492 The B R I T I S H H E R B A L. 
The flowers are very numerous, very fmall, and An infuHon of it is gentJy diureticlc. 
of a crold yellow. The leaves of this plant fometimes have the 
It is common in woods, and flowers in April. footftalks a little longer ; and in that ftate it has 
C. Eauhine calls it Sfxifriiga rMiiidifoia aiirea. been defcribed as a diftind fpecies. 
• GENUS XXIII. 
ASARABACCA. 
J S yl R U M. ■ 
THE flower ha< no petals. It confifts of a cup, which is formed of one piece, hollow, and di- 
vided into three fcgments at the edge, of a bell-like form, coloured, tough, and permanent. 
The feed-veffcl is of a tough fubftance. It is contained within the fubftance of the cup ; and is di- 
vided into fix cells, with numerous feeds in each. 
Linnxus places this among the dodecarJria momgynia ; the threads being twelve in each flower, 
and the ftyle fingle. 
Afarabacca. 
Jfarum. 
The root creeps jull at the furface of the 
ground. 
The leaves are roundifli, but indented deeply 
for the ftalk, and of a fine green. 
The flowers grow clofe to the ground ; and are 
of a greenifli colour, more or lefs tinged with 
purple. This conftitutes the whole plant, fur 
there is no rifing ftalk. 
It is found in our northern woods, flowering in 
April. 
All authors call it AJariim. 
The root is a very rough vomit j but its juice, 
and the powder of the whole plant, are ufeful to 
promote fneezing, and draw humours from the 
head. 
GENUS XXIV. 
LADY'S MANTLE. 
A L C H E M I L L J. 
THE flower has no petals. The cup is formed 
divided into eight fcgments, alternately larger 
the cup. 
I. Common Lady's Mantle. 
AUhemiila i<tilgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are round, not very upright, 
branched, and a foot in length. 
The leaves are extremely beautiful : they are 
of a roundilli form, divided into many pointed 
fcgments at the edges, and folded. 
Their colour is a deep green, with a tinge of 
yellowiih. 
The flowers grow in tufts at the tops of the 
branches ; and are yellowiih and fmall. 
It is common in our fouthern counties, flower- 
ing in May. 
C. Eauhine calls it Akhiiml'.a 'vulgaris. 
1. Cinquefoil Lady's Mantle. 
Alchmilla Alfina fcntaphylUa. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and branched : 
they are of a filvery white. 
The leaves are placed on long footHalks, five 
cn each ; and they are of a dark green on the up- 
per fide, and of a filvery white underneath. 
The flowers are fmall and whitilh. 
We have it on our northern mountains, flower- 
ing in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Termenlilla A!p':na folio fe- 
■rkeo. Others, Alcb}i;:ii'a poUupbyiUa. 
of one leaf : it is of a campanulated fhape, and 
and fmaller. The feed is fingle, and contained in 
3. Parfley Piert. 
Percefier, 
The root is flender. 
The ftalks are weak, whitifii, crowded with 
leaves, and three inches high. 
The leaves are broad, fliort, deeply intended, 
and of a greyilh green. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and are very fmall and whitifh. 
It is common in plowed fields, and flowers in 
May. 
C. Bauhine calls 'it Ch^rophyllo non nihil ac- 
cedsm. Others, Percepier Anglonm. 
It is a powerful diuretick, and good in the 
4. Prickly GlafiV/ort. 
Kali cochkatnm. 
root is fibrous. 
ftalks are numerous and branched, brown, 
ht inches high. 
leaves are oblong, and of a dufky green ; 
their bofoms ftand clufters of young ones, 
are fmaller, and prickly at the ends, 
flowers are minute and whitilh ; and th.c 
hollow, and twifted. 
auhine calls it Kali fpinofim ccchlentum. 
T ragon, and Tragofi Maihioli. 
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