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Show The’ Th BRITIS H Del V. WSHcO-Nes HERBAL. FOREIGN Ie Di Vis 1 OA. SeP-BiC I°E:s. The leaves on this are very fmall, oblong, and Fine-leaved Sea-Lavender. compofedofa very fewflender fegments. Limoniumfoliis tenuiffimis. PLGgu td The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in fhort clufters, and are of a pale red. furnifhéd. with Therootis long, dlender, and a few fibres. and they The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft; : fometimes are long, very flender, and gtafly . they are divided, but ufually quite fimple The feeds are fmall, fingle,, and naked. It is a native of the coaft of Africa, and flowers in June. Plukenet calls it Limonium minimum comatum The ftalk is round, upright, and of a pale elegans. numgreen: it divides toward the top into a vaft‘ Ber of branches. N RSet JU gi IV. © OADFLAX. BASTARD. BRET ISH *H ER B Ark. BR I Es. “I. Common Agrimony. Agrimonia vulgaris. 772 Aagud4 The root is formed of feveral thick, tough fibres. Thefirft leaves are numerous, large, and pinnated: they have fhort, redifh footftalks; and each is compofed of about four pair of pinne, with an odd one at the end: their colour is a beautiful frefh green on the upper fide, and greyith underneath. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and two feet high: it is thick, hairy, not atall branched, andofa redifh colour, The flowers are {mall, and of a gold yellow: they are placed in a long, flender{pike at the top of the ftalk. SP E CAE S, The feeds are large and rough, with a kind of hookedhairs. It is commonin ourpaftures, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Eupatorium veterum, five Agrimonia. Others, 4 nonia, and Agrimonia vulgaris. It is a diuretick and deobftruent,‘greatly recommended by the antients, but very much neglected in the prefent practice. It opens obftructions of the vifcera, and is good in the jaundice. It alfo gently and fafely promotes the mentfes. The frefh leaves make a tea not unpleafant ; and, taken conftantly in this method, the effect will be very happy in regularly bringing on that difcharge. A fyrup of the root is alfo recommended againft catarrhs. TES PM. HE flower has no petals. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, lightly divided into five obtufe fide: fome have called them, fegments ; which ftand upright, and are coloured on the inner naked: it remains in the bofomof the cup, but erroneoufly, petals, The feed is fingle, roundifh, and threads in the flower being five, and the Linneus places this among, the pentandria monogynia ; the ftyle fingle. adulterina, andcalls it zbefum. He takes away its old name /j ledgeda very ill conftructed generical term. DMV 1s 1 ON. Thefium vulgare. Pag 12 The rootis long, thick, divided, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The firtt leaves rife in a tuft; and are oblong, narrow, fharp-pointed, and undivided at the edges : their colour is a pale green, and they . have no footftalks. The ftalks are roundifh, upright, brown, and a foot high: they are not much branched, and ; they generally grow many together. The leaves are numerous, and placed irregularly: they are long, narrow, and fharp-pointed: they have no footftalks; they are undivided at the edges, and of a pale green. M. The root is long, thick, brown, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, flender, andten inches high, The leaves ftand alternately ; and they are oblong andbroad, of a pale green, undivided at the edges, and obtufe at the end. Gone The Gowers ftand in great numberat the tops of the ftalks in a kind of fpikes; and they look white, the infide of the cupbeing ofthat colour. The feedis fingle'andlarge. It is common on fome hilly grounds, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Zinaria montana flofculis albicantibus. Others, Alfine linaria folio, and Linophyllon. We have an inftance in this plant how very carelefsly the old writers impofed names. There is no refemblance of /izaria in the flower of this plant. ‘The leaves and mannerof growing were the occafionof the title. Its virtues are unknown. FOL REV GN 1. Yellow-flowered Baftard Toadflax. Thefium flore favo. PAag./8 N oP EC TE S$. Theflowers ftand at the tops of the branches in fmall clufters about five together: theyare little, and of a gold yellow. Plukenet calls it Ceataurium luteum afe Virginianum. Linneus, Thefum floribus tis foliis oblongis, V. OM ‘sOlN LA: HEflower is compofedof five fmall petals’: they are broad, and nippedat the top ; and they have ane narrow bafes, by which they adhere to the cup. The cupis double ; the innerone is fmall, ftands upon the rudiment ofthe fruit: this is divided flightlyinto five fegments, andit is hid as it ‘were by the other or outer, whichis larger. Thefeedis fingle, naked, rough, andhas a double kernel. Linneus places this among the dodecandria digy nia, the threads being twelve in each flower, and the ftyles from the rudiment of the fiuit two. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with pivi- The flowers are fmall and yellow. The feeds are large, naked, and fmooth. It is common among trees in Italy, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Agrimonia fimilis. Others, Agriminioides. uncertain fize, arranged in pairs along a middle rib; at the extremity of which there ftand three larger and ‘more regular fegments: they are of a deep green on the upperfide, and grey underneath. Nei Gronks S Phe LES. The ftalk is round, upright, hairy, redifh, and a foot and half high. The leaves on the lower part of this refemble thofe from the root ; but thofe toward the topare compofed only of three fegments, fuch as terminate the three others. Agrimonia flovibus parvis. 2 tL 9 «AS, U.S THRE TT 8 Ag J-G 2d, HE. flower is formedof five petals, narrowat the bafe, broader toward the top, and joined at the fides fo as to form a kind of bell. There are two cups, one proper and particular to each flower, the other general or commonto the whole tuft. The proper cup is formed of a fingle leaf; and is of a hollow fhape, narrow at the bafe, and wide at the rim, where it is folded or wrinkled, but not cut into fegments. The general cup is triple, and it collects the whole tuft of flowers into a kind of round head. The feedis fingle and fmall, roundifh, and placed naked in the proper cup of each flower. Linneusplaces this among the pentandria pentagynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the fiyles of the fame number. Common Thrift. : ee Statice vulgaris. 7° & The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a fewfibres: toward the topit ufually divides into two or three heads ; and fromeach ofthefe rifes alarge clufter of leaves. Theleaves are long, narrow, and grafly : their colour is a bluith green; andthey are fmooth, Undividedat the edges, and fharp-pointed. The ftalk rifes in the centre of a tuft of thefe leaves ; and itis round, upright, fimple, naked, AGRIMONY. AUG RI Small-flowered Agrimony. The feed is fingle, round, and naked. It is common in the paftures of Virginia and Penfylvania, and flowers in July. UESSS FO REDEGN> Tl, many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a fmall tuft; and are obiong, and irregularly pinnated : each is compofed of four or five pairs of {mall pinne, of an BR rE i fio er & CoE Ss. E CommonBaftard Toadflax. DPV ITSTON. The other muft be acknow- Det 1S 1.0 °N and ofa pale greyifh green. The flowers ftand at the top, a great number together, in a round clufter : they are moderately large, and of apale flefhy purple. Ne 34, The feed is Small, round, andof a deep brown. It is common about our fea-coafts, and flowers in June. Its regular growth, andthe beauty of its flowers, have introduced it into gardens, where it ferves inftead of box for the edgings of borders. C. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllus montanus minor. Lobel, Caryophyllus marinus minimus. Others, Statice montana. The addition of montana is not abfurd, for in many parts of Europeit is frequent onhills far from the fea, Culture makes variations in this plant ; but there is no other knownfpecies diftinct from this. Therootis faid to be aftringent ; but it is not ufed. hice GENUS |