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Show The, BBs Ly! Prd Sa The? He E.R BRL THI § H HERBAL 6. The leaft Water- rae Ga Bs N-' U Sf S Sium minimum foliis % XIT. of extended‘flat parts on the fubdivj. Fr Ch. flowers are placed in rounded umbells, compofed fions of the branches; and there are at the bafe’of the principal footftalks, and of their fubdjof equal fize, undividedat the vifions, feyeral little leaves. Each flower is compotedoffive petals, The feeds are roundih, andftriated, but flatted Thecupis very minute. top, and fomewhat bent. on one fide, Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia s the threads being five, and the ftyles two in the flower. 1. Baftard Stone-Parfley. Sium foliis ferratis. The root is long, flender, and white. The firft leaves are placed on long footftalks ; and, they are compofed of numerous, fhort, indented [aSTINES of a deep green. The ftalk is round,. upright, flender, and ed, and of a fhining green. ¢ leaves onit are divided into numerous fegments, and ferrated ; and their colour is a beautiful g The flowers land at the top of all the branches in little umbells : they are {mall and white. The feeds are very fmall, ftriated, and brown; and they have a warm aromaticktatte. It is common under hedges, and flowers in Augutt. C, Bauhinecalls it Sifon quod amonum officinis The firft leaves are divided into {mall andfine fegments ; but thefe foon fade andperith : intheir places appear large pinnatedleaves. The pinne are oblong, ferrated, and fharppointed ; and their colour is a bright green. The ftalk is round, upright, ftriated, branched, and two yards high. The leaves on this-are placed alternately ; and they. are pinnated and ferrated,-and. of a pale 2. Honewort. Sium Jegetum. ACS Ou 7 4 The root is long, fender, and furnithed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are extremely beautiful ; about four-rife from the root; and they fpread themfelves on the ground : they are long, moderately broad, and regularly pinnated:: each is compoled of about fevenpairs of pinna, with an odd one at the end; and thefé are elegantly ferrated, and‘ofa‘ fine green. The ftalk is round, ftriated, and branched. The leaves are placed alt ernately on it; and they are divided into‘narrow fegments; but they have not,the form or elegance ofthofe at the roor, The flowers are {mall and white, and the feeds ate ftriated°and crooked. It is common‘in’ corn fields, and on ditchbariks.° It lowers ia July. Ray-calls it Sitim ai Others, ‘Siam fegetale, and S A pultice of the leaves is faid to be excellent againft hard-fwellings: it had its “Englifh name } e; hone being a term ufed by’ the countrye in fome places for fuch fwellings. 3. Great Water-Parfnep. oquaticum maximum. (LSa%. @? The root is compofed of numerous fibres, Sinin folio angufto longiore. Ara. 44 The root is long, thick, and furnithed with many fibres, The leaves thatfirft rife from it are large, and y beautiful: they are divided by threes into ry longsg, narrow, and elegantly ferrated feg- The firft leaves are divided into a multitude of extremelyfine fegments. The ftalks are round, ftriated, branched, and about fix inches high. The leaves are placed alternately on thefe; and they are formedof broad, fhort, and dentated feginents; of a pale green, altogett unlike thofe which rife firft from theroot. rents, ‘heftalk is round, upright; ftriated, branched; a fourfeet high. The leaves frend irregularly on it; but they are very beautiful, refembling thofe from the root, The flowers ate fmall, and placed in large um- The flowers are fmall and white; and they ftand on the tops ofthe branches in little umbells. The feeds are ftriated and brown. ~ Tt is commonin fhallow waters, and fowers in June. Raycalls it Siam pufillumfoliis variis; Others, Sium minimum umbellatumfoliis bells. The feeds ate ftriated and brown. It is commonaboutour fen-ditches, and elfewhere in watery places. It flowers in Augult. C. Bauhine calls ic Sium erucefolio. Ctherss Siumolufatrifolio. Ray calls it Cicuta aquatica. He has given many accounts of perfons perithing by eatingit. green, Cee The flowers are {mall and white; and they are formed into large umbells, The feeds are fmall and brown; Tt is common about ditches, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it. Sium Jatifolium. Oth Sium aquaticum maximum. 