iguatifa I. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 331 



ordinis fuperioris. Oed. Dan. t. 74- op.) 



Purple Fjirx-glove. Angli^. 



Meiiran-fith. Gmlis, 



In rough mountainous places not uncommon, as 

 upon the Corjlorphyn hills near Edinburgh^ and 

 on the hills about Loch-Rannoch m PerthPoire, 

 and many other places $ VII. 



The ftalk is 3 or 4 feet high, cre(5l, and generally 

 unbranched. The leaves are of an oval-Ianceo^^Vo 

 form, foft and hairy, and ferrated on the edges. 



The flowers grow pendulous, in a long fpike, all 

 on the fame fide of the ftalk. They are of a 

 purple color, very fpecious, and marked internally 

 with pupillary fpots. It Ibmetimes varies with 

 white flowers, bift very rarely. 



The plant has a bitter quality : fix or feven fpoon- 

 fuUs of the decoction is a fl.rong emetic and ca- 

 thartic. It has been found ferviceable in fcfrO— 

 jiliulous cafes, taken internally for fomie time, 

 and the bruifed leaves or an ointment applied 

 outwardly. 



LIMOSELLA. Gen. pi. 776. 

 Cal. 5 fidus Ccr. 5-fida, squalis. Slam, per paria 

 approximata. Caps, i-locularis, 2-valvis, poly- 

 fperma. 



LIMOSELLA. Sp. pL 881. Moris, hijf.f. 15. /. 

 2. I. Pluk. a.'m. t. 'i^'f-A' P^^- ^^^rb. t. 6^. f. 12. 

 Loes. Prufs. 21&. /. 18. Me?ilz. pug. 2. t, 7./. 6. 

 Oed. Dan. t. 6<^. opt.) 



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