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Show DEV DSTO Abate oO REIGN. and a half long, but not regularly upright. The leaves are placed in threes on long footftalks: they are oblong, broad, and obtufe at the ends; and they are of a dufky green onthe nute, The-feeds contain the virtue of the plant; and they are ufed externally with great fuccefs: they are emollient and anodyne. They boil to a mu. cilage ; which, whetherufed alone, or mixedin ointments or cataplafms, is excellent againft hard fwellings, andagainft pain. It is recommended by many in the {ciatica, applied outwardly, warm, and frequently repeated ; The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are yellow andlarge. of its emollient virtue to the feeds of the Sem: greek, DiVIS10N andit is excellent againft fwellings in the breafts, The ojntment of marfhmallows owes a great deal «>I. EO RE LGN 1. Yellow Reftharrow without thorns. Anonis flava non fpinofa. The rootis long, tough, and fpreading. The ftalks are round, upright, very much branched, and a foot and halfhigh. The leaves ftand on flender footftalks, three on each; and they are long, narrow,of a pale green, and little hairy, and dented at the ends. The flowers ftand on long footftalks, and are large and yellow: they grow fromthe bofoms of the leaves. Thefeed-veffels are large, and the feeds numerous and brown. It is a native of the Eaft, and of the warmer N Usi§ VI. RES Te ARROW. I: The feed:veffelis fhort, fwelled, and hairy ; BR EDS 1. Common prickly Reftharrow. . , LA Anonis fpinofa vulgaris, 724.4 ./- is This is not a large, but it is a very tough, fpreading plant. Theroot is long, thick, and firm: it is fo difficult to tear out of the ground, or to break, that it often ftops the inftruments of hufbandry ; whence its Englifh name, The: ftalks are numerous, tough, firm, and covered with a redifh bark : they are a foot and half long, they lie fpread upon the ground; and they are full: -of very tharp' and ftrong prickles. The Jeaves are numerous,-’and' of a bright green: they grow bythrees without footftalks ; and they are oblong, narrow, fharp-pointed, and ferrated at the edges, The flowers ftand on thort footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves ; and they are of a bright purple, The feed-veffels are fhort, and the feeds are numerous and brown, It is common by wayfides, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Anonis {pinofa flore purpureo. Others, Anonis vulgaris, five refta bovis, and Refta bovis purpurea. Others, Anonis non fpinofa lutea. has a very {trong fmell. Linnzus places this among the diadelphia decandria , the threads of the flower being ten, in two affortments. He places manyofthe trifoliate plants in one common genus; but this he feparates morejuftly. DiNeIes HON: It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Anonis vifcofa /pinis carens The whole plant is clammy to the touch, and HE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is of a heart-like fhape, and depreffed atthe fides. The ala are of an oval form; and they are not of more than half the length of ‘the vexillum. The carina is fharp-pointed, and it is fomewhat longer than the ale: The cup is divi- ded into five parts, and is of the length of the fower. parts of Europe. lutea major. A4NO N IS. and the feeds are kidney-fhaped, ‘and few. Ray calls it Anonis procumbens maritin Solis hirfutis pubefcentibus. Others, Anonis mari C. Bauhine calls it Fenum Grecum Sativun, Others plainly Fanum Grecum. upperfide, and of a whitifh colour underneath. The flowets ftand on fhort footftalks in the bofoms of the leaves: they are large and white, fometimes tinged a little with a faint purple. G.E July. aS) PEC ERs, 2. Purple Reftharrow without thorns. Anonis non Jpinofa purpurea, 72440lf The root is long, and very tough, andis of a whitith colour. Theftalk is firm, hard, upright, andofa pale green. The flowers are fome- times ftriated. Ne Go 3+ White Sea Anonis. Theroot iis long, flender, white, and tough. Theftalks are numerous, branch ed, ‘of a firm fubftance, and of a whitith colour. The leaves are numerous and fmall: they are oblong, broad, and covered with a white woolly matter, The It is a native of Spain, and flowers ia July. Morifon calls