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but growing feparately to the placenta. Wc 
have but one fpecies of this plant, viz. 
Cham.£periclymenum.y R. 261, G. 1113, P. 1461. 
P-ericlymenum 3. feu humile., C. 302. Dwarf Ho- 
ney-fuckle. On Cheviot hills, in Northumberland.^ 
and Pentland hills, near Edbihurgh. 
Bryonia, Briony, Theempaiement is rnonaphyh 
lous, and divided into five fegments : The flower 
is of die expanded bell-fhape, cut into five feg- 
ments, and fo clofely joined to the enipalenient, 
that they cannot eafiiy be feparated : Some of the 
flowers are barren, others fruitful, refting upon 
an embryo, which becomes a round, or oval 
berry. To thefe notes muff be added the ten- 
drils, with which it grafps, and mounts upon 
every adjoining prop. The fpecies are : 
* I. Bryonia alba.^ R. 261, G.720. alba vulga- 
ris.^ P. 178. afpera.^ feu alba baccis rubris., C, 297. 
White Briony. The leaves are angular, and the 
berries red. 
2. Bryonia alba baccis nigris.^ R. 261, C. 297, 
White Briony, with black berries. 
The root of White Briony is a ftrong purger of ferous and 
watery humours ; which it does both upwards and downwards, 
and fo helps the dropfy and gout. It is made ufe of alfo in the 
cpilepfy, palfey, and in hyfterick diforders. 
Tamnus. It has naked monopetalous flowers, cut 
into fix fegments, of the expanded bell-fhape 5 
fome whereof are barren, others fruitful : The 
berries are, for the moft part, of an oval figure, 
having a thin membranous hufk, of a red or 
brown colour : It has no tendrils: The leaves are 
fliaped like a heart, and pointed. We have 
but one fpecies of this plant, viz. 
* Tainnus racemofa., flore minor e luteo pallafcentCy 
R. 262. Bryonia nigra., G. 721. fylveflris nigra., P. 
178. r^ei'is feu nigra racemofa., C. 297. Black 
Briony. In hedges and thickets. 
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