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Show 410 8 bist The “HE. RB AL. The The leaves on this are divided into a few long and narrow fegments, fcarce atall ferrated, and ofa faint green. The feeds are large, and theyare fharp-tafted, It is common in our weltern Counties, and flowers in July. Raycalls it Pimpinella faxi 4. Tall Burnet Saxifrage. ifraga elatiors The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. te The firft leaves are large, broad, and divided into many fmall, ferrated, and fharp-pointed fegments. The ftalk is round, upright, and four feet The virtues of thele are the fame with thofe of the commonfmall kind, but in aninferior degree, high ; and toward the topit is parted into many branches. Gi eek oN CoA Uae RA 8 W A XV. GE NimsigU -esdaS XVII. SMAL L Ay GLE, AP IUM: HE flowers are difpofed in moderately large umbells, on divided and fubdivided braniches : thefe have at the bafe of the divifion one {mill leaf. Each flower is compofed of five petals 5 and they are equalin fize, of a rounded form, and fomewhat bent. The cup is {o minute, that it can fearce be feen. The feeds are two: they are of an oval form, and ftriated on one ff e. Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia, the threads in the flower being five, and the flyles two, He Jjoins the common parfleyey or petrofélinum under the name y apin ium; but they they are ar pro = perly diftinct. Y, Common Smallage. ftand in thick umbells at the divifons of the branches, The feeds are brown. It is common about waters, and flowers ja Apium vulgare. PC501.16 CARUM. HE flowers are! difpofed in moderately large umbells, placed on divided and fubdivided L branches ; and there are no leaves at the bafe, either of the principal.branches, orof their fab: divifions. BARI T 11S Hi BRB Aca; Each flower is compofed offive petals, which are nipped at the end, and turned down. The cupis very fmall; and the feeds are oblong, flender, andftriated. Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in the fower being five, and the ftyles two. There is but one known fpecies of this genus. Theroot is long, thick, and white ; fometimes fimple, fometimes divided, and of a pleafant tafte. The leaves are pinnated and large: they are compofed each of three or four pairs of pinnz, with an odd one at the end; ahdthefe are broad, ferrated, and in a manner divided into three July. C. Bauhine calls it Apium paluftre feu ficinarum. This plant, cultivated in gardens, affords what we call celeri; by fome diftinguifhed under the name of apinm dulce, as if a different fpecies, The roots of Jmallage are diuretick ; and are good againft the gravel, andin ob{truGtions ofthe vifcera. The beft way of giving them is in a ftrong decoction. The feeds are warm and carminative, and alfo diuretick in a very confiderable degree, parts. Therootis long, thick, white, and of a fweet, but acrid tafte. The firft leaves are vetyfinelydivided into fegments ; and theyare of afreth green, and fmooth. The ftalk is round, ftriated, and toward the top divided into feveral branches. The flowers are placedin little umbells; and are {mall and white, with a faint dahofred. The feeds are oblong and brown, It is found wild in our weftern counties; but it is not eafy to fay whether it does not rife from feeds fcattered by accident, and brought from elfewhere, C.Bauhine calls it Carum pratenfe: carvi offcinarum The flalk is thick, ftriated, branched, and two feet high. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root; but they are fmaller. The flowers are {mall and white; and they GE The leaves ftand alternately on it; and are | The feeds are an excellent carminative; and like thofe from the root, only fmaller. are ufed both in foods and medicine. Ne H-E.M .U, S L 0. XVII. ©.-K, ecrTecudy? 4. (CR S| Us 5 XVI, SEA-PARSLEY, Lee PRY 8 ToL Cy Ua: HE flowers are difpofed in large untbells upon divided and fubdivided branches : at the bafe of the principal branches there ftand about feven leaves, and at the bafe of the fubdivifions fewer. Each flower is compofed of five petals; and thefe are oblong, and ftriated on one fide. The leaves are divided by threes. Linnzeus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in the fower being five, andthe ftyles two. He joins it in one genus with the ligufticum, or common lovage; but the leaves exprefs the difference fufficiently. Of this genus, thus diftinguithed, there is but one known {pecies, and that is a native of Britain: 's are difpofed in large umbells, upon divided and fubdivided branches. Each flower ed of five petals ; and theyare of an equal fize, bent down, and héart-fafhioned. The feeds are rounded, ftriz ed on one fide, and plain on the other. Linnaus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five; andthe ftyles two in each flower: But he has introduced great confufion by his management of this genus. He divides the common and th ck, not as fpecies, but into two genera; and he does not give the name of elehta to € of them: thé genus comprehending the commen hemlock is called conium; and that comprehending the fmall / lock, ethufa. The name cicuta is given to a genus quite diftin& from both, including the long-leaved water parfnip. The characters of this genus are not contrary to any of his diftinétions: they belong bothto the common and the mall hemlock; and they are properly a generical mark. 1. Common Hemlock. Cicuta vulgaris. The root is long, thick, and white. Scottith Sea-Parfley. Levifticum foliis biternatis. 7Fs¢4) 4 The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The: firft leaves are numerous, and fupporte d onlong footftalks, which are purplith at the bafe. Theftalkis round, ftriated, and upright; three feet high, and toward the top divided into numerous branches, The leaves are placed irregularly on its and both thefe and thofe which grow fromthe roots are large and divided into numerous, long, and flender fegments,-in threes, The flowers are {mall and white. Thefeeds are large and brown. It is common on the coaits of Scotland, and flowers in Auguft. Ray calls it Ligufticum Scoticum cpit folin Others, Apium Scoticum. GENUS The firft leaves are extiemely large, and of a dark, blackifh green: they are dividedinto innumerable fmall parts, and ferrated at the edges. The ftalk is firm, upright, round, and fix feet high: it is of a dark green colour, ftained all Over with {pots of purple. The leaves are placed irregularly on it; arid theyare very large, andlike thofe from the root : they are deeply divided, and of a dark green. The flowers are fimall and white; and they ftand in large umbells. The feeds are brown. It is comfnonin hedges, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Cicuta major. It is underftood to be a poifonous plant; but there does not appear any thing certain on that head. Many authors of credit affirm that it is innocent, 2. Small Hemlock, Cicuta minor, PAGO wt The root is long, fender, white, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are divided into numerous fmall parts, which are deeply ferrated, ofa pale green, and very like thofe of the commonparfley. The ftalk is round, upright, green, and a yard high. The leaves on this are finely divided in the 3 fame |
