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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
GENUS IV. 
W I L D R U E. 
H A R UAL A. 
^HE flower is compoftd of five petals, regularly expanded: the rt:ed-vcfrel is roundilli, but 
(lightly trigonal, and the feeds are numerous and oval : the cup is compofcd of five little leaves, 
and remains after the flower is fallen. 
Linnrcus places it among the polyandria monogynia ; the threads in the centre of the flower be^ 
ing numerous, and fixed to the receptacle, and the llyle from the rudiment of the fruit fincrle. This 
author, inflead of its mofb received name harmala, calls this genus 
1. Common Wild Rue. 
Harmala vulgaris. 
The root is long, thick, and furnlflied with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are large, broad, and divided 
into numerous, fine, narrow fegmeius : they are 
of a pale green colour, and of a llrong fmell. 
I he llalks rife in the midfl, and are firm, up- 
right, very little branched, and a foot and a half 
high. 
The leaves on thefe iland irregularly, and re- 
femble thofe from the root in fhape. 
The flowers are large and white : they fl:and 
lingly on long footftalks, rifing from the bofoms 
of the leaves. 
The feed-veflcl is large, and the feeds are nu- 
merous and fmall. 
It is a native of the Eafl, and flowers m July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ruta fylvejlris flore jtlko 
magno. Others, Ruta fyhejtris temiifolia-, and 
Harmala, 
%. Wild Rue, with undivided leaves. 
Harmala foliis integfis. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firfl: leaves arc oblong, narrow, of a pale 
green, poinied at the ends, and not at all fer- 
rated. 
The ftaiks are numerous, flender, upright, and 
of a gale green. 
The leaves fliand irregularly on them, and are 
oblong, narrow, and fharp-pointed : they re- 
femble thofe of the common milkwort. 
The flowers ftand on flender footfl:alks rifing 
from the bofoms of the leaves, and they are white 
or yellowifii. 
The feed-veflcl is large, and the feeds are very 
numerous. 
It is a native of Siberia, and flowers in Auguft. 
Amman calls it Harmala montana fohgalte 
foliis. 
GENUS V. 
MARSH C I S T U S. 
LEDUM. 
'T'HE flower is compofed of five petals regularly difpofed : the feed-vefiel is of a roundilh figure; 
it contains five cells, and fplits in five places at the bafe when ripe : the cup is fmall, and is 
formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments at the edge. 
Linnaeus places this among the decandria mongynia j the threads in each flower being ten, and the 
fl:yle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. 
I. Narrow-leaved Marfli Ciflius, 
Ledum foliis anguftis ferrugineis. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and fpread- 
ing. 
Thefliem is hard, woody, and covered with a 
grey bark. 
The young fhoots are long, flender, purplifli, 
and covered with a white hoary matter : they are 
thick fet v/ith leaves, and thefe are long and 
iiarrow, refembling thofe of rofemary ; their fides 
are ufually curled up together, and they are co- 
vered with a ferrugineous duft. 
The flowers ftand at the top of the branches 
in little tufts, and they are large and white. 
The feed-vefiel is fmall, and the feeds are nu • 
merous and brown. 
It is frequent in boggy grounds in many parts 
of North America. 
C, Bauhine calls it Cijtusledon rorifmari^ii foliis 
ferrugineis. Comerarius and others, Rofmari-niwi 
fylvejlris 
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