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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The ftalk is round, firm, of a bluilh green, 
and divided into a vaH: many branches. 
The leaves are placed irregularly on it ; and 
they are broad, deeply ferrated, (harp-pointed, 
and prickly. 
The flowers ftand in thick tufts ; and they are 
fmall and white. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is a native of our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Eryngimn vmrltimum. Our 
people, Sea-holly. 
SERIES 
II. 
Foreign Genera. 
Thofe of which no fpecies is nattirally wild in this country. 
N U 
I. 
HERCULES ALLHEAL. 
F J N J X. 
TIIF flnwfrs are A'CpnM in large umbells ; and each is compofed of five petals, which are nearly 
equal in fize, and bent and heart-tafhioncd at the top. The cup is very Imall, and has five 
divifions. The feeds are large, and edged with membranes in four ridges. 
LinnsEUS places this among the peiitatiilria digynia ; but he docs not allow it to be a diftinft genus. 
He makes it a kind of lafnacrt. 
Great Hercules Allheal. 
Panax folih ohliqus cordatis. 
The root is long, and very thick. 
The firfl: leaves are very large, and of a deep 
oreen : they are compofed of numerous pinniE ; 
■which are fharp-pointed, and irregularly heart- 
fafliioned at the bafe ; and are placed on divided 
ribs. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and fix feet high- 
The leaves on this refemble the others, but 
they are fmaller. 
The flowers ftand in large umbel's, and are 
yellow. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vanax pafilnad'x folio^ 
Others, Panax Hcradeum majiu. 
E N U S 
LIBJNOTIS. 
II; 
THE flowers are placed in large, but round umbells ; and each is compofed of five petals, which 
are nearly equal in fize, and are heart-fafliioned and bent. The cup is very fmall. The feeds 
are oval, ftriated, and rough. 
Linnsus places this among the fmmdria digynia, as the former ; but he makes it a fpecies of an- 
other genus. 
Black Libanotis. 
Lihanotis umbella hemifpherica. 
vith a 
The root is very large, and furnilhed 
few fibres. 
The firft leaves are broad, and fpreading: they 
are formed of a multitude of fmall parts, joined 
to a divided rib ; and thefe are fliarp-pointed, 
and ferrated. 
The ftalk is round, thick, divided at the top 
into feveral branches, and lour feet high. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root, 
but they are fmaller. 
The flowers ftand in vaft hemifpherical umbells j 
and are white, with a faint tinge of purplilh. 
The feeds are large and rough. 
It is a native of Germany, and flowers in Au- 
guft- 
C. Bauhiue calls it Baucus montanus apii folio 
major. Others, Libatotis nigra 'Theofhrafti. 
GENUS 
