396 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Pimpinella. 
Common Burnet Saxifrage. Saxifrage Anise. (Welsh: Gwraiddi - 
riog cyffredin. E.) Dry gravelly soil. P. Aug.—Sept. 
P. mag'na. (Leaves winged: leafits all egg-shaped; the terminal 
one three-lobed. E.) 
(E. Bot. 408— FI. Dan. 1155. E.)— Jacq. Austr. 3 96—Bod. 315. 1— Lob. 
Ohs. 413. 2, and Ic. i. 720. 1— Ger. Em. 1044. 1— Park. 947. 1— Fuchs. 
608—J. B. iii. 2.109— Clus. ii. 197—Barr. 243— H. Ox. ix. 5, row 1. 1— 
Cam. Epit. 775— Pet. 26. 5— Lonic. 229. 2— Moris. Umb. 5.f. 1. 
Leajits broader than long, serrated, as if besmeared with oil, veined, of the 
appearance of those of Skirrets, (none circular, or strap-shaped, or divided 
into many parts.) Leafstalks compressed. Linn. Stem two or three 
feet high. Stem-leaves gradually narrower, at length strap-shaped, almost 
entire. Umbel, spokes fourteen. Umbellules, spokes ten to eighteen. 
Petals white. Relh. (Larger than the other species, especially in the 
leafits. E.) 
Great Burnet Saxifrage or Anise. Woods and hedges in chalky or 
calcareous soil. Ripton Wood, Huntingdonshire. Mr. Woodward. 
Hollinghall Wood, Leicestershire. Dr. Arnold. About Thirsk, and Bo- 
roughbridge, Yorkshire, very common. Mr. Robson. (In the Chester 
Lane at High Barns, near Sunderland. Winch Guide. On the side of 
the road between Droitwich and Ombersley, close to Sir John Packing- 
ton’s Park wall. Purton. E.) P. Aug.—Sept.* 
Var. 2. FI. ros. Blossoms pale rose colour. Linn. 
Riv. Pent. 81— P.jl. rubro. 
In Wednesbury Field, Staffordshire. Aug. 
Var. 3. Laciniata. All the leaves jagged. Ray. 
Pet. 26. 6— H. Ox. ix. 5. row l. 3— Moris. Umb. 5. 1. 
Hedges near Maidstone, Kent. Ray. 
P. dioi'ca. Plant dwarfish: umbels very numerous, (panicled: leafits 
all linear: flowers dioecious. E.) 
Jacq. Austr. 28— {E. Bot. 1209. E .)—Clus. ii. 200. I—Ger. Em. 1054. 3— 
Ger. 863— J. B. iii. 2. 18. 1— Lob. Adv. 331. 2, and Ic. i. 745. 2 — Ger. 
Em. 1021. 3. 
Stem a hand’s breadth high, wide-spreading, smooth, scored, with but few 
leaves. Leaves three or two-fingered, strap-shaped. Umbels, one termi¬ 
nal and two lateral, opposite, generally compound, some few simple. 
Petals long-spear-shaped, incurved, not notched. Stamens white, long. 
Involucrum none. Some plants with only stamens, others with stamens 
and pistils. Linn. Root spindle-shaped. Fertile flowers have five sta¬ 
mens, but the anthers are imperfect. Huds. The barren plant has a 
* This and the former species partake nearly of the same qualities. The root is very 
acrid, burning the mouth like pepper. (It affords a blue essential oil, and communicates 
that colour to water or spirit on distillation. It is an ingredient of the Pulvis AH compo- 
situs. Stahl, Hoffman, and Boerhaave recommend it as worthy attention. E.) Its acri¬ 
mony hath occasioned it to be used to cure the tooth-ache, and to cleanse the skin from 
freckles. It is chewed to promote the secretion of saliva, and is used in gargles for dissolv¬ 
ing viscid mucus in the throat. In Germany it is prescribed in asthma and dropsy. 
(Aniseeds have an aromatic smell, and a pleasant warm taste. As a stomachic Helmont 
bestowed on them the appellation of “ Jntestinorum Solamen .” E.) Papilio Machaon is 
found upon both species. 
