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Kmth. \2-Walc-Ger. 582. ^-Column. 



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2. 2-Dod. 122. 3-Lob. obi. 290. 2-Ger. em. 719- 2- 

 Park. 484. 1-J. 5. Hi. A-Matth. 970-F/. <&*. 314-tf. 

 ca:. vi. 14. 20. 



Feather with o bristles as long as the blossom. Linn. Root 

 long, tapering to a point. Outer segments of the outer blossoms 

 much larger than the inner. Flowers bluish lilac colour. 



Small scabious. Dry hilly pastures, frequent. P.June — Sept.* 



ERIOCAUXON. Cal common, a tiled head. 





Male florets in the centre of 1 petal. 

 Fern, in the circumference, 2-petaled. Caps. 

 cells. Seeds 2. 



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septangula rc. E. Stalk with 7 angles, sheathed at the base: leaves sword- 

 shaped. 



E. hot. 733-PbtI. trans, lix./. 2±3-Penn. hebr. i. 39, at p. 314. 



Grows under water. Stalk 1 to J \ foot high, the top rising 

 above the water when in flower. Lightf. Fringe of the calyx 

 white. Petals white, with a black spot on the limb. Dr. Hope. 



Dr. Hope sent the plant to Linnaeus, who, as he afterwards 

 informed me, said it was the E. decangulare ; but Dr. Hope in his 

 excellent and accurate description, describes the stalk as having 

 only 7 angles, and sheathed at the base. See Phil. Trans, v. 69* 

 If the fig. of Plukenet, 409, % w to be relied upon, the American 

 plant which Linnasus called E. decangulare, wants the sheath on 

 the stalk ; the proportion of the leaves is also different ; and from 

 the character given to it by Linnaeus, the stalk has 10 angles, 

 and the male flower 4 stamens, so that I am disposed to believe 

 that the British plant is really a different species, and have named 

 it accordingly. 



Wreathed Pipewort. Nasmythxa articulata. Huds. Disco- 

 vered by Mr. Robertson, a pupil of Dr. Hope, in a small lake 

 in the Isle of Skye, in 17 68. In 2 or 3 small fresh water lochs 

 about a mile West of Loch-sligachan, in the Isle of Skye, but 

 . particularly in a small lake called Loch-na-Caiplich, close to the 

 road side between Sligachan and Drynoch, in such abundance, 

 that the white fibres of the roots are thrown on the edges of the 

 loch as sea weeds on the sea shore. Lightf. P. July. Huds. 

 Sept. LlGHTf. The root is slightly acrimonious when chewed. 



SHERAR'DIA. BIoss' 1 petal, funnel-shaped, 



long : seeds 2 y naked, crowned by the calyx. 



* Horses, Sheep, and Goats eat it. The pafWo Muturna feeds upon 

 ill the species. 





