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top of the fear, clofe by the weft-fide of the rivef^ ' 
about fifty or fixty yards below Haw^s bridge, two j 
miles from Kendal^ fVeJlmoreland f . 
Parnassia, Grafs ot ParnafiTus* The leaves are ’j* 
roundifii, and fpread in a circle : The empale- -r 
rnent is cut deeply into five fegments : The fl ower r, 
confifts of five petals, expanded in the form of i 
a Rofe, fome large, and others lefs, hollow, 
roundifii, and ftriped : A fingle flower grows on rj 
the top of each flalk: The fruit is membra- 
nous, conical, and gapes in three or four places, i 
We have but one fpecies of this plant, viz, 
Parnqffia vulgaris ^ palujlrisy R. 355. Gramen ' 
Parnajfi minus ^ G. 691. Parnajfi vulgar P. 429. c 
Parn. flore albo Jimplici^ C. 309. Grafs of Parnafllis. 
In marfiiy places, and flowers in Auguft, 
Ros SOLIS, Sun-dew. The leaves are concave, 
and fet with ftilf redifli hairs, on which always 
hang ' little drops like dew : At the tops of the 
pedicles Hand oblong tubulous empalements, cut 
on the brims into five acute fegments : The 
flower is pentapetalous, and expands in the form 
of a Rofe, having five chives. The fpecies 
are : 
I. Ros folis folio rotunda^ R. 356, C. 357. wj- 
jor^ G. 1366, P. 1052. Rofa-folis, or Sun-dew. In 
wet marfiiy places, and frequently among water- 
mofs. The leaves are of a round figure, fiiaped 
like an ear-pick, a little hollow, and grow on long 
pedicles *, they are of a pale green colour, fnnged 
quite round with ftiff redifii hairs, and wet with 
dewy drops, even in die hottefl: fun : The flalks are 
about four inches high, and fuftain white flowers in 
a long feries, all hanging one way : The dew that 
flicks on the hairs is tough and clammy. It flowers 
in July. It is common on all the wet moorifii places 
in Wefimordand f. 
2 . Ros 
