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DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
French Meadow-Saxifrage. 
Sefeli fratenfe Monfpejfiilanum. 
The root is long and thick, brown on the out- 
fide, white within, and of an aromatick tafte : it 
is ufually divided at the top into fmall heads ; 
and they are edged with a hairy fubllance, formed 
of the fibres of decayed ftalks. 
The firfl; leaves are large, and of a pale green •■> 
and they are divided into numerous, fmall, pointed 
fegments. 
The ftalk is ftriated, and a yard high. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root; 
but chey are fmaller ; and they are of a yellowifli 
green colour. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and the 
feeds, when ripe, are brown. It is common in 
paftures in France. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sefeli fratenfe. 
GENUS XXI. 
S A M P I R E. 
CHRirUMUM. 
THE flowers afe difpofed in large' hemifphericaj umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches: 
There are long and narrow leaves at the bafe, both of the larger and fmaller divifions. Each 
flower is compofed of five petals ; which are of an oval figure, and a little bent down. The cup is 
very fmall. The feeds are oblong, ftriated, and rounded on one fide. 
Linnxub -piai-vs- tUis among tne yemanana ai^ynu^ , tne cnreads in the Hower being five, and the 
ftyles two. 
Flefliy-leaved Crithmum. 
CrHbmum foliis craffis. 
The root is long, thick, flefhy, and of a very 
agreeable aromatick tafl:e. 
The firft leaves are very large ; and they are 
divided into numerous, fmall, but thick and 
fiefiiy fegments, of a pale green colour ; and of a 
faltiih, but not difagreeable tafl:e. 
The ftalk is round, thick, ftriated, and fpread- 
ingi and it is two feet high; 
The leaves refemble thofe from the root and 
they are placed on the ftalk, irregularly. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is common about our fea-coafts, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Crithmum five faniculum ma- 
rinum tninus. 
The leaves make an excellent, agreeable, and 
wholefome pickle. 
GENUS XXII; 
FENNEL. 
FOSNICULUM. 
npHE flowers are difpofed in large umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches, without any 
A leaves under either. Each flower is compofed of five petals; and they are oblong, fharp- 
pointed, and bent. The cup is very minute ; and the feeds are oblong, ftriated, and naked. 
Linnarus places this among the pentandria digynia \ the threads being fi,ve, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
This author takes away the received name, not allowing to be adiftindt genus, but account- 
ing it a fpecies of dill. The difi^erence is however obvious ; the feeds of dill having a membranaceous 
edge, and thofe of fennel being naked. 
DIVISION I, BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Fennel. 
Faiticulum vulgare. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furntflied 
with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are very large, and of a dark 
green : they are divided into innumerable fine 
fegments. 
'I'he ftalk is upright, round, branched, and 
four feet high. 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root i and are of the fame green colour. 
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The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds arc brown, and of a lharp aromatick 
tafte. 
It is common wild in our northern counties, 
and every where in gardens. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Fesnkiilum vulgnre Germani- 
cum. Others, Ftsniculum vulgare. 
It is ufed at our tables ; and is alfo excellent ia 
medicine. The root is a powerful and fafe diu- 
retick ; and a decodtion of it is good in the jaun- 
dice, and all obftruiSions of the vifcera. 
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