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The BRITISH HE R, B A L. 
It is a native of tlie warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauliine calls it Heliotropium majus Diofcori- 
dis. Others, Hellotrcpium tiwjus^ and Heliotro, 
fium I'ulgare. 
An irifufion of the plant given in large quan- 
tities operates by urine, and is good againft the 
gravel. The juice applied outwardly takes away 
warts. 
2. Procumbent Turnfole, 
HdiQtyopium fupiuum minus. 
The root is long, flender, and blackifh. 
The ftulks are numerous and weak: they fpread 
themfclves every way upon the ground ; and they 
are fix or eight inches long, and divided into many 
branches. 
The leaves are placed alternately on fiiorc 
footftalks ■, and they are fmall, broad, obtufe, 
Hiort, of a beautiful green, and a little hairy. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and they 
are placed, -s in the others, in long curled fpikes. 
It is common in the fouch of France, and 
flowers in Jure. 
C. Bauhine calls it Udioiropium ininum Julnnum. 
Others, Heliotropium fupinmn Qlufii. 
GENUS III. 
H O N E Y W O R T. 
C E R I N r U E. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal. The lower part is fmall and tubular : the upper part is 
alio hollowed, but larger, and at the rim is divided lightly into five fegments. Ics hollow is 
open : there are none of thofe little fcales, which clofe it in many other genera. The cup is formed 
of a fingle piece •, but it is deeply divided into five fegments equal in fize, and pointed. The feeds 
are four after every flower and they are enclofed in two loofe ikins, which are rough and hard. 
Linn^us places this among the pentandna monogynia \ the filaments in the flower being five, and 
the ftyle fingle. 
Great Honcywort. 
Cerinthe major, 
1 he root is long, thick, and white. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, flefliy, and a 
foot and half high : they are of a pale and fome- 
what bluifli green, 
The leaves are placed alternately at fmall dif- 
tances ■, and they ufually hang drooping : they 
are large and broad. Their colour is a bluifii 
green, and thi y are fpotted with white : they are 
broadcft at the bafe, and obtufe at the end. 
The flowers are large ; and they are placed in 
confiderable numbers upon flender branches rlfing 
from the bofoms of the leaves : they are yellow 
in the upper part, and purple at the bafe. Thb 
tops of the branches that bear them naturally turn 
down fpiraliy, as in the moufe-ear fcorpion-grafs. 
It is a native of the fouthcrn parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ccrinlhe florc fia-vo tifperior. 
This is the plant celebrated by the old Romans 
as the favourite of the bees. Tlie flower contains 
a great deal of honey-juice. 
GENUS IV. 
TOURNEFORTIJ. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal. The lower lip is tubular, and of an oval figure ; and ie 
thence fpreads into a broad rim, which is cut lightly into five broad, but pointed fegments. 
The cup is formed alio of a fingle piece, divided deeply into five fegments. The feeds are four ; and 
they are furrounded with a fliin, and feparated by a pulpy fubftance. 
Linnsus places this among the pentandria monogynia ; the filaments In the flower being five, and 
the ftyle fingle. 
Nature wantons in the characters of this plant : its fruit approaches to the nature of a berry ; 
while all the other parts, and in this the number of feeds, correfpond with the refl. 
Oval-leaved Tournefortia. 
T'oitrnefortia Joliis ovatis integris. 
The root is long, divided, and furniflicd with 
many fibres. 
The ftalk is woody, and yet weak ; but it will 
climb to a great length, when there are trees or 
buflics to fupport it : it is of a pale green, and 
Imooth. 
The leaves are placed alternately, and they are 
large, oblong, of an oval form, fharp-pointed, 
not at all dented at the edges ; of a beautiful deep 
green on the upper fide, and of a blue green un- 
derneath. 
The END of the TWENTY-SECOND CLASS. 
T H K 
1 he flowers itand in long lenes on the tops of 
the ftalks and branches, which divide for that 
purpofe into numerous twigs : they run only on 
one fide of thefe ; and they are fmall and yel- 
low. 
It is frequent in the woods of South America, 
and flowers in July. 
Plukenet calls it Virga aurea Americana fru- 
te[cens glabra foliis fiibtus cajiis. But this was a 
very improper generical name. Plumier called 
the geniis Pittotiia, and Linnaeus 'Tour/iefortia^ 
both after the name of the author of the Injiiiu- 
ticnes rei herlariie. 
