lis . DODECANDRIA. 



guess, and it is now of no further importance than t& 

 account for the etymology of its English name. 



British Plants of this Order. 



lotanical Generic Names. Common Karnes. 



3 ASARUM 1 ASARABACCA 



18 Lythrum 2 Loose-strife 



ORDER U. 



COMMON AGRIMONY. Of this Genus there 

 DIG-. «1A. are five species : but this is the only species which is a 

 Two pistiiia. native of Great Britain and the only British plant of 

 this Order: it blossoms in June and July^ and is 

 common every where in rough borders of fields^ 

 and other waste places. When this plant is beginning 

 to flower, it will dye wool of a good bright nankin 

 colour J if gathered in September it yields a dark 

 yellow. It gives a good colour in all states, and 

 though a common plant, and easily cultivated, I be- 

 lieve it has not yet been applied to any of the pur- 

 poses of dying. 



ORDER o. 



TRiGYMiA. MIGNONNETTE. There are thirteen species 



ThreePwtiiia. of this Genus : this is supposed to be a native cf 



Egypt, and introduced into France about the year 



