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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
DIVISION 11. 
Common Fcenugreck. 
Fcvvum Gr^ecim vulgare. 
The root Is long, Oender, and full of (liort 
fibres. 
The flalks are numerous, thick, very much 
branched, and of a pale green : they are a foot 
and a half long, but not regularly upright. 
The leaves are placed in threes on long foot- 
ftalks : they are oblong, broad, and obtufe at 
the ends ; and they are of a dulky green on the 
upper fide, and of a whitilh colour underneath. 
The flowers iland on fhort footftaiks in the bo- 
foms of the leaves : they are large and white, 
fometimes tinged a little with a faint purple. 
The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are yel- 
low and large. 
It is a native of the Eaft, but is frequently fown 
for ufe. 
C. Bauhine calls it Fff:num Gr^cum fathum. 
Others plainly Fmum Gr^cum. 
The feeds contain the virtue of the plant ; and 
they are ufed externally with great fupcefs : they 
are emollient and anodyne. They boil to a mu- 
cilage ; which, whether ufed alone, or mixed in 
ointments or cataplafms, is excellent againfl; hard 
fwellings, and againll pain. 
It is recommended by many in the fciatica, ap- 
plied outwardly, warm, and frequently repeated ; 
and it is excellent againft fwellings in the breafts. 
The ointment of marfiimallows owes a great deal 
of its emollient virtue to the feeds of the fmm- 
greck. 
N U 
VI. 
RESTHARROW. 
A N 0 N I S. 
THE flower u papilionaceous. The vcxillum is of a heart-like fhape, and deprefled at the 
fides. The alas are of an oval form ; and they are not of more than half the length of the 
vexillum. The carina is fharp-pointed, and it is fomewhat longer than the als; The cup is divi- 
ded into five parts, and is of the length of the flower. The feed-vefiel is fliort, fwelled, and hairy ; 
and the feeds are kidney-fliaped, and few. 
Linnsus places this among the diadelphia decatidria ; the threads of the flower being ten, in two 
aflTortments. He places many of the trifoliate plants in one common genus ; but this he feparates 
more juftly. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Common prickly ReAharrow, 
yjfionis fpinofa vulgaris. 
This is not a large, but it is a very tough, 
fpreading plant. 
The root is long, thick, and Arm : it is fo dif- 
ficuk to tear out of the ground, or to break, that 
it often flops the inftrunients of hulbandry ; 
whence its Englifh name. 
The flalks are numerous, tough, firm, and 
covered with a redifh bark : they are a foot and 
half long, they lie fpread upon the ground, 
and they are full of very fiiarp and ftrong 
prickles. 
The leaves are numerous, and of a bright 
green : they grow by threes without footftaiks ; 
and they are oblong, narrow, fliarp pointed, and 
ferrated at the edges. 
The flowers ftand on fliort footftaiks rifing 
from the bofoms of the leaves i and they are of 
a bright purple. 
The feed-veflels are flaort, and the feeds are 
numerous and brown. 
Ic is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Jncnis fpinofa flore purpurea. 
Others, Jncnis vulgaris^ five refia bovis, and 
Refa bovis pwpurca. 
1. Purple Reftharrow without thorns. 
Anonis non fpinofa purpurea. 
The root is long, and very tough, and is of a 
whitilh colour. 
Theftalk is firm, hard, upright, and of a pale 
green. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it -, and are 
oblong, moderately broad, dented at the edges, 
and of a pale green, and a little hairy. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves 
on fliort footftaiks ; and are large, and of a beau- 
tiful red. 
The feed-veftcl is fliort, and the feeds are large 
and brown. 
It is a native of tough foils, and common in 
moft parts of England. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Amnis fpinis careyis pur' 
purea. Others, Anonis non fpinofa fiore pur- 
purea. 
3. White Sea Anonis. 
Amiis maritima pubefcens. 
The root is long, flender, white, and tough. 
The ftalks are numerous, branched, of a firm 
fubftance, and of a whitifli colour. 
The leaves are numerous and fmall 1 they are 
oblong, broad, and covered with a white woolly 
matter. 
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