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Show 2acae The 422 BRITISH r kind, though of not fo narrow as in the forme no great breadth. 5 but they The flowers are {mall and yellow HERBAL. The The ftalk rifes to feven feet high 5 andis firm, ftriated, and ofa pale green. The leaves are very large ; but they are divi- form very large umbells. The feeds are brown. of Europe, It is frequent in the warmer parts and flowers in Augutt. folio. C. Bauhine calls it Ferulago Jatiore The feeds are large and brown. It is a native of the mountains of Perfia, Kempfer calls it Aja fatida Di/gunenjis, The drug called aff fetida, fo eminent in nerthe rootof this plant. U-_S VI. The rootis Jong and, thick, brown on the outfide, white within, and furnithed, with many fibres. The top is alfo covered with decayed filaments, which have belonged to footftalks. Theleaves are large and pinnated: they are compoféd each of two or: three pairs of broad, indented pinne; and are of a pale green, and lightly Hairy. G.- BN Ic is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and flowers in July. C.Bauhine calls it La/erpitium Gallicum. Others only, Laferpitium, or Laferpitium vulgare. Us VIL. narrow divifions; and at the bafe of the ftalks, and of their fubdivifions, are placed feveral leaves. Each flower is compofed of five petals, alittle irregular in fize, and fomewhat bent in, and emarginated. The cup is fcarce vifible. The feeds are two: they are convex on one fide, and ftriated, plain, and fmooth on the other. Linnzus, places it among the pentandria monogynia with the others. The firft leaves are divided: into: numerous, long,and! very narrow® fegments ; and are. of a faint green, anda little hairy. Theftalk is round,ftriated, upright, and about a foot high. ‘ The leaves.on it refemble thofe.from the reft, and ftand irregularly, A The flowers are {mall and white ; and they tet: minate;the ftalk in moderately large umbellsThe feeds are large and brown. It is a native of the Eaft,andis alfo fow n there for the feeds, which are ufed in medicine. It flowers in July. C.Bauhine calls it Cyminnm femine longiort. Others, Cyminum vulgare. The feeds are an excellent ‘carminative, but ee GE. LE ebeS Let Ca he mb HE flowers ftand in umbells on numerous fubdivided b ranches: at the bafe leaves, and at the fubdivifions four.. The cup is divided into five es ce pen confifts of five petals; which are plain, hollowed, and turned back. The feeds . bl we fmooth, marked at the back with five ribs, and flat on the other fide. Brahe oe Linnzts places this with the reft among the pentandria mondzynia, Lovage. GF Go. 72 The ftalk is ftriated, firm, fix feet high, and divided into numerous: branches, The leaves. are. large; and. they are com- fubHE flowers are difpofed in umbells,) ufually in a four-fold manner; both in the divifions and Cyminum vulgare. POGae@ VY. The whole plant i and es agreeable {mell.. ee) It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Ligufticum vulgare. Others, The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with Cllr MEM tN, The rootis long, flender, and hung with many fibres. lential fevers, many fibres. CGN ft ON UM. Common Cummin. The root is cordial and fudorifick, and ig g realatly recommended againft i malign i ant and petti- Urieg LO The leaves.on.thefe refemble thofe from. the Levifticum vulgare. oe The feeds are brown, It is a native of many of the warme r parts of Europe, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Imperatoria major. Others. Imperatoria vulgaris. 5 and fourfeet high. The leaves are compofed ‘of numerous, oblong parts, ferrated, of a deep green, and placed on branched footftalks, The ftalks are numerous, branched, and ftriated, of a pale green, andfour feet high. Thefeeds are large and brown. principal The flowers are {mall and white ; but the placed in large umbells, ee Theftalk is upright, firm, ftriated, branched, fmall, but, placed in. large umbells, - Linnzus places it with the othets, tick, but very acrid tafte. root; but they. are {maller. The flowers terminate the branches; and are Thére are no | T ftalks, but feveral fmall ones at the fubdivifions. The cup is Eemiae le e. Each flower is compofed of five regular petals, nipped at the ends, Thefeeds are oval, edged with a broad rim, fd marked with two furrows. ia monogynia, Linneus places this with the reft among the pentandr SAGs: 7 VIL DuM. PHEGR 4 oT OR TF HE flowers are difpofed in rounded’ umbélls. The root is long, thick, and divided; brown on the outfide, white within, and of an aroma- the branches; and each is compofed offive pe"PHE flowers ftand in great umbells, terminating are, oblong, divided at the ends, and fomewhat tals: thefe are nearly equal in fizes. and they into five parts at the edge. The feedsare very large, bent. The cup is very minute, and is divided ; on the back. oblong, and marked with four membranes 2 US Matterwor t. , aie Imperatoria vulgaris. 77 60,.3 LASER WORT. LASERPUTIUV EM Laferwort. Ne HER BeAr, MASTER WORT. The flowers grow in vaft umbels. a great length. The root is vattly thick, and of Laferpitium vulgare. Eva ferrated, and of a pale green. vous andhyfterick cafes, is the concreted juice of IN Gio, ded into a multitude of fmaller parts, alternately 3. The Affa Foetida Plant. Ferula affam fatidam fundens, ee BRUTE SH pofed of very numerous fegments ; which are oblong, ferrated, fharp-pointed, and of a deep, fhining green. The flowers are fmall-and yellow, and the feeds are brown, G EVN’) Levifticum vulgare, of the viféera, and in the gravel. U cs . SERMOUNTAIN. Ss 1 Bik MON TANUM "PHE flowers, are-difpofed in umbells; on divided and. fubdivided branches; and there are {mall , leaves both at the bafes of the principal branches, and.their fubdivifions. The cup is divided into five parts, andis very {mall. The:flowers.are each formed. offive equal petals, bent back at the ends ; and the feeds have a double, foliaceous rim. Linnaeus places this with the preceding among the pentandria monogynia ; but he does notallow it torbera'difting genus. “very unpleafant, Sermountain. Siler montanum vulgare. GENUS : It is recommendedagainft peftilential diforders as a cordial and fudorifick. An infufion of the root operates by urine fafely arid powerfully’; and is good againft-obftru@tions 164. If a i _+he root is long, thick, and tufted at the top with fibres of decayed leaves. The ftalk is five feet high, ftriated, hollow. and branched. 4 Theleaves are very beautiful: they are of a bright green, large, and compofed of almoft innumerable fmall, oblong, pointed fegments, I The |