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and especially the root, which is eaten by the Highlanders, is highly 

 aromatic, with a flavour like Melilot, which it communicates to 



milk and butter from the cows feeding 

 on its herbage in spring. " Bald, or 

 Bald-money, is a corruption of Balder, 

 the Apollo of the northern nations, to 

 whom this plant was dedicated." — Sir 

 W. J. Hooker. Dry mountainous pas- 

 tures in the north. — Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



Meum Athamanticum 

 (Spigiiel, A'leu, or Bald-money) 



Crit-hmum Maritimum 

 {Sea Samphire) 



23. Crithmum {Samphire) 

 I. C. maritimum (Sea Samphire). — Well distinguished by its 

 long, glaucous, fleshy leaflets and yellow flowers. The whole plant 

 is aromatic, and has a powerful scent. The young leaves, if 

 gathered in May, sprinkled with salt, and preserved in vinegar, 

 make one of the best of pickles. 

 Rocks by the sea-coast ; abundant. 

 On those parts of the coast where 

 Samphire does not abound, other 

 plants, which resemble it in having 

 fleshy leaves, are sometimes sold 

 under the same name, but they are . 

 very inferior. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



24. Angelica 



I. A. sylvestris (Wild Angelica). 

 — A stout and tall plant 2-4 feet 

 high ; the stem is furrowed, tinged 

 with purple, and slightly downy, 

 especially in its upper part; the A^GBjACASYLVESTRisiWild Angelica) 



