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PIMP IN ELL A, Lin. Gen. Plant. 328. Trjgofe- 

 linum. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 309. tab. 163, Burnet 



Saxifrage; in French, Boucage. . ■, •. 



The Characters are. 



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It hath an umhellated flower ; the principal umbel is ccm- 

 pofed of mayiy rays cr jmaller umbels \ neither of thefe 

 have any invoiucrums^ and the empalcments are fcarce viji- 

 ble ; the greater umbel is uniform. . The flowers have five 

 becrt-Jhaped inflexed petals-, which are nearly equal, and 

 five flamtna which arc longer than the petals^ terminated 



h ^,9W^ifl^. J^^'^ii.^r The germen is fituated under the 

 flower^ fupporting two fhort ftyles., crowned by ohtufe ftig- 

 , The germen afterward becomes an oblong oval fruity 

 ''' divided in two parts, containing two oblong feeds, plain on 



'the tnf.de and convex on the other, and furrowed, 

 -' This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 

 Linnaeus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 ■ . whofe flowers have five ftamina and two ftyles. 



The Species are. 

 T. PiMPiNELLA [Major) foliis pinnatis, foliolis cordatis 

 ■ ferratis, fummis fimplicibus trifidis. Burnet Saxifrage 

 - . i^ith winged leaves near the root, having heart-fhaped 

 fawed lobes, and fingle three-pointed leaves at the top of 

 -- the ftalk. Tragofelinum maius, umbella Candida. 



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ftaall umbcb of white flowers, which afc-comno^r^ .r 

 fmaller un:ibels or rays. The fiov^^rs havefiJcLlrr 

 fhapcd petals which turn inward, and are fjcccedH 

 by two narrow, oblong, channelled feeds, ft flowe c 

 in July, and the keds ripen in autumn. There is 

 variety of this with red Sowers, which is frequertlv 

 found among the other, and rifcs from the fanic fee ^ 

 The fecond iort grows naturally in dry paRui4 ^* 

 rr.any parts of England ; the lower leaves of this arc 

 compofed of four pair of lobes, terminated by -n 

 odd one ; thefe are roundifh j thofe on the lower crrt 

 of the leaf are about half an inch long, arid the lame 

 breadth j they are indented en their cdj^-cs -, the ftalk- 

 rife near a foot high, fending out three" or four fl,^. 

 der branches, which are garnifhed with very n:\r'row 

 leaves. The umbels of flov/ers are fmallcr than thofe 

 of the firft, as are alio the flowers and feeds. It flowers 

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2. PiMPiNELLA (Saxifraga) foliis pinnatis, foliolis ra- 

 dicalibus fubrotundis, fummis linearibus. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 263. Burnet Saxifrage with winged leaves, thofe 



- at the bottom having lobes which are roundifh^ but thofe at 

 ■ the top linear. Tragofelinum alterum majus. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 309. Another greater Burnet Saxifrage. 



3. PiMPiNELLA (Hircina) foliis pinnatis, foliolis radica- I nated by an odd one ; thefe are heart-fliaped, almoft 

 libus pinnatifidis, fummis linearibus trifidis. BurnetA : two inches long, and one and a half broad near'their 



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The third fort grows naturally in dry gravelly paf. 

 tures in feveral parts of England ; the lower leaves of 

 this fort have five or fix pair of lobes terminated by 

 an odd one, which are deeply cut almoft to their mid- 

 rib in form of wings. The fl:alks are flen^cr,* and* 

 rife about a foot high, fending out' a few fmail 

 branches, which have a narrow trifid leaf placed at 'each 



and are terminated by fmall umbels of white 

 flowers, compofed of feveral rays ftanding upon pretty - 

 long foot^ftalks. ■ The flowers are fmal], 

 at the fame time with the former. ' ^- '^''- 



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^The feeds of the fonrth fore were fent mc from Paris 

 by Dr. Bernard (3e Juffieu; The lower leaves cf thi> 

 fort are compofed of fix cr feven pair of lobes tenni- 



Saxifrage with winged leaves, whofe lobes of the bottom 

 leaves are wing-pointed^ and the upper ones linear andtri- 

 i Jid. Tragofelinum minus. Tourn. Infti R. H. Lef- 



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fer Burnet Saxifragi. 

 4. PiMPiNELLA {Nigra) foliis piiinads hirfutiis, foliolis 

 A radicalibus cordatis inacqualiter ferratis, fummis line- 

 aribiis. quinquefidis. Burnet Saxifrage with hairy winged 

 Uavej^ tvhofe lobes of the bottom leaves are heart-fhaped, 

 unequal and flawed^ the upper ones linear and five-pointed. 





k bafe ; they are hairy, and of a pale grccri;^' The ftalk 

 rifes near twb feet high, dividing into feveral branches^ 

 which have one narrow five-pointed leaf at each joinr^ 

 and are terminated with umbels of white flowers like 





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thofe of the firft fort. 

