The BRITISH HERBAL. 
6. The leaft Water-Parfnip; 
Sium minimum foliis 'Jariis. 
The root is compofed of many fmall fibres. 
The firtl leaves are divided into a multitude of 
extremely fine fegments. 
The ftalks are round, ftriated, branched, and 
about fix inches high. 
The leaves are placed alternately on ihefe; and 
they are formed of broad, fhort, anddcntated feg- 
ments i of a pale green, altogether unlike thofe 
which rife firfl; from the root. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and they 
ftand on the tops of the branches in little um- 
bells. 
The feeds are ftriated and brown. 
It is common in fliallow waters, and flowers in 
June. 
Ray calls it Sium fiifiUum foliis variis. Others, 
Sium minimum umbsUatum foBs variis. 
7. Longdeaved Water-Parfnip. 
Sium folio angufio kitgiore. 
The root is long, thick, and furniflicd with 
tnany fibres. 
The leaves that firft rife from it are large, and 
very beautiful : they are divided by threes into 
very long, narrow, and elegantly ferrated feg- 
ments. 
The ftalk is found, uptight, ftriated, branched, 
and ibur feet high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it ; but they 
are very beautiful, refembling thofe Irom the root. . 
The flowers are fmall, and placed in large um- 
bells. 
The feeds are ftriated and brown. 
It is common about our fen-ditches, and elfe- 
where in watery places. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sium erucafolio. Cthersa 
Sium olafalrifolid. Ray calls it Cicuta aqualica. 
He has given many accounts of perfons petifhing 
by eating it. 
GENUS XIV, 
BURNET S..\XIFRAGE. 
PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA. 
THI?. flowers are difpofed in moderately large and rounded umbclls, upon divided and fubdividcd 
' branches ; and there are no leaves by way of cup, under either the principal brinches or the 
fubdivifions. Each flower is compofed of five nearly equal petals; and they are heart lalhloi'.ed at 
the ends, and bent. The cup is very fmall. The feeds are long and ftender, ftriated on the back, 
and pointed. 
Linnsus places this among the peatandna digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
I. Great Burnet Saxifrage. 
Pimpindla faxifraga Joliis variis. 
The root is long, ftender, and furniftied with 
a few fibres. 
The leaves that firft rife from it are pinnated 
in a very elegant manner : each is formed of three 
or four pairs of roundifli pinna;, with an odd one 
at the end ; and thefe are ferrated, and of a fine 
green. 
The ftalk is upright, ftender, ftriated, and di- 
vided into branches. 
The leaves on thefe are placed irregularly; and 
they are divided into five narrow fegments. 
The flowers are white, and very fmall. 
■ The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is found under warm hedges in our midland 
counties, and flowers in Auguft. 
C.Bauhine calls it Pimfinella faxifraga major mii- 
Idla Candida. 
1. Small Burnet Saxifrage. 
Pimpinella faxifraga minor. 
The root is long, ftender, white, and hung 
about with a few ftraggling fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, but ftender, divided into 
branches, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves ftand alternately on it ; and they 
are divided into fmall fegments, and of a faint 
green. 
N'XLI. 
The flowers are little and white ; and the feeds 
are ftriated and brown. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
C. Bauhine calls it Pimpinella faxifraga minor; 
a name nmfl: others have copied. 
The roots of this plant are powerrully diure- 
tick ; they are good againtt obftruccions of the 
vifcera. 
The feeds arc carminative, and good in cho* 
licks. The root is beft taken in infulion i and 
the feeds in powder, five grains for a dofe. 
o- Jagged-leaved Burnet Saxifrage. 
Pimpinella faxifraga folits Luiniatis. 
The root is long, fiender, white, and furnilhed 
with a lew fibres. 
'1 he firft leaves are divided and jagged ; and 
they are of a pale green. 
The ftalk is fiender, upright, and not much 
branched. 
The leaves on it ftand alternately, and are di- 
vided into many narrow fegments. 
The flowers are imall and white. 
The feeds are fmall, brown, and fharp to the 
tafte. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
Ray calls ic PimT'inella faxifraga htrcina minor. 
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