6^4 POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 



It has an aftring'.'ni quality, and has been reckoned 

 vrj -iO r.i-g amongll the vulneraries, but is at prelent out of 



' c, ■ . ,j;^! 's'jb : -'.■--■, 

 ::. ■.,;3£ ' ''■- PARiETARIA. Gen.pl. 1152. 



HERMAFHROD. CaL 4 Hdus. Cor. o. Stam. 4. 



Styl I. Sftn. I, fb. ■-um, 

 clongatum. 

 ir.iv.?- . FEM. Q/. 4-fidus. Cor.o. Stam- o. ''tj i. of»». 

 I, fuperum, clongatum. 

 cfficimlisi. PARIETARIA lohis lanceolato-ovatis, peduncu^ 

 lis dichotomis, calycibus diphylhs- Sp.pl. 1492, 

 .ri;'- :>q :w- ((?<?!•. ^w. 331. Mc?ra. i'/y?. f. 5. t. 30./. 1. ordinis 

 l\ ;• n .%^ hferious. Pet. herb. t. 'i. f. 10. cum char actere. 

 .7.:.-K'y.'i : . Blackvuell. t. 156, 0^^. D^k. '. 521. cy)/.; 

 Pellitory of the Walh AngHs. 

 In Wade places, and upon walls, as upon the walls 

 .; .-T v of the church cit Burntijlandj &c. %. VII. 



The root creeps: the ftalk grows eredl, and is 

 rough to the touch, and adhefjvc. The leaves 

 '::-. . are alternate, elliptical, and lanceolate, vein'd, 

 - . r snd a little rough. The flowers grow out of the 

 • -; alas of the leaves, in fefille, branched, verticil- 



'..; late clufters, of a grcenifh colour, tinged with 

 • .. . , red. The anihera have a great degree of fenli- 



bility, for if irritated with a point of a pin, they 

 fii/ from the calyx with claftic force, and explode 

 their powder. The female flowers are quadran- 

 gular, and pyramidal. The males are furnifhed 

 •vvi^h a fefille, fhining, oblong, acuminated ne^a- 



