PRIMULA.—COWSLIP.
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POTEN TILLA.
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Two species of this genus are used indicine :
1. Potentilla Anserina, Linn. — Silvenveed.
Synonimes : — Anserine vulgaire, Fr. ;Gaenserich, Fingerkraut, Silberkraut,Germ.
Bruns. ; Gall. ; Wirtem. ; Bergius ;Murray and Gmelin ; Spielmann.
A common plant of Europe. (IcosandriaPolygyria, Linn.; Rosacea, Juss. ; Fiy.Zorn, le. pi. t. 15)
The root and herb are employed.
The root (Radix Anserina; seu Argentina;seu Argentaría;) is fibrous and blackish. Ithas a sweetish taste.
The herb consists of a very slender stem,furnished with pinnate leaves with toothed,hairy leaflets, brilliant and silvery under-neath. It is without odour, but of an acerband rather styptic taste.
It is astringent.
2. Potentilla reptans, Linn. — Cinquefoil,Five-leaved Grass. -
Synonimes :— Quintefeuille, Fr. ; Fünf-fingerkraut, Fünfblatt, Handblatt, Germ. ;Femfingerert, Dan. ; Cinco en rama,Port. ; and Span. ; Vyfvingerkruid, Dut. ;Cinquefoglio, Ital. ; Pieciornik, Pol. ;Femfingercert, Swed.
Amst. ; Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Ferr. ;Wirtem. ; Spielmann.
A common plant of Europe. (IcosandriaPolygynia, Linn. ; Rosacea!, Juss. ; Fig.Zorn, Ic.pl. t. 302)
The root and herb are employed.
The root [Radix Potentilla; seu Penta-phylli seu Quinquefolii majoris) is cylindri-cal, of a blackish-brown colour without,whitish within, and of a feebly styptic taste.
The herb consists of a filiform stem, andof petiolated, quínate leaves with retuse, ser-rated leaflets of a light green colour. Itstaste is bitterish and astringent.
POTERIUM SANGUISORBA, Linn.— PIMPERNEL, SMALL
BURNET.
Synonimes :— Piinprenelle commune, Fr. ;Pibernelle, Germ. ; Pimpinelle, Dan. ;Pimpinella, Ital. ; Port. ; and Span. ;Pimpernelle, Dut. ; Pimpernella, Swed.
Bruns.; Hisp.; Gall.; Ferr.; Wirtem. ;Herbip. ; Bergius ; Brugnatelli ;Murray and Gmelin.
A plant of the south of Europe. (Mona-da Polyandria, Linn. ; Rosacea;, Juss.)
The root and herb are employed.
The root (Radix Pimpinella; minoris seuhortensia seu rubrœ seu Italicœ) is thick,long, reddish, and divided into severalfibres.
The herb consists of an angular stem, ra-ther branched, and furnished, particularlyat the base, with winged leaves havingslightly hairy footstalks ; they are composedof from eleven to twenty-one leaflets nearlyequal, round or oval, glabrous, and r.itherdeeply toothed. Its odour is feeble and aro-matic, and its taste astringent and bitterish.
PRIMULA OFFICINALIS, Ltnn.-COWSLIP.
Synonimes :— Primevère, Fr. ; Schlüssel-blume, Germ. ; Oxedrif, Dan. ; Primulaveris, Span. ; Sleutelbloem, Dut. ; Pri-mavera, Ital. ; Bakwiza, Pol. ; Prime-vera, Port. ; Oxelœgg, Swed.
Amst. ; Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Genev. ;Wirtem.; Herbip.; Bergius; Mur-ray and Gmelin; Spielmann.
A plant of Europe (Pentandria Mono-Vol. II.
gynia, Linn. ;Flore Medic. V.
Primnlacecp,
284)
Juss. ; Fig.
The root, herb, and flowers are employed.
The root (Radix Primula; veris seu para>-yseos seu Verbasculi pratensis) is a large,somewhat reddish, stock, furnished withlong, white, fleshy fibres. It has an agree-able and anisated odour, and a slightly as-tringent and bitterish taste.
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