t2D DIOECIA ENNEANDRIA. 



barren. The number ofjlamhia and flyles in the 



two (exes is uncertain ; the Jlamina vary from fix 



to ten, the ftyles from three to fix. At the bafe 



of the germina arc placed four yellow hcart- 



fhap'd tie5faria, ereft, comprefled, and fhorter 



than the calyx. In a natural clafTification this 



plant would be rank'd amongft the Sedums, but 



an artificial method, for the eafe of a ftudent, 



required a feparation. 



The inhabitants of the Farro illands ufe this plant 



as a remedy for the fcurvy. A cataplafm of the 



frefii roots apply'd to the forehead, is faid to re« 



lieve the head-ach, and to heal rnalignant ulcers. 



The inhabitants of Greenland eat it as garden-ftuff, 



A fragrant kind of rofe-water is capable of being 



difti^led from the ropti. 



ENNEANDRIA. 



MERCURIALIS. Gen. pL 1125. 

 MAS. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. o. St am, 9-s. 12. -^«- 



ther^ globoiae, didyms. 

 FEM. Cal. 3-partitus, Cor.o. Styli. 2. Caps. <3i- 



cocca, 2 iocularis, i-fperma. 



■perennis i. MERCURIALIS caule fimplicifllmo, foliis fca- 

 bris. Sp. pi. 1465. {Ger.em. 333./. i- Pet.herh. 

 U I. /. 5 y 6. Moris, h'tfi. /. 5. /. 34. /• 3 ^ 4^ 

 ordinis fuperloris- Oed. Van. i, 400. opt.) 

 Dog's Mercury. Jr.glis, 



In 



