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Show 30 BRITA SH HERB The a Spee they ftand in The flowers are little and white: andthe branches, the of, tops the. at tufts {mall open. they are {eed-vefiels appearin themas foonas : the feeds Thefe are fhort,,and of a pale green are brown and minute. parts of It is common in corn-fields in many, Eneland, and flowers in Augutt. C. Bauhine calls it TA/a, folio majus. Others, The {eed has been celebrated for many virtues, practice. but it is not regarded in the modern The Tt is an attenuant, and works by urine. of it ancients have written great things in praife at one as a cure for the fciatica; and there was time an opinionof its being very excellent againft venomous bites and-poifons. This obtained it a place in fome of the celebrated old compofitions; but thefe are very ill A‘E. We. It is frequent about corn-fields, and in watte grounds, in many parts of England. It flowers in July. filiqy C. Bauhine calls it Th/a/pi arvenfe Others, Thla/j i From the breadthof the feed-veffels, fuppofed to’ réprefent a pieceof money, it has obtained the Englifh name of Pep. ere fs nycre]s. The feeds of this fpeties are celebrated by the old Greek writers in rhéumatic cafes, in obftructions ofthe vifcera, and againft poifon; but thefe virtues they attributed in the fame manner to manyothers uponlittle foundation, eitherin reafon or correct experience. 4. Little oval-leaved Thlafpi. Thlafpi foliis ovatis minus. A Bquty The root is flender, and creeps under the furface, fending out in different places many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft: they are 2. Thlafpi with hairy pods. fapported on’ flender' footftalks, and are of an Fhlalpi villofumcapfulis birfutis. A73ne oval figure, andpale green. The ftalks rife in the midft, and are round, The root is long, flender, and. furnifhed with upright, firm, andrarely branched; of a dufky a fewfibres. colour, and about eight inches high ; ofter much The firft’ leaves are fupported on flender, lefs. hairy footftalks; and are themfelves alfo hairy, The leaves on thefé are fhort and fmall, broad and of anovalfigure. at the bafe, where they adhere to the ftalk withThe ftalk rifes in the centre of a tuft of thefe, out anypedicles; and thence graduallyfmaller to and is round, firm, upright, not at all branched, a point. and a foot or more in height. The flowers are fmall and white : they ftand at The leaves on it are unlike thofe at the root: the tops of the ftalks in fmall tufts. they are broad, oblong, and fomewhat heart:faThe feed-veffels are fhort, and have this point fhioned at the bafe, where they furround the in the middle longer than in moft kinds: the ftalk ; and thence they grow narrower to the end. eftablifhed qualities. The flowers ftand in pretty large tufts at the tops of the ftalks, and they are large and white. The feed-veffel is fhort and hairy, and the feeds are yellowifh. It is common on the Welch mountains, and in fome parts of the weft of England. It flowers i uft. Bauhine calls ‘alpi villofumcapfulis hirJ ne. The whole feeds are numerous, little, and brown. It is not common any where, but morefre- quent in Yorkfhire than anyother part of England. C. Bauhine calls it Th/a/pi montanumg minus. J. Bauhine, Thla/pi felis Others, Thla/pi bellidis folio. Tblair filculis late He39) 3 The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with afew fibres. The firft leaves are. oblong,. moderately broad, and ofa faint green: they are obtufe at the ends, anda little waved at the edges. The ftalk rifes among thefe, and they foon after fade: this isjround, firm, upright, branched, and about ten inches high. The leayes;are placedalternately upon. it,, and refemble thofe.fram the root, they are oblong, broad; and, blunt at the end, of,a pale green, a little, notched at the edges, and without footflalkss The flowers are. {mall and white: they ftand ten.or. a dozen together at the tops.of the ftalks. The {eed-veffel;is very broad and thin, and has a deep nip at the edge: the feeds are {mall andyellowith. 6. Small 'perfoliate Thlafpi. Thlalpi perfoliatum minus. 7 7a Quid The root is a {mall, white fibre, divided at the end into a few minute threads, The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and rounded at the ends: they are not indented at the edges, and they have no footftalks : they are of a deep dufky green, which they ufually retaim to the laft; and they remainwith the plant in its growth nots as the others, fade when the ftalk rifes. This may probably be owing to the fmallnefs of the plant; which draws too little nowrifhment to exhauft them. The ftalk is flender, weak, of a pale colour, not at all branched, and about four inches high. There ufually are three or four jeaves onit, rarely more: thefe are broad, fhort, oval, ‘and fharp-pointed ; and'they fo perfeétly furround the ftalk at the bafe, that it feems to run through DbIW) & SeIsO