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HE flowers ftand in large umbells: each is com 
pofed of five petals; and they are bent, 
I and not fplit at the top. © The cup is very minute; but it has five divifions. The feeds are 
of an oval figure, and edged with membranes. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia ; and he joins it in the fame genus with fennel, 
from which it differs in the feeds. 
Common Dill, 
Anethum vulgare. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The ftalk is round, ftriated, and four feet high. 
The leaves ftand at fmall diftances; and both 
thefe and thofe from the root are divided into a 
multitude of very minute fegments. 
The flowers ftand in large umbells at the tops 
of the branches ; and they are final] and yel- 
low. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Avetbim hortenfe. Others, 
Anethum vulgare. 
The feeds are warm and carminative, They 
are good againft flatulences: they operate by 
urine, and they ftrengthen the ftomach, 
Ger NY Owes IV. 
CTI A ® See PH led: 
HE flowers are placed in great umbells at the tops of the ftalks; and each is compofed of five 
petals: thefe are oblong, bent, and pointed at the tips. The cup is very fmall. The feeds. 
are large ; and they are furrounded by a membrane, 
which is nipped at the top and bottom. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia, as the others. 
Broad-leaved Thafpia, 
Thafpia latifolia. 
The root is very large, long, and full of a dif- 
agreeable juice ; and at the top there ufually are a 
multitude of fibrous fubftances, in the manner of 
hairs, which are the remains of decayed foot- 
ftalks. 
The leaves are very large, broad, and hairy ; 
and they are divided into extremely fmall parts, 
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The ftalk is thick, ftriated, and parted into 
many branches. 
The flowers ftand at the tops in large umbells ; 
and they are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds are large and beautiful. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft, 
C, Bauhine calls it Tha/pi latifolia villofa. 
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FENNEL-GIANT. 
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5 Bae flowers ftand in great umbells, terminating the branches. _ Each is compofed of five petals, 
equal in fize, oblong, and ftrait. The cup is very minute, but has five divifions. The feeds _ 
‘are very large and flat; and each has three ridges. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria dig ynia, as the others. 
Narrow-leaved Fennel Giant. 
Ferula foliis capillaceis. 
The root.is very large, long, and furnithed 
with a few fibres. 
The ftalk is fix feet high, and toward the top 
it is divided into numerous branches. 
The leaves are placed irregularly on it; and 
thefe, as well as. thofe from the root, are very 
large, and are divided into innumerable fine feg- 
ments, 
The flowers are {mall and yellow. 
‘The feeds are very large and brown: 
N° XLII. 
It is a native of the fouthern parts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ferula femina Plinii, Others, 
Ferula anguftifolia. 
2. Broad-leaved Fennel-Giant. 
Ferula fegments latioribus. 
The root is very long and thick. 
The plant grows to eight feet in height, and 
toward the top divides into many branches, 
The leaves are large, and of a deep green; 
and they are divided into innumerable fegments, 
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