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By long claws : the calyx is rough, and divided into five fhort 



H 



the filaments are 



ma 



rked with minute 



ten, about the leno-th 



o 



of 



th 



p 



to 



d 



e 



penta 



the ilyle iliort 



with 



•ge 



antherae 



corolla, 

 : the 



point 



ed ftigma 



the feed veiTels are five 



tapermg, and fupplied with 

 united capfuies, ( 



ach 



u' 



hich contains two fmali oval feeds^ 



t 



This plant, which is commonly called Fraxinella,* is a native of Franc 



f 



Germany 

 ^ fluently ad 



d Italy 



It 





borders of 



variety 



which 



was cultivated here by Gerard, and fre- 



y the red 



L 



mer pi 



odour 



merous li 



It ehiits a fragrant bitumi 



h feems to be the eiTential oil of the herb fecreted 



glands, with which the ped 



d filaments 



abundantly furniilied. Thefe odorous effluvia are fo very inflam 

 mable, that on the application of flame, they take fire, efpecialiy on 

 the evening of a hot dry day/ 



r 



2 part direded for medicinal ufe, "when 



The root, which 



th 



frefh 



\ 



a m.oderately firong, not difagreeable fmell, b 



as met 



• 



It 



fco 



vers a 



with in the Ihops it has fcarcely any. To the taft 



pretty ftrong and very durable bitternefs, which is taken up both by 



atery and fp 



s 



menftrua 



tmdures, remains entire in the extrads 

 much larger quantity than the fpiritui 



d on infpifi^ating the filtered 



tafte 



S 



the aqueous extract is in 

 and proportionably weaker 



^ 



k 



and 



Formerly this root was ufed as a ftomachic, tonic, and alexipharm 

 'was fuppofed to be a medicine of much efficacy 



removing 



obftrudions, and defl:roying worms ;' but its medicinal powers 

 became fo little regarded by modern phyficians, that it had fallen almoft 



ely 



difufe 



till B 



publifliing feveral cafes of its fuccefs, 

 worms, (lumbrici) and menftrual fuppreffi 

 employed the powdered root to the exten 



Stoerck brought it into notice by 



t. 



VIZ. in tertian 



m 



ns. In all thefe cafes he 

 of a fcruple twice a day. 



* 



From 



of the afh. 



y, ol''^^^^ ^^mt\ PhyP des arhres, torn. I p 



p^-; Lewis, M.A/.p,2j^. . cSee 

 %7 n'„ Matthiolus fays, « ad multa uti 



150 



Nollet, 



Phyf. 



Geier, DiSlamnograph 



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P' 523 



fi 



Vide UhelL de Flammula 



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