252 



\ 



^ 



feg 



the corolla is monopetalous, and funnel-fhaped, confiftin 



^ 



of a cylindncal tube, equal in length to the calyx, divided at the limb 



into 



five blunt teeth, and clofed at the faux 



prominent fcaly leafits : the five filaments are fhort, included 

 tube of the corolla, and fumifhed v^ith fimple anthers : 



by five fmall 



the 



the 



g 



four : the ftyle is filiform, about the length of the ftamina, and 



fupplied with an 



obtufe 



otched lligma : the feeds are four, of 



an 



fhape, and lodged vv^ithin the calyx. It flovsrers from J 



. Odob 



This fpecies of Anchufa 



tivated in Br 



th 



propagated by our garden 

 is climate its roots never 



* is a native of Montpellier, and v^as c 

 by Mr. James Sutherland, in the year 1683.' 



ners for the beauty of its flow^ers, but 



It 



ity depends 



The red 



q 



e that deep colour on w^hich its 

 part of the root of this plant, as 



imported here from the fouthern parts of Europe, vs^hen feparated 

 from the interior white part, imparts a fine deep red to oils, wax, and 

 all unduous fubftances, and to redified fpirit of wine ; on this kccount 

 the Edinbur2'h Colle 



Medica. " 



duces it into their catalogue of the Materia 



To water this root gives only a dull brownifh hue 



Tt 



^ 



fpirituous tindure, on being infpifi^ated to the confifi:ence of an extrad, 

 changes its fine red to a dark brown. In thefe general properties the 



deep and pale roots agree one with another 



d differ from 



the 

 that 



reft of the red drugs we know of: it is not therefore probable, 

 the deep colour of the foreign roots is owing, as fome have fuppofed, 



ire." ^ Formerly the 



to th 

 Alkar 

 aftrir 



I introdudion of an extraneous tindure." 

 let root was recommended in feveral difeafes, particularly as 2 

 gent, and it manifefts this quality in fome degree to the tafte 

 but it is now ufed in no other way than for colouring oils,** ointments 



> 



and plafters, which receive a 

 weight of 



deep red from 



fortieth their 



fuffico, quod ferpentes flrang 



Hac 



pollere ell: auaor Nicander, Diofcorides, Plinius, Gal 



iph. />. 83 



a 



Suthedand. Hori. Edin. 24. no. 7. See Alton's Hort. Kew 



y 



Alft 



Lewis Mat. Med. />, 56 



,_-...., fa. M. M. vol Lp' 365' 



* It is alfo ufed with oil by the cabinet- makers to ftain mahogany and other wooa 



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