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C. Bauhine calls it Thaliétrum majus fliqua 
angulofa firiata. - Others, Thaliffrum vulgare, 
and Thaliéirum majus, or Thaliétrum caule nigri- 
cante. 
2. Small Meadow-Rue. 
Thaliftrum minus, 
The root is long, flender, and creeping. 
The ftalk is round, of a pale brown, upright, 
fearce at all branched, and about eight inches 
high, - ; 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it ; and they are 
very beautiful: they are in the whole confiderably 
large; but they are compofed of many {mall parts, 
placed ona divided rib; and thefe are fhort, broad, 
and dented at the end. The whole tuft is of a 
tender fubftance, and deep purplifh green colour. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk in a 
kind of umbel: they are fmall, and of a pale 
yellow. 
The feeds are large, and their creft is wrinkled 
and brown. 
It is found on hilly paftures in many parts of 
the kingdom, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it ThaliG&rum minus; a name 
copied by others. 
3. Little broad-leaved Meadow-Rue. 
Thalitirum minus foliis latioribus. 
The root is compofed of tough, flender fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, a foot high, 
branched, and of a purplith colour, efpecially to- 
ward the root. 
.” The leaves are large, and of a dufky gréen: 
DIVISION IL 
Narrow-leaved Meadow-Rue. 
Thaliéirum anguftifolium. 
The root is compofed of numerous tough, yel- 
low threads. 
The ftalk is round, flender, purplifh, upright, 
not at all branched, and a foot high. 
The leaves are large, and of a frefh green: 
they are divided into numerous flender parts, and 
thefe are undivided at the edges, and fharp- 
pointed. 3 : 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
fpiked clufters; and they are {mall and white, 
with a faint tinge of purple. - 
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they are compofed of many parts, as in the former: - 
fpecies ; but thefe are broader and larger than in 
any other, of a deep green, and nipped at the 
top. : 
The flowers grow in a broad tuft at the top of 
the ftalk ; and are fmall and whitifh, 
faint tinge of yellow. 
The feeds are fmall. 
It iscommon on the Welch mo 
flowers in May. - 
Ray calls it Tbalifrum minus mont 
tioribus. 
with a very 
untains, and 
‘anum foltis la- 
4. Meadow-Rue with thining leaves, 
Thalittrum foliis {plendentibus, 
The root is fmall, and creeps under the fur. 
face, 
The ftalk is ftriated, weak, and not much 
branched: it is about a foot hi 
gh, but rarely 
ftands quite erect. 
The leaves are large; and each is compofed 
of numerous, broad fegments, placed on fhort 
footftalks : thefe are nipped at the tops and fides, 
The whole leaf is of a deep blackifh green on the 
upper fide, and of a greyith green underneath, 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
rounded fcattered tufts: they are white and fmall, 
The feeds are fmall ; and their coat is rough 
and purplifh. , 
It sis a native of our northern counties, and 
thrives beft on damp ground upon hills, It 
flowers in April, and dies to the ground foon 
after. 
Ray calls it Thalifrum minimum montanum ru- 
bens foliis [plendentibus, ; 
REIGN SPECIES. 
The feeds have a rough, brown coat. 
It is found in the woods of Germany near 
fprings. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thaliftrum pratenfe angupif- 
Simo folio. Others, Thalifirum foliis gramineis. 
Thefe plants are not diftinguifhed by any par- 
ticular virtues by authors ; but they deferve fome 
notice. The country-people in Buckingham fhire 
boil the roots and young leaves of the common 
kind in ale, and take this as a purge. In a fmall 
dofe it works by urine, and is good againft ob- 
ftructions of the vifcera. 
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HE flower is formed in the manner of the papilionaceous kind, but terminates behind in a fpur- 
T The cup is compofed of two leaves, fmall, and placed oppofite. The feed is naturally fingle, 
and inclofed in a loofe fkin. 
The leaves are divided, and the flowers are fmall. 
Linnzus places this among the diadelphia hemandria ; the buttons on the threads in the fower be- 
ing fix, and arranged in two affortments. 
There is no genus in which Nature wantons fo much. This Linnzeus is obliged to acknowledge, 
who has placed it among his diadelpbia; and it is as needful to be mentioned here, where, after the 
method of Mr. Ray, it is placed with the ¢baliffrum, among the fingle-feeded plants, 
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