3i6 



i 



Tanfy Is alfo recommenclcd In the hyftcria, efpecially when tliis d'i' r 

 is fuppofed to proceed from meiiftrual obfirudions. ' ^ 



This plant may be given m powder to the quantity of a dram o 

 more, for a dofe -, but it has been more commonly taken in infufi ^ 

 or drunk as tea. 



ion 



DICTAMNUS ALBUS 



r 



O 



WHITE F RAX IN ELLA, 



-, BASTARD DITTANY 



^■f 



ETNONTMJ, Didam 



al bu s . 



Pharm. Kdinh 



albus 



Kmac, p 



Fr 



Baiih, Pin, p, 222. I 



i 



Morris^ Hi/}, //7. p. 45 6 



Fraxinella flore purpureo & alb 



& 



Park, Par ad, /. 333 



Didamnus 



r 



I. Gerard 

 02/r;/. /^. ^. 430, 



Fraxi- 



J 



/ 



n. 



Helv, 



F 



/J^. 428 



Rail Hifcp, 698. 7 Bauhrtllp, 494. i7^/. ^/;>^ 



/" 



9- 

 Fl 



Miller 



s 



Fig 



es 



J 



ta5 



Flore rubr 



Jacqiiin^ FL 



Aiijl. 



Clafs Decandrla. Ord, Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant, 522 



EJf, Gen, Ch, CaL 5-ph): 



Petal a 5, patula. Filarncnta pund 



glandulofis adfperfa. Caps, 5, coalitse. 



Ch 



y 



D. foliis pinnatis caule fimplicl. Supp, p 



THE 



the 



4 



r ^ J 



perennial, and fends off many long fpreadlng fibres 



pmnated and 



pmnx elliptical, veined, pointed 



> 



flightly ferrated, ftand in pairs, and are terminated by an odd one, 

 which is the largeft : the ftalk is round, fmooth/ered, and rlfes about 



a foot and a half 



height: the bradese are ilipul 



d placed 



fmgly at the bafe of the peduncles : the flowers, appear from May 

 July; they are numerous, large, white, terminate the ftem, and ftand 



ely up 



downwards, a 



five white petal 



g peduncles, which towards the top are 



bent 



d befet with fmall glands : the corolla is com 



; 



of 



obverfely 



pofed of 



iliap 



and inferted 



the 



