riiNTAND. 



-DIGYN, 89 



liiicar-liinccolate opposite, general involucre of 1 — 2 leaves. 



E. B. /. 2U2. 

 Mac. Borders of corn-fields, near Oxenford castle; and road-sides, 



near Kelso, Maugh. FL July. %. 

 One foot to two feet high UmbelMcs small, distant. Flowers pale 



yellow. Fruit ovate, furrowed, scarcely bordered. 



.51. CRITHMUM. 



1. Cr. mariiimun (Samphire), leaflets lanceolate fleshy. Ligfilf. 

 p. 158. E. B.t. 819. 



Hab. Rocks by the sea-side. In Galloway, Sihhald. Delow Kirk- 

 cudbright, Kirkmaiden, between Mull and Kirkpatrick, Lighlf. 

 FL Aug. 11. 



Whole plant very succulent, pale green. Leaves hi- triternate. Um- 

 bels crowded. Petals small, greenish white, ovate, incurved. Invo- 

 lucres all small, ovato-lanceolate. — Makes a warm aromatic pickle. 



52. HERACLEUM. 



1. H. sphondylmm icommoii Cow-Pars?iip), leaves pinnated, 

 leaflets pinnatifid incised serrated. Ligluj. p. 158. E. B. 

 i. 939. 



Hab. Meadows and borders of fields, common. F/. July. c^". 01, 

 Decand.) 



Coarse rank weed, 4 — 5 feet high. Leaves large, serrated, sheath 

 inflated. A narrow-leaved var. is common, the //. aiiguslifoliuiu 

 of some authors. — Hogs are very fond of this plant, and hence in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk the name of Hog-weed. 



53. LIGUSTICUM. 



1. L. scoticum (Scotlish Lovage), leaves bitcrnate. Lightf. 

 p. 159. E. B. t. 1207. 



Hab. Very frequent on the rocky coasts of Scotland. FL July. 1/ . 



Root fusiform, reckoned a good carminative j leci/lets liirg^, broadly 

 ovate, deeply serrated, rather fleshy. Umbels large. Eaten raw 

 in Skye, and called Shunis.— The English Ligustkum Cornubicnse 

 is by no means of this genus ; and, though supposed to be peculiar 

 to Cornwall', has been long known as a native of Piedmont, and 

 figured in Allioni. It is the Daiiuaaquil'gifolia oi Decand. FL Gall. 



2. L. Meiim {common Spig?iel, Meu^ or Bald-moncTj), all the 

 leaflets setaceo-niultipartite. Sm. Comp. p. 46. Lig/iif. 

 p. 157 {Athamanta Meum)n E. B. t.2249 [Meiun atha- 

 mantictim). 



Hab. Mountainous pastures, not uncommon. In Lanarkshire,- 

 about Dunkeld, Perthshire, and W. Lothian, Lightf. Kittocliside 

 and Cross hill, in Kilbride, Ure. On Cathkin hills, and about 

 13alvie, Glasg., llopk. Loch Lomond, and N. side of Loch Ncss^ 

 Mr, Murray. Highlands, more abundant. FL June. % . 



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