Menyanthes. pi 
Locus. Europa, in paludibus. Perennis ♦ 
FORMA . rec. Radix repens, geniculata* Folia 
eunda radicalia, petiolata, ternata: foliolis ova¬ 
tis, obtufis, utrinque glabris, venofis, margine 
repandis, bipollicaribus vel ultra, aequalibus; 
tenerioribus oblongis. Petioli teretes, ftriati* 
bafi vaginati* Scapus radicaiis, teres, nudus, gla¬ 
ber, foliis longior, eredus. Racemus terminalis, 
nudus* Flores pedunculati, fubterni* BraBece o^ 
vatae, acutiufcuke, pedunculis breviores, conca- 
viufculae. CAL . Periantb * monophyllum, gla¬ 
brum, quinquepartitum: laciniis lanceoiatis, ob¬ 
tufis, eredis* COROLLA monopetala, campanu- 
lato-infundibuliformis, rofeo-alba. Tubus craffus, 
calyce longior. Limbus quinquepartitus: laciniis 
lanceolatis, acutiufculis, revolutis, intus barba¬ 
tis: barba concolore* STAM. Filam . 5, fubula- 
ta, alba, receptaculo inferta, fed tubi bafi adna- 
ta, corolla paullo breviora* Anth. exfertae, pur¬ 
pureae, lineares, fagittatoc, incurvae. PIST\ Ger - 
vien fuperum, ovatum. Stylus cylindricus, flami¬ 
nibus duplo brevior. Stigma capitato-truncatum, 
quafi ex lobulis conglomeratum. 
PROPRIET\ rec ♦ & ficc . Odor nullus* Sapor 
amari (Iimus. 
VIRTUS\ antifcorbutica, tonica, anthelmin- 
thica, diuretica, emmenagoga, fubeccoprotica. 
USUS. Scorbutus, Leucophlegmatia, Arthritis, 
Rheumatifmus, Cacoethes. 
OBS . 1. Oves tabidae, in paludibus, hacce herba 
abundantibus, pallae, brevi fanantur. Tancredus Ro- 
JB 1 NSON* 
OBS. 2* Infufum aquofum foliorum amariflimum > 
a vitrioio martis fubito nigrefeir. Herbae librae 4 dant 
Extr. 
