Th BRITISH HERBAL. sag 
folio triangulari dentato. The leaves of a | 14. Sea-Blites called Shrub Stone Ctop, Bl sain 
deep green. vermicularis frutex dium. “Shiabby; and 
ur. Cluitered Blite, with undivided leaves, Bli- branched. 
tum racemofum foliis integris. The flowers | 1 5. Great Sea-Blite, called Tee Stone Crop; 
fmall. Blitum vermicularis frites difum majus: 
i2. Small, olive-leaved Blite, Blitumi craffo olio- Very much branched. 
folio. A {mall upright plant. 16. Small, red Blite, Blitum rubruin minus. Small; 
13. Sea-Blite, called White Saltwort, Blitum kali with oblong leaves, and large flowers, 
minus album diétum. A branched, fmall plant. 
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BE BT. 
BE MTs 2; 
PHIE flower confifts only of a cup, and the organs of imptegnatioh. The cup haa five oval and 
obtufe leaves. The feed is contained in a brittle capfule, placed in the bottom of 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the flower having five filam 
ftyles. 
the cup. 
ents, and two 
Wild Sea-Beet, which are a yard high, and divided into many 
Beta fylveftris maritima, branches ; and they are {mall and white. 
It is common on our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
The root is long, thick, and perennial. Augutt. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, obtufe, of a C. Bauhine calls it Beta flvefris maritima; a 
whitifh green, and placed on long footftalks. name others have copied, ; 
The flowers fland at the tops of the ftalks, 
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PELLITORY OF THE WALL. | 
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THE flowers are of two kinds, hermaphrodite and female, on the fame plant. Two hetthaphio- 
dite flowers are contained in a common cup; which is formed of fix leaves; two of which, 
placed oppofite, are much larger than the others. Each of thefe hermaphrodite flowers is formed of 
a cup, divided into four parts, which afterwards lengthens, fwells out, and enclofes the feed. The fe- 
male flowers are placed fingly between two of the others, all contained in the common cup: they are 
of the fame form with the others, and in the fame manner furround the feed, but lefs confpicuoufly. 
Linnzus places this among the polygamia monmcia. ‘ 
Pellitory of the Wall. The flowers are fmall and inconfiderable. 
Parietaria vulgaris. Tt is common on walls, and flowers in June, 
: C. Bauhine calls it Parietaria oficinarnm et 
The root is fibrous, and redifh, Dinfeoridis. 
The ftalks are numerous, redifh, ‘brittle, 
jointed, and a foot in length. An infufion of the whole plant works power- 
The leaves ftand very thick upon them; and fully by urine, and is excellent againft the gravel, 
are oblong, and of a dufky green: 
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GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE, 
SideX DER AGA) AURORE: 
j i d refembles them: it is formed of a finele 
HE, flower has no petals ; but the cup is coloured, an g 
piece, divided mit four fegments, two larger and two fmaller. The feed-veffel is {mall, and 
i i i feeds 
beaks: this ftands enclofed in the cup, and contains numerous feeds. 
sear places this among the odfandria digynia; the threads being eight, and the ftyles two, in 
each flower. 
ifrace. The ftalks are numerous, weak, flender, of a 
ne eho pale green, and fix inches high. 
The leaves are rounded, but indented at the 
é iful with fhort footftalks. 
‘The root 4s fibrous. : bafe, of a beautiful green, te 
Saxifraga aurea vulgaris. 
