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LITHO S PE R'iMU‘“M. 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal: it is tubular at the bottom, 
ot fegments at the edge ; and the hollow is open, not clofed by fcales, 
and is divided into five hollowed, pointed feements, 
genera. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, 
and divided into five obtufe 
as in many of the other - 
The feeds are four after every flower : they are fmooth and hard, and they ftand naked in the cup, 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia ; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
flyle fingle. 
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1. Common Gromwell. 
Lithofpermum vulgare. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a 
few fibres. ' 
The talk is round, firm, upright, and divided 
toward the top into numerous branches. 
The leaves are placed alternately ; and they 
have no footftalks: they are oblong, rough, and 
of a dufky green. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves 
all the way up the tops of the branches; and they 
are {mall and white. 
The feeds are white, glofly, extremely hard, 
and naked. 
It is common by road-fides, and in dry paf- 
tures. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine ealls it Litho/permum majus ereffum. 
Others, Litho/permum vulgare, 
The feeds of this plant are excellent againft 
the gravel : they operate powerfully by urine. 
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Shrubby Gromwell. 
Lithofpermum fruticofum. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a 
great many flender fibres. 
The ftalk is. woody, firm, and divided into 
many branches, 
The leaves are placed irregularly * in fome 
parts they ftand fingly, and alternate, and in 
others they rife three, four, or more together : 
they are oblong, hairy, and of a dufky green, 
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2. Creeping Gromwell. 
Lithofpermum flore purpurafcente. 
The root is long, flender, and hung round 
with a few fhort fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous and weak : they are 
hairy, and of a dark green colour in the lower 
part; where they lie upon the ground, and fre- 
quently fend out fmall fibres by way of roots. 
The leaves are placed alternately 5 and they are 
oblong, narrow, and of a deep Stecnsa. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches ; 
and they are large, and of a deep purple. 
The feeds are rough and whitith. 
We have it in barren grounds in the weft of 
England, but not common. It flowers in. Au- 
guft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lithofpermum minus repens 
latifolium. Others, Lithofpermum majus Do- 
donei. 
REIGN SPECIES, 
The flowers rife from the bofom of 
and they are fmall. 
The feeds are hard, fmooth, and whitith. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and of many 
of the warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Anchufa angupifolia, Others, 
Anchufa arborea, 
the leaves; 
Its feeds are celebrated in the Eatt in nephritick 
diforders, 
VIII. 
‘ MOUSE-EAR SCORPION-GRASS, 
METER O=™S, 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal: 
and divided into five fegments at the edge. 
naked in the cup, 
in long, twifted feries; and the feeds are gloffy. 
Onn Tot ody aes 
it is tubular at the bottom, .and divided into five obtule 
fegments at the rim. The opening is covered by five little {cales. 
The cup is tubular, oblong, 
The feeds are four after every flower; and they ftand 
which grows larger to receive them, 
The leaves are oblong, The flowers grow 
Linnzus places this among the peatandria monogynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
tyle fingle. 
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