THE SANICLE. 135 



which renders these records short to speak very 

 briefly, so that perhaps 



" To lytyl schall I seyn I wys."* 



When I declare that though formerly resorted to 

 as a remedy in nearly all " the ills that flesh is heir 

 to/' it is now wholly disused in medicine ; and that 

 its only title to our consideration, is the prescrip- 

 tive right of antiquity, like many another subject 

 to which we might point. 



The only British species is the wood-sanicle ($. 

 Europosa), which is a common plant in woods and 

 thickets, whose straggling umbels bear a small white 

 blossom, while the finely-serrated leaves present a 

 handsome appearance ; not at all in accordance with 

 the name Clust yr arth, or " Bear's-ear," given to it 

 in Welsh. 



* " English Medical manuscript." See above, p. 88. 



