The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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We have five other fpecies. 
. Common Heath, Eriea vulgaris. The leaves 
of a paie green j and the flowers of a faint 
flefli-coloLir. 
. Common rough leaved Heath, Erica vulgaris 
hirfula. More branched than the former. 
Five-leaved Heath, Erica temiiJcAia. The 
bark grey, and the leaves of a dark green. 
Fir-leaved Heath with numerous flowers. 
Erica foliis corios multifiora. The flowers of 
a pale crimfon. 
Myrtle-Heath, Erka cantahrica fiore maxima 
fcliis myrti fubtus incanis. The leaves pointed- 
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MARSH C Y S T U S. 
LEDUM. 
'T~^HE cup is fmall, permanent, coloured, and divided into five fegments. The flower is formed 
of a Ongle petal and is hollow, and divided into five fegments at the rim. The feed-veflel 
is roundifli, with five ridges. 
Englifli Marfh Ciftus. 
Ledum paluftre. 
It is a fmall fhrub, not much branched. 
The leaves are oblong and narrow. 
The flowers fl:and on fhort footftalks j and are 
fmall, and of a beautiful pale red, crowning the 
tops of the branches. 
We have it on boggy grounds in heaths. 
C, Bauhine calls it P^-itt id<ea cjjinis poUi foUo. 
N U S XXXII. 
LIME. 
T I L I A. 
npHE cup is divided into fiye fegments, and is coloured. The flower is compofed of five oval 
petals. The fruit is a tough, globular ^apfule, with five feeds in five cells. 
Common Lime, 
'Tilia vulgaris. 
The tree is ereifV, and tolerably regular in 
growth. 
The bark is brown. 
The leaves are broad, ferrated, fliarp-pointed^ 
and of a fine green. 
The flowers are white and fragrant. 
We have it wild in the north j and it is 
planted about houfes. 
C. Bauhine calls it l^ilia fa-mina folio majore. 
We have three pther fpecies. 
1. The fmall-leaved Lime, 'Tilia folio mmore. 
The leaves of a deeper green and finer fub- 
flance. 
2. The red Lime, T'iUa foliis leviter hirfutis vi- 
minibus rzihris. The ridges on the fruit 
very high. 
3. The Elm-leaved Lime, 'THia ulmi foUa fru^fu 
hexagono. The ridges very high and large. 
GENUS XXXIII. 
BROOM. 
GENISTA. 
•^HE cup is fmall, and has five flight dents at the edge. The flower is ot the papilionaceous 
kind, and is formed of five petals ; the carina having two. The feed-vefl"e! is a cylindrick pod, 
■with large feeds. 
I, Common Broom. 
Genijia vulgaris. 
The fhrub is four or five feet high. 
The bark on the trunk is of a pale brown. 
The young flioots are numerous, angulated, 
and green. 
The leaves are fmall and oblong : they fl:and 
three together. 
The flowers are large and yellow. 
It is conimon on watte grounds. 
C. Bauhine calls it Genijia Anglofa. 
2. Diers Broom. 
Genifla tinSloria vulgaris. 
This is a low, fhrubby plant ; two feet h!,n-li, 
and very much branched. 
The leaves fl:and fingly, and are long, nar- 
row, and of a bright green. 
The flov/ers ftand in long clurtt-rs at the tops 
of the branches, and are large and yellow. 
We have it in dry paftures. 
C. Bauhine calls it Genijia iijj^jria Ccrmanica. 
GENUS 
