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Show 272 The BRITISH they fpread The firft leaves are fmall, but the ground : themfelves in a regular clufter upon a pale green; they are oblong, narrow, and of and have no and they are of a flefhy fubftance, footftalks. able The ftalks are weak, flender, and fcarce of a redifh to fupport themfelves: they are ufually lower part, colour toward the top; and in the they are fo and fometimes nearly all the way up, clofe covered with leaves, that they are fcarce to F be feen. ure : Thefe leaves are fhort, and of an ovalfig one they are very {mall, and they ftand clofe over but another: they are naturally of a pale green, they often become red. The flowers ftandat the tops of the ftalks, and ed are moderatelylarge, and ofa pale purple, ftreak with a deeperred. The feed-veffels are oblong and thick: the feeds are very fmall, numerous, and brown. It is commonin the fouth of France, and in Italy, and other warmparts of Europe, andis moft frequently feen in rocky, hilly places. C. Bauhine calls it Th/a/pi parvumfaxatile flore Others, Lithonthlafpi carnofo folio. 5. Great Candy-Tuft. 1L3 auld Thlafpi umbellatum Creticum majus. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The firft leaves rife in little tufts : they are oblong, moderately ‘broad, ferrated at the edges, and fharp-pointed : they have no footftalks, but rife from ‘the root with a long narrow bafe, and they are of a pale green colour. The ftalk grows in the centre of thefe, and is round, firm, upright, and of a pale green: it rifes to a foot or more in height, and is very muchbranched. The leaves that grow on the lower part of the ftalk refemble thofe from the root; but thofe on the upper part of it are narrow, long, and notat all divided at the edges. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and branches; and are white, or of a pale fiefh colour, or of a deepor purplith tinge; for all thefe are only accidental varieties in colour, while the plant is the fame in every other refpeét. The feed-vefiels are oblong and thick: the feeds ‘are numerous and fmall. It is commoninItaly, and in the Greek iflands, particularly Crete. C. Bauhine calls it Thla/pi umbellatum Creticum iberidis folio, Others, Thla/pi Candie. We have it in our gardens as an ornamentto borders, and call it Great candy tuft. H E.R.B A-L. H HERBAL. The leaves uponthisall the way up arelike thofe from the root: they are long, narrow, an ferrated juft about the tip, but in noother part, The flowers grow on the tops of the branches in’a kind of umbells; and are fmall, wh te, or redifh, and fweet-feented. The feed-veffels are oblong, and thefeeds are numerous, fmall, and brown. It is a native of the Greek iflands, and of 7. The Rofe of Jericho. Pao 1,0 and they are {mall and white. The feed-veffels are rou he feeds are brown. ommonin the Gree and it The leaves on this are fewandfmall: they are Thlafpi umbellatum Creticum minus: The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are oblong, narrow, ‘and of a pale green: they have no footftalks, but run up with a final] bafe, and they are a little ferrated at the extremity. The ftalk is round, thick, of a pale green, vaftly fpread out into branches, and about eight inches high, = of the fame pale green with thofe from the root, and are lightly ferrated at the edges, and fharp- pointed : they have no footftalks, The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches Ti The feed-veffels are very beautiful :, they are thin and rounded, and they divide in an elegant manner; two ftand together, with the ftyle between therm. It is frequent in Germany, and fome other parts of Europe, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Thlafpi bifcutatum afperum jer aciy hieracifolium majus. Others, Thlafpi-clypeatum. Y 059-13 he rootis long,>? flender, and furnifhed with upon the groundin narrew, and and are of a pale E dented bluntly and flightly at the edges. The ftalks are numerous, thick, woody Ui Sau) Be@s LE divided into many branches: they { felves circularly on the ground, and little from it at the points of the br are two orthree inches in length ; fo tha they lie expanded, the plant for as a circular S A RTA, compofed offour petals placed crofs-ways: they are of an inverted oval figure, and po The cupis formed of four fmall leaves, which ftand wide, and are oval and holll, andofaninverted oval figure, very little comprefled, and divided : the feeds are very fmall and round. which goes crofs tuft of about half a foot. ; the flower having four longer and two andthole the firft from the root, broad, oblong, and indented at the edges. The flowers are {mall, and of