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DODECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Asarum. 431 



TETRAGYNIA. 



[Tormentilla erecta.] 



HEXAGYNIA. 



[Sedum Dasyphyllum.] 



DODECAGYNIA. 



SEMPERVrVUM. Bloss. 12 petals: Cal with 12 divi- 

 sions : Capsules 1 2. 



[Thalictrum alpinum.] 



MONOGYNIA, 



ASA'RUM. Calyx 3 or 4-cleft, sitting on the ger- 



mens: bloss. none: caps, like leather, crown- 

 ed, of 6 cells : but no valves. 



A. Leaves kidney-shaped, blunt, in pairs* m* Europium, 



Woodv. *6~K*iph. 9-LuJ. 182-St>eldr. 1S~FI. dan. 633- 

 Mill. ill-Black<w. 383.-Trag. 6±~Dod. 358-Lob. obs. 

 328. l 2-Ger. em. 836. 1-H. ox. xiii. 7. ro<w 3. 1-Park. 



266. l-Matth. 36~Fucfo. lO-?. B. iii. 548-Afi//. 53. 

 1. a. 



Flowers purplish. 



Asarabacca. Woods and shady places, Lancashire. P. May 





CERATOPHYLXUM. Male and Fern, flowers 



on the same plant: cal. with many divisions: 



bloss. none. 

 Male. Stamens twice as many as the segments 



of the calyx. 

 Fern. Style none: nut coated, without valves. 



1 The root powdered, and taken to the amount of 30 or 40 ^ rs. excites 

 vomiting. If it is coarsely powdered it generally purges. The powder 

 of the leaves is the basis of most of the Cephalic Snuffs, which occasion 

 a considerable discharge of mucus from the nostrils without much sneez- 

 ing- An infusion of 1 or 2 drain* of the leaves, in wine, vomits. Cows cat it, 







