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Show 260 260 “The BRITISH . Th BRITISH HERBAL SS ht, hairy, whitith, The ftalk is round, uprig eight inches high. broad, of a ee leaves on this are fhort and to the touch. whitith green, very hairy, andfoft. the tops of The Aowers ftand in little tufts at moderately the ftalk and branches; and they are large, and ofa fine gold yellow. brown. Ic is frequent in Germany, and flowers in May. te. G. Bauhine calls it Burfa paftoris Alpina hirfu. Columna, Draba minima muralis SHEPHERDS PURSE. BU swe Pas tf Okt. 8. inverted oval figure, and have very fmall bottoms within the cup. The cup is compofed of four hol- fomelow, oval, little leaves, which ftand gaping, andfall with the ower. The feed-veffel is fhort, are few and fmall, what comprefied, blunt at the end, and terminated by a fmall point: the feeds and the leaves are very large and firm. Linneus places this among the tetradynamia filiculofa ; the flower having four longer and two He joir vith the fcurvygrafs, thorter threads, and the feed-veffel being a fingle regular filicule. inal and more ufually received name. The fhortnefs of the point at the feedtaking away it iabl ch Ger: but Naon of the fmaller kinds yet it is a very certain and invariable veflel is a diftin ture has placed a much greater and more obvious mark in the form and external appearance of the es crofs-ways 5 they are fmall, of HE. flower is compofed of four petals, which difplay themfelv of four little, hollow leaves, an oval figure, and have very narrow bottoms : the cup is formed hioned, narrow at the bafe, which fall with the flower: the feed-veffel is flat, large, and heart-faf of fmall feeds. broad, and indented at the extremity, and full veffels are broad and flat; the feeds are numeCommon Shepherds Purfe, rous, and very minute. Burfa paftoris vulgaris. yeerenr It is commonin wafte places, and flowers all The rootis long, flender, white; and. furnifhed fummer. C. Bauhinecalls it Burfa paftoris major folio fi with manyfibres. Thefirft leaves are numerous, and they fpread nuato. Others, Burfa paftoris vulgaris. theyare long, narrow, and deeply indented along the edges in a pinnated manner: their colour isa dufky green. This is their ufual form: but when the plant haslittle nourifhment, they are fometimes fcarce at all divided; and, on the other hand, when it grows rank, they are finuated more frequently, That author, and many others, make the whitlow gras, a fpecies of this. genus ; but very improperly, the form of the feed-veffel being a men; therefore neglect them, The ftalks rife feveral together in the center of and they are a foot or more in height : the leaves on thefe are long and narrow ; the lower ones are deeply, ferrated, the upper ones fcarce at all; and they furround theftalk at the bafe. The flowers are fmall and white, and thefeed- G E N WORSE RAPHANUS and of 1any years continuance in the ground The leaves are numerous, andextremelylarge : they are long, moderately broad, and ofa frefh green. Naturally they are entire, or but flightly andirregularly dented at the edges; but fomere cut very deep into numerous pintimes tl nated fegments. The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and two feet and a half high. The leaves on this are oblong, narrow, and lented, and are ofa frefher green than thofe the root. The flowers {tand at the tops of the ftalks, and are fmall and white. The feed-veffel is alfo fmall and fhort, and the London, andelf 2 in the ne towns. But it has in t es probably rifen from fome of the roots thrownout of the houfes or gardens. Jn Cumberland, and fome parts of Yorkfhire, it is abundant in places remote from houfes. It flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Raphanus 7 moft others copy that name without alteration. It is an excellent medicine in rheumatic cafes, and in all obftruétions of the vifcera. There is no way of taking it fo good as eating of the {crapedroot in large quantities at table. It works powerfully by urine, and brings away fmall ftones and gravel; at the fame time it {trengthens the ftomach, andaffifts digeftion. It ftands greatly recommendedalfo againft fcorbutic complaints. Two fpoonfuls of the juice will operate as a vomit; but it does this roughly and difagreeably. 