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C. Baiihine calls ic Tbaliffrum mnhis filqiia 
cngulofa jtriata. Others, thaliSirum vulgcire, 
and 7halUh-u:n y,wjus, or TbaU^rim caulc nigri- 
cante. 
2. Small Meadow-Rue. 
Thali^rim nnnus. 
The root is long, flender, and creeping. 
The ftalk is round, of a pale brown, upright, 
fcarce at all branched, and about eight inches 
high. 
The leaves fland irregularly on it ; and they arc 
very beautiful: they are in the whole conndcrably 
large ; but they are compoled of many fmall parts, 
placed on a divided rib 1 and thefe are fliort, broad, 
^nd dented at the end. The whole tuft is of a 
tender fubtlance, and deep purplill-i green colour. 
The flowers fliand at the tops of the flalk in a 
kind of umbel : they are fmall, and of a pale 
yellow. 
The feeds arc large, and their crefl Is wrinkled 
and brown. 
It is found on hilly paftures in muny parts of 
the kingdom, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls h ThalioI?'um minus; a name 
copied by others. 
3- Little broad-leaved Meadow-Rue. 
'ThaUSirum minus fdiis laticribus. 
The root is compofed of tough, flender fibres. 
The. ftalk is round, upright, a foot high, 
branched, and of a purplifli colour, efpecially to- 
■ward the root. 
The leaves are large, and of a dufl;y green : 
DIVISION II. F 
Narrow-leaved Meadow-Rue. 
^haliSfri'.m angujlifolium. 
The root is compofed ot numerous tough, yel- 
low threads. 
The ll;alk is round, flender, purplifli, upright, 
not at all branched, and a foot high. 
The leaves are large, and of a frefli green : 
they are divided into numerous flender parts, and 
thefe are undivided at the edges, and fliarp- 
pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
fpiked clufliers ; and they are fmall and white, 
with a faint tinge of purple. 
they are compofed of many parts, as in the former 
fpecies ; but thefe are broader and larger than in 
any other, of a deep green, and nipped at the 
top. 
The flowers grow in a broad tuft at the top of 
the ftalk ; and are fmall and whitifh, with a very 
faint tinge of yellow. 
The feeds are flnalh 
It is common on the Welch mountains, and 
flowers in May. 
Ray calls it ^haliSfrtm minus montamun foUis h- 
'ilorihus. 
4. Meadow-Rue Vv-Ich fhining leaves. 
TbaUBmm foUis f^iendcntibus. 
The root is fmall, and creeps under the fur- 
face. 
The ftalk is fl:rlated, weak, and not much 
branched : it is about a foot high, but rarely 
flands quite ereift. 
The leaves are large ; and each is compofed 
of numerous, broad fegments, placed on fliort 
footflialks : thefe are nipped at the tops and fides. 
The whole leaf is uf a deep blackifli green on the 
upper fide, and of a greyifli green underneath. 
The flowers fliand at the tops of the ilalks in 
rounded fcattered tufts : they are white and fmall. 
The feeds are fmall ; and their coat is rough 
and purplifli. 
It is a native of our northern counties, and 
thrives bell on damp ground upon hills. It 
flowers in April, and dies to the ground foon 
after. 
Ray calls \iThali,lru;ii minimum montanum ru~ 
henS fdiis [fkndmtibus, 
REIGN SPECIES. 
The feeds have a rough, brown coat. 
It is found in the woods of Germany near 
rprings. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it ThaUSlriim fratenfe anguftif- 
fma folio. Others, Thali^rum foliis gramineis. 
Thefe plants are not difl;inguiflied by any par- 
ticular virtues by authors ; but they defcrve fomc 
notice. The country-people in Buckinghamfliire 
boil the roots and young leaves of the common 
kind in ale, and take this as a purge. In a fmall 
dofe it works by urine, and is good againfl; ob- 
fl:ru6tions of the vifcera. 
GENUS IX. 
FUMITORY. 
F U M A R 1 A. 
»-pHE flower is formed in the manner of the papilionaceous kind, but terminates behind in a fpur- 
■*■ The cup is compofed of two leaves, fmall, and placed oppofite. The feed is naturally finglc, 
and inclofed in a loofe fkin. The leaves are divided, and the flowers are fmall. 
Linnjeus places this among the iiadelphia hexandria ; the buttons on the threads in die flower be- 
ing fix, and arranged in two aflTortments. 
There is no genus in which Nature wantons fo much. This Linnsus is obliged to acknowledge; 
who has placed it among his diadelphia ; and it is as needful to be mentioned here, where, after the 
Bietliod of Mr. Ray, it is placed with the llmii£]ni:}t, among the fingle-feeded plants; 
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