botanically arranged. 469 



CHARLOCK. Blossoms white or yellow. Common amongst 

 rye, barley and flax. June — August. 



It is often very injurious to grain ; and when it has once got 

 into the ground it is extremely difificult to extirpate. The seeds 

 will remain in the ground many years, in a vegetive state, after 

 it is swarded over with grass, and will grow when the ground 

 is again plowed up. Dr. Withering says, in wet seasons it 

 grows in great quantity amongst the barley in Szveden ; and the 

 common people, who eat barley bread, are afflicted with very 

 violent convulsive complaints in those provinces, and in those 

 seasons wherein this plant abounds. 



MONODELPHIA. 



BECANDRJA. 



GERANIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 746. 



Geranium pedunculis subtrijloris, foliis cordatis crenato- 

 incisis subvillosis, caulibus procumbentibus. Syst. Nat. 



SEA CRANESBILL. Blossoms pale red. In marshes and on 

 the sea shore. June — July. 



Geranium pedunculis biflorisy calycibus injlatis, pislillo 

 iongissimo. Syst. Nat. 



COMMON CRANESBILL. Blossoms purple. By stone walls 

 and borders of fields. May — July. 



The root is astringent, and frequenriy used in gargles for 

 cankerous sores in the mouth and throat. 



Geranium pedunculis bifloris, calycibus pilosis decemangu- 

 latis. Syst. Nat. 



MOUNTAIN CRANESBILL. Herb-Robert. Stockbill. Blos- 

 soms pale red. Amongst rocks in high land. June — July. 



It is considerably astringent, and smells somewhat like musk. 

 A decoction of the plant has been known to give relief in cal- 

 culous 