5 are few and fmall. is common wild in the north of England, and itin uncultivated grounds, frequently about G A decoétion of the dried herb is a gentle and fafe aftringent, good in fevers, attended with diarrheeas, and inferior to few things againft an habitual purging. The juice of the leaves is cooling and aftringent : two fpoonfuls of it, with one of red wine, are excellent againft overflowingsof the mentfes. A ftrong decoétion of the frefh plant is good againft loofeneffes attended ‘with bloody {tools, and againft fpitting of blood. Such and {0 ufeful is this common plant, trampled every whet under foot as if poffeffed of no qualities. U tas Vv. RAD IS H. RUSTICANUS. The-flower is’ compofed \of four {mall petals; ‘which difplay themfelves crofs-ways ;thefe are of an .E N Dk Cabs Few plants have HIS, like the thepherds purfe, isia plant diftiguifhed by Nature from all others, but which the modern writers of botany have; ‘as in that inft ance, joined with thofe to which it has no tue alliances I hick, and white, of an acrid tafte, Shepherds purfe is an inftance of a very great greater virtues than this, whichis yet utterly dif regarded. the tuft of leaves; and are round, tough, up. right, and branched : their coleur-is a pale green, nus vulgaris. D03004 and important truth, that Providence has made the moft ufeful things moft common ; and that tions in which the plant has been defcribed as if called hep herds purfe with undivided leaves, and in the other ducks-horn-leaved fhepherds purfe; but the fpecies is the fame.in all, the degree of nourifhment only making the difference. orfe Radifh. moft obvious mark of their diftinction, and down to the rib: thefe are the two condiof different fpecies; in the one ftate it has been Common i having four longer and two thorter Linnaeus ranges it among the tetradynasmia filiculofa ; the flower as‘a diftinét genus, but makes it threads, and the feed-veffel being a filicula. Hedoes not keep it a fpecies of sh/a/pi. they have not the pecuThe {eed-veltels of the #h/a/pi are indeed parted by a nick at the end, but wallet, have obtained liar form of thofe in this plant; which, from their tefemblance of a pouch or ' writers. the herb a namepeculiarto itfelf; and preferved it through moft have There is but one known fpecies of /hepherds purje, and that is a native of Britain. “Authors the fame feed. defcribed feveral varieties of it as diftinétfpecies ; but they all rife from themfelves in a circular manner on the ground: 261 whole plant, the fcurvygrafs is ir The lepidium is much more nearly allied to the raphar ture; but eventhat is abfolutely diftinét. There is but one knownfpecies of hore radifb, thoughit varies oddlyin the leaves ; native of Britain. IV. bsYanesS oBeroNio Gc The feed-veflels are oval and fmall, and they havea little white point: the feeds are fmall and HER B AjJE: Link, whl D are Aower is compofed of four little, oval petals, which four1 1 have very narrow bottoms : the cup is formed of -d-veffel is fhort, broad, and thick, when the flower decays: the leaves, whicl it, which has been the flight depr preffion at the end, and a very flender point annexed to flower: the feeds are numerous, fmall, and brow Linnzus places this among the tetradyna fhorter threads, and the feed-veffel being a regular fil | He takes away the eftablifhed name ofone plant of this genus, not allowing but accounting it a fpecies of feurvygrafs ; this is the narrow-leaved| i With nafturtium, calling them by that name. This tends to create confufion. TI tinétion both fromthe {curvygrafs and the borfe that, we have fhewnthere are diftincti the genera are eftablifhed. ple r are D' ev are y rs: bu properl n i but, iif they Thefe are more flight in neral in this whole clafs than in moft others: attended to, they are fufficient. DIVISI Common D Lepidium y under y fibres, and } e very large, and of a deep onlong, flender footftalks ; and broad, and ferrated at the edges: |