278 MONOECIA PENTANDRIA. Bryonia. 



The chopped leaves mixed with the food of young turkiee. 

 Sting a fine-pointed tube, perforated at top, with a bag of poison at 

 its has?; The skin being punctured by the sharp point, the acri- 

 monious fluid rises to the top, and is carried into the wound. A 

 leaf applied of the Dock (Rumex), or of Plantago lanceolata, or of 

 the Nettle itself, is a speedy remedy for the painful sting. Sting 

 of this species peculiarly inflammatory. 



U. dioica. Great Stinging Nettle. Leaves opposite, 

 heart-shaped. Clusters much branched, in pairs, mostly 

 dioecious. Root creeping. E. B. 1750. C. 6. 69. 

 U. urens. G. E. 706. 

 Waste ground. 

 Per. July. 



Occasionally monoecious. Roots creeping. Stems erect, three 

 feet, leafy, simple, bluntly four angled, clothed with stinging 

 bristles. Ls. stalked, pointed, veiny, saw-toothed. Stip. egg- 

 shaped. Clustey-s axillary, in pairs, spreading ; longer than the 

 footstalks. 



The stalks, like flax or hemp, may be converted into cloth, or 

 paper. iVstringent : a leaf put on the tongue, and pressed 

 against the roof of the mouth, stops bleeding at the nose. Para- 

 lytic limbs have been advantageously excited by urtication, or 

 striking them with Nettles. The young spring shoots eaten boiled. 

 Asses browse on the leaves. The leaves are fed on by the larvas of 

 Pap. x'Vtalanta, Urticae, Paphia, C. Album, and lo ; five of our 

 most beautiful buttei-flies. Nettle tea considered by the vulgar as a 

 diet- drink to pm-ify the blood. 



Woollen stufis dyed green with the juice. The roots, with alum, 

 dye yellow. A rennet made from a strong decoction of Nettles ; 

 a quart of salt to three pints of decoction, to be bottled up for use. 

 A table spoonful of this will coagulate a large bowl of milk. 



MONOECIA PENTANDRIA. 



BRYO'NIA. Bryony. 



B. dioica. Red-berried B. Leaves somewhat five- 

 lobed, hand-shaped, rough on both sides with hard 

 points. Barren and fertile flowers on separate plants. 

 E. B. 439. B. alba. G. E. 869. 



Hedges, thickets. 



Per. July. 



Root very large. Stems annual, climbing by simple tendrils. Ls. 

 alternate. Fl. in axillary bunches, between the tendril and 

 leaf Cor. whitish, veined with gi'een. Stam. of three, short 



