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Myrtle Flag. Sweet-scented Flag or Rush. Banks of rivers with 
a muddy bottom. River Yare, near Norwich. Hedley in Surry ; Che¬ 
shire ; near Cambridge ; Hounslow Heath; near Harefield. River Wave- 
ney, near Bungay. Mr. Woodward. River Avon, near Pershore. Mr. 
Ballard. River at Tamworth. Marshes near Glastonbury. 
P. May—June.* * * § 
TA MUS. Flowers barren and fertile on different plants. 
Cal. with six divisions : Bloss. none. 
F. Style three-cleft: Berry three-celled, beneath: 
Seeds two. 
T. commu'nis. Leaves heart-shaped, undivided. 
Mill. III. — Blackw. 457— Giseck. 22—E. Bot. 91— Dod. 401— Lob . Obs. 
344 ; Ic. i. 625. 1—Ger. Em. 871— Park. 178. 6— J. B. ii. 148 —H. Ox. 
i. 1. 6— Ger. 721. 1— Matth. 1285— Gars. 182— Cam. Epit. 988. 
{Root very large, blackish on the outside. Stems twining, (extending many 
feet, slender, decaying annually E.) Leaves alternate, varying from 
kidney to heart, heart-spear, triangular spear-shaped, and even to hal¬ 
berd-shaped. Blossoms greenish. Berries red. 
Lady’s-seal. Black Bryony. (Welsh: Gwinwydden ddu ; Afal Adda. 
E.) Thickets and hedges. (Mr. Winch observes, that on the north bank 
of the river Wear, above Sunderland, this handsome creeper terminates 
its long range from as far south as Algiers. E.) P. June.f 
JUNC'US.J Cal. six-leaved : Caps, three-celled, three»valved : 
Seeds numerous, horizontal.§ 
* The roots powdered might supply the place of our foreign species. Tt is our only native 
truly aromatic plant. Linn. The powder of the roots has cured agues when the Peruvian 
Bark has failed. The roots have a strong aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish 
taste. The davour is greatiy improved by drying. They are commonly imported from the 
Levant, but those of our own growth are fully as good. The Turks candy the root as a 
prophylactic, and believe them to be a preservative against contagion. Neither horses, 
cows, goats, sheep, or swine will eat it. (Dr. Swediaur recommends it either in the form 
of extract, (dose half a dram), or candied, in dyspeptic cases.—Dr. Barton says, his expe¬ 
rience enables him to state that in dyspeptic flatulency, and other disorders of the stomach, 
and in cholic, it merits the marked attention of physicians. Chewed, and the juice only swal¬ 
lowed, it is a pleasant remedy for indigestion ; and when masticated, by stimulating the 
salivary glands, produces a copious discharge, and relieves the tooth ach. Veg. Mat. Med. 
U. S. The whole plant has been used for tanning leather, and the French snuff a la violette , 
is supposed to be scented by this root.—The Sweet-scented Flag is used for strewing the 
churches on high festivals in some Catholic countries, nor is the custom altogether 
obsolete in England. E.) 
t Though considered a poisonous plant, the young shoots are eaten in the spring, dressed 
like asparagus. The root is acrid and stimulating : (one of the best diuretics known, and 
an excellent remedy in calculous obstructions. Salisbury. E.) Horses will not eat this 
plant. 
| (From jnngo, to join ; alluding to the general utility of several species in binding 
themselves and other things together, for economical purposes. E.) 
§ (The best method of destroying Rushes, which are apt to overpower more valuable 
herbage, is to fork them up in July, collect them in heaps for burning, (the ashes affording 
some little refreshment to the exhausted land,) and, above all, to prevent a fresh growth, 
by depriving them of their pabulum vitce, under drain. The different species of Junei 
harbour Cateretes rufilabris , Bryaxis Juncorum, JDonacia simplex , Livia Juncorum % 
Chcrmes graminis ) Acarus gymnopterorum, and several Cocci. E.) 
