scat by the style; smooth ; Fh. oc Souble Seeds ay 
curuy-grass. crooby-grass. Ss, common, also on 
inland mountains in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Scotland, an 
Wales. A. April, May.* 
r. Hudson considers the C. groenlandica as “ott a var. of 
this, nly as far as a gos from the — character, the C, da. 
re, so great are the changes to which it 
is subject ; but the e following oetameenhint of this Proteus-like 
plant, is more extraordinary phan ay, other thing of the kind 
which has occurred to my obsery 
Rost woody, sending out fibres. 
Stem none. 
Leaf stalks lying close on ‘es ground, springing from the crown 
ty very slender, about 1 or 1} inch lon 
pees a entire, varying from Opentye to heart shaped, 
sometimes with a oi indentation on each side, about 
of an inch in dia 
Frit-stalks from the crown ‘oe the root, rey. senders leafless, 1 
to 13 inch long, supporting a single flo 
Bloss, a reflected, very much larger ind che calyx, of a 
rich lilac-colour, sraked with deeper purple lines. 
Pouch ihe heart-shaped, 2-celled, with 4 _foegt seeds in 
each, placed alt ternately, on short pedicles 
This pelegant little Fk grows in a rich soil in various places 
about Lisbon, but more particularly on the shores of the Tagus ; 
ra desieg in January and Fe rane sed I never saw it = aS~ 
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in every respect with the Pratagal ‘aie In April t the 
colour of the peta arte more eae the hau plant larger, and 
much resembling the Cochl. danica fig. in the Fl. dan. t. 100. In 
May the petals “oe entirely white, and much 
smaller than those which had flowered in March: the flowers 
*d a. corymbus, the stems pet to a foot or more in heighr, 
+ Spite, Standing this is'a native of the sea soning it is cultivated in 
out without any persibid alteration of its properties. It possesses a 
wore able degree of ony, and this acrimony seems to reside ina 
ery subtile essential ail. Its effects as a anti-scorbutic are untversally 
$ i. and it is a powerful remedy in t germ wr Re and in what 
y denham calls the scorbutic rheumatism. A distilled water, and a con+ 
os phe Prepared from the leaves, and its j juice. is prescribed along with 
A salad mnt by the name of anti-scorbutic juices, It may be eaten as 
wee WS eat it. Horses es, goats, and sheep refuse it. 
Vox. III. P Pp 
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