The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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the outfide, and paler within ; and they have a 
pleafant fmi-ll, They confift each of five petals, 
and have a tuft of threads with yellow buttons in 
the centre : and chey lUnd in a fpreading, purple 
kind of cup, very beautiiul. This is formed of 
five leaves of the entire cup of the flower, which, 
as in the others before defcribed, confifts of five 
Jarger, and five fmaller. 
The feeds grow in a naked head, and this 
ftands on a longifh pedicle. They have hairs 
hanging from them in the fame manner as the 
others. 
It is a native of Britain ; but not common. It 
has been found about Settle in Yorkihire, and on 
Snowden hill in Wales, and, as is faid, in EiTcx. 
It is by feme called mountain avens^ and by others 
uuater avens, its place being naturally in bogs on 
the tops of hills. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cayyophyllata aquatica imtmite 
fiorct and J. Bauhine Caryophyllata aquatica fiore 
Jtriato. Others, Caryophyllata mo?U am purpurea- 
3. Avens with a fingle white flower. 
Caryophyllata fiore albo folitario. 
The root is long, brownifh, with a tinge of 
red, and of a woody fubftance. It fpreads under 
the furface, and fends up leaves in many places, 
in feparate tufts. 
Thcfe ftand on long and flender footftalks i \ 
and arc oblong, of a deep green, and pointed at 
the ends. 
The ftalks are hard, woody, and he upon the 
ground. They are lour or five inches long, and 
have the fame fort of leaves on them, but fmaller. 
They are harlh to the touch, and white under- 
neath ; as are alfo thofe from the root. 
The flowers are large, white, and very beauti- 
ful. They refemble thofe of the common ftraw- 
DIVISION n. F( 
I. Avens- with upright fingle fiowers. 
Caryophyllata Jlore ereSlo folitario. 
The root is oblong, thick, and of an irregular 
iliape. It runs obliquely under the furface, and 
is edged with fibres. Its colour is black, and its 
fmcll aromatick. 
The leaves rife four or five together, and fland 
on fiiort foDtfliaiks. They confifl each of three 
or four pairs of fhort, blunt pinnas, and a large 
leaf at the end. This is divided grofsly into 
three parts, Upon the whole, it has a rounded 
lhape, and it is irregularly notched. The whole 
leaf is of a fhining green ; and the footftalk is 
hairy. 
The ftalks are round, upright, green, and a 
little hairy. Their leaves are hairy, more di- 
vided and notched than thofe at the bottom \ and 
they ftapd irregularly. 
The flowers Itand fingly on long, flender foot- 
ftalks ; and are yellow, large, and beautiful. 
They are bigger than the flowers ot cinquefoil ; 
and have a tuft of threads in the centre. 
The feeds ripen in a fmall clufier, and have 
threads hanging from them ; but thefe are much 
fofter and finer than the threads of the other 
kinds. 
J. Bauhine calls this Caryophyllata montana fiore 
N'^ I. 
berry, but that they are larger. They ftand 
fingly on long, flender, hairy footftalks, and 
have a tuft of threads in the middle. 
The feeds fband in naked heads, furnifiied witU 
long and feathery filaments ; fo that they refemble 
thofe of the pafqueflower. 
It is not uncommon in Ireland, parti'-ularly in 
Galway. It flowers in June. 
Morifon calls \t Caryophyllata alpina cham,rdryos 
folio. C. Bauhine, Cham^drys alpina cifii fiore. 
4. Cinquefoil avens. 
Carophyllata pentapbylLsa. 
The root is a tuft of numerous brov/n, thii-k 
fibres rifing from a fmall head; of a iragrant 
fmell, and aromatick tallc. 
The leaves arifingfrom it, ftand on long, hairy 
lootflalks. They are divided deeply into five 
parts, fometimes into feven, in the manner of 
the tormentill leaves ; and arc of a pa'e gr-^eii 
and hairy. The fevera! fegmems are narrow, 
pointed at the ends, and notched at the edges. 
The fl:alk is round, hairy, and a foot high. 
The l:aves ffand irregularly on it, and are di- 
vided into five parts, in the manner of thofe at 
the bottom. Thefe fcgments are narrow, hairy, 
and ferrated. 
The flowers are finall and yellow. They con- 
fift each of five leaves, with a tuft of threads in 
the centre ; and fland on the tops of the branches. 
The feeds follow in a naked, fmall head, arid 
have hairs hanging to th.:m like thofe of the com. 
mon avens, but more tender and foft. 
It is found in fume parts of Scotland ; and 
flowers in May. 
J. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllata pent aphylUa, 
C. Bauhine, Caryophyllata alpina q^uinquejolia. 
iREIGN SPECIES. 
magna luteo. C. Bauhine, Caryophyllata alpina 
lutea. 
It feems to pofiefs the virtues of the common 
avens in a very powerful degree. 
2. Creeping Avens with finely divided leaves. 
Caryophyllata foUis incifis cnule repente. 
The root is long, brown, flender, divided in- 
to branches, and belet with fibres. 
The leaves fiand on fiiort footflalks ; are di- 
vided into a number of fmaii parts, which are 
obtufe, fliort, and notched at the edges. 
The ftalks are weak and low ; they are a little 
hairy, and ufually lie upon the ground. They 
have about four leaves on them, and thefe fmaller 
than thofe from the root; otherwife alike, except 
that the divifions are finer. 
On the tops of the ftalks ftand the fiowers. 
They are large, yellow, and very be:iut:iful. One 
ufually ftands on the top of each ftalk. They 
arc compofed of an uncertain number of leaveSs 
and have aluft of threads in the centre. 
The feeds fland in a fmall, naked head ; but 
they have fine and foft hairs growing from them. 
It is a native of the cold mountainous parts of 
Switzerland, and other parts of Europe. Ic 
I flowers in June. 
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