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mended for defluxions, both by outward and inward applica- 

 tions *. 



in. The fmall^ foboliferousy ivhite-floivered Biftort, or Snakeiveed '\, 

 ivith nofoliaceous appendages at the bottom-leaves fsj, does not grow 

 with us that I have obferved. 



ii2. Great Oxlip (t). In woods, and under buflies, by waters, 

 frequent. It produces beautiful varieties under culture, by 

 which I obtained two, very fine ; the flowers of one are red, with 

 filver edges, and a yellow eye ; thofe of the other red alfo, the 

 eye yellow, divided into five angles, in the form of a ftar, the 

 ftalk a foot and a half high, tapering from the bafe to the top, 

 on which I have fometimes numbered nineteen pips. 



* Sed liceat monere, haec medicamenta tune demum adhiberi pofTe, quando unice adftringen- 

 dum eft, & fibra roboranda, nocere vero quoties aliquid corrigendum eft in eo ipfo humore, 

 qui fluxionem facit v. 9. in dyfenteriis. HALLER. 1. c. 



t Flos perpetuo albus, utmale varietatem candido fiore diftinxerit PONTEDRA. HAL- 

 IER. 1. c. 



(s) Biftorta minor five alpina. Cam. Epit. p. 684. Icon egregla. Hift. Oxon. ii. p. 585. 

 ex CAM. Biftorta alpina minima fobolifera, EJUSD. ibid, ex CLUSIO. Biftorta alpina 

 pumila varia. Park. Theatr. p. 392. Raj. Hift. i. p. 187. Scheuchz. Itin. ii. p 130. 

 Biftorta alpina minima foliis imis fubrotundis & rninutiffime ferratis. Raj. Syn. iii p. 147. 

 Biftorta foliis ad oram nervofis, imis ovalibus, fuperioribus linearibus, femine gigartino. 

 Hall. Helv. p. 179. 



(t) Primula veris altera. Mattb. p. 1150. Cam. Epit. p. 884. ?. Primula veris major 

 flore pallido. Dod. Pempt. p. 146. cum Icone. Primula veris pallido fiore elatior. Cluf. 

 Hift. i. p. 301. Town. Inft. p. 124. Boerb. Ind. A. p. 199. Primula veris caulifera 

 pallido flore inodoro. /. B. iii. p. 496. Dill. Gifl". p. 44. Verbafculum pratenfe vel fyl- 

 vaticum inodorum. C. B. Pin p. 241. Hift. Oxon. ii. p. 554. Va'dl. 164. Primula pra- 

 tenfis inodora lutca. Ger. p. 635. emac. p. 780. Raj. Hift. ii. p. 1081. Syn. iii. p. 284. 

 Herba PETRI, OfHc. Dal. Pharm. p. 188. Primula foliis rugofis, hirfutis, fpica inclinata, 

 flore palliJo, m.ijori, inodoro. Hall. Helv. p. 483. 



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