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Show 372 Ths H ERS AIL. BRITISH! ni) Th ————__ involucrum is . a general Befide this cup to every flower, there divided into five points at the edge. 2 7 » 5 in halves, for each clutter of flowers; which is compofed of narrow leaves, and divided Linnzusplaces this among the didynamia gymnofpermia the flower having two longer and two fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding‘naked. BRITISH The feeds are four: and they are covered in the cup by a kind of head-piece, as in the former inftance. TL The leaves of the cafida dried and powdere d were a famous remedy for agues before the barl iS It is common about waters, and flowers in BRIDISH Stinking Hoarhound. Ballote fetida vulgaris. WEE2, A The root is thick, long, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalks are numerous, fquare, and upright: they are light, hollow, aida yard high. in clufters in the bofoms of the leaves furround: ing the ftalks. It is common in wafte grounds, and flowersin June. C. Bauhine calls it Marrubium nigrum fetidym ballote Diofcoridis. Others, Ballote. and dark green colour, indented at the edges, foft to the touch, andhairy. a conferve made of the frefh-gathered tops, and The flowers’ are of @ pale purple: they ftand was known ; but theyare now difufed, SPECIES. This is one of thofe plants which poffefs great and unregarded virtues. It is one of the beft remedies in medicine for hypochondriac and hyfterick complaints. It may be taken in form of The leaves are placed in pairs: they-haveflender footftalks ; and they are of a rounded figure; 3/t rafcente. June. Daves ON HERBAL. Raycalls it Caffida paluftris minima Slore purpu- in infufion in the manneroftea. Ge jE poe U;.S XXV, GROUND-PINE, CNT OM Be Peis ee flower is formed ofa fingle petal, andis Jabiated. et pes ‘The tubular part is fort, and the upper lip is deeply divided into two fegments. The lower lip is divided into three fegments; of which the middle one is largeft, and is rounded. The cup is tubular, formed ofa fingle piece, divided into five parts; and rifing on one fide at the bafe. The flowers grow from the bofoms of the leaves; andthe feeds are four after every flower, and roundith. Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; the flower ‘havin g two longer and two fhorter threads, and the feeds being naked in the cup. He does not allow this to be a diftiné& genus; but places it with the /eordium chamedrys, and feve- DIVISION. IL BO RE. 1-G.N.) Woolly: Ballote. Ballote caule lanato. The rootis long, divided, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalk is fquare, hollow, and upright; of a whitith colour, and covered with a woolly matter. ral.others, under the common name of ¢eyvcriam, S&B: € 1:5, & The leaves ftand in pairs ; and theyare broad, The flowers are large and white. Tt is a native of Siberia, and flowers in Au- guft. Amman, to whom we owe the knowledgeof this fingular plant, ‘calls it Ballota foliis Geranii batrachoidis. toQ B one Ui 8 Il, HOODED WILLOWHERB, Cae 7x 8 SD, a HE floweris labiated: it is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is very fhort, and turns backward. The opening is long, and’ flatted alfo. The upper lip is hollow, anddivi- ded into three fegments. The cup is tubular, and undivided at the mouth, where it has a kind of feale that falls over the opening to preferve the feeds. This has the fhape of a head-piece, andferves as a feed-veffel ; andthis alone will abundantly diftinguifh the plant. The feeds are fouraf fier every flower ; and they ftand naked in the cup, under the fhelter of this moft fingular covering. Linnzeus places this among the didynamia gymnifpermia, there being two longer and twofhorter threads ih the flower, and the feeds haying nocapfule. The plant perfeétly agrees with the reft in the character of the clafs, whichis, that the feeds lie in the cup without a feed-veffel; but it does not well anfwer to the term deyifed by this author to exprefs it; for th hey are not naked, though they have no capfule. 1. Common. Caffida, Caffida vulgaris.AOS2.400 Therootis fmall and creeping it is jointed at certain diftances, and fends fibres from thofe joints. The ftalk is fquare, upright, branched, and about ten inches high. The leaves ftand in pairs, and have {carce any footftalks : they are oblong, broad at the bafe, narrower all the way to the point, and ferrated at the edges. The flowers are large, and of a fine violet blue : two of them grow together from the bo- foms of the leaves, and they hang drooping. The feeds are {mall and dufky ; and they are teas Cover ed in’the cup Pp with a thelly y fubd: fubftance, like ike DIV I-S FON) L BRITISH and deeply divided into three orfive fegments. It is common by the fides. of ditches; and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Ly/imachia cerulea galericue lata five gratiola caerulea, Others, Tertianaria, and Caffida vulgaris, Chamepitys vulgaris, Caffida- minor Hore purpurafcente. rl 2 The root creeps under the furface: it is Jointed, and fends out fibres from thofe joints. The ftalk is fquare, upright, branched, and about fix inches high it is ftriated, and of 4 re dith colour, The leaves ftand in pairs; and are broad, fhort, and indented. The flowers are purple ; and they grow from The ane Thefeeds are fmall, black, and round. The whole plant has a refinous fmell andtafte, It is frequent in fomeparts of the kingdom on chalky andother dry foils. It fowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Chamepitys lutea vulgaris P?LC The toot is long, flender, and divided. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and three inches high : they are of a greyifh colour, very tnuch branched, and covered thick with leaves. frve folio trifido. Thefe ftand in pairs at {mall diftances; and Ground-pine is an excellent medicine in ner- they have numerous young ones in their bofoms : they are of a pale yellowifh green, oblong, nartow, andat the enddivided into three points. The flowers rife from the bofoms of the leaves; and are {mall and yellow: but the upper lip is fpotted with purple on the infide. vous diforders, It is a powerful diuretick ; and it promotes the menfes. Da Visio Nn, Auftrian Ground-Pine. The tops dried and powderedare recommended againft the gout; and there are well-authorifed accounts of great cures having beenperformed by them in the feiatica, iO Rel Gin; 774.435, Chamepitys caerulea Auftriaca, SiP Bie 1-5. Ss, and narrow fegmerits ; andare ofa lively green on the upper fide, and’ paler underneath. Theflowers grow fromthe bofoms ofthe leaves ; IS 4 This is a very beautiful plant. toward the upper part of the plant: they are The root is long, thick, divided, and htng with many fibres, The ftalks are numerous, and ten inches high, fquare, of a whitifh colour, and downy. Theleaves ftandat diftances two at eachjoint, but with clufters of young ones in all their bofoms': they are divided into three or four long GE 2. The Leffler Caffida. the plete of the leaves, Common Ground-Pine. SPECIE S: very large: the body of them is of a delicate violet blue; and the under lip is whitifh, and fpotted with crimfon. The feeds are large and roundith. It is frequent on the mountains of Germany, and flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Chamepitys cerulea Auftriaca, NV BU Bove S XXVI. SG) ee: 1 Li. T! TE flower is formed ofa fingle petal,-and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part is cylindrick and bent. The upper lip is very fmall: it ftands erect, and is fplit in two parts. The lower lip is divided into three fegments : the middle oneis large, and heart-fafhioned’: the two’ fide ones are very fmall. The cup is fmall; and is formedofa fingle piece, divided into five parts at the edge. The feeds are four : they are oblong. ‘5 and they have no defence but the cup. Linneus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia , the flower having two longer and ae fhorter threads, and the feeds having no capfule. He takes away the received name Lugula, anc Calls it Guga, 1. Bugle. |
