422 



DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Oxalis. 



Wood Sorrel. Cucko<w-bread. 

 hedges, and heaths. 



Var. 2. 



Sour Trefoil. Woods, shady 



P. April.* 



Blossoms purple. 

 Lane between North Ovvram and Halifax. Ray. 



cornicula'ta. O. Stem reclining, herbaceous : fruit-stalks forming um- 



bels. 



>cq 



873-C/us. ii. 249, 1-DoJ. 579' 1- 



■7 



388-//". ox. ii. \J. 



4. 2-Ger. 103G. 2. 



he class Monadebhi 



Umbel 



generally of 2 flowers. Mr. Martyn. Seeds brown, transverse. 

 ly scored, inclosed in a transparent seed-coat, which, being 

 pressed, opens with a jerk, and throws out the seed to some dis- 

 tance. Mr. Hollefear. Stem prostrate, striking root. Styles 

 nearly equal. Jacouin. Capsules long and pointed. Blossoms 

 yellow. O pus'tlla. Mr. Salisbury. Linn* Tr. ii. 243. 



Yellow -flowered Cuckowbread. First found in Great Britain 



Mr. J _ 



[In a waste 



rubbishy spot at Dawlish, Devonshire. Sept. 1781, and since in 

 several other places in the same county. Mr. Martin.] 

 A. but if housed during the winter P. Retz. i. 52. May 



Mr. Mart 



Oct. 



AGROSTEMMA. Calyx 1 leaf, like leather : pe- 

 ' ; ' tals 5, with claws ; border blunt, undivided : 



caps. 1 -celled. 



Githa'go. A. Plant hairy : calyx as long as (or longer than) the bloss, 



petals entire, not crowned. 



E. hot. 7±l~Curt. 2Qi)~Knij>b, 5-17. dan. 576-Dod. 173- 

 Lob. obs. 23. 2-Ger. em. 10S7~Pari. 632. $~H* ox. v. 





* An infusion of the leaves is an agreeable liquor in ardent fevers, and 

 boiled with milk they make an agreeable whey. Lewis. Sheep, goats, 

 and swine eat it. Cows are not fond of it. Horses refuse it. The juice 

 is gratefully acid. The London College directs a conserve to be made ot 

 the leaves, beaten with thrice their weight of fine sugar. The expressed 

 juice depurated, properly evaporated, and set in a cool place, affords a 

 crystalline acid salt in considerable quantity, which may be used when- 

 ever vegetable acids are wanted. It is employed to take iron moulds out 

 of linen, and is sold under the name of Essential Salt of Lemons. 



We are lately assured that the leaves and stalks wrapped in a cabbage 

 leaf, and macerated in warm ashes until reduced to a pulp, have been 

 successfully applied to scrophulous ulcers. This poultice should remain 

 on the sore for 24 hours, and be repeated 4 times. Afterwards the ulcer 

 is to be dressed with a poultice made of the roots of the Meadow-sweet 



bruised and mixed up with the scum of* sour buttermilk. B£dd0£5 0* 

 fact. Airs. 



