The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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Common Sanicle. 
Viafeiifia nulgaris. 
The root is black, and of an acrid taBe, ^ ^ 
The firfl; leaves are fmall, and of a deep Ihinmg 
e-rcen They are placed on red footftallcs ; and 
tliey are of a rounded form, divided into five prm- 
cipal parts, and ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalli is round, upright, a foot high, and 
not much branched. 
The leaves on it in fome degree refembie thofe 
from the root ) but they arc divided into fewer 
parts ; and thefe are fiiarper, and more ferrated* 
The flowers are fmall j and they are white, 
with a faint tinft of rcdifh. 
The feeds are large and rough. 
It is common in our woods, and flowers In Au- 
guft, 
C. Bauhine calls It Sanicula ojfidllarum. Others, 
Viapenjia. 
The root is afl;ringent, and good againft hse- 
morrhages. The leaves are recommended in 
vulnerary potions. 
GENUS XXX. 
MARSH PENNYWORT. 
H 1- D R 0 C o r r L E. 
THE flowers are difpofed four upon a ftalk, with a little umbell in the centre. Each Is com- 
pofed of five petals, of an oval figure, but flrarp-pointed, and fpread open. The cup is very 
minute. The feeds are half round, and fmall. 
l innxus places this am-jng the fentandria iignia ; the threads being five, and the ffyl'es two in 
each ilower. 
It is truly an umbelliferous plant, though a very fingular one. 
Mardi Pennywort. 
HydrocotyU, 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, jointed, weak, 
and of a pale green : they run upon the furface 
of the ground, and take root at the joints. 
The leaves fl:and fingly on flender footftalks ; 
and they arc round, dentated at the edges, and of 
a pale green. 
The flowers are fmall and white : they fland 
in very imail tuits, riling Erom the Italks, with 
the leaves. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is common in damp pallurcs, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranunculus aqunlkus cotyk' 
ianis folio. Others, Cotyledon falujlre, and Hy- 
drocotyle. 
The farmers have an opinion that it gives their 
Ihe-ep the rot ; whence they call it white rot. 
GENUS XXXI. 
E R Y N G O. 
E R r N G 1 U M. 
nnHE flowers are difpofed in a fingular kind of umbells, furrounded with many leaves at the bafe, 
^ and feparated by films. The umbells are of a convex or conic form. Each flower is compofed 
of five petals ; which are oblong, bent at the bafe, and marked with a line all along each of them.- 
The cup is large, and divided to the bafe into five fegments. The feeds are two ; and they are ob- 
long and rounded. ' , , , , . r 
LinnsEUS places this among the penlandria digynia ; the threads bemg five, and the fl:yles two in 
each flower. 
I. Common Eryngo. 
Eryngiwm vulgare AUditerranmrn. 
The root is extremely long, flender, brown, of 
a fweet and very agreeable tafte; and it has a 
hard fibre in the centre. 
The fl;alk is round, upright, tough, and to- 
ward the top is divided into numerous branches. 
The leaves are large : they are placed irregu- 
larly i and they are divided deeply into fliarp 
and ferrated fegments. 
The flowers are fmall and white. 
The feeds are of a dark brown. 
We have it in our midland counties p'cntifully. 
It flowers in July. 
C, Bauhine calls it Eryngium vulgare el Came- 
rarii. Others, Eryngium campejlre. 
The root is an excellent medicine in diforders 
of the breafl; and lungs. The confedfioners pre* 
ferve it with fugar ; and that way it has great 
virtues. It is alfo given in decoftion. It operates 
by urine when given in this manner, and is good 
againft: obftruflions of tile vifcera, and in the 
jaundice. 
2. Sea-Eryngo. 
Eryngium marinum. 
The roots are very long, tough, and creeps 
ing. 
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