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erpeclorntion of tough phlegm, and to open obftruclions 

 oi the vifceia. They are uiually direfted in infulion or 

 dccoclion, with the addition of a little liquorice. A fyrup 

 prepared from them is common in our lliops, both as made 

 here and imported from abroad ; this latter l;as an admixture 

 of orange-flower water. A little of thefe fyriips, mixed 

 with water, makes a very pleafant dranght. 14. A. vlrit/e, 

 picen fpleenwort. Hudf. 453. With. 3. 52. Lightf. 663. 

 15olton Fil. 24. t. 14. Trich. cofta viridi, &c. Raii Syn.119. 

 t2. Trich. fol. eleganter incifis, Tov:rnef. Inll. 539. t. 35c. 

 f. I. c. " Fronds pinnate; pinnas roundilh, crenate, trun- 

 cate at the bafe." Pinna; eig'ateen or twenty pairs ; leaf- 

 Jets fonietimes alternate, rhomboidal, or trapezium-fhaptd. 

 It is found on rocks in mountainous fituations in the 

 uurth of England. 15. A. eheneiim, ivory-llalked fpleen- 

 wort. Ait. Fort. Kew. " Frond pinnate ; pinnas lanceo- 

 late, fiibfalcate, ferrate, eared at the bafe ; llipe very 

 glolTy, llniple." A native of North America. Cultivated 

 by Dr. Fothergill in 1779. 16. A. deiilnlum, tooth-leaved 

 fpleenwort. Brown Jam. 93. 5. Plum. Fil. t. ici. Pet. 

 t. 2. f. Ij. "Fronds pinnate; pinnas wcdge-fhaped, ob- 

 tufe, crenate, emarginate." A native of South America 

 and the Weil Indies. We leavn from Swartz, that the A. 

 pygmxum 1. is nothing more than the young plant of this 

 fpeeies. 17. A. uiarinurr., fea fpleenwort, or dwarf fea fern. 

 Hudf. With. Lightf. Bolton, 26. t. 15. Eng. Rot. 392. 

 " Frond pinnate ; pinnas obovate, ferrate, gibbous, above 

 obtufe, wedged at the bafe." Fronds fiotn three Liichts 

 to a loot in length, but commonlv five or fix inches ; llipi;s 

 fmooth, rcddifii, brown ; pinnas ufually about twelve pairs, 

 Dearly rhomboidal, fometimes lanceolate, Iharply crenate ; 

 lines of fruiStilication four or five on each fide of the nerve 

 in an oblique direction. It grows on rocks on the fea coafl. 

 18. A. cullrifoUum, fickle-leaved fpleenwort. Plum. Fil. 45. 

 t. 59. " Fronds pinnate ; pinnas fickle-lanceolate, ga(h- 

 ferrate, from the bafe downwards angular." .A. native of Mar- 

 tinico. ig. A..rl'i-z'.p/.'uriim, Swartz. Obf.399. Brownjam.92. 

 Pluk. Aim. 9. t. 253-4. " Fronds pinnate, rooting at top; 

 pinnas ovate, repand, fomewhat eared ; ver\- Imall ones re- 

 mote, entire." About ten or twelve inches in length, with 

 the top bending to the ground ; the old plant is bipinnatc. 

 A native of Jamaica. 20. A. monanthemiim, one flowered 

 fpleenwort. Smith ic. incd. 3. 73. " Fronds pinnate, pinnas 

 trap>?ziunied, obtufe, fenate, behind entire ; one line of 

 fructifications." Fronds numerous, linear lanceolate, a foot 

 high, often [willed ; leaflets numerous, rather alternate, fel- 

 lile ; line of frtictification fingle. The vountjer I^innxns has 

 confounded this plant witii A. refettum. A native of the 

 -Cape. 2r. A., nita niurarh, wall-rue, tent-wort, white 

 fpleen-wort. Hudf. 453. With. 3, ^t,. Bolt. Fil. 28. t. 16. 

 JFng. Bot. 150, " Fronds alternately decompound ; leaflets 

 wedge-fliaped crenulate." Fronds three or four inches high, 

 fnrnilhed at the end with two, or more commonly three al- 

 ternate pinnas ; they are fhort, broad, and fomewhat of a 

 rhomboidal figure ; fructifications appear in two or three 

 white dots on each fide of the nerve. It grows on fiflVires 

 of walls and rocks. 22. A. allemifolium, alternate-leaved 

 fpleenwort. Jaeq. Mifc. 2, 51. t. 5. f. 2. " Fronds fimply 

 pinnate ; Icallets alternate, wedge-lhapcd, gaflied above." 

 Linnxus regarded this as a variety of the preceding fpeeies, 

 from which it differs in having the Hems more fimple, black 

 at the bafe, witii one or two fhort diviiions only, having 

 three leaves lobed and two-lobed ; the other leaves are foli- 

 tary ; in the lower part of the leaf are two or three lines of 

 a iongilh form. A native of Swiflefland and Aullria. 23. 

 A. aJianlum ni^ruir, black maidenliair. Hudf. 454. With. 

 Bolt. ,30. " Fronds fubtripianate, leaflets alternate, piimas 

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lanceolate, gafh-ferrate." Fronds eight or nine inches high, 

 their outline triangular ; flipes glofly, black, or very dark 

 red ; pinnas altemstcly pinnate. It grows on fifTures of 

 rocks and old walls, and among ftonss and fhadv places. 

