V 



1 m 



278 



PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Eryngium. 



XAN THIUM. Male and female flowers on the 



same plant. 

 Male. Cal. common, tiled : bhss. 1 petal, fun- 





Fem 



shaped, 5-cIeft 



Invol 



leaved 



pt. chaffy. 

 2-fiowered 



bloss 



caps, double, prickly, cloven : nut 



2-celled. 





Struma'rium. X. Stem thornless: leaves heart-shaped ; 3-fibred. 



7 



Matth 



Dod. 39. \-Lob. obs. 31.9, ic. i. 588. 2-Ger. em. 800. 

 2-ParL 1223. A-Gars. 642. 



Male flowers in a branched bunch, terminating the stem and 

 branches. Fem. flowers immediately beneath* in the bosoms of 

 the upper leaves. Mr. Woodward. 



Lesser Burdock. Burdock Clottweed. On dunghills, and ground 



highly manured. A. June — Sept.* 



ERYNG'IUM. Flowers forming a head : general 



involncr. many-leaved : recepl. chaffy : seeds 

 rough with flexible scales. 



marit'imum. E. Root-leaves roundish, plaited, thorny : flowering heads 



on fruit-stalks : chaff 3 -pointed. 



'ph. S-Woodv. 102-//, dan. 875 

 ■Matth. b"8(-C//«. ii. 15.9.2- 



490 



\~Park. 086. 1 



7 



Root-lea<ves t and lower stem-lea<ues 3- cleft, on fruit-stalks ; 



upper embracing the stem. Leaf. 

 Woodward. Leaves mealv on t] 



like border ; angles ending in sharp whitish thorns, 

 whitish blue. 



Sea Eryttgo. Sea Holly. Sea shore, common. [At Ya 



Mr. Woodward.— 



Bloss. 





lrd. — And on the sands at Hayle, Portawen, Port- 

 nd Penzance, Cornwall. Mr. Watt.— N. Shore, Liver- 



pool. Mr, Caley.] 



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* The leaves are bitter and astringent. — A decoction of the whole 

 plant affords a showy yellow colour; but it is better if only the flower* 

 are used. Horses and goats eat it. Cows, sheep, and swine refuse it 



t The leaves are sweetish, with a light aromatic warmth and pun- 

 gency. The roots are supposed to have the same aphrodisiac virtues as 

 the Orchis tribe They are kept in the shops, candied. 





