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SeLtaco Gitus. Dr. Giiw’s Seago. 
KEE EKER EE EEE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
DipynAm1a ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Senaeinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. monosepalus, ovatus aut campanulatus, 3—5-fidus 
aut 3—5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, 4—)-loba. Stam. 4. 
Capsula 2-locularis, loculis sporite separabilibus mono- 
Spermis. Choisy. 
Specific Character. 
SEtaco * Gillii; caule terete subsimplici pubescente, foliis 
sparsis lineari-oblongis glabris, floribus umbellato- 
capitatis, calyce tripartito pubescente. 
Descr. Stem hardly a foot high, rounded, slender, 
terete, shrubby and downy, scarcely branched. Leaves 
Scattered, erecto-patent, linear-oblong, rather obtuse, gla- 
brous, entire, slightly convex above, about three-fourths of 
an inch long. Flowers collected into a somewhat umbellate 
head. Bracteas lanceolate and downy. Calyx downy, 
oblongo-ovate, deeply cut into three lanceolate teeth, of 
which one is smaller than the other two. Corolla of a deli- 
cate purplish rose-colour: éube long and slender, much sa 
; to) 
ii aeainaliag a 
Celtic lan e: signifying beneficial to the sight. The same word sel is the 
root of rm Bg as the ieee of Fingal is called in Ossian, = “a egy et 
lle-vue. There seems to be no analogy, except in ea ae tia ‘isis 
ELAGO of the ancients and the present plant, and it is not easy of x Wes 
why Linnavus thus appropriated it. The Szevaco of the Celtic nation 
eld in hi +e. +4 diseases of the eyes, and many superstiti- 
d in high esteem, as a specific in diseas oo by the Druids. 
* Derived, according to Tuéis, 
