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THE BRITISH HERBAL. 
3. Moneywort with pointed leaves. 
Ni'.7n77n{laria fol'ns acutis. 
The root is long, (lender, and fiitnirtied with 
ftiany fibres. 
The ft-allis are numerous, very (lender, weak, 
and eight or ten inches long. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and have no footftalks: 
they are broad and (hort, and refemble very much 
the leaves of the connraon kind in colour as well 
as difpofition ; but that inftead of terminating 
DIVISION II. 
I. Stellate-leaved Moneywort. 
Nimnmlaria foliis ftellatis. ■ 
The root is fmall, (lender, long, and full of 
fibres. 
The (talks are numerous, weak, (lender, and 
fevcn or tight inches long. 
The leaves are broad, and Ihort : they (land 
four together : they have Ihort footftalks, and are 
(harp-pointed. 
From the bofom of every leaf rifes the pedicle 
of a flower, therefore there are four of them alfo 
at every joint : they are of a beautiful yellow, and 
are deeply divided into five fegments. 
The feed-veffel is (mail and oval. 
It is a native of Virginia, principally about the 
coaft ; and flowers in July. 
bluntly as in that, they here end in a (harp point. 
The flowers ftand fingly on long, (lender foot- 
(lalks, which rife from the bofoms of the leaves, ■ 
and they are of a beautilul yellow. 
The feed-veffels are fmall and round. 
It is frequent in woods, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it ^jiagallis lulea mnwrum. 
J. Bauhine, j^nagalUs Ititea niinnnulariie fimilis. 
We, Tdlow wood pmpcrnelli but J. Bauhine's 
name comes neareft to truth, for it is in reality a 
kind of moiieywort. 
Petiver calls it AnagaUis marina lutea foliis latis 
ftellatis. 
Thefe feveral fpecies, as they refemble the com- 
mon moneywort in form, are of the fame nature 
and qualities ; it is a plant of very confiderable 
virtues, which loofe ftrifc does not poflefs, at 
leaft not in an equal degree, and is therefore very 
neceffarily feparated and prcferved under its pro- 
per an^ peculiar name. 
The common moneywort is cooling and aftrin- 
gent ; it is excellent againd fpitting of blood, 
and in dyfenteries : for thefe purpofes the bid way 
of giving it is dried and powdered. 
The juice of it is a known remedy for over- 
flowings of the menfes, and the roots powdered 
are good in diarrhoeas. 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
GENUS VIL 
ROUND PIMPERNEL L. 
S J M O L U S. 
THE flower confifts of a fingle hollow petal, widening to the mouth, and divided Into five ob- 
tufe fegments • the feed-vefl'el is of an oval figure, and the cup remains with it. 
Linnsus places this among the penlandria momgynia ; the threads being five m the centre of each 
flower, and the rudiment of the fruit fingle. 
Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. 
Round-leaved Pimpernell, 
Samolus. 
The root is a thick tuft of long, flender fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it are numerous, ob- 
long, and without footftalks : they ftand in a re- 
gular tuft, and are of a beautiful green. They 
are narrow, and lengthened in manner of a ftalk 
toward the bafe, but at the top oval, undivided 
at the edges, and obtufe. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a foot 
high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are of 
the fame figure with thofe from the root, except 
that they are not fo lengthened at the bafe : they 
are broad, obtufe, and rounded at the end. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk and 
branches, and are fmall and white. 
The feed-veflTel is fmall, and the feeds nume- 
rous and minute. 
It is not uncommon in wet places, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Anagallis aumtica {oho ro- 
tundo noil crenalo. J. Bauhine, Samolus uale- 
randi. 
Its juice is an excellent antifcorbutick, taken 
with juice of Seville orange, and a moderate 
quantity of white wine. 
GENUS 
