The BRITISH HERBAL. 
DIVISION I. BR 
1. Liquorice Vetcli. 
Cliinx proiumhens filiqiiis tnajorihus, 
TV.•^ root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
'i he ftalks are numerous, and of a pale green : 
they fpread themfelves in a circular manner, and 
do not rife much above the ground. 
I'he leaves are very large, pinnated, and of a 
pale green : each is compofed of five or fix pairs 
of larger oval pinnx, with an odd one at the end ; 
and they are fiiarp painted. 
The flowers grow on footftalks rifing in the 
bofoms of the leaves, and are of a pale yellow. 
The feed vcfTels are long, flender, and grow 
fevcral in a clufter : they are of a brown colours 
and contain numerous feeds. 
It is common in thickets at the foot of hills, 
and flowers in Augufl:. 
C.Bauhine calls it Gfyryrrhiza fyl-vejlris flori- 
hus lutco pallefcentihus. Others, Glaux legumi- 
jiofa^ and JJtragalus luteus. 
DIVISION II. F O 
Spanifii Milkv/ort. 
Glaux captidis imhricatis. 
The root is long, {lender, and furniflied with 
a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and beautifully 
pinnated : they are compofed each of ten or 
twelve pairs of fmall oval pinnae, with an odd 
one at the end, 
The ftalks rife among thefe ; and are nume- 
rous, fmall, and not much branched : they are 
fix or eight inches in length, but ufually lie in 
part upon the ground. 
ITISH SPECIES. 
2. Little Purple Glaux, 
Glmx cxigtm incana purpurea. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
a few fmall fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and four 
inches long. 
The leLivesare placed irregularly on them, and 
are long and pinnated : each is compofed of fix 
or eight pairs of pinns ; which are fmall, fiiort, 
and hairy, and of a pale green colour ; and there 
ftands an odd one at the end. 
The flowers are placed in clufters on flender 
footftalks i and they are of a bright purple. 
The feed-vefTels are fiiort and fwelled. 
It is found in dry, hilly paftures, and flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it Glaux exigua purpurea montana nof- 
tras. 
There is an opinion that thefe plants encreafc 
milk in the breafls of nurfes ; but it is not fup- 
ported on any good authority. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
The leaves on thefe are numerous, and placed 
irregularly : they are pinnated in the fame man- 
ner as thofe from the root, and are of a pale 
green. 
The flowers are placed in thick, oval heads 
upon the fl:alks : they are fmall and yellow. 
The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
It is frequent in Spain and Italy, and flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ciceri fyhejlri niinori affinis. 
Others, Glaux Hifpanicaj and Glaux Dioftoridis. 
G E N U S XV. 
COCKSHEAD. 
ONOBRTCHIS. 
»-pHE flower is compofed of four petals, and is of tlie papilionaceous Ijind, The vexillum is ob- 
long, compreffed, reflex, and dented at the end. The ate are extremely Ihort, ftrait, and 
narrow. The carina is fliort, comprcITed, and fplit along the bottom. The cup is formed of 3 
fingle leaf, divided into five pointed fegments, and remains when the flower is fallen. The pod is 
fliort, and confilfs only of a fingle cell. 
Linnaeus places this among the diadclphia dccandria ; the threads in the flower being ten, and formed 
into two alTortments, nine in one body, and a fingle one feparate from them. 
He joins this with the hedyfarum, not allowing it to be a diflinfl; genus. But the pods fliew a ma- 
nifeft generical difference ; thofe of the hedyfarum being compofed of feveral joints, and this of the 
onohrycbis being, fingle. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Cockfhead. 
Ombrychis 'vulgaris. 
The root is long : it penetrates very deep 
into the earth, and is furniflied with numerous 
fibres. 
N": XXX. 
The ftalks are round, ftriated, of a pale green, 
weak, and a foot and a half high. 
The leaves are regularly pinnated ; each is 
compofed of fix or eight pairs of pinnse, with an 
odd one at the end ; and thefe are oblong, nar- 
row, fliarp-pointed, and of a frelh green. 
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