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The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and are of a pale red, with fome white. 
The feed-veffel is {mall, and the feeds are mi- 
nute. : 
DIVISION TI. 
1. Yellow Reftharrow without thorns. 
Anonis flava non fpinofa. 
The root is long, tough, and {preading. 
The ftalks are round, upright, very much 
branched, and a foot and ‘half high. 
The leaves ftand on flender footftalks, three on 
each ; and they are long, narrow, ofa paleigreen, 
and a little hairy, and dented at the ends. 
The flowers ftand on:long footftalks, and ate 
large and yellow: they grow from the bofoms of 
the leaves. 
The feed-veffels are large, and the feeds nume- 
rous and brown. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and of the warmer 
parts of Europe, It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ananis vifcofa fpinis carens 
Tutea major. Others, Auonis.non_fpinofa lutea. 
The whole plant is clammy to the touch, ,and 
has a very ftrong fmell. The flowers are fome- 
times ftriated. 
2. Yellow Reftharrow with drooping flowers. 
Anonis lutea floribus pendulis. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading. 
The ftalks are numerous, low, woody, very 
much branched, and covered with a redifh bark, 
The leaves are placed in threes on moderately 
long footftalks , and they are fhort, obtufe, and 
hairy. 
The flowers ftand on flender, weak, and 
crooked or twifted footftalks, two on each: they 
are of a mixed brown and yellowith colour; and 
their cups are very hairy. 
The feed-vefiels are long and large, andthe 
feeds are kidney-like, and brown. 
It is common in Italy, and flowers in Auguft, 
C. Bauhine calls it Auonis vifcofa minor lore 
pendulo. 
Geek 
FO 
Ne ures 
It is common on our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls it Antonis procumbens maritima noftras 
Soltis hirfutis pubefcentibus. Others, Avonis maritima 
REIGN SPECIES, 
3. Red-flowered Reftharrow with great pods, 
Anonis purpurea Siliquis inajoribus. 
The root is long, thick, and {preading. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, upright, and 
‘two feet high: they are covered with a brown 
bark, and have no prickles, 
The ‘leaves ‘ftand by threes upon fhort foot- 
ftalks, and are placed at confiderable diftances ‘ 
they are oblong, broad, ‘ferrated, fharp-pointed, 
and of a pale green. 
The flowers are placed alfo on long footftalks, 
two or three together; and they are fmall and 
purple. } 
The feed-veffels are large, and the feeds alfo 
are large and brown. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
Morifon calls it Ayonis purpurea pracon, five 
verna frutefcens. Many call it Cicer Syloeftre. 
All the fpecies of anonis poffefs the fame vir- 
tues ; and though fome of them have been parti- 
cularly celebrated by foreign writers, there is none 
that has them in fo high a degree as the common 
wild kind, here firft defcribed. It is a power- 
ful diuretick, and a very effectual remedy in ob- 
ftructions of the vifcera. ; 
The root has moft virtue, and the cortical or 
outerpart of that more than the reft. A decoc- 
tion of this, with a little white wine, fweetened 
to the palate, and drank in large quantities, is 
excellent againft the gravel, and all nephritick 
complaints, foftening, and operating powerfully 
by urine. 
The bark of the root, dried and powdered, is 
good in the jaundice and in dropfies; the dofe is 
half a dram twice a-day. 
VII. 
M‘E DICK, 
MO Bide L.Ceed, 
THE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is turned backwards: it is oF an oval figure, undi. 
vided, and turned at the edges.outwards. The ala are oblong, and their fides converge under 
the carina, to which part they are fixed’ by a fmall appendage. The carina is oblong, fplit, and 
turned back. The cup is formed of a fingle piece ; and is hollow, and divided into five equal feg- 
ments at the edge. 
round itfelf. 
The feed-veffel is long, flatted, and more or lefs crooked, twifted, or wound 
Linnzus places-this among the diadelphia decandria; the filaments being ten, in two affortments. 
He alters the name, writing it medicago. 
DIVISIO No L 
4. Yellow Medick, with flat, wreathed pods. 
Medica fylvefiris flore flavo. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading, and it 
remains many years, 
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BRITISH.~S PE CLES. 
The ftalks are numerous, and of a tough, firm, 
and, as it were, woody fubftance: they are two 
feet in length, very much branched, and fpread 
irregularly, in great part lying upon the ground. 
The leaves ftand on long footftalks, three oe 
each ; 
