DIL 
broad in proportion to its length, but otherwife much like 
the former. Legume very hairy, crowned with the fmooth 
» Sm. in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 510. 
1.10 ** Leaves linear, 
a triangularly keeled, goth. 
ded.”? This is fmaller and more flen 
ae perfeGly fmooth —— 
Flowers, ae far a an 1 lear 
the fovegeing, Stipulas awl- 
rm from the 
. This Pag nt, 
rd. Nov. 
. at * Leaves decuflated, obovate, 
flightly concaves ob{curely five-ribbed, {mooth. Flowers 
axillary.” ommunicated to the author by Mr. Menzies» 
who gathered it at King George’s Sound on the weft coalt 
of New Hollan lt -has not been feen alive in Europe. 
It feems a very bu rub. The dranches are {mcoth and 
ar. Leaves crowded ase em: each other in 
If ies 
ms probable, 
right of one. 
ae 
Flowers iacemele id 
elycinifolia. “Sm. in Tr. of Linn 
or linear, revolute, reticulated. 
ed, may f{tamp the plant as a new ger caljx 
and co pale ae ne ee with that to ance it is ie 
referre 
DILUENTS, in we anees are thofe ae _— in. 
os ee fluidity of the hum n the an 
weil known that the aaiaaey fluidity py - blood 
is cae o water, which, in ah reat ia dale is conftantly 
be confidcred as athe oe Proper eg nt. 
to be “aniverfally the 
the proper obje& o 
quench this appetite, and hereby’ re 
fation, which is often, in febrile  ifeates particularly, a con- 
fiderable : sidan ae the whole fyftem. It does this not 
only by its coolnefs and fimple fuidity, but alfo by its di- 
luent aa in diilolving the vifcid matter of the mouth 
and a fauces 
the greater part of mankind take drink along with 
their “folid food, there can be iittle doubt pa a certain por- 
tion of diluent drink, and particularly of water, taken into 
favours th i 
re) 
the ftomach. The y 
ferent in diff<rent perfons, and muft be fuited to the feelings 
of every individual ; but with this obfervation, that a | 
proportion than neceffary, by increafing the slaiise of the 
flomach, contributes to take off what appetite might other- 
wife remain; and it is commonly proper, only, after the 
cd 
* Leaves aeate 
i- the effeG 
D1L 
digeftion fs over, to throw ina quaztity of water to finith 
that bufinefs more ae and to promote the entire 
evacuation of the ach, But this diluent 1s not on 
neceffary for the _ ten nce of digeftion, but otherwife, alfo, 
to the fate of the ftomach irfelf. s the mucous glands 
of this organ cies out a large quantity of a heavy vifcid 
fluid, which, remaining in the flomach, gives an unealy fenfe 
of weight, and impairs the appetite ;. fo in this morbid flate, 
a qua ntity of water, by diluting and favourint ? the ablorps 
tion and evacuation of this mucus, may often be the moit 
certain remedy 
Vhen water is carried into the inteftines, it will, by mix- 
ing with the bile, diminifh the acrimony © 
obviate irritations that might otherwile ‘have 
By diluting the contents of the inteftines, it ‘will certainly 
promote the more entire folution of thefe, and even, by 
its bulk, favour their progrefs: and the dilution may like- 
wife favour the abforption of the finer and sab parts 
by the laGteals. A large quantity 7 wacer taken, 
He pafling into the inteltines, may, ts ts bal k, ae their 
afiion, an us prove laxative: Pe this way water has 
cen known, in numerous inftances, to ad a very ufeful 
hole 
y, by clearing out the w 
her natural or morbid, which might ie ftagnant there. 
The common people, who commonly take every thing that 
as the name of a mineral water, in very large quantities, 
often thus obtain auch benefit from waters of no fenfible 
impregnation. ; 
hen any unufual quantity of water enters the lacteals 
or other ablorbents, it muft contribute to increafe pot 
of their Seal and to expedite their motions, 
up the free paflage through - cores 
uctionss 
u 
increafe = ~ ity of the whole mafs o 
tain y. the ns by whi ch its rae is ordinarily preferved. 
n he ale bodies, or fuch a without any obftruc-- 
on of the excretions, any Anufaalé diftenfion of the veffels 
conn in this way be produced, or long fubfiit; for it is not 
to be doubted that fuck increafed quantity of water in the- 
blood, will immediately pafs off by one or other of the exe 
cretions : a effet of diluents is important in the treat 
ment of dife 
From this “detail of the effe&ts of water, when taken freely 
into the rela it sy readily appear rds the abundant ute 
of it, with v confidered as a very 
eel means oo pica the health, nl that it is an-im- 
portant agent in the cure of many. difeafe . 
In the firft place, i remov ving che difagreeable fenfation 
of thirft, which is com rile difeafes, dilution re- 
moves one of the Peon pis tend to keep up the 
febrile ftate. -And, fecondly, by: the difpofition of diluents 
to pafs off by the ce ee , they tend to diminifh fevers by 
85 may 
mac an 10 enum, 
other invalids, 
attributed to the fimple dilution 
its paflage through the abforbent, and glandu 
water freely taken is fignally beneficial in the cure of fero- 
e€ eed waters, with the leaf 
een particularly extolled for . 
-_ Pama) = i been 
elebrated 
4 
fenfible impregnation 
their virtues again{t this difeafe. 
