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digging them up, that they have lately been pro- 

 hibited the ufe of them. 

 A decodion of thefe roots in milk is alfo frequently 

 adminiftrcd by the inhabitants of the fame iilands 

 in diarrhseas and dyfenteries, with good fuccefs ; 

 but perhaps it would be moft proper not to give 

 it in dyfenteries till the morbid matter be firit 

 evacuated. A fpirituous extrad of the plane 

 flands recommended in the fea-fcurvy, for to 

 ftrengthen the gums and faften the teeth. Lin- 

 naiis informs us, that the Laplanders paint their 

 leather of a red color with the juice of the roots. 



TORMENTILLA caule repente, foliis petiolatis. 



Sp. pi. -Jib. {Pet. herb. t. 41./. 10, Plot. nat. ox. 



C. 6. §. 7. ^ 9./. 5-) 

 Creeping Tormentil. Anglis, 

 In barren grounds, but not common. Sibhald. %. 



VIII. 

 It greatly refembles the POTENTILLA reptans, 



for the flowers have frequently five petals. 



GEUM. Ge?i. pi. 6^6. 

 CaL 10-fidus. Peiala 5. Sem. arifta geniculata. 

 GEUM floribus ereftis, frudibus globofis villofis ; 

 arillis uncinatis nudis, foLis lyratis. Sp. i>l 716. 

 (Ger. em. 994-/. i- P^i- k^^^- ^- 4°- /• i-BlahjjdL 



. t' 253) 



Common Avens or Herb-Benner. AngUs. 



