400 



DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Saponaria. 



Said to have been found at Broomholm, near Longholm, Esk~ 

 dale. LiGHTF.y?* scot. p. 1135* 





SAPONARIA. Calyx 1 leaf, naked 2 petals 5, 



with claws : caps, oblong, of 1 cell. 





cfEcina'lis. S. Calyx cylindrical : leaves egg-spear-shaped. 





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Cu rt 



-Ft. dan. &±2-Wood<v. 251~Dod. \79~Loh. oh. 170. 

 2-Ger. em. 444-Park. 6-U. 1-i/. ox. V. 22. $2-Elack<vo. 



113. 



Leaves sitting, opposite. 3-fibred. 

 Bloss. flesh-coloured, or white. . 



Flo< 



oavers terminating 



Bruiseivort. Com?non Soapnvort. Meadows and hedges. 



On Black Heath. Near Mordern College, Kent. [Norfolk, not 

 iinfrequenf. Mr. Woodw. Hedges near Hanley, Worcester- 

 shire. Mr. Ballard. On the brink of the river below Pres- 

 ton, Lancashire. Mr. Saville. Somerton and Beverstone, GIo- 

 cestersh. Mr. Baker.] P. July, Aug.* 



Var. 2. hybrida. Leaves concave. A singular variety, found 

 by Gerarde, in a wood called the Spinme., near Lkhbarrow, in 

 Northamptonshire; but Morton informs us it is*no longer to be 

 met with there, not being capable of propagating itself by seed. 

 It is possibly, however, still preserved in the gardens of the cu- 

 rious. It seems to be a mule produced between the Saponaria and 

 the Gentiana, the pollen of the latter falling upon the pistils of 

 the former. Linn. 



Var. 3. Leaves united at the base. Bloss. whitish, of a pale 

 flesh-colour at the edge. Ray. Leaves egg-shaped, those beneath 

 the flowers clasping the stem. Calyx sheath-like, ragged at the 

 piouth. • Bloss. twice as long, with a number of short teeth, ac- 

 companied sometimes with green leaves. Specimens from the 

 herbarium of C. B. and Mr. Hudson. Hall. 



7 



. v. 53-ParL 641. 



Saponaria conca<va angl'tca convolnto foh 

 Gentiana conewva. Ger. em. 435. St. 



Pari. 641 



The whole plant is bitter. Bruised and agitated with water it raises 

 a lather like soap, which washes greasy spots out of clothes. A decoction 

 of it, applied externally, cures the itch. The Germans use it instead of 

 Sarsaparilla in venereal complaints. M. Andry, of Paris, cures violent 

 gonorrhoeas, by giving half an ounce of the inspissated juice daily. By the 

 use of the extract, and a decoction of the leaves and roots, M. Jurinc 



P- 478. 



Mercury, J< 



Medicine 





