The BRITISH HERBAL. 
3. Broad-leaved Sweetwilliam. 
CaryophyUiis barbatus latifolius. 
The root is long, thick, white, and divided. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, jointed, 
ufually croolted from joint to joint ; and ot a pate 
green colour. 
The leaves ftand two at each joint and they 
are oblong, broad, and of a frefh green : they 
fometimes Hand obliquely upwards, but for the 
moft part bend down. 
The flowers are moderately large, and natu- 
rally are white or redifli ; but culture gives them 
many variations in this refpeft: they (land in 
large tufts at the tops of the llalks ; the fcales at 
the bottom of the cup are as long as its hollow 
body J and ihe fecd-vdlels are oblong, and con- 
tain numerous dufky feeds. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Augufl:- 
C. Eauhine calls it Caiyophylius barbatus fy!~ 
vejl'i-is latifolius. 
4. Narrow-Icaved Sweetwilliam. 
Caryo-phyUits barbatus angiiftifolius. 
The root is long, white, flender, and divided. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, fiender, up- 
right, and a foot high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are long 
and narrow, and of a pale gieen. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
are numerous, and moderately large. 
The feed-veifel is longifh, and the feeds are 
numerous, rough, and black. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it CaryophyUiis hortenfis latifo- 
lius barbatus. But its leaves are much narrower 
than thofe of the others. 
All thefe fpecies of caryophylhs have the fame 
medicinal qualities, and their virtue is principally 
in the flowers. Thofe of the purple kind, or 
what is called the clove Julyflower, polfefs them in 
the greateft degree. They are cordial and cepha- 
lick. They are good in faintings, head-achs, 
and other nervous diforders. We keep a fyrup 
of them in the fliops, which is not without vir- 
tue, but is loaded with fugar, as is necefl^ary for 
keeping in that form. The befl; method of giv- 
ing them is in a ftrong tindture in brandy. 
GENUS II. 
CAMPION. 
L r C H N 1 S. 
THE flower is compofcd oF five petals, with long bafes, and ufually divided into two or four 
fegments at the rim : the cup is roundifh, fwelled, and divided at the edge into five fegments-, 
and the feed-veifel is Angle, of an ,oval figure covered, formed of five valves, and has only 
one cell. 
Linnsus places this among t*he decandriapentagynia; the filaments in the flower being ten, and the 
ftyks rifing from the rudiment of the fruit five. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Common Sea Campion. 
Lychnis viaritima vulgaris. 
This root is long, thick, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The firft flioots are numerous, and cluftered 
with leaves : they are fliort, and of a greyifii 
green, and hoary. 
The fl:alks arc round, fmooth, of a greyifh 
green, numerous, a foot and half long, but weak, 
and not well able to keep themfelves upright; 
often they all lie fpread upon the ground j fome- 
times they all ftand eredt. 
The leaves are oblong, broad at tTie bafe, 
fliarp at the point, and of a pale green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches-, and are large and white : their cup is 
fwelled, and dented at the edge pretty deeply. 
The feed-veffel is large and oval ; and the 
feeds are numerous and roundifli. 
It is common about our fea-coafts ; and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis niaritima repens. 
2. Common white Corn Campion. 
Lychnis vulgaris alba qua Behen album vulgo. 
The root is long, white, and thick; and is 
furniflied with many thick fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, uprioht, 
confiderably branched, and two feet high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are large, and 
of a pale green : they are broad at the bafe, not 
at aJl indented at the edges, and fliarp-pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, 
into which the ftalk divides, and of thofe flioots 
which rife from the bofoms of the upper leaves : 
they are large and white. 
The feed-veflTel is oval, and the feeds are 
large. 
It is common in our corn fields, and flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fylvefiris qua len 
album vulgo. Others, Behen album, and papaver 
fpumeum. In Englifli it is alfo called, from 
that Latin name, Spo.tliitg poppy., as alfo IFhite 
bottle, and White ben. 
A fmail infeft is frequently found upon the 
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