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Note '', page 68, line 9. 

 The Metiuaiithes. 



Class J^entandr. ^lonog. Menvanthes Trifoliata. This is one of 

 the most beautiful of all our native flowers. In a scarcity of hops, 

 tl)is plant is used in the north of Kurope, to bitter ale : two ounces 

 supply tlie place of a pound of hops. ]Vitlieriiig''s Hot. 



Borago Officinalis, or Borage, is found in this class. It is said 

 to have been brought from the Levant, and was first cultivated in 

 gardens as a medicinal herb. Hence the old adage, Ego Borago 

 gaudia semper ago ; which Gerarde renders, "I, Borage, bring 

 always courage.*' 



By the exi)eriments of .Margraff, Mem. de Berlin, 17i7, p. 72, 

 it appears that the juice affords a true nitre. 



Verbascum Thapsus, or great Mullein, is also found in this 

 class. It is said to intoxicate fish, if thrown into the water, so 

 that they may be taken with the hand. 



Hyocvamus Niger, or Common Henbane, (class as above.) 

 The leaves of this, it is said, if strewed about tlie house, will 

 drive awar mice. 



Note ', page 69, line 4. 



The Pimpernel. 



"In the Anagallis Arvensis, or Pimpernel, (class Pentandr.) 

 vou have a perfect square in the stalk, and a perfect globe in 

 tlie fruit, which divides transversely into two beautiful hemis- 

 1)heres. The fruit stalks bend very gracefully ; the scarlet 

 flower, when viewed through a lens, appears to be covered with 

 spangles ; the stamens have the finest purp/e and guld colors ima- 



