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i i f Curaffo, and flowers in Au- | they are alfo of a greyifh green, hoary,.and undi- ree a | 
ult sake Ties vided at the edges: they are broadeft toward the ie 
: mit kence calls it Solanum veficarium Curaffavi- mean aS pointed . re oh : ‘e ‘uth ee 
; 3 imile, foliis origani fub- e flowers are placed on flender footftalks, 89 
eum ee antiquorum fimile, fe igani fi which rife in great numbers from the bofom of _ ‘ ; 
an 4 every leaf; and they are fmall, and of a faint Ee 
4. Many-flowered Hoary Winter-Cherry. purple. mae. 
The berry is {mall and red, and it is contained wae 
Alkekengi multiflorum foliis hirfutis. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a 
few fibres. 
~The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and two 
feet high: it is of a greyifh colour, and is co- 
vered lightly with a hoary matter. 
The leaves are placed on flender footftalks: 
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ARISARUM. 
if lal flower has no petals. 
but it is alfo bent. 
roundifh, and fet in a clufter. 
Linneus places this among the gynandria polyandria 5 ; the threads being numerous, and fixed to they . Oy 
But he confounds it with the arum, making it only a fpecies of that genus; whereas i it evi- 
piftil. 
dently differs generically. 
3. Broad-leaved Arifarum. 
Arifarum latifolium: 
The root is a fmall, roundifh, tuberous lump, 
with a few fibres at the top. 
The leaves are fupported fingly on long, flen- 
der footftalks ; and they are of a lively green, 
very large, oblong, heart-fafhioned at the bafe, 
and pointed at the end. 
The flower rifes on a feparate ftalk in the centre 
of the tuft of leaves, and refembles that of the 
common arum: itis a great greenifh cup, purple 
toward the top and at the edges; and it bends 
down, and fplits at the extremity ; within this is 
feen a purpleclub, which alfo bends forward. 
The berries are fmall and red. 
Jt is common in Spain and Italy, and flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Arifarum latifolium. 
2. Narrow-leaved Arifarum. 
Arifarum anguftifolium. 
The root is a fmall, roundifh' lump, brown on 
the outfide, and white within. 
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DRAGON. eae % 
DRACONTIUM. e, 
HE flower has no petals. The cup is ieee) hollow, anik formed: of a‘fingle leaf. In this 
ftands a club, in the fame manner as in the arum; and the buttons of the flower, and rudi- a 
ments of the berries, are at the bottom. The fruit is a clutter of berries, numerous, large, and red. Ag 
‘The leaves are divided in the manner of fingers. 
pittil. 
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FRYARS COWL. 
The cup is very large, long, hollow, not upright, asin arum, but — 
bending down toward the upper part, and fplit: the club within it refembles that of the rum, 
The threads of the flower fupport fquare buttons. 
in a fkinny cup. 
This is accounted poifonous, and is fappofed 
to be the true folanum fomniferum of the antients; 
but their defcriptions are fo imperfect, that it is” ‘a 
hard to determine that matter. as 
Alpinus calls it Solanum fomniferum antiquorum, 
Others, Solanum Somniferum verum. 
VI. 
The berries are nuiriclousay j 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a fell 
beautiful green. 
The ftalk rifes among thefe; and is flender, me 
upright, of a pale green, and about ten inches — ea 
high: there generally are wrapped about this the = ie 3 
re 
remains of the bafes of fome leaves. _ 
The flower fhews itlelf in a fingular manner, 
The cup is long and flender ; and the club is alfo 
very long, bent downward, and crooked : its co- 
lour is a dufky purple; and it ufually thrufts it- t 
felf out of the cup in fuch manner as to refemble 
a large earth-worm crawling. 
The berries are round and fmall, green at wets 
but when ripe of a fine red. a 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, - 
and flowers in June: 
J. Bauhine calls it Arifarum anguftifolium e 
name moft others have followed. 
The roots of thefe are very Bayer diuretickss 
but they are not much ufed except By the Pea- 
fants, 
Use es VII. 
Linnzus places this among-the gynandria monogynia, the Buttons being numerous, and fixed tothe = 
This author makes it a fpecies of arum, referving the name dracontium for a difting&t genus, alto- 
gether unlike the plant to which this name has been “appropriated 5 3 and comprehending fome fpecies 
nfvally called arum. The ftudent will from this avoid the confufien. . 
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