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Show AEre 8 RA AALS th lks » and The leaves have long, flender footfta of a fpearthey are narrow, and of the fhape bafe. head ; bearded at eachfide, near the The flowers are {mall and yellowith. in June. Tt is commonondry banks, flowering lanceolata. C. Bauhine calls it Acetofa arvenfis , Authors have, from the varieties ofits growth have deidly divided into two {pecies5 as they e {pecies, {cribed alfo under the name of a diftin Th aa Be BAL. The ftalk is round, jointed, and green; a foot high, and not much branched, The leaves are long, narrow, and of a frefh The ftalk is a foot high, flender, andofa pale greyith green; asare alfo the leaves. s green. The flowers are fmall and brownihh. It is common in our northern counties; and, being cultivated in the rich mould of a garden, becomes the plant called Roman forrel, or roundleaved garden-forrel. ry the common forrel, when of a more than ordina flature. 3. Round -leaved Sorrel. Grn. Raycalls it Acetofa rotundifolia repens. Others, Acetofa Romana. Lapathumacetofum rotundifolium.” The rootis fibrous and creeping. NO Gost UleU XII. 5S PLA LG O. of HE flower confifts of eight filaments contained, together with three ftyles, and a nectarium ; whichbeing thin eight granules, in a cup: this is formed of a fingle piece, divided into fegments and three-cornered.1 and coloured, appear as petals, but remain with the feed, which is large, fingle, Linneus places this among the oétandria trigynia. 1. Narrow-leaved Arfmart, Perficaria anguftifolia, G £E Fagopyrum fcandens. Therootis fibrous. The ftalks are light, hollow, upright, yel- lowifh, and a yard high. Theleaves ftand finely at diftances: they furround the ftalk at the bafe, and have there two ears, and terminate in a point. Their colour is a faint, yellowith green. The flowers are white, with a dath of purple; andthey ftand in tufts at the top of the ftalk. Thefeeds are brown. It is found by road-fides in fome places, but probably owing to feattered feeds, the plant being cultivated for the food ofcattle. C. Bauhine calls it Ery/inum Theophrafti folio Others, Fagopyrum ereciumvulgare, Geer. =N Oho Therootis fibrous. The ftalk is weak, yellowifh, and a foot in length, climbing round other plants for fup- port. The flowers grow in long feries, and are of a dufky brown. It is common in corn-fields, and flowers ia June. C. Bauhinecalls it Convolvulus minor folio trian. gulo. “Others, Convolvulus niger, and Fagopyram Scandens. U Ss XIV. The rootis fibrous. The ftalk is round, thick, jointed, irregularly. upright, and a foot and half high. The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, undivided at the edges, and of a beautiful uniform greenall over. The flowers are collected in fhort fpikes at the tops of the ftalks and branches; and they are of a bright red. . . « . Uelis XV. sOniat GO Ne UM ie flower confifts of eight filaments, three ftyles, and a three-cornered germen or rudiment of a fruit, placed in a cup, formed of one leaf, dividedinto five fegments, and thick, green on the back, and white or redifh on the infide. The ftalkg gre jointed and procumbent, Linnzus places this among the ofandria trigynia. z t The rootis fibrous, The ftalks are numerous, green, jointed, weak, and procumbent ; and they have manybranches. The leaves are oblong, of a pale green, obtufe, and undivided. The flowers ftand in their bofoms; and are white, with a tinge ofred. Tt is common by way-fides, and flowers in July. ‘ and narrow, at others fhort and broader. The tafte of the whole plant is very acrid. It is common in damp places, and flowers June. C. Bauhine calls it Perficaria urens fre Hydro piper. 1. Common Knotgrafs, Polygonum vulgare, PUPA DP The leaves of this plant are fometimes {mall FANE flower confifts of eight filaments, and three ftyles, inclofed in a thick, flefhy cup, green o# the outfide, coloured white or red within, and flefhy on the hinder part. This is formed of 2 fingle piece, imperforate at the bafe, and divided at the edgeinto five oval fegments. The feed is fingle, and triangular; and it remains covered by the cup. Linneusjoins this genus, with the polygonum, among the offandria trigynia. Perficaria vulgaris acris. 17a é P C. Bauhinecalls it Polygonum latifolium. MOPeL CARD 4, 1. Biting Arfmart. - Theleaves are of a triangular form, and heart- fhapedat the bafe, ARS M A RT, BR NN » a This produces {pikes of flower s from the bofoms of all the leaves, Spotted Arfmart, Perficaria mj naculofa. The leaves of this are infipid pid,. and each has a black fpot. Hoary Arfmart, Perficaria folio Judtus 10, The leaves are whitifh, and rough under-: neath. Pale-leaved Arfmart, Perfcarig mitis major Solis pallidioribus. A verytall plant, with great, pale, {potted leaves. Willow-leaved Arfmare, Perficaria foliis aa‘ . peeysare narrow, we ; aa licis. The leaves F long, andfilvery white. Spotted-ftalked Arfmart, Perf latifolia mitis caule maculato. The {talks itifully variegated with red and purple. ; Perennial willow-leaved Ar nart, Perficaria $ L The leaves very long, and fpikes thick. Procumbent Arfma {fpotted, and hoary a macilofg procumbens f KNOTGRASS. weed. Fagopyrum vulgare. Me;Fonte The feveral {pecies are thefe : - a, Climbing Buckwheat, called Black Bind- 1. Buckwheat. bederaceo, Befide thefe, our fertile ditch-banks afford no lefs than eight other fpecies of arfimart. Thefe agree in their form and general mannerof growth. them all, in fo many feparate defcriptions. Fare Rau Ms « The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and branches in longifh, but loofe fpikes; and are of a pale, yellowith green, It is common in wateryplaces, flowering in, June. C.Bauhine calls it Perficaria minor, The ftalks are jointed, the leaves oblong and undivided, and the flowers fpiked in all of them. Their diftinétions will therefore be familiarly conveyed to the reader in an enumeration, fuch as we have before given under the dock kind, without the repetition of thefe commonparticulars in BUC KWH RAS. HERBAL. BRITISH The firft leaves have long footttalks, of a purplith tinge; andthey are roundedin their gene. ral fhape, butauriculated at the bafe. Our people, L od, and Biting arfmart, 2, Small creeping Arfmart. Perficaria pifilla repens. 767 € The root is fibrous. This depends upon the place of growth ; but, under thefe different appearances, it has pafled upon botanifts as two other diftinét fpecies, called brevi angufto, and rotundofolio. 2. Narrow-leaved Knotgrafs. Polygonum angufto et gramineofolio. The root is fibrous. The ftalks are numerous, a footin length, va- rioufly branched, weak, and fcattered over the ground. The leaves are very narrow, and an inch or two in length ; fo that they appear grafly. The flowers are {mall and whitihh. It is common in wafte grounds, flowering in June. C. Bauhine calls it Pohgonum angufto et cblonge folio. 3. Sea-Knoterafs. Polygonum maritimum. 7 The toot is fibrous. The ftalks are numerous, and fpread uponthe ground. The leaves are {mall, oblong, and of a greyith green. The flowers are large and white. Wehave it on our fea-coafts, flowering in May. C. Bauhine calls it Polygonum marinum majus. All the fpecies are aftringent. A decoétion of the common grafs is excellent againft loofen2fles with bloody ftools. |