The BRITISH HERBAL. 
roof, and they are of a pale green : when bruifed 
they have no ill fmelL 
The flowers are fmall and white; and the 
feeds are very large and brown. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and fiowcrs 
in July. 
C. Barihine calls it Con'ufuiriim mhniT tcJlUu^ 
latum. Others, Coria}:druin minus ochrtim. 
GENUS XXVIIL 
HARES EAR. 
BEUPLEURUM. 
ry^HE flowers are placed in umbfrll.?, on divided and fiibdivided branches. There are no leaves 
JL ac the bafe of the larger branches, but there are under their fubdivifions. Each flower is com-' 
pofcd of five petals ; and thefe are fmall, heart-fafhioned, and turned back at the ends. The cup is 
very ImaM, and has five dents. The feeds are of an oblong, oval form, flriated on one fide, and 
plain on the other. The leaves are entire and undivided. 
LinnjEUi places this among the pentandria digyma i the threads being fire, and the fiyles two in 
the fiowtr. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Thoroughwax. 
Beiqdeurum perfoliatum. 
The root is long, flender, white, and hard. 
ThcTialk ic round, upright, and rowarr! tVip 
top divided into feveral branches : it is of a yel- 
lowifh colour, and of a very firm fubftance. 
The leaves ftand fingly at confiderable dif- 
tancps; and are of a roundifh, hut fomewhat ob- 
long fhape, of a firm fubftance, and a beauti- 
ful green. 
The ftalk runs through them : they are not at 
all indenced at the edges, but arc fomewhat 
pointed at the upper end. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a beautiful yel- 
low : they fland in thick tufts at the tops of the 
branches. 
The feeds are fmall and blackifh. 
It is common in the corn-fields of fome parts 
of England, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it PerfcHata vulgaiijjima. ' 
DIVISION II. F O 
Common Hares-Ear. 
Beupl^urmn vnlgcre. 
The root is fmall, and furnilhed with nume- 
rous fibres. 
The firfl leaves are oblong, and very broad, 
■undivided, and rounded at the ends. 
The llalk is round, upright, and two feet 
high. 
Others, PerfoJiata vulgaris. The more correi^ 
writers, Bcnpkurimi fcrfoliatum, 
2. Small Hares-Ear, 
The root is long, flender, and white. 
The flalks are numerous, and very fmall : they 
are a foot and half high, and are divided toward 
the top into a few branches. 
The leaves fl:and alternately on them i and 
they are long, narrow, grafly, and of a pale 
green. 
The flowers fland on very fmali umbells at the 
tops of the flialks, and on footflalks rifing from 
the bofoms of the leaves : they are little and 
white. 
The feeds are fmall, and dark-coloured. 
We have it in dry pafl:ures, and by road-fides 
in EfTex. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Beupleunim angufiijfmo fd'io. 
Others, Beupleurum mhmnmn, 
REIGN SPECIES. 
The leaves ftand alternately on it; and they 
are oblong, and moderately broad, of a biuifh 
green, and undivided. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds are brown and acrid. 
It is a native of Germany, and other parts oF 
Europe, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Beupleurim vulgatijfimum. 
GENUS XXIX, 
S A N I C L E. 
lilAPEI^SIA. 
THE flowers are placed in little umbells on branches, fubdivided into numerous very fhort 
ones, with a few leaves underneath. Each flower is compofed of five petals ; and they are 
fplit at the end, and bent. The cup is very minute. The feeds are convex, and rough on one 
fide, and plain on the other. 
Linn^us phces this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
■each flower. 
Common 
