23« DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



^95-/- 2. Ger. em. 1201. /. i. PeL herb. t. 63, 



/• 1) 



Wood Sorrel. Anglis. Gouke-meat. S col is. 



Biadh-CLinain, feada-coille. Gaidis. 



In woods frequently. At the hermitage, &c. Dr* 

 Parfons. U. V. 



The leaves are radical only, and numerous -, three 

 grow together at the top of one common foot- 

 ftalk, hear:-fhap'd, hairy, their points all meet- 

 ing in a centre, and endued with a degree of fenfi- 

 bilitv, for when ilruck or handled they droop. 

 Linnaus fays they are expanded in moift rainy 

 weather, and contraded in dry. The flowers 

 are white, elegantly marked with red veins, 

 have yellow Ungues., and grow fingly upon radi- 

 cal footftalks. 



The whole plane has an agreeable acid tafte, and 

 cooling quality, and is recommended in malig- 

 nant fevers, and for the fcurvy. In the ifland of 

 An an I was informed that a whey or tea of it was 

 ufed in putrid and other fevers, with good fuc* 

 cefs. 



AGROSTEMMA. Gen. pL 583. 



CaL i-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 5, unguiculata ; 



L/V/Z'^ obtufo indivifo. Caps, j-iocularis. 



lihago I. AGROSTEMMA hirfuta, calycibus corollam squ- 



antibus, petalis integris nudis. Sp.pl. 6z^. (Ger. 



em. 1087. Moris, kift. f. 5. /. 21./, ^i.Pet. herb. 



Cockle. 



