PENTAND. DIGYN, 89 



linear-lanceolate opposite, general involucre of 1 2 leaves. 



E. /;. /. 2142. 

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



near Kelso, Maugh. Fl. July. 3/ . 

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



yellow. Fruit ovate, furrowed, scarcely bordered. 



51. CRITHMUM. 



1. Cr. marillmun (Samphire), leaflets lanceolate fleshy. Lighlf. 

 p. 158. E. B./. 819. 



HAB. Rocks by the sea-side. In Galloway, Sibbald. Below Kirk- 

 cudbright, Kirkmaiden, between Mull and Kirkpatrick, Lightf. 

 FL Aug. I/. 



Whole plant very succulent, pale green. Leaves bi- 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. sphondylium (common Cow-Parsnip), leaves pinnated, 

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

 /. 939. 



HAB. Meadows and borders of fields, common. JFY. July. c. (7, 

 Decand.) 



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

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

 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 (Scottish Lovage), leaves biternate. Lighlf. 

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



HAB. Very frequent on the rocky coasts of Scotland. Fl. July. If. . 



Root fusiform, reckoned a good carminative - } leaflets large, broadly 

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

 in Skye, and called Shunis. The English Ligusticum Cornubieme 

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

 to Cornwall 11 , has been long known as a native of Piedmont, and 

 figured in Allioni. It is the Danaa aquilegifolia of Decand. Fl. Gall. 



2. L. Meum (common Spignel, Meu 9 or Bald-money}, all the 

 leaflets setaceo-rnultipartite. Sm, Comp. p. 46. Lighlf. 

 p. 157 (Alhamanta Meum). E. B. t. 2249 (Meum atha- 

 manticum). 



HAB. Mountainous pastures, not uncommon, In Lanarkshire; 

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

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

 Balvie, Glasg., Hopk. Loch Lomond, and N. side of Loch Ness, 

 Mr. Murray. Highlands, more abundant. Fl. June. 7/ . 



See E. B. p. 683. 





