i20 DIOECIA ENNEANDfvIA. 



barren. The number of 7?c?w/;/^7 and ilyles in the 

 two fexes is uncertain ; the Jtamiria vary from fix 

 to ten, the ftyles from three to fix. At the bafe 

 of the genni/ia are placed four yellow heart- 

 fliap'd ne^taria, erefl, comprefied, and fhoner 

 tlian the calyx. In a natural clafTification diis 

 plant would be rank'd amongft the Sedums, h^i 

 an artificial method, for the eafe of a ftudent, 

 I -.■ required a feparation. 



• - • The inhabitants of the Farro iflands ufe this plant 

 as a remedy for the Icurvy. A cataplafm of the 

 frefli roots apply'd to the forehead, is faid to re- 

 lieve the head-ach, and to heal malignant ulcers, 



: ; f The inhabitants of Greenland eat it as garden-ftuff, 

 ■ ' A fragrant kind of rofe-water is capable of being 



•- ; . diltiUed from the roott. . , , 



ENxNEANDRIA. 



MERCURIALIS. Gen. ■pi 1125. 

 •■ . •-.; MAS. Cat. 3-partitus. Cor. o. Stam. 9-s. 12. An- 

 ,i . tber^ globof^E, didyma^. 



•"• ■■ I^EM. Cal. 3 partitus. Ccr.o. StyU. 2. Caps. di» 

 cocca, :; locularis, i-fperma. 



per:nms i. MERCURIALIS caule fimplicimmo, foliis fca« 

 bris. Sp. pi 1465- {Ger.em. 333./. i. Pet. herb. 

 '"[ ' .'. I./. 5 ^ 6. Moris, hift.f. 5. /. 34./- 3 ^ 4» 

 '\:l 'I ordinis ftiferloris- Oed. Dan. i. 400. oft-) 

 , , . ' ' Dos's Mercury. Jn^lis. 



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