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ERYNGIUxM * MARITIMUM. 



SEA EPvYNGO, cr HOLLY, 



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STNO NTMA. Eryngium 



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Lond. 



Bauh. Pin, p. %i^ 



Er 



y 



6 



m marinum. Gerard Emac. p, 11 62. Park. Theat. p, g^G 



J. Bauh. Hift, vol. ii'i, p, 86. Rait HijI. p 

 Eryngium maritimum. Bauh. P'lnax. p, 3 



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Clafs Pentandria. Ord, Digynia. Lm, Gen. Pla?2t. 324 



EJ. Gen, Ch. . Elores capitati. 



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1 



•^cLcjJiaciuiim paieaceiim . 



/ 



. Ch, 



E. follis radlcalibus fubrotundis plicatis fpinofis, capitulls 



pedunculatis, paleis tncufpidatis. 



THE 



root 



Is perennial, long, round, tou^li, externally of 



brown colour, internally wliitifli : the ftaik is thick, flelliy, round, 

 Ilriated, white, branched, and rifes from one to two feet in heip-ht : 

 the leaves, which grow fro ni the root, are roundifh, plaited, trifid,- 



firm, fpinous like thofe of the holly, marked with white reticulated 



veins, and of a very pale bluifh green colour ; thofe proceeding from 



the ftalk are feffile, and farround the branches : the flowers are fmall 

 of a blue colour, and terminate the branches in round heads : thi 



> 



common receptacle is conical, and fiipplied with/^?/^^- which fepa- - 



rate the florets: the involucrum of tl 





receptacle is compo 

 many pointed leaves, which are loneer than the florets: the 



ve 



th 



of 



calyx 



e 



germen 



the 



confifts of five ered fliarp leaves, placed abo 



corolla is compofed of five obloncr petals, with, their points turned 



i 



m wards : 



th 



e 



corolla, and fupplied 



nlaments are five, ^itwd. 



/vith oblong anther 



ler, upriglit, longer than th-; 







: the two (tyles areiilifornij^ 



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CI Philofophi Eryngium, quafi sf t^y/xo^, . i d eft ruflum, di61:u'n putant, quod 

 capra quae morfu furculum Eryngii prxciderint, vel dtglutiverintj cun.flum gregem posie 

 ■iequentem quafi ftupore aUoni^umTiilunt, donee Eryngium ruau, reiecerint. ' C. 



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