PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 159 



dical leaves of this plant, and after peeling off 

 the rind, dry them feparately in the Sun, and 

 then tying them in bundles they lay them up 

 carefully in the fhade : in a fhort time after- 

 wards thefe dry'd ftalks are cover'd over with a 

 yellow faccharine efflorefcence, tailing like liquo- 

 rice, and in this ftate they are eaten as a great 

 delicacy. 

 The Ruffians^ not content with eating the ftalks 

 thus prepar'd, contrive to get a very intoxicat- 

 ing fpirit from them, by firft fermenting them 

 in water with the greater Billberries^ (Vaccinium 

 uliginofum) and then diftilling the liquor to what 

 degree of ftrength they pleafe, which Gfuelin fays 

 is more agreeable to the tafte than fpirits made 

 from corn. This may therefore prove a good 

 fuccedaneum for Whijky^ and prevent the con- 

 fumption of much barley, which ought to be 

 apply'd to better purpofes. Swine and rabbits 

 are very fond of this plant. In the county of 

 Norfolk it is called Hog-weed. 



LTGUSTICUM. Gen. PI. 346. 

 FruBus oblongus 5-fulcatus utrinque. Corelh 



asquales. Fetalis involutis, integris. 

 LIGUSTICUM foliis biternatis, fubtus lucidis. 

 Lin. Mantifs. 354. Sp. pi. 359. (Oed. Dan. t, 

 207. op. llerm. par. t. 227. Pluh. Aim. t. 96./. 

 2.) Tour in ^cotl. 1772, qto. ed.^i^^^/-^^>'''^^^^- 

 Scotch Parfley or Lovage. Anglis. Siunas or Shu- 

 nis. Gaulis JnfiiU Ski,e. 



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