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in the fhape of a bell, with its brim expanded, 
and cut into feveral fegments, having ten chives, 
five large, and five fmall : The ftyie ariib from 
the bottom of the flower, and becomes an ob- 
long fruit, divided into five cells, that open out- 
wards from the bafe of the top, and contain 
feeds, which often fliart from their lodges, by 
the elaftic force of the calyptra, or thin mem- 
brane, in which they are inclofed. The leaves 
grow three together. T he fpecies are : 
* I. Oxys alha^ R. *281, G. 1030. ‘Trifolium 
ccetofum vulgar P. 746, C. 330. Wood-forrel. 
In woods, and by the roots of trees. It flowers in 
March and April. The root is fcaly, and produces 
feveral weak pedicles, about four inches long, which 
fupport three pretty large leaves, broader than long, 
fhaped like a heart, and of a fower tafle. The 
flowers (land on fmall pedicles i are white, large, and 
ftriped. 
2. Trifolium acetofum vulgare^ fore purpureo., R. 
^281. Wood-forrel, with a purple flower. Plen- 
tiful in a hollow betwixt North-Owram and Halifax, 
^Tis a lefs plant than the common, and flowers 
later. Dr Richardfon. 
The leaves of Wood-forrel are believed to excel Common 
$orrel in all phyfical virtues ; and are reckoned more cordial 
and ufeful in inflammatory fevers, quenching thirft, and allay- 
ing the heat of the ftomach ; which they llrengthen, and create 
an appetite : They help diforders of the liver, and are good 
for the dropfey and jaundice. The juice, when clarified, is of 
a fine red colour, and makes a very agreeable fyrup. 
PiNGTjicuLA, Yorkfhire Sanicle. It hath feveral 
flat and long leaves lying on the ground, in the 
form of a flar ; broad at the bottoms, and point- 
ed at the ends : The ftalk is naked, and produces, 
at its top, a Angle anomalous flower, open on 
both fides ; divided, as it were, into two lips, 
and ending in a tail or fpur : The empalement 
, ' ' is 