 24. A. lonccoltitum, lanceolate fpleen\^•ort. Eng. Bot. 240. 

 Hudf. 454. With. 3. 54. A. trichoniancs ramofum. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. " Fronds doubh' pinnate, lanceolate ; pinnas 

 obovate, crenate ; root crowned with tufts of long narrow 

 dark fcales." Fronds in fize and habit fomevihat like pol. 

 fragile ; pinnas lanceolate, iobcd above ; pinnulie and lobes 

 obovate, veiny, fliarply crenate or toothed. Found on the 

 great rocks at Tunbridge, and in Fayal one of the Azores, 

 by Forlicr. 25. A. nuirg'nalut.T, margi:ied fpleenwort. 

 Pet. Fil. loS. t. 12. f. 2. Plum. 88. t. ic6. " Fronds pin- 

 nate; pinnas oppofite, cordate-lanceolate, 1 a bmarginate, en- 

 tire." A native of South America. 26. A. fqunmofum, 

 fcaly-ftiped iplctnwort. Pet. Fil. 1 12. t. 5. f. 2. Plum. Fil. 

 86.1.103. "Fronds pinnate; pinnas acuminate, gafiied ; 

 ilipe fcalv." A native of South America. z~. A. jirlatum 

 Uriated fpleenwort. Plum. F"il. 15, 16. t. 18, "19. " Fronds 

 pinnate ; pinnas pinnatifid, obtufe, crenate. the terminal one 

 p.cumlnate." A native ot South America. 28. A.er'j'ura, 

 lacerated fpleenwort. Brown. Jam. 94. Sloane Jam. i.^3, 

 t. 33. f. 2. " Fronds pinnate; pinnas trapeze-ublong, fl;riated, 

 erofe, eared at the bafe." From fourteen to eighteen inch'. 

 cs high ; ftipe black, fimple ; leaves pointed, and appearing 

 as if torn at the margin. A native ot Jamaica. 29. A. 

 jtipi,nium, Japonefe fpleenwort. Thunb. Jap.334. " Frond.s 

 pinnate, pinnas acute, gafh-pinnatifid, fcrrulate ; ftipe fcalv." 

 Stipe comprefled, furrowctl, fcaly at bottom., two feet higJi; 

 pinnas oppofite, fefille, lanceolate. Eiwes of fnictitication 

 approximating. A native of Japan. 30. A. r.y.",?aw, haif- 

 leave<l fpleenwort. Smith ic. inct'. 5. t. ^2. " FronJs pin-, 

 nate ; pinnas trapezinin-lhapcd, acum.inate, gafh-crenate." 

 Frond lanceolate, a foot high ; leafleta numerous, alternate* 

 fubfeflile, an inch long, entire at the bafe, arid along the 

 hinder edge, and appearing as if cut oil at th.e nerxe in frcirt, 

 and at the tip, unequally gafh-crenate, veined ; lines of 

 fructification two or tliree. Found by Commerfoti m the 

 ille of Bomb.);!. 31. A. hulloj'um, b'lbous-rooted fpleen- 

 wort. Lour. Coch. 678. " Fronds pinnate; pinnas lanceo- 

 late, nightly crenate ; root bulbous." A foot high, diffu- 

 fed ; ftipes flcfliy, thick, tubcrcled, reclining ; leaftetl 

 fmooth ; fructification in oblique parallel lines. A native 

 of the mountains of Gochincliiiia, where tlie roots arc 

 eaten. 



The following eight fpfdft are from Swartfc, 

 32. A. proliftrum. SwartzProdr. 129. Sloan. Jam.i. 71. t.- 

 2rt. f. I. " Fronds fubfeffile, broad-lanceolate, the firll 

 leaves obovate, rooting at tlie end." leaves two uichei 

 long, ending in a ponit, which Ixjws down to the greund, 

 takes root, and fends out other leaves ; feeds in a round fjiot 

 on each fide of the midrib. A native of Jamaica. 33. A, 

 pumihtm. Swartz 129. A. anthrifcifolium, Jacq. colt 

 " Frond ternate, leaflets three-parted, gafr.ed." Fronds 

 about four inches high ; leaflets elongate, triangular, acute, 

 divided into round, blunt, lobes; frtiCtification on the whole 

 back of the frond. A native of Jamaica and Martinico. 

 34. A. d'tmul'iatum. Swartz 1 29. " Fronds pinnate ; pinnas 

 trapeze-oblong, acuminate, angular upwards, entire, and flat 

 downsvards. A native of Jamaica. 35. A. fnigrans. Swartz 

 130. " Fronds fubtripinnate, leaflets alten.alc, pinnae lan- 

 ceolate, broadilh, ferrate at the tip." 36. A gnind'florum. 

 Swartz 130. "Fronds pinnate; pinnas alternate, lanceo- 

 late, fubferratc, at the bafe reftangular, lower ones rounded. 

 37. A. Jijfecium. Swartz 130. " Fronds pinnate; pinnas 

 lanceolate, ga(h-fcrrate, tailed at the tip. 3S. A. prutnorfvir.. 

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