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the outfide, and paler within; and they have a 
pleafant fell. They confift each of five petals, 
and have a tuft of threads with yellow buttons in 
the centre: and they ftand in a fpreading, purple 
kind of cup, very beautiful. This is formed of 
five leaves of the entire cup of the flower, ‘which, 
as in the others before defcribed, confifts of five 
larger, and five fmaller. 
The feeds grow in a naked head, and this 
ftands on a longifh pedicle. They have hairs 
hanging from them in the fame manner as the 
others, 
Tt is anative of Britain; butnotcommon. It 
has been found about Settle in Yorkthire, and on 
Snowden hill in Wales, and, as is faid, in Effex. 
It is by fome called mountain avens, and by others 
water avens, its place being naturally in bogs on 
the tops of hills. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllata aquatica nutante 
fore, and J. Bauhine Caryephyllata aquatica flore 
frriato. Others, Caryophyllata montana purpurea. 
35 Avens with a fingle white flower. 
Caryophyllata flore albo folitario. 
The root is long, brownifh, with a tinge of 
red, and of a woody fubftance. It fpreads under 
the furface, and fends up leaves in many places, 
in feparate tufts. 
Thefe ftand on. long and flender footftalks ; 
and are oblong, of a deep green, and so uae at 
the ends. 
The ftalks are hard, woody, and lie upon the 
gtound. They are four or five inches long, and 
have the fame fort of leaves on them, but fmaller. 
They are harfh to the touch, and white under- 
neath; as are alfo thofe from the root. 
The flowers are large, white, and very beauti- | 
ful. They refemble thofe of the common ftraw- 
DIVISION IL 
1. Avens with upright fingle flowers. 
_ Caryophyllata flore eretto folitario. 
The root is oblong, thick, and of an irregular 
fhape. It runs obliquely under the furface, and 
is edged with fibres. Its colour is black, and its 
fmell aromatick. 
The leaves rife four or five together, and ftand 
_ on fhort footftalks. They confift each of three 
or four pairs of fhort, blunt pinne, and a large 
leaf. at the end. . This is divided grofsly into 
three j parts. Upon the whole, it has a rounded 
thape, and it is irregularly notched. The whole 
leaf is of a fhining green; and, the footftalk is 
hairy. 
The ftalks are round, upright, green, and a 
little hairy. Their leaves are hairy, more di- 
vided and notched than thofe at the bottom ; and 
they ftand irregularly. 
The flowers ftand fingly on long, flender foot- 
ftalks; and are yellow, large, and beautiful. 
They are bigger than the flowers of cinquefoil 
and have a tuft of threads in the centre. 
The feeds ripen in a fmall clufter, and have 
threads hanging from them ; but thefe are much 
fofter.and finer than the threads of the other 
kinds, 
berry, but that they are larger. They ftand 
fingly on long, flender, hairy footttalks, and 
have a tuft of threads in the middle. 
The feeds ftand in naked heads, futnifhed with 
long and feathery filaments; fo that they refemble 
thofe of the pafqueflower. 
Tt is not uncommon in Ireland, particularly in 
Galway. It flowers in June. 
Morifon calls it Caryophyllata alpina chamaedryos 
folio. C.Bauhine, Chamedrys alpina cifti flore. 
4. Cinquefoil avens. 
Carophyllata pentaphylled. 
The root is a tuft of numerous, brown, thick. 
fibres rifing from a fmall head: of a. fragrant 
fmell, and aromatick tafte. 
The leaves arifing from it, ftand on long; hairy 
footftalks. They are divided deeply into five 
parts, fometimes into feven, in the manner of 
the tormentill leaves; and. are of a pale green 
and hairy. The feveral fegments are narrow, 
pointed at the ends, and notched at the edges. 
The ftalk is round, hairy, and a foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and’ are di+ 
vided into five parts, in the manner of thofe at 
the bottom. Thefe fegments are narrow, hairy, 
and ferrated. ; 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. They con- 
fift each of five leaves, with a tuft of threads in 
the centre; and ftand on the tops of the branches. 
The feeds follow ina naked, fmall head, and 
have hairs hanging to them like thofeof the coms 
mon avens, but more tender and foft. 
It is found in fome parts of Scotland ; and 
flowers in May. 
J. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllata pentapbyled, 
C. Bauhine, -Caryophyllata alpine quinguefolia. 
POREIGN SPECIES. 
magno luteo. 
lutea. 
It feems to poffefs the virtues of the common 
‘avens in a very powerful degree. 
C. Bauhine, Conpsilaia alpina 
2. Creeping Avens with finely divided leaves; 
Caryophyllata foliis incifis caule repente. 
The root is long, brown, flender, divided in- 
to branches, and befet with fibres. 
The leaves ftand on fhort footftalks: are di- 
vided into a number of fmall parts, which are © 
obtufe, fhort, and notched at the edges. 
The ftalks are weak and low ; they are a little 
hairy, and ufually lie upon the ground. They 
have about four leaves on them, and thefe fmaller 
than thofe from the root; otherwife alike, except 
that the divifions are finer. 
On the tops of the ftalks ftand the flowers. 
They are large, yellow, and very beautiful. One” 
ufually ftands on the top of each ftalk. “They. 
are compofed of an uncertain number of leavesy 
and have a tuft of threads in the centre. = i 
The feeds ftand in a fmall, naked head; but 
they have fine and foft hairs growing from them. 
It is a native of the cold mountainous parts of 
Switzerland, and other parts of Europe: It 
J: Bathing calls this Caryophyllata montana flore | fowger in June. 
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