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564 TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA.
CRAMBE. Gerj. pi 825.
Filament a 4 longiora apicebifurca, alrero antherifero.
Bacca ficca, globofa, dccidua
inaritimal. CRAMBE foliis cauleq ; glabrls. Sp. pL 937.
{Ger. em. 315./. 15. Moris, hijl. f. 3. t. 2. /. 16.
Pet. herb. t. 4H./. 12. Oed. Dan. t. 316. opt. cum.
char a ^ ere.)
Sea Colewort. Anglis.
On the fea coaft in Tandy or lloney Toils, but not
common. On the fhore by Faji-Cajile, in Ber-
wick/hire. Dr. Parfons. "U. VI.
The leaves are bluntly oval, glaucous, Tucculenr,
plaited, and deeply Tinuated on the edges : the
Item is two feet high, and branched towards the
top : the flowers are white, and grov^ in fhort
Tpikes or chillers ; the fruit is a roundifhi, pulp-
leTs, green berry, with one cell, containing a
fmgle Teed.
The young leaves cover'd up with Tand and blanch'd
while growing, are boiled and eaten as a great
delicacy.
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Volume 1
DescriptionVol. I.
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Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides
DescriptionBy John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.)
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DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
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