PL ex. cat, 45. UMBELLIFERtE. SIO. Agostana. 52? 



2. Agostana divaricata. Spreading hares-ear. 



, Stem branchy ; Iranches divaricating ; umlells peduncled, 

 lateral, opposite to the leaves ; involucrum iJ-leaved ; invo^ 

 lucella 5-leaved, ovate, acute, 3-ribbed, coloured. 



Perfoliata minor angustifolia, bn^jleuri folio, Bauh. Pin. 277. 

 Bupleurum Odontites, hin. S. P. 342. 



Rocks by the sea ; annual ; July. 



Plant stiff; leaves lanceolate ; involucrum 5-ribbed ; lateral 

 ribs close together. 



XL VI. 311. ERYNGIUM. Dioscorides. Ermgo. 



Flowers sessile, capitate, intermixed w^ith chaffs ; calyx 

 5-parted, persisting; petals oblong; lacinule bent in, fast- 

 ened at the base ; jndt reverse ovate, slightly compressed, 

 truncated, crowned; akenium ovate, slightly angular, co* 

 vered with membranaceous chaffy scales. 



a. Invnlucrum and chaffs lanceolate. 



1 . Eryngmm campestre. Field eringo. 



Stem much branched; root-leaves bipinnate, leaflets de- 

 current, ovate, variously bent; stem-leaves embracing the 

 stalk, pinnately lobed. 



Eryngium viilgare, Rati Syn. 222, 1. 

 Eryngium Mediterraneum, Ger.ejn. 1162,2, 

 Eryngium Mediterraneum seu campestre, Park. 986. 

 Eryngium campestre, Lin. S, P. 337. 

 Levant sea-holly. 



Pastures by the sea-side ; perennial ; July and August. 



Leaves pinnatifid, spinous, decurrent; lobes divided, and 

 often pinnatifid. — Root candied, slightly aromatic, eaten as 

 a stimulant and antipestilential. 



b. hivolucrum like the leavesj chaff's iricuspidate. 



2. Eryngium maritimum. Sea eringo. 

 Root-leaves roundish, plaited, spinous; heads peduncled. 



Eryngium marinum, iJaM'S^n. -222, 2; Ger, em. 1162,1; Park. 986. 

 Eryngium maritimum, Lin. S. P. 337. 

 Sea holly. Sea holme. Sea hulver. 



Sandy sea-shores ; perennial ; July and August. '^ 



Root creeping ; stem branchy ; leaves lobed, ribbed, glau- 

 cous, bald; root-leaves petioled; heads conical; corolla blue. 

 — Leaves bitter, astringent. 



