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Show ‘The 348 HERBAL. BRITISH meg : e that membran in fome fpecies,‘ has ies i The feed, 7 which is naturally fingle,. and hasits outer fkin loofe, to the flower, The analogy of cup no is there others fome in and capfule; {welled into a'kind of and all authors have perceived to be true fpecies of fumitory; parts in general fhew thefe however generical name. fame the under them keep to proper it: therefore it is DIVISION, BR I Lae 2 It is common in hedges at the fides of plowed lands, and flowers in Auguit. Raycalls it Fumaria major fcandens flore pall 1. Common Fumitory. 2 ; : Fumaria vulgaris. 7050: 4 hed with The rootis long, flender, and furnif fcarce upThe ftalk is weak, of a pale green, a foot right, divided into many branches, and high. green : The leaves are large, and of a faint parts, they are divided into innumerable fmail placed ona branched rib; and they are ofa flen der fubftance. The flowers ftand in fpikes at the tops of the ftalks and branches; and they are of a mixed red, partly flefh-colour, andpartly purple. The feed is large and brown. It is common in our corn-fields, and in all other cultivated ground. It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Fumaria officinarum et Diofcoridis. Others, Fumaria vulgaris. Fumaria major. Theroot is long, thick, white, and furnifhed with a few ftraggling fibres of the fame colour. The ftalks are weak, and of a pale green, branched; and, when they can fupport themfelves among bufhes, twofeet high. Theleaves are large, and of a whitifh green: they are divided into numerous parts, or compofed of many fegments, as in the other; but thefe are broader. The flowers ftand in long, loofe {pikes at the tops of theftalks, and onfootftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves: they are large, and ofa pale red. The feeds are fmall and brown. oop 3. Broad-leaved climbing Fumitory. Fumaria latifolia claviculata, 70 S0-5~ B.O sh 5 Ot Ms Moe RRR Se SMARMSEeo st mae OLaI LH This is a fpecies fo extremely different from the other in its form, that Mr. Ray has placed ir in another clafs; but it is properly and truly a CD fe SOS kind of fumitory. Theroot is fmall, divided into feveral parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalk is round, weak, ofa pale green, and very muchbranched: it is a foot high, but very weak, and unable to fupport itlelf upright, except by climbing ; for which purpofe Nature has given it many tendrils at the ends of the branches, The leaves are broad andfharp-pointed : they growin fmall clufters, and their colour is a bluifh green. The flowers ftand three or four together inlittle heads onfootftalks rifing from the bofoms of the 2. Great Ramping Fumitory. iV 151.0. N. HER BALE. BRITISH diore. ! many fibres. SP BC 1 ES, leaves: they are fmall and white, with a faint tinge of purple. The feeds are fmall and brown. It is common under hedges in our northern counties, but it is more fcarce elfewhere. It flowers in Auguft. C, Bauhine calls it Fumaria cl is donata. Others, Fumaria alba latifolia claviculata. The common fumitory is good againft {corbutick diforders. The juice may be taken in dofes of four fpoonfuls; and it will operate gently by ftool at firft, but only as a deobftruent and fweetener of the blood afterwards. Some fmoak dried leaves in the manner of tobacco for diforders of the head, with fuccefs. REIGN ek: placed Plants which have labiatedflowers, with four feeds following each, and naked in the cup; and whofe leaves fland in pairs upon the fralks. perfectly feparated fromall others, HIS is a clafs as obvioufly diftinguifhed by Nature, andas and the generality of authors have paid’ fo as any the whole feries of plants aft them together. They make the much regard to thefe her obvious charaéters, as to keep : verticillate plants of Mr. Ray and others. formedtheir fyftems on the great andplain They could not but be kept together by-all who and in fo many characters, refemble one anmarks imprefled on plants; becauf hey fo perfectly, no plant can be ad ed, and from which none can other, that theyare plainly a fingle family ; to which diftinctions: but the modern methods pay very be feparated without violence to the moft effential 4 i little regard to Nature. claffes: not becaufe one has, and the other Linnzeus feparates Defony and vervain by twelve naked feeds; for in thefe moft effential characters has not labiated flowers, leaves in pairs, and four in the flower, two of which gre toners and they agree: but becaufe betony has four threads vervain has only two, it funds thorter, it is placed among the didy mia and becaufe naked-feeded kind, and joined with| diandria, feparated fromthe reft of the labiated ; had me riety OF modern fyftems. The reader will pardon s an inftance of the 1 This 1 difcern themin the characters of will he fince occafion, this on more producing the unwilling tafk of the genera. chanters Su SPECIES. BeeR Natives of BRITAIN. Hollow-rooted Fumitory. Fumaria radice cava. 2 TE 50.6 Therootis large, roundifh, and hollow ; and it is furnithed with abundanceof fibres. The ftalk is weak, of a whitifh green, and about a foot high, but indifferently erect, and divided into many branches. The leaves are large, and compofed of numerous oblong indented fegments: they are fupported on feparate footftalks ; and they are of a pale bluifh green; Th END of the NINE The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in fpikes, andthey are of a pale red. It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and flowers in May. C. Bauhine calls it Fumaria bulbofa. Others, Fumaria radice cava, and Radix cava major fire are naturally wild in this country. Thofe of which one or more ipecies Gib MSEsEN ToHo“CrL A'S's, od & ated MOTHER OF THYME. Gm eR Pe tLe fOr purpureo. Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the common fumitory ; and, where it grows wild, it is ufed to the fame purpofe. Nien petal, and gaping a eho Our. a ce flower is of the labiated kind, formed of a fi 2 d 6 cai upperlip is obtufe and fmall: the lower lipis Jon by 38 pao a.lips; are and the feeds cup1s divided into two middle one of which is larger than the others.. The naked, fmall, and round. Linnzus places th and two fhorter, and properly belonging to it ; and, for cither name will do for both have taken that. N° XXXY. the threads in the flower being two longer us feveral plants not -s in the fame This is a matter of indifference, ut as we have moft of the fer? 4U DIVI- |
