i^2 



Vyiartttmum 



2. 



autumnak 



HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



btis. Sp.pL 482. (Oed, Dan, /. 490; opt, Moris. 



i^//?./. 8. /. 2./. 18.; 

 Arrow-headed Grafs. Anglis 

 in wet meadows aiid hj the fides of ditches, if. 



VIII. 

 LiHnaus fays that cattle are very fofid of this and 



the following fpecies. 



T. capfdlis fexlocularibiis dvatis. Sp,ph 483; (Oed 



Dam /. 306. opt,^ 

 Sea-fpiked Grafs. AHglis, 

 Upon the fea-coafts frequerit^ % . VII. 



COLCHICUM. Gtn. pi. 457. 

 Spatha, Cdr, 6-partita,' tubo radicato. Caps. 3-con- 



nexae, inftata;, 

 COLCHICUM foliis planis Iknceolatis eredis. Sp. 



pi. 485. {Gef. Em. 157./. i ^ i. Moris, hift. f 



4. /. 3./. I. Pet. herb, t. 6^./. 2.) 

 Meadow SafR-on. Jng/is. 

 In low meadows, but not common'. I obferv'd it at 



Jlloa^ about the feat of Mr. Erjkine. %. IX. 

 The naked purple flowers appear in Autumn -, the 



leaves and feed veflrls do not fuCcced 'till the 



following Spring. 

 The root is a folid bulb, cover'd with a yellow flcin j 



on one fide of it is a furrow, from which arife*- 



the tube of the flower. 

 An oxymel, prepar'd from the roots, ga:triered iri 



the beginning of the Summer, and adminifl:et'd 



in the quantity of flx drachms to a boy, and ani 



ounce 



