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The" B RerPl ‘S*H FH ER ASL: 
The leaves rife in a large tuft twenty or more 
together: they are of an oblong figure, fmalleft 
at the bafe, and thence gradually widening to the 
extremity, where they are rounded and: obtufe ; 
and they are placed on long, flender footftalks. 
They are covered with ftiff, long, yellow hairs, 
and rife up more erect than the leaves of any 
ather fpecies. 
The ftalk is fingle, naked, purplifh, and not 
above three inches high: it rarely divides, but 
ufually has a long feries of flowers ftanding all 
on one fide: thefe are white and fmall. 
The feed-veflel is large and oval; and the 
feeds are fmall, numerous, redifh, and nearly 
round. 
It is found on wet parts of heaths, and flowers 
in May. 
Ray calls it Rorella longifolia perennis. ‘ 
This author, in compliance with the cuftom of | 
others, has fet down the variety of the common 
findew with longifh leaves; but declares his 
doubts as to its being a diftinét fpecies: this, on 
the contrary, he marks as a certainly diftiné 
fpecies, and different abfolutely from that. 
4. Great long-leaved Sundew. 
Rorella major longifolia. 
This, like the two former, is a perennial 
fpecies. 
The root is compofed of innumerable, flender, 
crooked fibres, and fpreads a great way under 
the furface. ; 
The leaves rife in a clufter, and are long and 
narrow: they are placed on very long, flender 
footftalks, and naturally ftand very upright but 
the weight of the leaf, when charged with its 
' moifture, and the extream weaknefs of the ftalk, 
occafions its frequent drooping. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of this tuft; and 
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Graffy-leaved Sundew. 
Rorella foliis gramineis. 
The root is fmall, long, and furnifhed with 
a few fibres. ; 
The leaves are very numerous, and rife in thick 
tufts: they grow upright; they have no foot- 
ftalks ; and, when young, they frequently curl 
fpirally at the ends : they are very long, and ex- 
tremely narrow, round on the back, hollow in 
front, and covered with long hairs. 
The ftalk rifes in the midft of this tuft, and is 
flender, and tolerably upright. 
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is naked, flender, and eight or ten inches high : 
it is of a purplifh colour, as are alfo the leaves, 
and it rarely divides even at the top. 
The flowers ftand in a fhort fpike at the fum- 
mit: they are larger than in the preceding fpecies, 
and are white; but they rarely open widely. 
The feed-veffel'is oval and large; and the feeds 
are numerous, and very fmall. 
It is found on wet heaths in our northern 
counties; and flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Rorella longifolia maxima. 
All thefe fpecies have the fame medicinal qua- 
lities. ; 
What we know with certainty of them is, that 
in external ufe they are very dangerous; and, as 
it is faid, that taken internally they are very hurt- 
ful to cattle, we are told that, in the form of a 
diftilled water, they are highly cordial and refto- 
practice; nor is it likely that ever they deferved © 
“the charaéter that has been given of them in that 
refpeét. 
The leaves, bruifed and applied to the kin, 
act as an efcharotick: they are more violent than 
the leaves of the fharpeft crowfoots, and bring 
on fuch inflammations as are not eafily removed ; 
and our people in the country are fo convinced 
of their deftructive qualities, when eaten by fheep, 
that it is vulgarly known among them by the 
name of red rot. : 
The Italians ufe it to this day, among many 
other ingredients, in their Agueurs, or fine cor- 
dials; and the ladies in the country, with us, yet 
admit it among other ingredients, in the fame 
manner, into their family waters. 
It is probable that the virtues afcribed to it 
in thefe are owing to the other ingredients; and 
that its own pernicious qualities do not rife in 
diftillation. 
ee but at prefent they are difufed in regular 
OREIGN SPECIES. 
It is not fo tall as the leaves ; and is not naked 
as in the feveral kinds that are Natives of our 
country, but has two or three leaves upon it, 
placed at diftances alternately, and of the fame 
fhape with thofe from the root. 
The flowers are {mall and white ; and the feed- 
veifel is large and oval. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is found on damp grounds in Portugal, and 
flowers in July, 
Plukenet calls it Ros /olis lufitani liis afpho- 
deli minoris. ae fein 
Its qualities are not certainly known. 
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rPHE flower is compofed of five petals, 
the feed-veffel is of an oval figure, 
fingle piece, divided into five fegments, 
which are narrow at the bafe, 
but has a double beak : 
and it remains with the 
, and broader to the end: 
the cup is fmall, it is formed of a - 
feed-veffe], 
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