282 



raiid furnifhed with fimple fligmata 



the 



h 



and (lands beneath the 



nneded together 



It 



ik)wers from July till October 



r 



In the Materia Medica of L 



germen is befet with fhort 



the^frmt is two oblong feeds 



and 



grows abundantly on the fea coafts 



^ 



d 



in 



mofi: 



pharmacopoeias 



th 



Eryng 



\ 



the foreig 



campeftre is confidered to be 



the 



officinal plant: Geoffroy, however, has obferved that the E.maritlmum 



rs by many thought to b 



prefe 



a mor 



Paull 



gives 



it th 



powerful medicine, and" Simon 



but Boerl 



virtues to both 



d 



deed it fee 



of 



attributes the f 



ame 



preferred. Eryngo is fuppofed to be the 



importance which is 



of Diofcorides 



ith other ancient writers fpeak highly of its med 



effi 



The 



wha 



r 



cacy. 



hich is the part directed for medicinal ufe, has no pecu 

 fmell, but to the tafte it manifefts a grateful fweetnefs, and oi 



feeing chewed for fome 



it difcovers a light aromatic warmth 



pungency. By Boerhaave this was efteemed the principal of the 



perient 



b 



d 



and he ufually prefcribed it as a diuretic and antifcor 



has like wife been celebrated for its aphrodifiac powers 



But 



this and the other efFe(^s afcribed to Eryngo feem now to obtain very 



little credit 



J." 



^adrip. p. 324. 



* Hi/. pL T. i. p. 194 



^ Lib. 3. c. 24. He recommends it ad menfes obftru£los, tormina, inflatlones 

 hcpaticos, venena, venenatos morfus, epifthotomcos, & comitiales. 



A 



Vide 



\ 



The youn 



rr 



" Non male turn Gralis florens Eryngus in hortis 

 " Quaeritur : hunc gremio portet fi nupta virentem 

 " Nunquam inconcelTos conjux meditabitur ignes. 



Rap'nus in Boer. Hift 



The root is frequently candied, or made into a fweet meat. 



4 



flowering (hoots boiled^ have the flavour of" afparagus. Lin. 



Flor* Suec 



ANTHEMIS NOBILig* 



V 



