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and divided half way into fix fegments j the la- 

 teral ones trifid : the capfule triangular, unilocu- 

 lar, divided into fix fegments at the top, three 

 ere6l and three inflex'd, and gaping open. 

 This plant is cultivated and much iifed for dying 

 woollen and filk of a yellow color. The frelh 

 herb, fhredded and boil'd, or dry'd and reduc'd 

 to a powder, are the ways of Uung it. 



R. foliis omnibus trifidis, inferioribus pinnatis. Sp. 

 pi. 546. {Ger. ein. 277./. r. Pel. herb. t. 37. /. 

 II.) 



Bafe Rocket. Anglis. 



In the links oi Kirkaldy. Dr. Farfons. O. VII. 



The Pinnule of the leaves are generally undulated, 

 the ftalks reclining, the calyx is divided into fix 

 unequal fegments : the petals are fix, the framina 

 about twt^nty : the capfule Ihap'd like a triangu- 

 lar prifm. 



EUPHORBIA. Gen.pL 609. 

 Cor. 4 s. 5-petala, calyci infidens. Cal. i-phyllus, 

 ventricofus. Caps. 3-cocca. 

 '^ Umbella trifida. 



EUPHORBIA umbella trifida, dichotoma, invo- 

 lucellis ovatis, foliis integerrimis obovatis petio- 

 latis. Sp. pi 6^^. (Ger. an. 50^. /. 19. Moris, 

 hifl.f. xo.t. i.f.u.) 



Petty Spurge. Jnglis. 



In 



