The BRITISH HERBAL. 
4. Tall Burnet Saxifrage. 
PiiiipimUa faxifriiga elatior. 
The root is iong, ilender, and furniflied with 
a few fibres. 
The firfl; leaves are large, broad, and divided 
into many fmall, ferrated, and lharp-pointed 
fegments. 
The ftallc is round, upright, and four feet 
high ; and coward tiie top it is parted into many 
branches. 
The leiyes on this are divided into a few long 
and narrow fegments, fcarce at all ferrated, and 
of a faint green. 
The feeds arc large, and they are fliarp-talled. 
It is common in our weftern counties, and 
flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Smyrnium tenuifslium mfiras. Others, . 
Pimpiiiella faxijraga hircim maxima. 
The virtues of thefe are the fame with thofc of 
the common fmall kind, but in an inferior degree. 
GENUS XV. 
CARAWAY. 
C A R U M. 
THE flowers arc difpofed in moderately large umbells, placed on divided and fubdivided 
branches ; and there are no leaves at the bafe, either of the principal branches, or of their fub- 
divifions. Each flower is compofcd of five petals, which are nipped at the end, and turned down. 
The cup is very fmall ; and the feeds are oblong, (lender, and ftriated. 
Linnaeus places this among the ftntandria digynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
ftyles tv/o. There is but one known fpecies of this genus. 
The Caraway Plant. 
Canm. 
The root is long, thick, white, and of a fweet, 
but acrid tafte. 
Tl e firlt leaves are very finely divided into feg- 
ments ; and they are of afrefligreen, and fmooth. 
The ftalk is round, fl;riated, and coward the 
top divided into feveral branches. 
The leaves fl:and alternately on it; and are 
like thofe from the root, only fmallcr. 
The flowers are placed in little umbells ; and 
are fmall and white, with a faint dalh of red. 
The feeds are oblong and brown. 
It is found wild in our wefl:ern counties ; but 
it is not eafy to lay whether it does not rife from 
feeds fcattered by accident, and brought from 
elfewhere. 
C.Bauhine calls it Cantm jralenfe: car'ji officim- 
rum. 
The feeds are an excellent carminatives and 
are ufed both in foods and medicine. 
GENUS XVI. 
S E A - P A R S L E Y. 
L E V I S T I C U M. 
THE flowers are difpofed in large umbells upon divided and fubdivided branches : at the 
bafe of the principal branches there (tand about feven leaves, and at the bafe of the fubdivi- 
fions fewer. Each flower IS compofcd of five petals ; and thefe are oblong, and ftriated on one fide 
The leaves are divided by threes. 
Linnjeus places this among ihe pentandria digynia; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
ftyles two. 
He joins it in one genus with the ligujiimin, or common lovage ; but the leaves exprefs the 
difference fufficiently. 
Of this genus, thus diftinguilhed, there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain; 
Scottiflr Sea-Parfley. 
Levijliam foliis biicrnatis. 
The root is long, flender, and furniihed with 
a few fibres. 
The firil leaves are numerous, and fupported 
on long foocftalks, which are purplilh at the bafe. 
Theftalkis round, fl:riated, and upright; three 
feet high, and toward the top divided into nu- 
merous branches. 
The leaves are placed irregularly on It ; and 
both thefe and thofe which grow from the roots 
are large and divided into numerous, long, and 
flender fegments, in threes. 
The flowers are fmall and white. 
The feeds arc large and brown. 
It is common on the coafts of Scotland, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Ligujiicum Scoticum epii folio. 
Others, Jpium Scoticum. 
GENUS 
