HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Tamus. 337 



serpentine line. Spike proceeding from the edge of the leaf. P*- 



tals skinny, thin, crowned with a kind of horizontal hat* 



Myrtle Flag. Sweet Smelling Flag, or Calamus^ Sweet Myr- 

 tle-grass. Banks of rivers with a muddy bottom. R. Yare, near 

 Norwich. Hedly in Surry, in Cheshire, near Cambridge, 

 Hounslow Heath, near Harefield. [R. Waveney, near Bungay, 

 Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. — R. Avon, near Pershore. Mr. Bal- 

 lard. — R. at Tamworth, at the bottom of M. Oldershaw's gar- 

 den. Marshes near Glastonbury,] P. May, June.* 



TA'MUS. Flowers male and female on different 



m 



plants. 



Calyx with 6 divisions : lloss. none. 

 Fern, style 3-cleft : berry 3-celled ; beneath : 

 seeds 2. 



T. Leaves heart-shaped ; undivided. commu'nis 



Mill. ill.-Blackiv. 457~Giseci. 21-E. lot. 91-Dod. 401- 





Lob. obs. 344 ; ic. i. 625. \-Ger. em. S71-Park. 178- 6- 

 7. B. ii. US-H. ox. i. I. 6-Ger. 721. l-Matth. 1285- 

 Gars. VS2-Cam. epit. 988. 



Root very large. Stems twining. Leaves varying from kid- 

 ney to heart, heart-spear, and triangular spear-shaped, and even 

 to halberd-shaped. Blossoms greenish. Berries red. 



Lady-seal. Black Briony* Thickets and hedges. P. June.t 



JUNCUS. Husk 2 leaves : calyx 6-leaved, perma- 

 nent : bloss. none : caps, superior, 3-celled, 3- 



valved, many-seeded ; or else 1 -celled, and 





3-seeded. 



( 1 ) Straw naked. 



J. Straw terminated by 3 leaves and from 1 to 4 flowers, tri'fidus 



* The roots powdered might supply the place of our foreign spices. It 

 js our only native truly aromatic plant. Linn. The powder of the root 

 has cured agues when the Peruvian Bark has failed. The roots have a 

 strong aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. The flavour 

 ,s greatly improved by drying. They are commonly imported from the 

 Levant, but those of our own growth are full as good. The Turks candy 

 ? he roots, and think they are a preservative against contagion. Neither 

 torses, cows, goats, sheep, or swine will eat it, 



+ The young shoots are good eating when dressed like asparagus. The 

 foot is acrid and stimulating. Hprses will not eat this plant, 



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