26o ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Meadow-Sweet. Anglh, 



Lus-chneas-Chuchullainn. Gaulis, 



In wet meadows, and on the banks of ditches and 

 rivers. %. VII. 



The leaves of this fpecies have only two or three 

 pair of pinnse, with a few fmaller ones intermix'd, 

 the extreme one being larger than the reft and 

 divided into three lobes : the calyx is reddilh, the 

 petals white, the number of capfules from fix to 

 ten, twifted in a fpiral. 



The whole plant is extremely fragrant : the com- 

 mon people in Sweden on holidays ftrew their 

 floors with it. 



A diftiird water from the flowers has great eflicacy 

 in expelling the meafles and fmall-pox. The 

 whole plant has an aftringent quality, and as 

 fuch has been found ufeful in dyfenteries, rup- 

 tures, and in tanning of leather. Horfes and 

 cows do not affecl it, but goats are very fond 

 of it. 



POLYGYNIA. 



ROSA. Gen, pi. 631. 

 Petala 5. Cd. urceolatus, 5-iidus, carnofus, collo 

 coardatus. Sem. plurima trifpida, calycis interi- 

 ori lateri afBxa. 



* Germinihus Juhglohofis. 

 fpincf.ffima ROSA germinibus gjobofis, glabris pedunculis hif- 

 1. pidis, caule petiolifq. aculeatifllmis. Sp. pi, yo^. 



(GVr. em. J 2 70./. 4. Clns. hiji, 1, p. 116) 



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