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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
fame manner as thofe from the root, and they 
are of the fame pale green. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the branches 
in little umbells, furroiindcd with numerous, 
long, and flender leaves, forming a" kind of ge- 
neral cup. 
The feeds are fmal! and ftriated. 
It is common on ditch-banks, and in garden' 
ground, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicula tn'mor pelrofdim JinA- 
lis. Others, Qcutarm^ and Cicula fntlta minor. 
GENUS X\X. 
WATER HEMLOCK. 
PHELLANDRIUM; 
THE flowers are difpofed in large umbells on divided and fubdivided branches : there are nO 
leaves at the bale of the firft diviflon ; but feven ftand at the bottom of each ot the fubuivi. 
fions : thefe are long and fliarp pointed. Each flower is compofed of five petals : they are pointed, a 
little nicked at the top, and bent down. The feeds are oval, and fmooth. The fta:k is very thick 
^"Lfnnsus places this among the fmtandria digjnia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
Water Hemlock. 
Phettatidrium aquaticum. 
The root is compofed of numerous very long 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are large, and divided into a 
multitude of fmall, flender parts, and fplit as .it 
were at the ends : they are of a pale green. 
The ftalk is a yard high, and of a vaft thick- 
ncfs : it is of a pale grctn ; and toward the top 
divides into numerous branches. 
The leaves on this refcmble thofe from the root, 
and are of a faint green. 
The flowers are fmall and white; and they 
ftand in great umbells at the tops of the branches. 
The f;eds are large and brown. 
It is a native of the wafers, and loves a foft, 
muddy bottom. We have it in all our fen-coun- 
ties, and in fome other places. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicutaria pahijiris lemii/oli.-:- 
Others, Cicuta prjujlris, and Fhdlajidriufn. 
GENUS XX. 
MEADOW-SAXIFRAGE. 
S E S E L I. 
THE flowers are difpofed in umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches. There are no leaves 
at the bafe of the principal branches ; but at the places of their fubdivifion there fland feveral, 
which arc long and flender. Each flower is compofed of five petals ; and they are heart-fafliioncd, 
and a little bent. The cup is very minute. 'I'he feeds are oval, and convex, llriated on one Cde, 
and imooth on the other. 
LinnEUs places this among the pentandria £gynie ; the threads being five, and the ftyles in each 
flowar two. 
DIVISION I. 
BRITISH SPECIES. 
Meadow-Saxifrage. 
&tjeli pretence vulgarc. 
The root is long, thick, and hung with a few 
fibres : it is brown on the outlide, white within, 
and of an acrid tafte. 
The firft leaves are placed on long footftalks : 
and are large, and ot a deep green : they are di- 
vided into very fmall, narrow fcgments. 
The ftalk is upright, ftriated, and toward the 
top divided into branches : it is of a yellowiflr 
green, and two feet high. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches s 
and are fmall and yellowifli 
The feeds are brown, and of an acrid tafte. 
The roots of this plant are diuretick i and the 
feeds carminative, both in a very eminent de- 
gree. 
It is common in our meadows, and flowers in 
June. 
J. Bauhine calls it Sa^ifraga Jnglornm. Other.^ 
Sefdi praU}!/i!j and Silaiis Anglicus. 
GENUS 
