



304 



PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Imperatoria. 



te'mulum. C. Stem spotted, joints swollen: stem and leaves rough: 



leafits cut, acute. 



Fl. I 



an. 



7- 



49, Myrrh 



Ger. 867-Ger. em. 1038. 2-Park. 915-Pet. 25. 3-H. ox. 

 ix. 10. 7~7* B. iii. 2. 70. 2 and 1. 



From \ to 1 yard high. Involucr. none, or from 1 to 4 leaves. 

 Involucell. 1 leaf, with or 8 clefts. Flowers very white; petals 

 cloven. Relhan. Umbellules in the centre barren. Linn. 



m 



In hedges, common 



July 





IMPERATO'RIA. Petals bent inwards, notched 



at the end : seed compressed, with a broad, 

 membranaceous border, and 3 ridges on the 

 back. 





Ostru'thium.T. 



Woodv. 35-Riv. pent. 7. Imperatoria-Fucbs. 763-J. B. m. 

 2. 137-Blackiv. TtS-Pari. 9±2-Trag. 433-Mattb. 77 $~ 



Lontc. i. 228. £-Cluu ii. 194. 2-ZW. 320. l-Lob. obs. 



398. 1. and ic. 700. l~Ger. em. 1001. 1-//. ox. ix. 4. row 

 1. \—Garid. 55. 



Found by Mr. Lightfoot on the banks of the Clyde, particu- 

 larly about Arden Caple. Isle of Bute, near Mount Stewart. 

 [Near Bridgnorth, but in a situation that would allow of its be- 

 iog an outcast of a garden.] 



Common Masterivort. P. June- 



PASTINA'CA. Petals rolled inwards; entire: seeds 



elliptical, compressed, leaf-like, smooth, bol- 



der thin 



sati'va* 



nderneath 



Wild 



£. tot. 556-Knipb. 6-Rhu, pent. 6, Patinaca-Fucbs. 7^- 



J. B. iii. 2. Wfi-Jf. ox. ix. l6. 2-Matth. 776-Gtr. 856. 



Stem 3 or 4 feet high, membranaceous at the corners. Involu- 

 crum none. Umbel spokes 6 to 12. Involucell. sometimes of 1 



;pok 



Flowers yellow 



• Root warm and aromatic; a sudorific, diuretic, and sialagogue ; re- 

 commended in dropsy, debilities ot the itomacb and bowels, and an infu- 

 sion of 



•*«»• v . it m wine is saia to nave cured quartans that nave resist .— 

 bark. Dr. Stokes. When chewed it excites a copious flow of saliva, ex- 

 citing a warm and not disagreeable sensation in th* pums. and frequently 



curing the rheumatic tooth- ache. 





