Vk Ufeftil Family Herhdl: 323 



Samphire. 

 CRITHMUM MARITIMUM 



A Plant not uncommon about Sea Coafts, witK 

 •^^ much of the Appearance of Fennel, only 

 riot fo tall : Some have called it Sea Fennel. It 

 is two Feet high. The Leaves are large, and di- 

 vided in the Mariner of thofe of Fennel, into 

 flender and fmall Parts, but they are thick and 

 flefhy. The Stalk is round, hollow, ftriated, and 

 a little branched. The Flowers are fmJl and 

 yellow, and they ftand at the Tops of the Stalks 

 in great Clufters or Umbels, in the Manner of 

 thofe of Fennel. The whole Plant has a ' 



warm 



the 



reeable Taiie, and a good Smell 



befl : ^ They are pickled 



Stalk 



Tables -, but they are often adulterated, and other 

 Things pickled in their Place. The Juice of the 

 frefh Leaves operates very powerfully by L^rine, 

 and is good againft the Gravel and Stone, againft 

 SupprelTions of the Menfes, and the Jaundice. 



S AN I C L E. 



SAN IC UL A. 



Pretty wild Plant common in cur Woods, 

 and diffinguifhea by its regular Leaves, and 

 fmall Umbels of Flowers* It grows a Foot and 

 a half high. The Leaves are numerous, and they 

 all rife immediately from the Root : They ftand 

 oh long Foot-Stalks, and are veiy confpicuous : 

 They are of a roundiih Shape, bur cut in fo, as 

 to appear five cornered, ferrated about the Edges, 

 and of a very deep gloffy green Colour, ^Vl^ 



fhining Surface. The Sralk is ft 



Y 2 naked 



