.S'.>'.' rivVr I'cH;. \ MIA — I'll. UI'.vS Kiinisotum. 



I., ulpinum. l.iint. Sp. I'l. i;">(ir. /7. /.('/>/'. «</. -. :vu"^. '. 1 ^./. <'• 

 litlUl. V. f>. 'JO. i'l. /•'•• I I 1-*. l''.Hiil. l*ot. r.J. /. '2M. //ooA. 

 Scol.}K'2. 1;M>. i'l. />."i. ^ ri). if)(.A,s. /);. iV 1(1. i'.hilt. 

 Crt/pt. 11. 



L. n.'ini). Hall. Hist, r, :i.Jl. 



L. Sjiblii;v tiioio. «<iii >>«. lOS. /)<//. Muse. IK). /. .".S. /'. 'J. 



C)n tlio l\ij;l\ost luonntaiiis i>l' Si'ollaml. WaU's, anil Uu- iu)vll\ ot 

 Knulaml, in stoiu aiul lalhor nutisl siniatioiis, pliMililiilK . 



rcroiinial. .-litiiust. 



Stems rouuil. strong, simuMli, siunoulial Iraly, prostrate, rroi'p- 

 ins;, bv moans of srattiMvii lilirous railioU's, to a lonsiilorablf 

 oxtont, anil bcarini; many tnt'ls of npriglit, lorkfil, ilonsoly loaty, 

 lovcl-toppoil, partly tlow orini;, hrnnchcs, tVom two to lour incbos 

 bis>b. ).«<jrc'.N- of a iloop i;laui"ons uroon, rather loosoly imbri- 

 cated in four rows, small, arufe, koi-loii, uniform, tMitiro, point 

 loss. Spikts lunnorous. solitary, oroot. oylinilrioal, from lialf an 

 inoh to an inob lonn', of a palo yollowisli groon. Scults ovato. 

 pointoil, not quito ontiro, flat, mou\branous. (\iits. nearly orbi- 

 cular, vollowisli. vmiform. 



A vory liamlsomo ovorgroon, with muoh of tho aspect of a Juniper 

 or Savin. It is bitter, with something of an aronuitio iboour, 

 anil an emetic tpiality ; but though so abundant in Scotland 

 and tho llobriilos, Lightfoot dues not mention its being applied 

 to any use. 



Dillonius, though ho well know this species, und 1ms correctly de- 

 lineated the exotic /.. i.i>)nphin<itum, certainly misapplied syno- 

 nyms of Tragus, (uTanle, Dalechamp and the two Hauhins, to 

 L. itlpiHum, which belong to tlio iOtiipUinaluiii. Tho taller, loss 

 leafy, flowering brai\ehos, well roprosontod in tho old wooden 

 figures of tho above anthitrs, are doeidodly characteristic of 

 L. compluihittiin, to say nothing o( the compressed foliage. 



478. KQUISbyrUM. Horsetail. 



I.mH. (uM. :•:)'.). Juss.\7. ll.lh-.\\0'2. Toitrn.t/M)7. lMm.t.S&2. 

 Ihdw. Thcoi: 33. t. 1, '.'. 



Nat. Ord. Coni/iru- !' Linn. .'»1. Filicrs ilubiiC. Juss. f>. 

 Qnito luulclcrnuncil, thoui>h this gonns is certainly akin 

 to Filiccs, anil even to I\iliiiit\ ov at least Cj/cailCii: See 

 Br. Piodr. 3K>. 



Catkin ovate-oblong, tessellatetl, close, t>r many }H"ltaic, 

 stalkoil scales., on a simple common stalky each scale an- 

 onlar in iVont, boaring at tho back tVom i to T t^blong 

 membranous cells, parallel to each other, anil to the ywr- 

 tial stalk of the scale, which they surrouiul, each (inally 

 bmsting lenmhwise into 2 eijual valves, ('one rather 



