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The BRITISH HERBAL 
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Common Sanicle. 
Diapenfia vulgaris. 
The root is black, and of an acrid tafte. 
‘The firft leaves are fmall, and of a deep thining 
green. They are placed on red fodtftalks ; and 
they are of a rounded form, divided into five prin- 
cipal parts, and ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalk is round, upright, a foot high, and 
not much branched. ; 
The leaves on it in fome degree refemble thofe 
from the root; but they are divided into fewer 
parts ; and thefe are fharper, and more ferrateds 
The flowers are fmall; and they are white, 
with a faint ting of redifh. 
The feeds are large and rough, 
It is Common in our woods, and flowers in Aus 
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C. Bauhine calls it Sanicula ofici : 
pana oficinarum, Others; 
The root is aftringent, and good againft ha 
morrhages. “The leaves are tecommended in 
vulnerary potions. 
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HE flowers are difpofed four upon a ftalk, with a little umbell im the centre. Each is come 
pofed of five petals, of an oval figure, but fharp-pointed, and {pread open. The cup is very 
tinute. The feeds are half round, and fmall. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynias the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
It is truly an umbelliferous plant, though a very fingular one. 
Marfh Pennywort. 
Hydrocotyle. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, jointed, weak, 
and of a pale green: they run upon the furface 
of the ground, and take root at the joints. 
The leaves ftand fingly on flender footftalks ; 
and they are round, dentated at the edges, and of 
a pale green. 
The flowers are {mall and white: they ftand 
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in very fmall tufts, rifing from the ftalks with 
the leaves. : 
The feeds are fmall and brown: 
It is common in damp paftures, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranunculis aquaticus cotyle- 
danis folio, Others, Gotyledon palufire, and Hy. 
drocotyle. : 
The farmers have an opinion that it gives theig 
theep the rot ; whence they call it white rot, 
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HE flowers are difpofed in a fingular kind of umbells, furrounded with many leaves at the bafes 
‘and feparated by films, ‘The umbells aré of a convex or conic form. Each flower is compofed 
of five petais; which are obiong, bent at the bafe, and marked with a line all along each of them; 
The cup is large, and divided to the bafe into five fegments. The feeds are two; and they are ob-~ 
long and rounded. 
Linnaeus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
1. Common Eryngo. 
Eryngium vulgare Mediterraneum. 
‘The root is extremely long, flender, brown, of 
a fweet and very agreeable tafte; and it has a 
hard fibre in the centfe. 
The ftalk is round, upright, tough, and to- 
ward the top is divided into numerous branches. 
The leaves are large: they are placed irregu- 
larly ; and they are divided deeply into fharp 
and ferrated fegments. 
"The flowers are {mall and white. 
_ The feeds are of a dark brown. 
We have it in our midland counties p'entifully. 
it flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Eryngium vulgare et Came: 
rari. Others, Eryngium campeftre. ; 
The root is an excellent medicine in diforders 
of the breaft and lungs. The confeétioners pre. 
ferve it with fugar; and that way it has great 
virtues. It is alfo given in decoétion. It Operates 
by urine when given in this manner, and is good 
againft obftructions. of the vifcera, and in the 
jaundice. 
2. Sea-Eryngo. 
Eryngiun marinum, 
The roots are very long, tough, and creeps 
ing. 
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