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Show Th HER BAL BRITISH FO REL@GNDA DAVISTONGM specter The BRITISH HERBAL 418 S e OPE CITIES. Theflowers are larger'than thofe of common fens Sweet. Fennel. nel, and of a paler yellow. Feniculum dulce. ; The feeds, are large, pale-coloured, and of g {weet tafte. It is a native of Italy, and flowersin. July. Therootis long, thick, and white. The firft leaves are of a pale green; and they are divided, like thofe of common fennel, into nu- C. Bauhine calls it Fewiculum dulce; a name copied byall other writers. merous, fine fegments ; but they are not fo large. The flalk is round, upright, branched, and a Its virtues are the fame with thofe of cavnnoy ; yard high. The leaves are placed irregularly on it; and they refemble thofe from the root : they are of the fennel, but the feeds are milder or lefg acrid: they are therefore moreufed in medicine. fame fine divifion, and the fame faint green. S XXIII. W iG Gre ROCK-PARSLEYY. 3. Wild Carrot. Daucus fylveftris. SE LT NU M. HE) flowers are difpofed in moderately large umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches. Each flower is compofedof five oblong, narrow petals; and they are bent downwards. The cup is fmall, and divided into five parts; and the feeds are of an oval form, é Linneus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the ftyles two. Ofthis gerius there is but one known fpecies, and thatis a native of Britain. Rock-Parfley. they are, like the others, divided into {mall feg- ments. Selinum. PSG: o and they are in a very elegant manner divided into The flowersftand at the topsof all the branches; fo that the plant appears covered with them: they are {mall and yellow. The feeds are brown. Wehave it in our weftern counties very com- narrow, and pointed fegments. mon. The ftalk is ftriated, round, upright, very muchbranched, and about a foot high. The leaves on it are placed irregularly ; and C. Bauhine calls it Pucedanum minus. Selinum montanum pumilium. The root is long and flender, and hung about with feveral fibres. Thefirft leaves are fmall, and of a pale green; Ge 1B IN Cea Doan, Ute Clufius, X XIV. 3S RO, Sis NINN The leaves are large, and divided in a handfome manner into numerous{mall fegments : and they are lightly hairy, and of a pleafant green. Theftalk is round, upright, andfive feet high. Theleaves on it refemble thofe fromthe root 3 but they are fmaller. The flowers ftandat the tops of the branches in large umbells ; and they arelittle and white : fometimes they are lightly tinged with red. Thefeeds are light, hairy, and of a pale brown, It is found wild in Scotland near the feacoafts, where the root is yellow and hard; but the plantin all things refembles the garden kind This is the original carrot: the red-rooted kind is only a variety, though fome have named it as a diftiné fpecies. The root is nourifhing and wholefome. The feeds are diuretick. Diofeoridis. The feeds ofthis vel, and in obftructi beginnings of dropfies, and in ¢ Theyoperate power by urine, 4. Shining-leaved Wild Carr Daucus m The root is ender, white, and hung with fibres, The firft leaves are humerous, anddiv ided into beautiful fegments : they are of a fine green, and of a glofly furface. The rootis long and white, of a fweetifh, bug fomewhat acrid tafte, and hung with a few fibres, Theleaves are large, and ofa pale green, finely divided into fegments, andhairy. Theftalk is two feet anda half high, and is divided into many branches. The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root; but they. have fewer divifions. The flowers ftandat the topsof all the branches DIVISION If, ‘he ftalk is upright, branched, and two feet high: its leaves’ ftand alternately, and refemble thofe from the root. The flowers are fmall and white; and the feeds are rough, andof a pale brown. Wehaveit on our fouthern coafts. It flowers in July. Ray calls it Daucus maritimus lucidus, Fo REIGN Candy Carrot. SPECTES, “The feeds are oblong, hairy, and of a yery pale colour. Daucus Creticus. The root is long, flender, and white: The firft leaves are deeply divided into a multitude of fegments ; which are very narrow and pointed ; and the whole leaf is of a pale green, and hairy, The ftalk is ribbed, upright, two feet high, and divided into numerous branches. The leaves onit refemble thofe from the réot, but that they are fialler. Ns inlittle, round umbell $3 andt hey are fimall and white. The feeds are hairy ; and they form a hollow bed, like the neft of a bird It is common by way-fides, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Daucus The flowers are fmall and white. It is a native of the Greek iflands, and flowers in July. C. Baubinecalls it Daucus foliis faniculi tenui/= Jimis. Others, Daucus Creticus. Thefeeds are ufed in medicine : they are diuretick ‘and deobftruent, and are ingredients in many compofitions. Nature varies a little in the characters of this plant ; and Linnaeus makes it a fpecies of another genus, but the feeds thew it a dancus. fi ioe flowers are difpofed in large umbels, which grow hollow when they are fallen; and there are circles of fmall leaves, both under the whole umbel, and at the bafes of its fubdivifions. Each flower is compofed offive petals, of irregular fize ; the outer ones being larger than the inner ; and all of them are heart-fafhioned, and turned back. feeds are hairy. Linnzus places this among P o the ftyles two. 1, The cup is very minute, pentandria digynia; the threads in the flower bein cs Wild Carrot, called Mountain Stone-Parfley. Daucus apium petreum album digfus. The rootis long and thick, of an acrid tafte, but not very difagreeable ; of a tender fubftance, white, and hung with many fibres. The firft leaves are large, and of a deep green; and they are compofed of numerous, broad, fersated pinnae. The ftalk is round, flender, upright, and toward the top parted into many branches, Theleaves onit are divided into narrower feg. The five, and the ments than thofe from the root; and they are of a paler colour, The flowers are fmall and white, The feeds are brown and hairy, and ftand in a hollowtuft. It is found on dry, hilly ground, but not common, Gu NE. E BASTARD Usns XXV. PARSLEY, 62 UU, CLA PR, em flowers are placed in little umbells, on a few btanches, with more numerous fubdivifions: there are fome narrow leaves, both at the bafe of the larger branches, and of the {maller, Eachflower is formedof five petals; which are fomewhat bent, and fplit at the top. The Cup is divided into five pointed fegments. ‘The feeds are of an oval, or fomewhat oblong figure, and are covered with a kindof prickles. : : Linneus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two ia cach flower, J. Bauhine calls it Apium petreum seve monia- num album. C,Bauhine, Daucus apii folio. 2. Common. Carrot. Daucus vulgaris. AL Caucalis major flofculis rubentibus. . p> 39+" 7 The root of ‘the carrot is well known. i 1. Porple-flowered great Baftard Parfley. Jord The root is long, flender, and white. The firft leaves are large, and of a pale green: they are beautifully divided in a pinnated manner into fhort fegments, which are ferrated and fharp-pointed. The ftalks are two feet high, branched, and ftriated, and ofa pale green. ‘ ta The |