DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 387 



(in his voyage thither, p. 289) fuppofes, with 

 great probability, that this is the thorn men- 

 tioned in the fcripture which the ground pro- 

 duced after the curfe. (Gen. ch. 3. ^'. 18.J 

 The root and bark have a diuretic quality, and are 

 recommended in the gravel, and in fuppreffions 

 of urine, both for man and beaft, 



ONONIS caulibus diffufis, ramis ereftis, foliis fu- 

 perioribus folitariis, flipulis ovatis. Sp. pL 1006. 

 {Dillen. Eitham. t. 25./. 28. j 



Creeping Reftharrow. AngUs. 



Upon the fea fhore in fandy foils frequent. %, 

 VII. VIIJ. 



The ftalks of this kind lie flat upon the ground, 

 and the flowers are produced fingle from the da 

 of the branches : in other refpeds it differs not 

 from the preceding, and we are inclin'd to be- 

 lieve it only a variety, as we have fometimes ob- 

 ferv'd it, like that, to acquire fpines. 



ANTHYLLIS. Gen. pi 864. 

 CaU ventricofus. Legumen fubrotundum calyce 



tectum. 

 ANTHYLLIS herbacea, foliis pinnatis in^quali- 

 bus, capitulo duplicate. Sp. pi. 1012. (Ger. em. 

 1240./. 1. Kivin, t. 18. &: varietas ^]\Jis flcre cec- 

 cineo Dillen. Elth. t. '^2o.f.f, 413.) 

 Kidney-Vetch, or Lady's-Finger. Anglis. 

 In dry paftures not unfrequent, as upon the hills 

 in the king's park at Edinhurghy &c. %, VIT. 



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