The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and are of a pale red, with feme white. 
The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds ate mi- 
nute. 
DIVISION II. F O 
1. Yellow Reftharrow without thorns. 
Jnmis jlava non fpinofa. 
The root is long, tough, and fpreading. 
The llalks are round, upright, very much 
branched, and a. foot and half high. 
The leaves (land on (lender footftallcs, three on 
each i and they are long, narrow, of a pale green, 
and a little hairy, and dented at the ends. 
Tire flowers ftand on long footftalks, and arc 
large and yellow ; they grow from the bofoms of 
the leaves. 
The feed-vcffels are large, and the feeds nume- 
rous and brown. 
It is a native of the Eafl, and of the warmer 
parts of Europe. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Jmnis vifcnfa fpinis carens 
lulea major. Others, Amnh non fpinofa lutsa. 
The whole plant is clammy to the touch, and 
has a very flrong fmeli. The Rowers are fome- 
times ftriated. 
2. Yellow Reftharrow with drooping flowers. 
AnonU luiea jloribus fendiiUs. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading. 
The ftalks are numerous, low, woody, very 
much branched, and covered with a rediflr bark. 
The leaves are placed in threes on moderately 
long footftalks ; and they are fhort, obtufe, and 
hairy. 
The flowers ftand on ftender, weak, and 
crooked or twifted footftalks, two on each : they 
are of a mixed brown and yellowilh colour ; and 
their cups are very hairy. 
The feed-vcffels are long and large, and the 
■ feeds are kidney-like, and brown. 
It is common in Italy, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Anouis vifcofa minor fore 
fendulo. 
It is common on our iea-coafts, and flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls It Anonis prccumbens maritima nojtras 
foliis hirfiitis pubefcentibus. Oxkitx^iAnonis maritima. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
3. Red-flowered Reftharrow with great pods. 
AnD7i:s purpurea fiUquis majoribits. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, upright, and 
two feet high : they are covered with a brown 
bark, and have no prickles. 
The leaves ftand by threes upon (liort foot- 
ftalks, and are placed at confiderable diftances : 
they are oblong, broad, fcrrated, fharp-pointed, 
and of a pale green. 
Th.e flowers are placed alfo on long footftalks, 
two or three together i and they are fmall and 
purple. 
I'he fecd-vefTels are large, and the feeds alfo 
arc large and brown. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
Morifon calls \i Anoms purpurea pra^cox, Jivs 
venia frutefcens. Many call it Cicer fyhejire. 
All the fpecies of anonis poficfs the fame vir- 
tues i and though fome ot them have been parti- 
cularly celebrated by foreign writers, there is none 
that has them in lo high a degree as the common 
wild kind, here firft defcribed. Ic is a power- 
ful diuretick, and a very efl^edtual remedy in ob- 
ftruftions of the vifcera. 
The root has moft virtue, and the cortical or 
outerpart of that more than the reft. A decoc- 
tion of this, with a little white wine, fweetened 
to the palate, and drank in large quantities, is 
excellent againft the gravel, and all nephritick 
complaints, foftening, and operating powerfully 
by urine. 
The bark of the root, dried and powdered, is 
good in the jaundice and in dropfies j the dofe is 
half a dram twice a-day. 
GENUS VII. 
M E D I C K. 
M E D 1 C A. 
'T^ME flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is turned backwards : it is of an oval figure, ilndi- 
vided, and turned at the edges outwards. The ala: are oblong, and their fides converge under 
the carina, to which part they are fixed by a fmall appendage. The carina is oblong, fplit, and 
turned back. The cup is formed of a fingle piece ; and is hollow, and divided into five equal feg- 
ments at the edge. The feed-veffel is long, flatted, and more or lefs crooked, twifted, or wound 
round itfelf. 
Linnxus places this among the diaddpbia decandria ; the filaments being ten, in two afibrtments. 
He alters the name, writing it medicago. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Y\llov; Medick, with flat, wreathed pods. 
Mtdica fy'veftris fori faz-o. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading, and it 
remains many years. 
^ each ; 
The ftalks are numerous, and of a tough, hrm, 
and, as ic were, woody fubftance : they are two 
feet in length, very much branched, and fprcad 
irregularly, in great part lying upon the ground. 
The leaves ftand on long footftalks, three on 
