272 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



1. Moris, hijh f,\2. t. ic,. f.-j. Pet. herb, t, 41. 

 /•3O 



Common Cinquefoil, or five-lcav'd Grafs. Anglis, 

 In damp clayey foils, but not very frequent. ^ . 

 Vll. 



The root and leaves are aflringent and vulnerary. 

 A decodion of them has been found ferviceable 

 in dyfcnteries and agues. 



TORMENTILLA. Gen. pL 635. 



CaL 8-iidus. Fetala 4. Sem. fubrotunda, recepta- 

 culo parvo exfucco affixa. 



ere5fa i. TORMENTILLA caule erediufculo, foliis feffi- 

 Jibus. Sp, pL 716. {Ger. em. 992. Moris, hiji, f. 



2. /. 19./. 13. BlakwelL t. 445.) 



Tormentil or Septfoil. Anglis. 



Bar-braonan-nan-con. Gaulis. 



In barren paftures, moors and heaths almofl" every 

 where. % . VIL 



The roots con fnl of thick tubercles, an inch or 

 more in diameter, replete with a red juice, of 

 an aflringent quality. They are ufed In moll of 

 the weflern ifies, and in the Orknies^ for tanning 

 of leather •, in Vv^hich intention they are proved, 

 by fome late experiments, to be fuperior even 

 to the oak- bark. They are firfl of all boiled in 

 water, and the Lather afterwards deeped in the 

 cold liquor. In the iflands of "Tirey and Got the 

 inhabitants have deflroyed fo much ground by 



digging 



