66 
&n- 
PP 
the fruclificat 
or 
feed 
ffi 
P 
or 
lob 
of the leaf. 
d 
ach fid 
of th 
placed on the back of 
v of three or four on 
e 
with a thin 
charges the i 
midrib: at fir ft they are yellowifh, and 
ch when at maturity burft 
r\ 
mb 
wh 
the 
> 
3vered 
d dif- 
It is common in this country, 
and rocks in moift and fhaded fitu 
d 
3 
ally found on old 
is 
This plant we figure on the authority of the Edinburgh Pharma 
copce 
• 
The leaves have i 
t any particular fl 
aginous fweetifh fubaftringent tafte, with 
they are efteemed ufeful in diforders o 
the breaft, proceeding from a thicknefs and acrimony of tb 
\ 
and are likewife fuppofed to promote the expect 
phleg 
and 
directed in $Fufion or decodtio 
open obftructions of the vifcer 
They 
e juices ; 
of tough 
ufually 
rice. 
with the addition of a little liqu 
A fyrup prepared from them, though it has now no pi 
our pharmacopoeias, is frequently to be met with in our fhops, both 
as prepared at home and imported from abroad. A little of thefe 
fyrups mixed with 
w r ater makes a very pleafant draught. The 
fyrup brought from abroad has an admixture of orange flower- 
water. a 
-e 
Ed. N. Difpenf. p. 209 
y 
. 
^ 
LICHEN ISLANDICUS. 
ERYNGO-LEAVED LICHEN. 
.■■ 
ST NO NT MA. Lichen iflandicus. 
Edink 
Lichen 
foliis -oblongis laciniatis : marginibus conniventibus ciliatis. Flor. 
Lapp, p. 445. Roy. Lugdb. 
508. 
Hall. Stir p. Helv. 75 
Lichen terreftris, foliis eryngii. Buxb. cent. 2. p. 11. t. 6. f. 1.2. 
Lichenoides rigidum, eryngii folia referens. 
Dill. 
209. /. 28. f. in. Lichenoides iflandicum. Hoffm. PL 
Uchenof. vol. 1. fafc. 2. tab. 9. f. 1. 
4* 
Flor. Dan. 155. 
Gifcke 5 o . Mich . t. 44 . f. 4. C onf. Withering . Bot. Arr .p. 196. 
Clafs 
