The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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DIVISION I, FOREIGN SPECIES, 
French Meadow-Saxifrage. 
Sefeli pratenfe Monfpeffulanum, 
The root is long and thick, brown on the out- 
fide, white within, and of an aromatick tafte : it 
is ufually divided at the top into {mall heads ; 
and they are edged with a hairy fubftance, formed 
of the fibres of decayed ftalks. 
The firft leaves are large, and of a pale greens 
and they are divided into numerous, fmall, pointed 
fegments. 
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The ftalk is ftriated, and a yard high. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root; 
but they are fimaller; and they are of a yellowith 
green colour. 
The flowers are {mall and white; and the 
feeds, when ripe, are brown.’ It is common in 
paftures in France, : 
C. Bauhine calls it Sefeli pratenfe. 
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ie Begs flowers are difpofed in large hemifpherical umbells, 
4 There are long and narrow leaves at the bafe, 
flower is compofed of five petals ; 
very {mall. The feeds are oblong, 
which are of an oval figure, and a little bent down. 
ftriated, and rounded on one fide. 
on divided and fubdivided branches: 
both of the larger and fmaller divifions. Each . 
The cup is 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynias the threads in the fower being five, and the 
ftyles two. 
Flefhy-leaved Crithmum. 
Crithmum foliis craffis. 
The root is long, thick, flefhy, and of a very 
agreeable aromatick tafte. 
The firft leaves are very large ; and they are 
divided into numerous, fmall, but thick and 
fiethy fegments, of a pale green colour; and of a 
faltifh, but not difagreeable tafte. 
The ftalk is round, thick, ftriated, and fpread- 
ing ; and it is two feet high: 
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The leaves refemble thofe from the root; and 
they are placed on the ftalk, irregularly, 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds are brown. 
Tt is common about our fea-coafts, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Crithmum five feniculum ma- 
rinum minus. ‘ 
The leaves make an excellent, agreeable, and 
wholefome pickle, 
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ig ee flowers are difpofed in large umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches, 
without any 
leaves under either. Each flower is compofed of five petals; and they are oblong, fharp- 
pointed, and bent. The cup is very minute; and the feeds are oblong, 
ftriated, and naked. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
This author takes away the received name, not allowing fennel to be a diftiné genus, but account- 
ing it a fpecies of dill. The difference is however obvious; the feeds of di// having a membranaceous 
edge, and thofe of fennel being naked, 
DIVISION L 
Common Fennel. 
Feniculum vulgare. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furnifhed 
with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are very large, and of a dark 
green: they are divided into innumerable fine 
fegments. 
The ftalk is upright, round, branched, and 
four feet high. 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root ; and are of the fame green colour. 
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The flowers are {mall and yellow. 
The feeds are brown, and of a fharp aromatick 
tafte. 
It is common wild in our northern counties, 
and every where in gardens. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Feniculum vulgare Germani- 
cum, Others, Feniculum vulgare. 
It is ufed at our tables; and is alfo excellent in ' 
medicine. The root is a powerful and fafe diu- 
retick ; and a decoétion of it is good in the jaun- 
dice, and all obftruétions of the vifcera. 
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