GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA. 529 



Wake-Robin or Cuckow-Pint. Jnglis, 

 Under hedges and in fhady places, but not fo fix- 



quent as in England. %. V. 

 The root is tuberous and flefhy, with fibres grow- 

 ing out of the bafe : the leaves are radical, fliap« 

 ed like the barb of an arrow, fupportcd on 

 footftalks, fmooth and glolTy, and often ftain'd 

 with dark or white fpots : the fpatha is whitifli, 

 deciduous, and iliap'd not unlike a hare's ear : 

 within it is a purple club-fl:iap'd ^//W/.y, the bafc 

 of which is furrounded with numerous ^^r/;;/>/6'', 

 with many fefTiie quadrilocular Anthers above 

 them, and again over thefe feme roundifn Va- 

 pilU^ terminated with defiex'd hairs. The ber- 

 ries when ripe are fcarlet, full of juice, and con- 

 tain each one or two round, hard feeds, reticu- 

 lated on the furface. 

 The whole plant is extremely acrimonious to the 

 tafte, inflaming the mouth for a long time after- 

 wards ; but the roots when boil'd or dry'd lofc 

 all their acrimony, and become perfedly infipid, 

 and being of a farinaceous quality, havefometimes 

 been made into bread and ftarch. They are 

 cfteem'd good in aftmatic complaints, and ob- 

 itrudtions of the Bronchia y but are rarely ufed 

 in the prefent praftice. 



Z#StERA.- Gen. pi. 1032. 

 Spadix linearis, altero latere frudifero. CaL o. 

 Cor. o. Stam. alterna. Sem. folitaria alterna. 



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