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Fceniculum, Fennel; Anethum, Anise; Anthemis Cotula, 

 Stinking Mayweed ; Apiuni graveoiens, Celery; A. Petroselinum, 

 Parsley; Bupleurum 7'otundifoliwn, Hare's-ear or Thorow-wax; 

 Cheiranthus Cheiri, Wallflower ; Corylus Avellana, Hazel ; 

 Euphorbia Characias, Great Spurge ; Hordewn vulgare, common 

 Barley ; Isatis tindoria, Dyer's- wort, Glastum^ or Woad ; 

 Mentha Pulegium, Pennyroyal^ an estimable plant, as both its 

 English names imply value and dignity ; Mercurialis annua, 

 Annual Mercury ; Rubia peregrina, Madder ; Biiscus aculeatus, 

 Butcher's-broom ; Sambucus Ebulus, Dwarf Elder ; Sinapis 

 nigra, Black Mustard ; Sorbus domestica, Service-tree ; Tama- 

 rix gallica, Tamarisk ; Tamus communis, Lady's-seal ; Teucrium 

 Scordium, Garlic Sage ; Tormentilla erecta (T. officinalis) com- 

 mon Tormentil ; Trifolium arvense, Haresfoot Trefoil ; Tussi- 

 lago Farfara, Coltsfoot ; Urtica dioica, Stinging Nettle ; Viola 

 odorata. Sweet Violet; Zostera marina, Grass-wrack. 



It is probable, though not absolutely certain, that the above- 

 named plants are the same as those described or mentioned by 

 Hippocrates, the first prose author who introduced plants by 

 name to his countrymen, and whose names have been handed 

 down to us. 



It might be worth while to ask, why modern botanists (those 

 who have lived since the time of Linnsus) have almost invariably 

 assigned the authority of this great naturalist, as voucher for 

 these anciently established species or genera. It is said or as- 

 sumed, that the first discoverer of a new species, genus, or order, 

 has a right to name his discovery. The great reformer of natural 

 science in the eighteenth century is credited with many names 

 which he neither invented nor applied. 



CHAPTERS ON FUNGI. 



By Archibald Jerdon, 



CHAPTEE III. 



Since the end of last century, great advances have been made 

 in the science of Mycology, and this has been chiefly owing to 

 the labours of Continental writers, who have devoted much at- 



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