PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 15^ 



dical leaves of this plant, and after peeling off 

 the rind, dry them feparately in the Sun, and 

 then tying them in bundles they lay them up 

 carefully in the fhade : in a fliort time after- 

 wards thefe dry'd ftalks are cover'd over with a 

 yellow faccharine efllorefcence, tailing like liquo- 

 rice, and in this flate they are eaten as a great 

 delicacy. 

 The Ruffians^ not content with eating the ftalks 

 thus prepar'd, contrive to get a very intoxicat- 

 ing fpirit from them, by firft fermenting them 

 in water with the greater Billbtrries^ (Vaccinium 

 uliginofum) and then diflilling the liquor to what 

 degree of flrength they pleafe, which Gmelin fays 

 is more agreeable to the tafte than fpirits made 

 from corn. This may therefore prove a good 

 fuccedaneum for Whijky^ and prevent the con- 

 fumption of much barley, which ought to be 

 apply'd to better purpofes. Swine and rabbits 

 are very fond of this plant. In the county of 

 Norfolk it is called Hog-weed, 



LIGUSTICUM. Gen. PI 346. 

 Fru5lus oblongus 5fulcatus utrinque. Corollcs 

 psquales. Fetalis involutis, integris. 

 fcoticum I. LIGUSTICUM foliis biternatis, fubtiis lucidis. 

 Lin» Mantifs. 354. Sp. pi. 359. (Oed. Dan. t. 

 207. opt. Herm. par. t. 227. PM, Aim. t. ^6. f. 

 2.) Tour in ScotL 1772, qto. ed. 

 Scotch Parfley or Lovage. Jnglis, Siunas or Shu- 

 nis. Gaulis InfuU Ski^. 



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