a greenifh white: they ftand on fhort footftalks: in the divifions of the branches. The feed-veffels are {mall and fhort : the feeds are {mall and brown. It is a native of the Eaft, and flowersi : After this the leaves fall of, and the ftalks ben inwards till their tops meet.; and the whole plant then forms a round lumpof the bienefs ‘of 2 man’s fift, and of a woody fubftance. ; Inthis ftate it is brought over frequently asa curiofity, and, if laid into a bafon of warm water, it will expand the branches, and fpreaditfelf Out as it grew at firft. C. Bauhine calls it Thlafpi. rofa Hierack vulgo diffa. Others, Rofa Hierachontea. The reafon ofits being called a ro/e, is its being of the fize, and rudely refembli the form of oneinits dry ftate, 8. The Candy Tuft Tree. 7030 Vy regular filicule. fhorter threads, and the feed-veflél being a vered genus, and has never had any Englifh name. Itis anew d are natives of t. Soft-leaved Subularia. Subulavia foliis levibus. Whi59. “4 andconfiThe root is a tuft of very flender derably long fibres. long: The leaves are numerous, flender, and about they refemble rufhes ; but they are fmall: much, and two inches in length, often not half fo under of a pale green: they are rounded on the pointed. part, flat on the upper, and fharp The ftalks rife among thefe ; andare naked, very flender, jointed, and crooked, and about at every knee or joint there four inches high: flands a fingle flower ;_ this is fmall and white. The feed-veflel is alfo fmall, and the feeds are numerous and yellowifh. It is foundat the bottoms of deep ponds in the northern cot , and flowers under water in June and Jul Raycalls it Su acutis. ria eretta foliis mollibus Thlafpi fempervirens floribus umbell Subularia with long, brittle leaves. 6. Little Candy Tuft. I05 9.11 top. and flowers € it in gardens, of a faint green, obtufe at the ends, toward the lower part. of, the: ftalk flatted, and in little clufters; they are fmall, and of a pale yellow. The root is long, flender, and woody, andis hung with a few ftraggling fibres. Thefirft leaves are few, and theyvery qui wither: they are oblong, fomewhat Theleaves. ftand irregularly on thefe, round, firm, upright, and of a whitifh colour, a foot high, and divided into. branches toward the 1es flowering many months. many other warm countries, and flowers jp July. C. Bauhine calls it Th/a/pi cum flore al loro minus. Some prefer this to the larger kind in gardens, Thlalpi_fruticofump The ftalk rifes in che midft of thefe, and is The flowers crow in finall tufts at the extremi- ties of the bre 273 The root is thick and fpreading ; andis furnifhed with many fibres. The ftem is hard, woody, and covered with a brown bark : it does not growto any great height, butis divided into a numberof branches. The leaves grow onthefe in an irregular cluftered manner, great part of the ftalk being bare, andlargetufts growing in other places ; fometimes from the body of the branches, fometimes fupported on a’ kind of footftalks, Each leaf is oblong, narrow, and obtufe, not at all indented, and of a frefh green. 9 The ioribus fragilibus. The root is compofed of numerous, long, and {all fibres, ; The leaves are very flender, and fix or eight s long: they rife in aconfiderable tuft ; and y are roundat the back, flat in the upper furface, and of a pale green : they are tran{parent, and appear piercedfull of little holes; and theyare very brittle. The ftalk is lender and round, and the flowers N° XXVIIL All the known fpecies of it are placed at diftances from the bottom to the top of it; they are {mall and whitifh. It is found in the bottoms of deep ftanding waters in Yorkfhire, and flowers in June, Raycalls it Subularia fragilis folio longiore et tenuiore. 3. Firm-leaved Subularia. Subularia foliis rigidis. The root is compofed of manylong and thick fibres. The leaves are dblong, flender, and fharp- pointed : they ftand upright; and are of a deep green, andare very roughandharfh to the touch : they are rounded onthe back, and flat on the lipper fide; and are biggeft at the bottom, and f{malleft at the extremity. The ftalk is upright, lender, and green: there are no leaves onit, but at diftancesfingle flowers : thefe are greenifh, and feldom quite open. The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds are numerous and brown. It is found in Yorkshire, and other parts of the north of England, at the bottoms of fith-ponds, and flowers in Augutft. Ray calls ic Subularia vulgaris eretta folio rigidiffimo. 4. Creeping foft-leaved Subularia. Subularia repens foliis mollioribus. The root is compofed of numerous fibres. The firft leaves rife like a tuft of fhort grafs; 4A ftanding |