The 
The feeds are four : and they are covered in 
the cup by akind of head-piece, as in thé former 
inftance. 
It is common about waters, 
F and flowers in 
June. 
G2 Boon 
Ray calls it Caffida palufiris minima fore purpus 
rafcente, 
The leaves of the cafide dried and powdered 
were a famous remedy for agues before the batk 
was known; but they are now difufed: 
Bei soy SOT, 
GROUND-PINE:; 
CH tM 
deg flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is Jabiated. The tubular part is fhort, 
. The lower lip is divided into three 
The cup is tubular, formed of a 
vided into five pats; and tifing on one fide at the bafe. 
the leaves ; and the feeds are four after every flower, 
Linnzus places this among the ‘didynamia £ymnofpermia 
fhorter threads, ‘and the feeds being naked in the cup. 
but places it with the /eordizm chamedrys, and feye- 
lip is deeply divided into two fegments. 
which the middle one is largeft, and is rounded. 
He does not allow this to be a diftin& genus ; 
ral others, under the common name of Leucrium, 
‘DIVISION 1. 
Common Ground-Pine. 
Chamepitys vulgaris, 
The root is long, flender, and divided. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and thiee 
inches high: they are of a greyifh colour, very 
much ‘branched, ‘and covered thick with leaves. 
Thefe'ftand in pairs at {mall’diftances; and 
they have numerous young ones in their'bofoms: 
they are-of a:pale'yellowifh green, oblong, ‘nar- 
row, and at the end divided into three points. 
~ "The flowers rife from the bofoms of the leaves ; , 
and are {mall and yellow: but the upper lip is fpot- 
ted with purple on the infide, 
DIVISLTON Ips Fo 
Auftrian Ground-Pine. 
Chamepitys caerulea Auftriacas 
This is a very beautiful plant. 
The root is long; thick, divided, and hung | 
with many fibres. ' 
The ftalks are numerous, and ten inches high, | 
‘fquare, of a whitith colour, and downy. 
The leaves ftand at diftances two at each joint, 
‘but With clufters of young ones in all their bo- | 
‘foms: they are divided iito three or four long | 
Ge Bee Ne Uy, 
NSD an 
and the upper 
fegments ; of 
fingle piece, di- 
The flowers grow ‘from the ‘bofoms of 
and roundifh. 
3 the flower having two longer and two 
BRITISH SPECI#s. 
The feeds arefmall, ‘black, and round. 
The whole plant has a refinous fmell and tafe,’ 
It is frequent in fome parts of the kingdom on 
chalky and other dry foils. Tt flowers in July. 
C.Bauhine calls it Chamepitys lutea vulgaris 
Sive folio trifido, — 
Ground:pine is an excellent ‘medicine in ner- 
vous:diforders. It is a powerful diuretick ; “ana 
it promotes the menfes, 
. The tops dried and powdered are recommended 
againft the gout ; and there ‘ate well-authorifed 
accounts of great cures having been performed by 
them ‘in the {ciatica. 
REIGN SPECIES, 
and narrow fegments ; and are of a lively green 
on the upper fide, and paler underneath. : 
The flowers grow from the bofoms of the leaves 
toward the upper part of the plant: they are 
very large: the body of them is of a delicate vio- 
| let blues and the under lip is whitith, and fpotted 
with crimfon. 
The feeds are Jarge and roundith. 
It is frequent on the mountains of Germany, 
and flowers in June. ‘ ! 
C. Bauhine calls it Chamepitys cerulea Auftriaca. 
§  XXVI 
Be U Ge 
Bla G 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is of the labiated kind. The 
and bent. The upper lip is very {mall : 
“edge. The feeds are four : 
it ftands erect, and is fplit in two parts, 
lip is divided into‘ three fegments : the middle one is large, and heart-fathioned : 
are‘very fmall. The cup is fmall; and is formed of a fingle piece, divided into 
Cn Bom 
tubular, part is cylindrick 
The lower 
the two fide ones 
five parts at the 
they ate oblong, and they have no defence but the cup. 
Linneus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; the Aower having two longer and ‘two 
‘fhorter threads, and the feeds having no capfule. 
calls it ajuga. 
He takes away the received name bugula, and 
1. Bugle. 
