54 OBSERVATIONS d» 



DOGS MEkCURY. 



Mercurialis caule fimpliciffimo, foliis fcabris. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 1465. [Gerard. 333. f. I. 

 Fet. Herb. t. i. f. 5 & 6. Moris. Hiji. f. 

 5. t. 34. f. 3 & 4.) 



Mercurialis perennius repens Gynocrambe 

 didta. Rays Syn. 138. 



Cynocrambe mas & foemina. Gerard. 333. 



Mercurialis montana f|>icata. Bauh. Pin* 

 122. 



Mercurialis fylveftris Cynocrambe difta vul- 

 garis, mas & foemina. Park. 295. 



np 



HE root IS creeping, light-coloured, 

 and fibrous. 



The ftalk is a foot high, ereft, green, 

 juicy, and unbranched. 



The leaves are oval, ferrated, pointed at 

 the extremity, placed in pairs oppofite to 

 each other. 



The 



