180 SYNGENESIA P. SUPEEFLUA. 



Hob. Waste grounds. " Wastes near the Scotch-gate,^ 

 Thomp. Frequent in gardens and shrubberies. July. 

 c? 



243. CARLINA. 



I. C. vidgariS) a foot high ; stem corymbose, many -flowered ; 

 flowers terminal, purplish ; outer calyx-scales pinnatifid, inner 

 whitish. Carline Thistle. 



Hob. Dry barren fields. Sea banks below Lambert on 

 Shields, Thomp., and between them and Burnmouth. 

 Holy Island, Mr NeilL June, July. $ 



" This genus was named after the Emperor CHARLE- 

 MAGNE, because, according to report, one of its species, 

 C. acaulis, was pointed out to him by an angel, to cure his 

 army of the plague. Its root is pungent, bitter, and to- 

 nic; but the large white everlasting flower is perhaps 

 most useful, when nailed upon cottage doors, in Germany, 

 France, or Italy, by way of a hygrometer, as it closes be- 

 fore rain.*' SM. 



244. EUPATORIUM. 



1. E. cannabinum, stems 2 or 3 feet high, leafy, downy ; leaves 

 in 3 or 5 deep lanceolate segments, the middle one longest; 

 flowers in dense, pale purplish, corymbose tufts. Hemp-agri- 

 mony. 



Hob. Watery boggy places, frequent. Dodses' Well, and 

 other parts of the sea-banks, Thomp. Horncliff dean, 

 &c. Aug. If 



II. P. SUPERFLUA. 



245. TANACETUM. 



1. T. vulgare, leaves doubly pinnatifid, deeply serrated, naked ; 

 flowers densely corymbose, yellow. Common Tansy. 



Hob. Banks of the Whiteadder, Tweed and Till, plenti. 

 ful, Thomp. July, Aug. 7/ 



<c In the spring time are made with the leaues hereof newly 

 sprung up, and with egs, cakes or tansies, which be plea- 

 sant in taste, and good for the stomacke. For if any bad. 