UN: UH. The root is long, flender, and furnifiied with numerous fibres. The firft leaves are oblong, broad, andobtule at theend; notat all'indented atthe edges, petfeétly fmooth, andof a pale green. The ftalk rifes in the centre, and thefe foon after grow yellow and decay : it is- firm, upright, branched, and foot anda half high. The leaves are oblong, and confiderablybroad: 1. The gfeater perfoliate Thlafpi. Thlafpi perfoliatum majus. Z Ts @ The root is long, thick, and hung with many fibres. The firft leaves grow in a fmall clufter, and are oblong, broad, and ferrated : they have very fhort footitalks : their colour is a deep green, and they are fharp-pointed. The ftalks are numerous, round, upright, rarely at all branched, ‘and ten‘inches high. The leaves on thefe are placed at diftances, and are of a heart-like fhape: they have no footftalks, and they are of a’ pale greyifh green: they are broadeft at the bafe, where they inclofe the ftalk, but do not join behind it ; and they are fharply ferrated on bothfides, as they decreafe in breadth, to the extremity, where they terminate in a point. they have no footftalks, and they are of pale green, perfectly fmooth, and not indentedat the edges. The flowers grow at' the tops of the branches andare fucceeded by:fmall fmooth: feed-veftels. Thefeeds are roundifh, and ofa glofly brown. It is found in Suffolk, and‘in fome other parts of England, and flowers in Augutt. Ray callsit Thla/pi vaccarie folio glabrum. It is one of the plants of late years'difcovered by the botanifts of our country, and not known tothe earlier authors, 6. Small are fmall and white. The féed-veffels are fmall, and divided at the end pretty deeply. The feeds are {mall and brown: Ttis a native of the fouth of France, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Thla/pi perfoliatum majus. “2. HE kB ASL, 27% them: they are of a pale green, and not ferrated. The flowers are {mall and whi little clufters at the tops of the flalks, and foon fade. The feed-veffels are broad, fhort, and the feeds are. fmall and brown. It is foundin barren. {tony places in many parts of E nd, and fio’ in July. C. Bauhine calls it Thlafpi per uh name copied by moft fince his time. Thlafpi minus, and Thlafpi minus Clufii. All the fpecies of ¢hlafpi agree in’their qualities with the firft defcribed kind ; but fuppofed to: poffefs them in the moft powerf degree. The feeds are the part that contain their virtues in the gréateft.perfeétion, and they fhould be ufed freth. BOR EDLGN<S PEC IE:s. The flowers fland at the tops of the ftalks, and §- Smooth, broad-leaved Thlafpi. Thla/pi. folits latioribus. glabrum. 3. Broad-podded Thlafpi. -B Rel tl 5 sr Heart-podded Thlalpi. 7239.07 i filiculis cordatis foliis inte, The root is fmall, oblong, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are fmall, and quickly fade : they are oblong, and moderately broad: they rife from the root’ without any footftalks ; and’ they are of a pale gteen, undivided’at the edges, and obtufe at the end. This ftalk rifes in the midft, and’is round and firm, of a pale green, not! at all branched, and four or five inches high, The leaves:onar are like thofe from the root, oblong andbroad, and undivided at the edges!: they adhere’ to the: ftalki without any footftalks, and are obtufe at the ends, The flowers are few and fmall: they are white, and they are placed at the top of the ftalk ; but they quickly fall off : the pods are heart-fafhioned, and have a point in the center of the divifion, The feeds are fmall and brown. It is a native of Spain, and flowersin May. C. Bauhine calls it Thla/pi capfula cordata pere. grinum. Others, Thlafpi cordatum. 3: Garlic Thlapi. Aaqu Thlalpi folits obtufis dentatis allium redolens. The root is long and thick, and is furnifhed with a few ftrageling fibres. The firft leaves rife in a large tuft, and are fupported on long, flender footftalks: they are fhort and broad, ofan oval figure, and of a pale green; and they are rounded at the ends, and dentated at the edges. The flalks are numerous, round, whitifh, and irregular : they aré not much branched, frequently not at all, and they are not perfectly upright, The leaves on thefe are of the fame figure with thofe from the root, fhort, oval, obtufe at the end, dentated a little, or rather waved at the edges, and. placed onfootftalks toward the lower part, but without any at the upper. The flowers are larger than in moft of thefe kinds, and white: they ftand in a fpike at the topof the ftalk. The feed-veffels are of an oval figure, very little compreffed, dented at the end, andfull of {mall brown feeds. It is common in the fouth of France, and flowers in Auguft. The whole plant has a ftrong fmell ofgarlic. C. Bauhine calls it Sco inus Aldrovandi. Others, Thlafpi allium redolens. 4. Little red-flowered Thlafpi. Thlafpi foliis carnofis floribus rubri. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. * |