it Azonis purpurea precon, five verna frutefcens. Many call it Cicer Lylveftre. US VII. NMGE DIVCK, tiful red, The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are'large Anonis maritima pubefcens, The feed-veffels are large, and the feeds alfo are large and brown. All the fpecies of avonis poffefs the fame virtues; and though fome of them have been partiAnonis lutea floribus pendulis, Sv epeuk 7 cularly celebrated by foreign writers, there is none that has theminfo high a degree as the common Theroot is long, thick, and fpreading. wild kind, here firft deferibed. It is a powerThe ftalks are numerous, low, woody, very ful diuretick, and a very effectual remedy in obmuch branched; and covered with a redifh bark. ftructions of the vifcera, The leaves are placed in threes on moderately Thé root has moft virtue, and the cortical or long foorftalks ; andthey are fhort, obtufe, and hairy. outerpart of that more than the reft. A decocThe flowers ftand on flender, weak, and tion of this, witha little white wine, fweetened crooked or twifted footftalks, two on each: they to the palate, and drank in large quantities, is are of a mixed brownandyellowifh colour; and excellent againft the gravel, and all nephritick their cups aré very hairy. complaints, foftening, and Operating powerfully The feed-veffels are long and large, and the by urine. feeds are kidney-like, and brown. The bark of the root, dried and powdered, is It is commonin Italy, and flowers in Augutt. good in the jaundice and in dropfies ; the dofe is C. Bauhine calls it Avonis vifcofa minor flore half a dram twice a-day. pendulo. on fhort footftalks ; and are large, and ofa beau- moft parts of England. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls ic Azonis Spinis carens pure burea. Others, Anonis non Spinofa flore purpureo. The root is long, thick, and fpreading. The ftalks are numerous, woody, upright , and two feet high: they are covered. with a brown bark, and have no prickles. The_leaves ftand by threes upon fhort footftalks, and are placed at confiderable diftance s : theyare oblong, broad, ferrated, fharp-p ointed, andof a pale ereen. The flowers are placedalfo on long footftal ks, two or three together; and they are fmall and purple. 2. Yellow Reftharrow with drooping flowers. The leaves ftand irregularly on it; and are oblong; moderately broad, dented at the edges, and of a pale green, anda little hairy. The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves and brown. It is a native of tough foils, and common in SP EC 1 ES, 3. Red-flowered Reftharrow with great pods. Anonis purpurea Siliquis majoribus. 7 oF DP Mia Diep) veo, HE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillumis turned backwards: it is of an oval figure, undi. vided, and turned at the edges outwards. The alz are oblong, and their fides converge under the carina, to which part they are fixed by a fmall appendage. The carina is oblong, {plit, and turned back. The cup is formedof a fingle piece ; andis hollow, and divided into five equal fegments at the edge. The feed-veffel is long, flatted, and more or lefs crooked, twifted, or wound rounditfelf. Linnzus places this among the diadelphia decandria ; the filaments being ten, in two affortments. He alters the name, writing it medicago. DEN. IS -OnNi. ek. BR ITES H, 1. Yellow Medick, with flat, wreathed pods, Medica fylveftris flore flavo. PLG5/ The root is long, thick, and {preading, and it S$ many years. * S PaBserre sg, The ftalks are numerous, and of a tough, firm, and, as.it were, woody fubftance: they are two feet in length, very much branched, and fpread irregularly, in great part lying upon the ground. The leaves ftand on long footftalks, three eke each 5 att, — See branched, and of a-pale green: they are a foot It is a native of the Eaft, but is frequently fown forule. arr 3 It is common onour fea-coafts, and flowers in = Fenum Grecum vulgare. Mabu ls The root is long, fender, and full of fhort fibres. The ftalks are numerous, thick, very much SRDECIE s. Theflowers ftand in the bofoms ofthe leaves ; and are of a pale red, with fome white, The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds are mi- — ‘Common Feenugreek. The "BRUT FSH! HERBAL. HERB: ATL. BRITISH re The |