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in Norway, and that he gave it this appellation on account of the 

 tafte of its leaves, which are of a middling length and breadth, 

 rounding towards the end, with fmall carnation flowers with feeds 

 in the calyx like the femen pfylli. 



Plantago major, caule fpicato et capitato, minor latifol. it. 

 longifol. it. hirfuta, it. aquatica. Several kinds of plantaine. 



Polium montanum. Mountain-poley. 



Polygala fl. casruleo. Milk-wort. 



Polygonatum latifol. it. anguftifol. Narrow, and broad-leaved 

 Solomon' s-ieal. 



Polygonum. Knot-grafs. 



Polypodium. Polypody, wall-fern. 



Potamogeiton. Pond weed. 



Primula veris fl. casruleo. Blue Primrofes. Poflibly Norway is 

 the only country which produces them of this colour. 



Ptarmica hortenfis. Sneefe-wort. 



Pulmonaria. Lung-wort. 



Pyrola fpicata florida et minor uniflora. Two kinds of winter- 

 green. 



Radix rofea. Rofe-root: However fcarce in other parts, here 

 it grows ipontaneoufly, and befldes its fragrancy and flghtlinefs, 

 . is highly ferviceable in the fcurvy, though this property of it be 

 little known. 



Ranunculus, varii generis, vulgar, et dulc. fl. luteo, it. fl. glo- 

 bofo, it. paluftris, it. vermis, feu anemone fl. albo amplifT. it, 

 aquatic, fl. albo. Several kinds of Crowfoot. 



Rapiftrum agrefte. Charlock. 



Rapunculus vulgar. Rampions. 



Regina prati f. ulmaria. Meadow-fweet. 



Refeda marina lutea. Yellow Bafe-rocket. 



Rhamnus folutivus. Buck-thorne. 



Ros folis, rofa folis. 



Ruta hortenfis. Garden-rue. 



Sabina fylveftris. Savin; ufed by the peafants as a dye. 



Salvia fylveftris et hortenf. Sage. 



Sanicula alpina. Sanicle. 



Saponaria maj. et min. The greater and lefler Soap- wort. 



Satyrium latifol. flor. purpur. et tenuifol. it. maculat. Three 

 kinds of orchis. 



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