The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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LinniBus places this among the pntaniria dis/iiia ; the threads in each flower being five, and 
the ftyles two. j 1 ■ 
This author joins the fphondylmm and paiias Ihradiim in one genus ; and, talcing away the name 
calls it Heraclea. But there is fufficient diilinftion between thefe two genera ; and the 
fphcndylimn, 
antient name may very 
well be retained. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Cow-Parfnep. 
Sphcndylium vulgare. 
The root is long, thick, and white, and of a 
fweetifli, but fomewhat acrid tafte. 
Tlic firft leaves are very large, deeply divided 
in the pinnated manner, of a rough furface, and 
of a pale green. 
The fbalk is fix feet high, upright, firm, 
ftriatcd, and of a pale green, often purplifl-i to- 
ward the bottom. 
The flowers ftand at the top of the ftaik and 
of the branches; and they are white: they are 
very numerous, and are difpofed in extremely- 
broad umbclls. 
The feeds are very large and brown. 
Ic is common in paftures, and flowers in 
July- 
C. Bauhinc calls it Sphondylnim vulgare hrju- 
Umi. Others, Sphondylium vulgare. 
It is an emollient outwardly applied. 
2. Jagged Cow-Parfiiep. 
Sphondylium Joliis tenutus dhifis. 
The root is long, thick, and white. 
The firfl: leaves are extremely large ; and they 
are very deeply divided in the pinnated manner 
into narrow, and in fome degree curled fcgments. 
The colour is a pale greyifli green i and the whole 
leaf is hairy. 
The ilaik is upright and Uriated, not much 
branched, and five or fix feet high. 
The leaves on this are placed alternately, and 
they refemble thofe from the root : they are of a 
pale green, and rough. 
The flowers are white, and have a faint tinge 
of purple often very agreeably fliaded over them: 
they ftand in rounder and fmaller umbelis than ia 
the other. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
We have it very frequently in hilly paftures. 
It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Baiihine calls it Sphonclylhm hirfulum folii's 
angujlioribus. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Dwarf Cow-Parfnep. 
Sphcndylium pumilum. 
The root is long, (lender, and rcdilh; 
The leaves that firft rife from it ate fmall, 
and divided into five parts, fupported on long 
footftalks, and of a pale green. 
The fl:alk is firm, upright, branched, and a 
foot high. 
The leaves on it are fmall, divided into three 
parts, and fupported on (lender footflahis. 
The flowers are fmall and redifh. 
It is a native of the hilly parts of Germany, 
and flowers in Augufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sphondylium Alpimim far- 
vum. 
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n. 
P A R S N E p. 
PASriNJCHA. 
THE flowers are difpofed in large, rounded, but flat umbelis, on divided and fubdivided flalks ; 
thefe rife naked from the (lalk, having no leafy cup. Each flower is compofed of five petals, 
which are pointed and crooked. The cup is very minute, but is divided into five parts ; and the 
feeds arc of a flatted, oblong figure, and foliaceous. 
Linnffius places this among the pentandria digynia j the threads in the flower being five, and the 
flyles two. 
DIVISION I. 
BRITISH SPECIES. 
Wild Parfnep. 
Pajlinacha fyhejlris. 
The root is long, flendcr, white, woody, and 
of a fweet taftc. 
The firfl: leaves arc large, and beautifully di- 
vided in the pinnated inanner ; their fegments 
beiniy numerous and narrow, and their colour a 
yellowifh green. 
The fl:aik is upright, firm, branched, ftriated, 
and of a yellowifli colour, 
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The leaves (fand alternately on it ; and they 
refemble thofe from the root, but they are fmaller. 
The flowers are little, and of a faint yellow. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
Augufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls it Puftinacba fyheftris latifolia. 
Others, Elaphshofcum. 
Some have thought the garden-parfnep raifed 
from this by culture; but repeated trials fhew 
otherwife. 
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