﻿and boggy situations; common: FI. Devon.— Durham : In watery places in 

 woods: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Essex; Common about Woodford, in moist 

 woods, and near springs: Mr. Warner — Gloucestersh. Common about the 

 lanes and streamlets near Painswick: Mr. O. Roberts. — Hants ; In dark and 

 rocky hollow lanes about Selborne: Rev. G. White. — Kent ; In Jud’s Wood, 

 near Feversbam : Mr. J acou. Abundant in the boggy parts of Charlton Wood : 

 Mr. W. Curtis. — Lancash. Moist heaths about Manchester: Mr. Caley. 

 About Gateacre, near Liverpool: Dr. Rostock. — Leicestersh . Near Grooby 

 Pool : Rev. A. Bloxham, in Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 167. —Notts ; In a ditch 

 on the left hand side of Woodlane, coming from Nottingham, in a close called 

 the Boycroft ; also in a ditch on the left hand going from St. Anne's Well 

 through the lower coppice: Dr. Dee ring. —Norfolk ; Copse on Polinglatid 

 Heath near Norwich: Mr. Piichford. — Somersetsh. In damp places at St. 

 Catherine, Batheaston, Lyncombe, Langridge, &c.: Rev. C. C. Babington. — 

 Surrey: In moist copses between Shalt'ord and St. Martha’s Chapel : Rev. S. 

 Palmer, in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. ii. p. 266. — Warwic/csh. Sambourne ; and 

 Great Alne: Mr. Purton. Crackley Wood, near Kenilworth. A short dis- 

 tance up the rivulet which crosses the Kenilwoith road about half a mile from 

 Leek Wootton : Mr. W.G. Perry. — Wilts ; NearGreat Bedwyn: W. Bart- 

 i.ett, Esq.— Worcestersh. Abundant in the shallow plashy rills on the Mal- 

 vern Hills: Mr. E. Lees, in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 161. — Yorksh. Wood 

 near Richmond : L. E. O. in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 169. — Berwick ; Sea- 

 banks beyond the sandy Beds : Thompson. Ord Mill, &c. : Dr. Johnston. — 

 WALES. In the Isle of Anglesey; Rev. H. Davies. — Brecknocksh. Near 

 Penpont ; and about Llangoed, plentiful: H. Woolecombe, Esq. Ch. Ch. — 

 SCOTLAND. In boggy and shady places; also in springy places on the 

 mountains; common: Lichtfoot, Hookfr, and Greville. — IRELAND. 

 Margins of clear springs in shady places; common: Mr. J. T. Mackay. 



Perennial. — Flowers in April and May. 



Roots fibrous, creeping. Stems angular, somewhat succulent, 

 upright, about four inches high, beset with a few stiffish hairs ; 

 branched and forked at the top. Leaves all opposite, on foot- 

 stalks, spreading, of a roundish or kidney-shaped figure, with a 

 few white stiffish hairs on the upper surface, crenate, somewhat 

 fleshy, of a yellowish-green colour, lighter underneath. Flowers 

 bright yellow, in a terminal, leafy corymb ; small, mostly 4-cleft 

 and octandrous. 



Professor Burnett observes, (Outlines of Botany, p. 735), that 

 Chrysosplenium was once famed for its supposed influence over 

 melancholy, and other presumed diseases of the spleen. It is said 

 to be both aperient and diuretic, but not very powerfully so, as 

 would seem to be shewn from its common use as a salad in the 

 Vosges, where it is freely eaten under the name of Cresson de 

 Roche. 



Cowper says, 



“ The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns.” 



And Dr. Cullen informs us that he has cured weak stomachs by engaging 

 the persons in the study of Botany, and particularly in the investigation of our 

 native plants. 



Then, 



— 1 — “ At early morn 



Court the fresh air, explore the heaths and woods, 



And, leaving it to others to foretell, 



By calculations sage, the ebb and flow 

 Of tides; and, when the moon will be eclipsed, 



Do you, for your own benefit, construct 

 A calendar of flowers, plucked as they blow 

 Where health abides, and cheerfulness and peace.” 



