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Show The BiRtiH TS dt Ge ba 450 HESREB Aik. Th BRITISH HERBAL S DPV aT SON hab ot Poi B: Gerent WV 1. Great Water-Dock. includingthe fc ICG 9.16 their peculiar Tnall thefe kine The root is long, thick, and brown, ner of ftalk is thick, purplifh at the bottom, green upwards, rarely much branched, andfive feet high. SGaet Pent Linnzus places this among the «enecia tetrandria, Urtica vulgaris. ALG69.. 12 "The root is creeping. Theftalk is ridged, a yard high, branched, and befet with little prickles, at whofe bafe are bladders of a fharp, watery juice, which inflames the fkin, when let in by the puncture ofthe prickles, The leaves are large, broad, oblong, fharppointed, ferrated, and covered with the fame prickles. The flowers are greenifh, and inconfiderable. The leaves are long, and extremelylarge, ofa The flowers are greenifh. It is common about gardens, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls this Urtica urens minor ; the former, Urtica urens maxima. 3. Roman Nettle. Urtica pilulifera. PL got Therootis fibrous, and creeps. The ftalk is ridged, two feet high, and The leaves are large, oblong, ferrated, covered with poifoned fpines, and of a deepgreen. " The male and female flowers in this genus, I The male flowers are greenifh, and inconfid have obferved, are fometimes on the fame, and able: the female are fucceeded by round, fometimes on diftiné plants. balls, covered with fpines, and conta } Ortica minor. fh July. : : It is celebrated againft the fcurvy. BINS Uiedt S crifpum. ane . Fiddle-Dock, Lapati pulchrum Si Whofeleaves areh each fide. Golden Dock, xl, num folio acuto plano. > ; an oval and fomewhat cordated form, and rated. The flowers are {mall and whitith ; the Uhe root confifts of an oblong head, and many : Gd hard, echinated, and of a purplifh brown. It grows onthe edges of ourfen-counties, The ftalk is ftriated, purplifh, branched, and tough. : The leaves are large, and of a pale green, of ooking Noon nit the feurvy, much flowers in April. C. Bauhinecalls it Lappa minor Xanthium Dia /coridis, -dL F.O REIGN SPECIES. The flowers are very numerous, whitith. It is a native of Germanyand Ital in May. C. Bauhine calls it Hipp ine ye low. s thick, and five feet high, purple *, green upwards, andbranche s are very large, oblong, of a deep green, often purplifh, and have purple footftalks, DOCKS, The frefh root is a purge; and fome have t it in the place of rhubarb: but ic is valtly i ferior. alld E flowers and feeds in the feveral kinds of /ov y ocks ; but their different manner of growth, v mands alfo a peculiar defcription. SORREL, f the fame form with thofe a ias obtained them a feparate na Lapathumacetofun Dy Ose & D2 A eee aT HE Hower confifts of fix very fmall filaments, with three ftyles, placed in a cup compofed of fix leaves, three outward, and three inward, all remaining with the feed; which is og'” and three-cornered. Linnzus places this among the hexandria trigynia, and fuppofes the three inner fegments of t° cup, petals. 3 Diy 34 2 . Bloody Dock, Lap guifhed by redveins in the leay 1. CommonSorrel. Usu.8 } Iden Dock, LZ t, gust lio. Whofe leaves are andfeedslarge. -dock : it is beft taken Daivet Ss. 1 ON Lapathum o. Whofe leaves are whitifh, and the {mall, Befide thefe, our wafte grounds afford not lefs \ ‘ 4 i than nine other 8 of the common dock, not HE flowers are male and female on the fame plant. The male flowers are cluftered togethers many in one cover, and confift each of five filaments, placed in a tubular cup, divided at the ige into five fegments. The female flowers are contained two only in one cup, which is formed of two leaves, each divided into three lobes; the middle one largeft, and covered with hooked ff The fruit fucceeding thefe is alfo oblong, and covered with hooked thorns. Linnzus places this among the monecia pentandria. aye . Green Dock this there of flowers. The root is long, thick, brown on the out. fide, yellow iin, and ofa raw, auftere tafte. The ftalk is round, firm, branched, and three feet high. . ROUEN ele ye Xanthium, called Small Burdock, $/7r 1 . Dwarf, fharp-pointed Dock, Z me tum minimum, Whofe flowers ftand in thick tufts. 2. Sharp-pointed Dock, The root is fibrous. The tops of the commonnettle, eaten ir The ftalk is a foot high, not often branched, of a dufky green, andfull of{pines. | are deobftruent. The roots are a powerful “he leayes are broad, fhort, and ferrated. excellent diuretick. fibres. path Um ¢ . The fmooth, narro Dock, Lapaths C. Bauhine calls it Urtica wrens pilasfe Gi They . The common Dock, Lapath: fam. Diftinguifhedby leaves. + The curled-] It is common about wa rs, and flowers in July. e calls it Lapathum aqu CG cubitali. feeds. Tt is wild in our northern counties, flowe' 2. The Lefer Nettle. r into tepatate articles, fine green, and wavedat the edg The flowers are greenifh, and the feeds large and brown. win folio acuto. Ah bgut7 branched. It is common by way-fides, and flowers in July. ae ALPum aque HIE. flowers are male and female on the fame plant. The male flower conf cup, and four filaments, with an oval, {mall nectarium. In the female thereis only tent of the feed, with a rough top, in a cup, fplit into two parts. 1, Common Nettle. BRITISH The root is fibrous and creer The ftalk is flend inches hi |