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barb, and may reafonably entertain the agreeable ex- 
pe(5lations of its proving a very important acquifition 
to Britain. 
I have fubjoined a botanical defcription of the 
Plant. 
Rheum Palmatum Linn. Sp. PL RJmbarbarum 'cerum 
Med. 
.Radix ramofa perennis. 
.Folia radicalia (ad i6) bipedalla, petiolata: petioli 
pedales teretes, fuperne fubplani, glabri, viridis, 
vcoloris, fed in quibufdam partibus maculis par- 
vis anguftis purpureis notati, in aliis penitus fere 
purpurei. Hi petioli, quffunt pedales, ad bafinfo- 
liorum definunt In 3 vel 5 coftas inferne promi- 
nentes j folia ipfa funt ovata, profunde incifa, 
laciniis acutiufculis j pagina fuperior eft viridis, 
inferior alboviridis, ambas fcabriufcula 3 » 
vCaulis eredus, fubteres, fiftulofus, articulatus, vagina- 
tus, glaber, obfolete ftriatus, odtopedalis 2 uncias 
ad baftm in latitudinem patebat. 14 articuli, 
quorum finguli a parte infima ufque ad nonum 
unico folio reflexo inftrudli fuerunt. Haec folia 
funt alterna, & fuperiora gradatim minora, petio- 
lufque ad fuam bafin, vaginam membranaceam 
caulem cingentem format. 
Pedunculi plures ex alls foliorum prodeunt 
fuberedti, inasquales (quorum medius caeteris 
duplo longior), ftriati, teretes, ad bafim planiuf- 
culi, exque horum lateribus alii pedunculi ft- 
2 mill 