4: Common upright Water-Parfnep. nofiris... Others, Amonum. oficinarum, and PetroJelinum Macedonicum Fuch/fi. ‘The feeds are good againft flatulencies, and in nervous Ritoricis: . Long- ‘aval)Wake: Parfaip, 's. PLS 0.10 The root is compofed of many fmall fibres, UM. 409 Sium erecium vulgare. GO. $01) The root is compofed of numerous, long, and flender fibres, Thefirft leaves are large and pinnated: each is compofed of feveral pairs of pinna, with an odd one.at the end; andthefe are narrow, fharppointed, ferrated, and of a pale green. The ftalk is upright, ftriated, branched, and two feet high. The leaves are placed irregularly on it; and they are like thofe from the root. The flowers are fmall and white; and they ftand in large umbells at’ the tops of the ftalks and branches. It is commonin watery places, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Sinm five Apiumpaluftrefolits oblongis. 5» Creeping Water-Parfnep. Sium minus repens, The root is {mall and fibrous: The ftalks-are numerous, flender, and wea they lie upon the-ground, or rife very im pofed in little umbells ; andare placed, not,onthe tops ofthe branches, as in;others, but at the joints U § XIV. SAXIFRAGE, PT MPAN EL BoA SARACE ER AG: HE, flowers are difpofed in moderately large and rounded umbells, upon d “branches; and there are no leaves by way of cup, under either the principal iches or rhe {ubdivifions. Each flower is compofed of five nearly equal petals ; and they are heart fafhioned at the ends, and bent. The cup is very fmall, The feeds are long and flender, ftriated on the back, and pohited. Linnzusplaces this among the penta @ digynia the threads being five, and the ftyles two in tach ower. 1. Great Burnet Saxifrage. Pimpinella faxifragafoliis variis. The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. Theleaves that firft rife from it are pinnated in avery elegant manner: eachis formedofthree or four pairs of roundifh pinna, with an oddone at the end ; and thefe are ferrated, andof fine green. Theftalk is upright, flender, ftriated, anddivided into branches. The leaves on thefe are placedirregularly; and they are dividedinto five narrow fegments, The flowers are white, and very fmall. The feeds are fmall and brown. Ttis found under warm hedges in our midland Counties, and flowers in Auguf. C.Bauhine calls i¢ Psmpinella faxifraga major umdella Candida. feétly from it ; and they take root at the joints. The leaves are pinnated; and the pinnz oblong, fharp-pointed, and ferrated. The flowers are fmall and white: they are dil- Nera BURNET 2. Small Burnet Saxifrage. Pimpinella faxifraga minor. CCIQ- 1° The root is long, flender, white, and hung about with a féw ftrageling fibres, The ftalkis upright, butflender, divided into of the ftalks. branches, and a foot and half high. The feeds are fmall and brown. It is common in wateryplaces, and flowers in June. Ray calls it Si Sium ad alas floria Theleaves ftand alternately on it 5 and they are divided into fimall fegments, and of a faint green. N°XLI. The flowers are little and white; and the feeds are ftriated and brown. It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Pimpinella foxifraga minor3 a name moft others have copied. The roots of this plant are powerfully diurétick: they are good againft obftructions of the yifcera. The feeds are carminative, and good in cholicks. The root is beft taken in infufion; and the feeds in powder, five grains for a dofe. 3. Jagged-leaved Burnet Saxifr: Pimpinella faxifraga foliis laciniatis. The root is long, flender, white, and furnithed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are divided and jagged; and theyare of a pale green. The ftalk is flender; upright, and not much branched. The leaves on it ftand alternately, and are divided into many narrow fegments, The flowers are {mall and white, The feeds are fmall, brown, and fharp to the tafte. It is cornmon in dry paftures, and flowers in Augutt. Ray calls it Pimpinella faxifraga bircina minor, 5M 4. Tal} |