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PENTA!s;DRIA DIGYNIA, 153
Lus-a'-chrubain. Gaulis.
In diy upland paftures, efpecially in the hishhiids
frequent, o. Vlil. IX.
It varies with purple and with white flowers.
All thefe three gentians are eilcem'd to be o-ood
ftomachic bitters, and are recommended in the
ague, and to ftrengihen the (lomach.
Linn^us informs us that the poor people in Szveden
ufe this laft fpecies inftead of hops to brew their
ale with.
*UMBELLATCE.
ERYNGIUM. Gen. PL 324.
Flores capitati. Rcceptaculo paleaceo.
ERYNGIUM follis radicalibus fubrotundis plicatis
fpinofis, capitulis pedunculatis, paleis tricufpi-
datis. ^.-pl. 337. Syft. Nat. 202. (Ger. Em. 1162.
/. T, Moris, hijl.f. 7. /. 36./. 6.)
Sea Holly or Eryngo. Anglis.
On the fea coaft in fimdy places frequent, as on
the fnore near Mujfelburgh, at Dunbar^ at Large
on the cor.fl- of Fife^ at Machrianijh-Bay in Can-
tire abundandy, and in the iiland of Jona., &c.
The young tender flioots, when blanched, may be
eaten like alparagus. Liri. Fl. Suec.
HYDROCOTYLE. Gau Fl. 325.
Umhella fimplex ; Imjolucro 4-phyllo. Petala Integra.
Sem. femiorbiculato-comprelTa.
vulgaris I. HYDROCOTYLE foliis peitatis, umbellis quin-
quefloris.
Lus-a'-chrubain. Gaulis.
In diy upland paftures, efpecially in the hishhiids
frequent, o. Vlil. IX.
It varies with purple and with white flowers.
All thefe three gentians are eilcem'd to be o-ood
ftomachic bitters, and are recommended in the
ague, and to ftrengihen the (lomach.
Linn^us informs us that the poor people in Szveden
ufe this laft fpecies inftead of hops to brew their
ale with.
*UMBELLATCE.
ERYNGIUM. Gen. PL 324.
Flores capitati. Rcceptaculo paleaceo.
ERYNGIUM follis radicalibus fubrotundis plicatis
fpinofis, capitulis pedunculatis, paleis tricufpi-
datis. ^.-pl. 337. Syft. Nat. 202. (Ger. Em. 1162.
/. T, Moris, hijl.f. 7. /. 36./. 6.)
Sea Holly or Eryngo. Anglis.
On the fea coaft in fimdy places frequent, as on
the fnore near Mujfelburgh, at Dunbar^ at Large
on the cor.fl- of Fife^ at Machrianijh-Bay in Can-
tire abundandy, and in the iiland of Jona., &c.
The young tender flioots, when blanched, may be
eaten like alparagus. Liri. Fl. Suec.
HYDROCOTYLE. Gau Fl. 325.
Umhella fimplex ; Imjolucro 4-phyllo. Petala Integra.
Sem. femiorbiculato-comprelTa.
vulgaris I. HYDROCOTYLE foliis peitatis, umbellis quin-
quefloris.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides > Volume 1 > (213) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79189788 |
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| Description | Vol. I. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153 |
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| Description | By John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.) |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153-154 |
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