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even alont, if thoroughly ripe, will make a 

 ibunci mafculine cyder. 



SPIR.^A. Cyen. pL 63a 

 Cal. 5-fidiis. Pel a! a 5. Caps, polyfperma. 

 fiUpenduIai SPIRAEA foliis pinnatis •, foliolis uniformibus fer- 

 ratis, caule herbaceo, fior;bus cymofis. Sp. pi. 

 702. {Ger. em. lOsS.f. i, Moris, hiji.f. 9. /. 20. 

 /. prima. Pet. herb. t. 71./. 6 ^ 7J 



Dropwort. Anglis. 



In mountainous paftures^ as upon the h.lls to the 

 fouth-well: of Arthur" s-Se at ^ &c. if-. VII. 



The root confifts of many tubercles, fufpended b), 

 and terminated with thread-like fibres. 



The flalk is about a foot and a half high, cre6l, 

 and with but few leaves upon it, terminated Vv'ith 

 a loofe umbel of v/hite flowers, often ting'd v/ith 

 red : the leaves have numerous, oblong, acutely 

 ierrated pinn^, with fmaller ones intermix'd, and 

 the extreme one divided into three lobes : the 

 petals in this fpecies are generally fix, and the 

 fegments of the calyx are reflex'd : the fcamina 

 are 30, or more : the germina 12, or upwards. 



Swine are fond of the roots ; and Linnaus informs 

 us, that in a fcarcity of corn they have been 

 eaten by men inftead of bread. 



Imaria 2. ^- ^<^l"s pinnatis, imparl majore lobato, floribus cy- 

 mofis. Sp. pi. 702. {Grr. em. 104:^. /. t. Moris, 

 hifl.f. 9. /. 20./. I. fiiperioris ardinis ad dexlram. 

 Vet. herb. t. 71./. 8) 



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