 The feeds of the fifth fort I gathered m Dr. coet. 

 haave's ^private garden near Lcyden;'the fynonime 

 applied to^ it was the title he gave me for it, and he 

 told me Ke had received the feeds of it from Auftria. 



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Tragofelinum 



radice nigra Germanicum;^* Juflleu.l,. TheTower leaves "have" five pair of lobes terminated 



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5. PiMPiNELLA (//i«/?mr^) foliis pinnatis l^ucidis foli- 

 "• olis radicalibus lanceolatis, pinnato ferratis, fummis li- 

 - nearibus pinnatifidis. Burnet Saxifrage with fhining 

 I winged leaves, the lobes of whofe bottom leaves are fpear- 

 J- fljaped and fawed, and the upper ones linear and wing- 

 "'^* *"' " Tragofelinum Auftriacum maxirhum, foliis 



.€* profundifllme Jncifis. Boerh. Hort. Chelf Cat. 100. 



. Largeft gurnet Saxifrage of Aufiria^ whofe leaves are 

 ^r^^deeply cut.^' ^-i^'^^-r:--^--^ .- ^^^'^^"'' 



0. PiMPiNELLA (Peregrina) foliis radicalibus pinnatis 



fummis cunejformibus incifis. Lin. 



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Burnet Saxifrage^ whofe lower leaves are 

 \ *winged and indented on their ^ edges, 'and the upper '^ohes 

 Zweage-fhaped and i:«/^ ; Apium peregdnum foliis fub- 

 Vrotundis. C. B^P. 153* Foreign Parfley with roundifh 



haves. 





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7. PiMPiNELLA (^wVwot) foUis radicalibus trifidis incifis. 

 ,^^Lin. Sp. Plant. 26±.' Pimpinel with trifid cut lower 

 i: leaves. Anifum vuTgafe. Cluf Hift. 2. p. 202. 'Com- 



BJyy ah 6dd one ; thefe are placed^at a wTS^er'diftanc^ 



^2" from each other than thofe of the other fOrts; they . 



■/are near two inches long, and three quarters of aa 



\ inch broad in the middle, drawing to a.pointateach 



end, and are deeply cut in regular jags oppofue, in 



form of a winged leaf ; they are of a liK'id green, and 



have long foot-ftalks. .The ftalks rife two feet high, 



dividing aj the top into two or three flcnder branches, 



garniftied at each joint with one' wing-pointqd narrow 



leaf. The umbels of flowers are very like the firft. 



All, thefe forts have perennial roots j they are propa- 



/gated by feeds, which', if fown in the autumn, will 



t more certainly fucceed than when they are fown in 



the'fpring. When tKe* plants come up,' they will re- 





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The firft fort grows natu;'ally in'woods, and'^'bii the 

 \4.fidef of _^banks hear hedges in feveral parts of Eng- 

 ine land, efpecially upon _cha]ky land. i> The lower leaves 



'Squire ndotTier'cuTfure but'lo^thiri'tKem when they arc 

 '' foii'clofe, and keep them clean frofffAvecds; the fe- 

 cond year they will flower and produce rij^e feeds, and . 

 the roots will abide fome years, and continue to pro- 

 duce flowers and feeds, if they grow in poorlana. • 



The firft fort is dTreded for medicinal uie, but the 



^ the third fort to market for 



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■' of thjsjbrt are wing-ftiaped, compofed of three pair 

 of heart-fliaped lobes, and terminated by an odd one; 

 they are Itiarply fav/ed on theirf edges, and fit clofe 



V to the rhidrib. The lower lobes which are the largeft. 



-'^ are near two inches long, and one and a half broad 

 -at their bafe, and are of a dark green. The ftalks 

 ^ are more than a foot high, dividing into foui-'or five' 

 branching foot-ftalks ; the lower part of the ftalk is 

 garnilhed with wmged leaves, fl^aped like thofe at 

 ,the bottom, but fmaller; thofe upon the branches 



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- SaxifrageTn its ftead.' It' enters the pulvis an com-. 



■ pofitis", ■ and is efteemed good for the gravel- ^rj-- . 



:• Tlie laft fort is the common Anife :' this is sriann.^^j 



plant, which grows naturally in Egypt, but is cultivarca 



.: in Malta and Spain, from which countries tr.e ucu^ 



are annually brought ti^ngland. 5" -FrbB thefe feeds 



there is*a diftilled vvater,'and an oil'dravvil for medi- 



cinal ufe.:' The"paftry-c6ok3 Ufo- make great u,e_ot 



thele feeds" m feveral of their compofinons, to give 



-them an Aromatic tafte and fmell. ' ^The lower leaves 



Vare divided into three lobes, which^are deeply cut on 



'. their edges ; the ftalk rife* a foot^'and' a hd\f }}'g^^ 



"dividing into feveral flendef branches, which^aregar- 



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