PENTANDRIA PIGYNIA. 753 



L.Lis-a'-chrubain. Gaulis, 



In dry upland paftures, efpeclally in the highlands 



frequent, q. VIII. IX. 

 It varies with purple and with white flowers. 

 All thefe three gentians are eftecm'd to be pood 



ftomachic bitters, and are recommended in the 



ague, and to ftrengthen the flomach, 

 Urinous informs us that the poor people in Sweden 



ufe this laft fpecies inftead of hops to brew thcir- 



ale with. 



* y MBELLATGS. 



ERYNGIUM. Gen. PL 324. 

 Floras capitati. Receptaculo paleaceo. 

 maritimum ERYNGIUM foliis radicalibus fubrotundis pUcati^ 

 ^* fpinofis, capitulis pedunculatis, pal^is tricufpi- 



datis. Sp.pL 337. Syjl. Nat. 202. {Ger, Em. 1162. 

 /. I. Moris, hifi.f, 7. /. 0,6. f. 6.) 

 Sea Holly ,or Eryngo. Anglis. 

 On the fea'coaft in fandy places frequent, as oh 

 the fhore near Mujfelburgh., at Bunbar., at Largo 

 on the coaft of Fife^ at Machrianijh-Bay in Can- 

 tire abundantly, and in the ifland of Jona., &c. 

 The young tender fhoots, when blanched, may be 

 eaten like afparagus. Liit, FL Suec, 



HYDROCOTYLE. Gen. PI. 325. 

 Xlmbella fimplex ; Involucro 4-phyllo. Petala integra. 

 Sem. femiorbiculato-comprefla. 

 vulgaris i, HYDJIOCOTYLE foliis peltatis, umbellis quin- 



quefloris. 



