The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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K Common Fodckd Cummin. 
U;peccum valvar/!. 
The root is long, thick, and furniniLd wlch 
many fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it are large, and 
beautifully divided into fegments : they are oi 
the pinnated form, but er.ch of the pinn^ of 
which they are compofed, is again divided into 
fmahcr parts ; and they are deeply notched at the 
edges: the whole leaf is of a pale biulll-i or yel- 
lowifli green ; and its pedicle is often redilh to- 
ward the ground. 
The (talk is round, ridged, upright and of a 
pale colour: often it is flatted. Toward the lower 
part it is fimple, and ufually naked : higher up 
It has fcveral leaves; and toward the top it 
divides into branches. 
The leaves on the ftalk are like thofe from the 
root, only fmaller. 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
bright yellow: they ftand on nender footftalks at 
the extremities of the branches. 
The feed-velTel is long, crooked, and jointed i 
and in each joint there is contained a fingle ob- 
long feed. 
It is common in the fouthern parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it fimply Hypecoum and mofl; 
authors follow him. Others call it Hypecoum 
filiqiiis ariicuhtis. 
2. Podded Cummin v/ith fmooth puds. 
Hypecoum fdiquis teretibus l^vibus. 
The root is long, {lender, and fuiT.i'Ij'd with 
numerous fibres. 
The iirfl: leaves are long, narrow, and pinnated : 
each is compofed of four, five, cr more pairs of 
pinnse on a long middle rib, with an odd one at 
the end ; and they are all very deeply indented, 
fome of the lower ones down to the rib : the 
colour of the whole leaf is a frefli and beauti- 
ful green. 
I'he ftalks are fiender, round, upright, aad 
ten inches high. 
The leaves on them refemble thofe from the 
root, but that they are fmaller and of a paler 
colour, and are more deeply indented. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the flalks ; 
and they are fmall and yellow. 
The feed-veiTel is a long pod, not jointed, 
as in the common hypecoum, but fmooth : it is 
frequently a little crooked, and always hangs 
down. 
The feeds are numerous, oblong, and yellowifh.' 
It is frequent in many parts of Europe, and 
flowers in July. 
Dalefchamp calls it Cuminum fylveflre fdiquatum\ 
and others have followed him. 
GENUS III. 
L U D JF 1 G 1 A. 
THE flower is formed of four petals regularly difpofcd : the feed- vcflcl is compofed of four 
valves : the cup is divided into four long and narrow fegments, which appear between the 
petals of the flower, and remain when it is fallen. 
Linnzeus places this among the tetrmidriamomgynia ; the threads in the centre of the flower being 
four, and the fliyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. 
Alternate-leaved Ludwigia. 
Liidwi^ia foliis aiigujlis alterms. ■ 
The root is compofed of numerous long fibres 
rifing from a fmall liead. 
Thcfl:.ilk is round, firm, upright, ilriated, and 
of a yellowilh colour. 
The leaves are placed alternately upon it ; and 
they are long, narrow, and Iharp-pointed ; and 
have no footftalks. 
The flowers grow toward the tops of the fl:alks, 
and of the branches rifing from the bofoms of 
the upper leaves : they are placed fingly in the 
bofoms of the leaves on thefe parts of the plant ; 
and are large and yellow. 
The feed-veflel is fquare and large : it is open 
at the top, and it contains numerous fmall 
feeds. 
It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in July. 
Plukenet, calls it Lyftmackia non fapoja Jlore 
hiteo 7najori Jiliqua cm-yophylloide Virginiana. Gro- 
novius calls ic fimply, Ludwigia. Van Royen, 
Ludwigia capfulis fnbrotundis. 
Its virtues are unknown. 
GENUS IV. 
O L D E N L A N D I a; 
T'HE "flower confifts of four petals regularly difpofed, and fprcad open : the feed-veflTel is round 
and coriaceous, and contains numerous fmall feeds in two cells : the cup is divided into four 
narrow fegments, and remains when the flower is fallen. 
' ; Linnseus places this among the tetraitdria mmogynia ; the threads in the flower being four, and the 
flyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. 
