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Show Th 454 BRITISH, 4. The leaft Cudweed. Gnaphalium minimum. CLES 9D The,rootis flender, and has a few fibres. — high, The ftalk is tough, white, four inches and very much branched. The leaves.are fhort and»white. The flowers.grow in very fmall heads on the tops of the ftalks ; and are {mall, and ,pale coi : loured. It is common in dry grounds, flowering in june. C. Bauhine calls it Gnaphalium minus repens. HERBAL. The BRITISH HERBAL. The leaves are oblong, broad, hairy, ofa pale green on the upper-fide, and whitith under. neath. The flowers ftand at the tops.of -theftalks; and they are very large, of a filvery white, or faintly dafhed with purple. We have it on mountainous heaths, but not common. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Graph montanum foli, rotundiore. Others, PesCati, Cat's foot. There is a variety of this with longer leaves, which authors have exroneoufly defcribed as a diftin&t fpecies. ‘9. Tall American Cudweed. 5. Black-headed, long-leaved Cudweed. The root is compofed of numerous long fibres. The ftalks are round, tough, fix or eight inches high, and whitifh ; branched, and befet irregu- larly with leaves. Thefe are long, narrow, foft to the touch, and of a whitith colour. The flowers ftand in numerous, fmall, black heads at the tops-of the ftalks and branches. It is common in ‘dampplaces, and flowers in July. C, Bauhine calls it Guaphalium medium. Others, Filago minor. 6. Narrow-leaved Dwarf Cudweed. The root is compofed of numerous, finder fibres. The ftalk is round, thick, upright, and two feet high. The leaves are very numerous; and they are oblong, narraw, and fharp-pointed, waved at the edges, and ofa beautiful filvery white, The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in round filvery heads. It is an undoubted native both of England and Wales, and is found in manyplaces by the fides of rivers, flowering in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Graphalium Americanumlatifolinm. Others, Gaaphalium Americanum. Guaphalium pumilum ramofifimum polyfperaaum. The root is flender, and hung with) a few fibres. The ftalks are numerous, three’ inches high; very much branched, and of a white colour. The leaves are oblong, extremely narrow, and fharp-poisted ¢ they are’ placed irregularly, and are of a whitifh colour. The flowers ftandin the bofoms of the leaves in fmall heads, and in vaft numbers. It is common in -corn-fields in Suffex, and flowers in July. Ray calls it Graphaliumpa conglobatis, The root is long, flender, and hung witha few fibres. The ftalk is round, uprisht, and whitith. Theleaves are placed alternately, and at confiderable diftances': they are “oblong, broad, pointedat the end, andofa whitifh green. The flowers ftand'in round clufters at the tops of the branches ; andare of a filvery white, with a tinge of ftraw-colour. vamofifinumn. It is frequent in the Ife of Jerfey, and in Ireland. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Gaaphalium majus lato oblongo folio. 7. ‘Great-headed Cudweed. Guaphalium capitulis majoribus latifolium. The root is long, and has many fibres. The ftaiksis round, whitifh, tough, and sot much branched. The leaves are numerous, broad, oblong, obtufe at the ends, and white, The flowers ftand in large, brown heads, and are very permanent. We have it in fandy grounds in Suffex. an effectual remedy; for the complaint never of a compleat cure comes well attefted. troubles him now, nor has for feveral years. This I faw tried fuccefsfully; and the account therefore worth the attention of thofe who can introduce it univerfally. Diy 1S 1 OQ:N- I: FOREIGN Stinking Ethiopian Cudweed. — Gnaphalium futidum. GEGi14 It flowers in Auguft. Petiven calls it Guaphalium Germanicum, 8,' Mountain-Cudweed.7-G5;, f] Gaaphalium montannin lore’ magno. Theroot is compofed of many brown; tough fibres. The ftalks are numerous; and of. thethe greater part lie upon.the greund; and do not exceed an inch and half in length: one or two rife up, and are four or five inches high: thefe are round, of a whitith green, and not branched, All the cudweeds poffefs the fame virtues ; but thofe are not enough regarded: They are re- commended as vulneraries ; and they are excellent again{t hemorrhages. The common cudweed, called berba impia, 1 had an opportunity offeeing lately tried with vaft fuccefs. It isa known remedy in Suffex for cattle when they have bloody ftools; and this led 3 farmer, whofe name is Martin Wakes, to try it himfelf in an habitual flux of the belly, attended frequently with bloody ftoolsw: He. dried the whole plant in an oven, and powdered it, fift out thefine part, and throwing away. the ftrings. Heboiled alfo the frefh plant, cut to pieces, four handfuls to two quarts ofwater, till ic was very ftrong. He:then took as much as would die on 2 fixpence ofthe powder, anda glafs ofthe decoCtion warm, “whenever the bloady ftools returned. This proved always a temporary, and in the end an It is SPECIES The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalks in oblong, yellowith heads. It isa native of Africa, and flowers in-July. ‘Tie root is long, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, thick, rarely branched, and of a whitith colour. The leaves are very broad, oblong, woolly, white, and without foorftalks. Plukenet calls it Gnaphalium ithiopicum latifolium fatidum, the whole plant having a ftinking fmell. Guaphalium majus longifolium. PZES7; s Gnaphaliumlongifolium humile ramofum.7. 4:5 Th END of te TWENTY-SEVENTH CLASS. |