and the feed-veffel being a regular pod. This author introduces into this genus fome plants properly belonging to the others of the fame clafs: but trip of this kind is the more pardonable, becaufe thereis no clafs in which the genera are fo very lightly diftinguifhed one from another. As there is no fingle word to denote this genus in the Englifh language, it will be advifable to ule the Latin name Ery/inum ; the more, as the plant commonly known underthe name of hedge mupare in the fhops, properly belongs, as Mr. Ray firft obferved, to another genus. ‘This has been already defcribed and figured in its place. Dil Ve1S 1 :0.N..-1. Birt TSa 1. Treacle Wormfeed. A°73L.. 73 Eryfimumanguftifolium camelina diftum, Theroot is long, white, woody, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalks are round, firm, upright, and of a pale green, or purplifh: they are about two feet and a half high, and not much branched, Ss bP E'e LES. ter tafte, as has alfo the pith within the ftalk. The flowers grow in {mall tufts at the tops of the ftalks, and they are {mall and yellow. pavi SON iy. The The flowers are {mall and yellow, and they ftand inlittle tufts at the tops of all the branches, The feed-veffels are very flender, long, and green: the feedsare numerous, and extremely fmal!. It is common in wafte places, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Na/turtium Jime divifum. Others, Sophia chirurgorum. The common people, Fliweed, a corrupt way of fpeaking Fluxqweed. This name has been given it for its virtues . 1 : 3 which ought to make it more regarded. Thefeeds are aftringent, and the juice more fo: either of thefe, or a decoction of the plant, ftop fluxes and hemorrhages in a very fafe and happy manner. PO R E I @ NoeScPlBsCcr, Ens; 1. Arabian Muftard, Enyfimum draba lutea dittum. 7 The root is long, thick, white, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a fmall tuft, and are fupported on long footftalks: they are oblong, and confiderably broad, indented at the edges, and fharp-pointed, The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and not much branched: its ufual height is two feet, but it fometimes rifes to twice that, or more. The leaves ftandirregularly onit, and are like thofe from the root: they have fhort footftalks, and are oblong, ferrated, fharp-pointed, and of The leaves are long and narrow: they in great number uponthe ftalks, and in an irsegular manner. They have no footftalks : they are narrowat the bafe, and broadeft about the m their colour is a pale green, and they have 4 bit- 7 of a deep, but not unpleafing green. nifhed with manyfibres, ghort continuance. feo 3. Flixweed. Eryfimnumfoliis tenuiffime divifis fophia diéium. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are large, and verybeautifully formed: they are pinnated, and the pinneor They are alfo given againft obftructions of the vifions are divided, and fometimes fubdivided e, with again; fo that the leaf is compofed of innumevifcera, and in the rheumatifm and jaundic This rable veryfine and delicate parts. fuccefs : they operate moderately by urine. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, of a pale medicine deferves to be more known. green, and ayard high. It is very much branched, and thick fet in all 2. Broad-leaved fmooth Eryfimum, gL. 7f parts with leaves. Eryfimumlatifolium glabrum, 7CS Gf 6 Thefe ftand irregularly, and refemble thofe from the root: they are veryfinely divided, and The root is long, white, flender, and fur- in tufts at the tops of the ftalks, and are but of G It is common in wafte places, and flowers in June. C.Bauhine calls it brum. Others, Ery/i tifolium Neapali This name comes from Parkinf adapted to fo common an E excellent The feeds of this plant are accounted yagainft worms, and are much t fed by the countr the fhops. people s but they are not known in The ftalk is round, thick, upright, not much branched, anda foot andhalf high. The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root, being divided very deep at the fides into four or five pairs of fegments: they are perfeétly fmooth, and of a yellowifh green. © The flowers are fmall and yellow: they ftand The feeds of the turritis are account lent in the rheumatifm ; and in fome p! commonfamily-medicine for that purp they are not known in the fhops. The leaves on thefe are numerous, irregularly Dina TUS Hse ke TL a fquared : The feed-vefiels are long, fl ender, and the upper they ftand in a kind of fpikes along been fomepart of the ftalk, when the plant has time in flower. , and The feeds are numerous, fmall, oblong ; ycllow, and are very bitter. as the Ifle of It is frequent in the fen countries; Ely, and flowers in July. longa, C. Bauhine calls it Myagrum Jiliqua Others, Camelina. a dufky ereen. The flowers ftandat the tops of the ftalks in a kind of fpikes, and they are of more duration than moft of the others: they are fucceeded by Jong andvery flender pods, in which are longifh yellow feeds, It is a native of Italy, andflowers in July. C, Bauhine calls it Draba lutea filiquis friftiffimis. The whole plant hasafiery tafte, but the root moft of all. It is an excellent medicine in rheumatic complaints, andin obftructions ofthe vifcera. 2. Great-flowered Eryfimum. Eryfimum flore aureo magno,. PZ: 36 The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres, The firft leaves are numerous, long, large, and very beautifully divided: they fpread themfelves upon the groundin a circular manner, and they are finuated very deeply in the pinnated form; each leaf is formed of five orfix pairs of thefe fegments, united by a rimof a leaf joining the rib; and they are of an irregularly-trianguJar figure. The ftalk is upright, firm, round, not much branched, and two feet high. The leaves on it are long, narrow, and like thofe of the root, but with fewer divifions, The flowersare large, andof a fine yellow. The pods are long and flender, and the feeds fmall, numerous, and round. It |