Fulbourn Moor: New Hot. Guide. — Cheshire; Fiehls by the rond, between 
Disley :ind Whaley Bridge; dry meadows near the New Bridge at Mock port : 
Mr. (i. Holme. — Cornwall; Goonbilly Downs: Mr. \V. Allen. At Kedg- 
worth: Rev. J. P. Jones. — Cumberland ; Common in fields: Otley's Guide. — 
Derbysk. Common in moist pastures: Mr. Pilkington. About Matlock anil 
Buxton: Mr. Woodward. — Near Whaley Bridge. Castleton, and Bakewell : 
Mr. Watson, in N . B. G. Near Calke Abbey: Rev. A. Bloxam. — Devon ; 
Meadows between Crocombe Bridge and Cannonteign ; Wood near Wear Gate 
by the river Mew : FI. Devon. N. Devon, between Barnstaple and F.xeter, on 
the river 'J aw : Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — Durham ; In moist meadows and 
pastures, frequent : N. J Winch. F.sq. — Glouceslersh. Banks of the Berkeley 
Canal, and Robin’s Wood Hill, Gloucester: G. S. Wintle, in N. B. G. In 
great plenty in meadows by the western side of the Severn, below Tewkesbury : 
N. B. G. — Hunts; About Ripton: Mr. WoonwAitn. — Lancash. Near the 
Aqueduct, Lancaster: G. Cronfield, F,sq.— Leicestersh. In the meadows by 
the river opposite Belvoir Castle ; and in the fields South of Bottesford ; near 
Merston, &e. plentifully: Rev. G. Chabbe. Glenfield, rare; at Braunston, 
near Leicester; and meadows about Congerstone: Rev. A. Bioxam. Near 
Ashby de la Zruch, near the outwoods: C. Babincton, Esq. in N. B. G. — 
Lincolnsh. Fields about Belvoir Castle : Rev. G. Craep.f.. Plentiful in mea- 
dows between Folkingham and Grantham: Dawson Turner, Esq. — Middle- 
sex; Hampstead Heath: FI. Metr. — Northumberland ; Moist meadows and 
pastures, frequent : N. J. Winch, l’sq. — Notts. About Nottingham, especially 
about Beeston and Lenton: Deerinc. — Stajfordsh. About Stafford : Dr. Wi- 
a tiering. — Surrey ; Abdut Croydon : FI. Metr. — Warwicksh. In a field at the 
bottom of the Bleach-field, on a ditch bank, (Alcesler); and in moist meadows 
at Upton, in Haslor Parish : T. Pimiton. F.sq. Meadows near the Race Course, 
&c. Warwick, plentiful: Mr. W. G. Perry. — Common in meadows near 
Rugby: W. B. — In Westmoreland, common: N. B. G. — Worcestersh. In 
moist ground at the S. W. side of Nunnery Wood : E. Lees, Esq. — Yorkshire ; 
Common in meadows at Ripon ; Copgrove; and Redcar : and about Coxwold ; 
Leeds; and Settle: Dot. Guide. — WALES. In Breconshire ; Glamorgan- 
shire: Flintshire ; Monmouthshire ; and Montgomeryshire. — SCOTLAND. 
In Berwickshire ; Dumfriesshire ; Kirkcudbrightshire, and Roxburghshire. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Root strong, and somewhat woody. Stem from 18 inches to 
3 feet high, upright, furrowed, leafy, smooth ; branched towards 
the top. Leaves unequally pinnate, of 4 or 5 pair of leaflets, and 
a single one terminal ; those from the root with very long foot-stalks ; 
those on the stem alternate, and smallest, with a pair of large, 
rounded, cut stipulas, united" to the base of the common foot-stalk. 
Leaflets stalked, egg-oblong, and somewhat heart-shaped at the 
base, strongly serrated, smooth, and veiny. Spikes egg-shaped, on 
long flower-stalks, dense, blunt, of a dull purple, or dark blood-red 
colour ; the upper flowers expanding first, these are often without 
stamens, or with only an imperfect one. Bracteas ( calyx of Linn.y 
fringed, 4 under each flower. Calyx ( corolla of Linn.y hairy on 
the outside at the base, tube inclosing the germen, limb in 4 egg- 
shaped lobes, which, when old, adhere so slightly at their base that 
they might be almost considered as 4 distinct sepals. Stigma 
4-cleft. Seed solitary, rarely two. 
The whole plant is astringent. The root has been recommended 
as a tonic, though of very moderate efficacy. The young leaves 
are sometimes cut as salads, and it is used to form one of the in- 
gredients in Cool Tankard ; but the Polerium, its near ally, is far 
more grateful in flavour. It is a coarse plant, and does not seem 
to be very acceptable to cattle. 
