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The BRITISH H^:RBAL. 
not fo narrow as in the former kind, though of 
no great breadth. 
I he flowers are fmall and yellow ; but they 
form very large umbells. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is frequent in the warmer purts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Fertdago latiore folio. 
3. The Afla Fostida Plant. 
Ferula ajjam fa'tidam fimdsns. 
The root is vaftJy thick, and of a great length. 
The flalk rifes to feven feet high ; and Is firm, 
ftriated, and of a pale green. 
Xhe leaves are .very large ; but they are divi- 
ded into a multitude of fmaller parts, alternately 
ferrated, and of a pale green. 
The flowers grow in vafl: umbells. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is & njitive of the mountains of Perfia,. 
Kempfer calls/it AJja fcetlda D'lfgiinenjis}^ J 
The drug called affa f(sf!'d4'-, fo eminent iif ner- 
vous and hyfki'icjc cafes, 'is the .concreted juiCe of 
the root of this plant. " ' 
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G E N U S 
LASERWORT. 
L A s E R F ; -r J -V,m£. 
the branches"; and each is compoiec?' of ^yC: £6- 
r .griol i\ 3CGT sdT 
'T^HE flowers fland in great umbells, termlnatinj^ 
tals : thefe are nearly equal in fize \ and they are oblonj 
bent. The cup is very minute, and is divided into five parts at' fhe'edge.' 
oblong, and marked with four membranes on the back. 
Linnjcus places this with the refl: among the fentandria monogjma. 
jijixided at .tlie'.en^s; and fpme$?tec 
The Teeds are very Urge, 
Laferwort. 
Laferpitium vulgare. 
The root is long and thick, brown on the put- 
fide, white within, and furnifhed with many 
fibres. The top is alfo covered with decayed 
filaments, which have belonged to footftalks. 
The leaves are large and pinnated : they are 
compofed each of two or three pairs of broad, 
indented pinna; ; and are of a pale green, and 
.•lightly hairy. 
The ftalks are numerous, branched, and 
ftriated, of a pale green, and four feet high. 
The leaves on the(e refemble thofq frpp) tt^e 
root i but they ^re fmaller. ' ' ' ' 1 
The fiower,s terminate the branches ; and are 
Ctnall, but placed in large umbells. 
■ The feeds-are large and brown. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and f!owers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Laferpitium Galliam. Others 
only, Laferpitium.^ or Laferpitium vidgare. 
GENUS VIL 
CUMMIN. 
C r AI I N U M. 
'^HE flowers are dilpofed in umbells, ufually In a four-fold manner, both in the divifions and fub- 
divifions; and at the bafe of the ftalks, and of their fubdivifions, are placed feveral narrow 
leaves. Each flower is compofed of five petals, a little irregular in fize, and fomewhat bent in, and 
emarginated. The cup is fcarce vifible. The feeds are two : they are convex on one fide, and 
Ifriatedj plain, and fmooth on the other. 
LinniEus places it among the pentandria monogynia with the others. 
Common Cummin. 
CyminuiJi vidgare. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The firfl leaves are divided into numerous, 
long, and very narrow fegments ; and are of a 
faint green, and a little hairy. 
The ftalk is round, lliriated, upright, and about 
a foot high. 
The leaves on It refemble thofe from the reft, 
and ftand irregularly. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and they ter- 
minate the ftalk in moderately large umbells. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and is alfo fown there 
for the feeds, which are ufed In medicine. It 
flowers in July, 
C. Bauhine calls it Cyminuvt femine kngiore. 
Others, Cymintwi vidgare. 
The feeds are an excellent carminative, but 
very unplcafant. 
GENUS 
