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Th BRITISH HERBAL 
425 
It is a native of Germany, and is cultivated in 
gardens every where. 
Befide its ufe at the table, the feeds are car- 
tinative, and good in cholicks. A ftrong de- 
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coction of the roots works fafely and powerfully 
by urine; and is excellent in obftructions of thé 
vifcera; 
Ge ER oyiNG We XIV. 
BISHOPS 
W_E E.D, 
AM Mey. 
THE flowers are placed in umbells on fubdivided branches; and at the bafé of the principal, atid 
of the fubdivifions both, there ftand little oblong leaves. The cup is very minute. Each 
flower is compofed of five irregular, heart-fhaped petals ; thofe in the outer part of the tufts ha 
ving 
great difproportion, and thofe in the middle the petals more equal. The feeds are convex, and 
ftriated. 
~ Linnzus places this with the preceding among the pentandria, 
Common Bifhops Weed. 
Ammi vulgare. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The ftalk is ftriated, of a pale green, branched, 
and three feet high. - 
The leaves at the bottom are compofed of nu- 
merous, broad, indented pinnz; and are of a 
deep green. Thofe on the upper part are divi- 
ded into narrower fegments, and are paler. 
The flowers are {mall and white $ and the feeds 
are of a dark brown. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ami majus. Others, Ammi 
vulgare. 
The feeds operate by urine, and are alfo good 
againft Aatulencies. 
Genk oc pNeot: 38 XV. 
SPANISH TOOTHPICK. 
GINGIDIivy 
TIE, flowers are placed in umbells, on fubdivided branches; and the whole umbel, which ig 
; i flat while in flower, grows convex as the feeds ripen. Under the principal branches, and 
their fubdivifions, there ftand numerous little leaves. The cup is very minute, 
Each flower is com. 
pofed of five petals; of which the outer one is larger than the reft. The feeds are oblong and 
rough. 
Linneus places this among the pentandria with the reft. 
Spanifh Toothpick, 
Gingidium Hifpanicum, 
The root is long and thick. 
The ftalk is two feet high, ftriated, green, and 
divided into many branches. ; 
The leaves are large, and of a fine bright 
green: they are divided and fubdivided into mi- 
nute, narrow feements. 
The flowers form large umbells ; but they are 
feparately {mall and white. 
GEN UE 6 
The feeds are brown, and of a very pleafing 
fmell. : 
Tt is a native of Spain, and flowers in Au- 
ft. 
uft, 
C. Bauhine calls it Gingidium umbella longa, 
Others, Vifnaga, 
The rays of the umbel, when the feeds are 
picked off, make an excellent kind of toothpicks : 
they are fine, tough, of a rough: furface; and 
fweet-fcented. We fometimes import them for 
that purpofe. 
XVI. 
CANDY DAUCUS, 
DEALT: C8 
CORE. Dyin Sai 
Lee flowers are placed in umbells, on fubdivided branches; and at the bafes of the Principal 
branches, and of their fubdivifions, there ftand feveral little leaves, 
The cup is very fmall. 
The flowers are compofed of five heart-fhaped petals, which are bent; and the Outer one is largeft. 
The feeds are long and hairy. 
Linnzus ranges this with the other umbelliferous plants among the pentandria ; each flower having 
five filaments, 
N° 42. 
5Q ; Candy 
