The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The feeds follow in a fmall roundifh head. 
., The footftalks of the leaves are longer than 
thofe of the flowers, and are flender and weak : 
each fupports a flngle leaf: this is divided into 
three parts ; but the divifion does not run down 
to the llalk ; the colour on the upper-fide is a 
duflcy green, and on the under-fide it is paler. 
It is a native of Germany, and many other 
parts of Europe, and flowers early in fpring. 
GEN 
C. Bauhine calls itTrifoUmnhepaticum pre fim- 
plid i ■ otheraj Hepmka. mUlis, or Noble liver- 
wort. '-^^ 1'^' ' - - - 
It is recommended as an agglutinantr, bal- 
famick, and vulnerary. It has been efteemed 
alfo greatly in diforders of the Hvcr ; but it is nor 
fo much regarded here; as abroad. 
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LEOPARD'S BANE. 
r H 0 R A. 
npHE Hower confifts of five petals, with a tuft of threads in the centre : the feeds ftand in a fmali 
naked cUifter : the root is tuberous ; and the leaves are roundifh, and entire. 
Linnreus places this among the polyandria polygynia, making it a fpecies of ranunculus, not a dif- 
tinifl genus, with its peculiar and proper name. The fiowers and feeds agree with thofe of the ranun- 
culus : but the whole afped of the plant is different from any kind of crowfoot j and the (^cnerical 
charader, taking in the leaves and root, is quite diftindt. 
There may appear the lefs inconvenience in joining this plant with the ranunclus; becaufe not only 
the form of the flower and feeds is the fame, but the plant agrees in its qualities in feme decree with 
the crowfoots. But as there is an antient diftimft name for it, and there are grounds in nature, for 
fupporting the difliindion, I have preferved it. 
'I here is properly but one fpecies of thora known. 
Round-leaved Leopard's Bane, 
'Thora valdcnjis. 
The root is compofed of a number of oblong 
thick pieces, hanging from one head. 
The leaves that rife from it ftand on long foot- 
ftalks, and are nearly round. The ftalk is in- 
ferted at the middle, where there is a little dent j 
and they are finely ferrated about the edges, 
Among thefe rifes a fingle ftalk of eight inches 
in height, ilender, round, and upright ; not 
branched, but dividing fometlmcs into two, fome- 
times into three twigs at the top. 
Near the bottom of tliis iland two or three 
leaves, refembling thofe from the root, or fome- 
times a little dented at the end oppofite the ftalk ; 
in feme plants alfo they are doubly dented, fo as 
to give the idea of a divifion into three parts. 
Toward the top of the ftalk ftand feveral 
leaves of a very difi^erent figure ; they are narrow, 
longifh, and have no footftalks, and are fmali, 
and not divided at the edge. 
On the top of the ftalk ftands a fingle flower, 
when it is not divided ; when it is, one on each di- 
vifion. 
Thefe are .moderately large, and of a very 
beaudful yellow, compofed of five broad petals, 
and placed in a cup of five narrow leaves. 
The feeds Hand in a naked clufter; 
It is a native of the mountains in Switzerland, 
and other parts of Europe ; and flowers in May. 
J. Bauhine calls it Thora folio cyclmmnis ; others, 
Thora, and Thora valdenfis. Mofl: authors de- 
fcribe a fmaller fpecies ; but it is no more than 
a variety of this. What we have given, is the 
plant in its utmoft: perfedion : where it is ftarved, 
the leaves are lefs and more dented ; and there 
are only two or three of the narrow ones, and a 
fingle flower on the ftalk : but this which is called 
the leffer thora, being brought into a garden, be- 
comes the fame with the greater. 
It is accounted poifonous. 
GENUS nr. 
CLIMBER. 
ArRAGEBE. 
THE Rower is compofed of twelve petals, and has a cup compofed of four leaves : the feeds 
ftand in a naked clufter, and have long downy filaments. 
Linnreus places this among plyandria polygyma: It refembles the clematitis in the feeds, but 
differs greatly in the flower. 
' Trifoliate Arragcne. 
Atragene foliis pimalis, trifoliatis. 
The root is long, woody, and creeping. 
The firft leaves are broad, and ftand on lont^ 
footftalks, only three on each, and thofe not 
deeply ferrated. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, weak, and 
flender : they are four or five feet long^ and di- 
vided into numerous branches. 
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