29^ POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



133. cpt. Mcris. hifi.f. 12. t. 2. /. 2, Qer, em. g^^, 

 /. 12) 



Globe- Flower. Anglis. 



Lucken-Gowan, i. e. Cabbagc-Daifie. Scotis. 



Ar the foot of mountains, and by the fides of their 

 rivulets frequent -, as at Brumlanrig, the feat of 

 the Duke of §)ueenjhiiry^ in Nilhfdaie ; at Corrys- 

 Lyny the famous fall of the Clyde ; and at Cart- 

 land rocks, near Lanerk^ &cc. Dr. Parjons like- 

 wife obferved it in Canihher-Den^ two miles from 

 J^inlithgczVy and in Achendenny wood. ^ . VI. 



The leaves are divided iirft into five fegments down 

 to the bale •, the fegments are again divided each 

 about half way into two or three lobes, which 

 lobes are Iharply indented on the edges : the (talk 

 is a foot high, and fcarcely branched : the fiov^er 

 is yellow, globofe and fpecious : the petals 12 

 or 14, difpofed commonly into four fcries, with- 

 in one another, and incurved, the exterior ones 

 greenifh, and indented irregularly at the top : 

 the Ne(laria are in number from 9 to 16, linear, 

 plane, incurv'd, and perforated on the infidc ai 

 the bafc. 



The country people in Szvedeii ftrev/ their floors and 

 pavements on holydays with the flowers, which 

 have a plcafant fmell, and are ornamental in gar- 

 dens. Our northern poet makes the young laird 

 wifli to gather thcfe flowers to weave a chapler 

 for his Katy's brow : 



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