NATURAL HISTORY di NORWAY* 123 



m 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. caeruleo. Milk-wort. 



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

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Polygonum. Knot-grafs. 



Polypodium. Polypody, wall-fern* 



Potamogeiton. Pond weed. 



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

 the only country v/hich produces them of this colour. 



Ptarrnica 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 rpontaneoufly, and befides its fragrancy and fightlinefs, 

 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. vernus, feu anemone fl. albo ampliff. 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, rpfa 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 leffer Soap-wort. 



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

 kinds of orchis. 



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