ic)z HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



bus. Sj).pl. 482. (Oed. Dan. f. 490. opt, Moris. 



hiji.f. 8./. 2./. 18.; 

 Arrow-headed Grafs. Anglis. 

 In wet meadov^s and by the fides of ditches. %, 



VIII. 

 Linnaus fays that cattle are very fond of this and 



the following fpecies. 



naritimuin T. capfulis fexlotiilaribus oVatis. Sp.pl. 483. (Oed 

 2. Dan, t. 306. optO 



Sea-fpiked Grafs. Anglis. 



Upon the fea-coafts frequent, if ; VII. 



COLCHiCUM. Gen. pi. 457. 

 ^patha. Cor, 6-partita, tubo radicato; Caps, ^coit" 



nex3£, inflate. 

 COLCHICUM foliis planis lanceolatis ereftis. Sp. 



pi. 485. {Ger. Em, 157./. i G? 2. Moris, hiji. f. 



4. /. 3./. I. Pet. herb. t. 6y.f. 2.) 

 Meadow Saffron. Anglis. 

 In low meadows, but not common. I obferv'd it at 



Alloa, about the feat of Mr. Erjkine. V-. iX. 

 The naked purple flowers appear in Autumn ; the 



leaves and feed veflcls do not fuccced 'till the 



following Spring. 

 The root is a folid bulb, cover'd with a yellow fl^in ; 



on one fide of it is a furrow, from which arifes 



the tube of the flower. 

 An oxymel, prepar*d from the roots, gathered in 



the beginning of the Summer, and adminifter'd 



in the quantity of fix drachms to a boy, and an 



ounc-e 



dutumnak 

 I. 



