oSo ICOSANDRIA POL' rYNIA. 



Meadow-Sweet. Anglis, 



Lus-chneas-ChuchulIainn. Gaulis. 



In wet meadows, and on the banks of ditches and 

 rivers, li. VII. 



The leaves of this fpecies have only two or three 

 pair of pinn^, with a few fmallerones intermix'd, 

 the extreme one being larger than the reft and 

 divided into three lobes : the calyx is reddifh, the 

 petals white, the number of capfiijes from fix to 

 ten, twifted in a fpiral. 



The whole plant is extremely fragrant : the com- 

 mon people in Szveden on holidays ftrew their 

 floors with it. 



A diftill'd water from the flowers has great efficacy 

 in expelling the mealies and fmall-pox. The 

 whole plant has an aftringent quality, and as 

 fuch has been found ufeful in dyfenteries, rup- 

 tures, and in tanning of leather. Horfes and 

 cows do not afi^ecl it, but goats are very fond 

 of it. 



P O L Y G Y N I A. 



ROSA. Gen. pi. 631. 

 Pctala 5. Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnofus, collo 

 coardtatus. Sem. plurima flifpida, calycis interi- 

 ori lateri affixa. 



* Germinibus fuhghhofts. 

 Jpinofiffma ROSA germinibus globofis^glabris^pedunculis hif- 

 j» pidis, caule petiolifq. aculeatiflimis. Sp.-pl 705. 



{(2er. em. 1270./. 4. Cliis. hijl. 1, p. 116) 



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