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ERY'NGIUM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbellifera:, Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 218. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111.; Introd. to Nat. 
Syst. of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit, 
p. 517. — UmuellatjE, Linn. — Rosales ; subord. Angelicosa? ; 
sect. Angelicinas ; type, Angklicacete ; subtype, Saniculida: ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 762, 770, 773, & 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers (fig. 2.) congregated into oblong or 
roundish dense heads. Common Receptacle conical, scaly, many- 
flowered ; each flower with a rigid, simple or 3-cleft, pointed scale 
(see fig. 1.) at its base. Calyx (see fig. 1.) of each flower supe- 
rior, in 5 upright, leafy, pointed segments. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 
5 upright, equal, oblong, channelled, converging petals, which are 
bent in from the middle (see fig. 3.) by a segment as long as the 
limb of the petal, which consequently appears emarginate. Fila- 
ments (see figs. 2 & 4.) 5, hair-like, straight, longer than the corolla. 
Anthers roundish-oblong, incumbent. Germen (fig. 5.) inferior, 
simple, oblong-egg-shaped, clothed with upright bristles. Styles 
(see figs. 2 & 5.) 2, thread-shaped, straight, nearly upright, shorter 
than the stamens, permanent. Stigmas simple. Fruit (fig. 6.) in- 
versely egg-shaped, slightly compressed transversely. Carpels 
( seeds of Linn.y (see figs. 6 & 7.) covered with chaffy scales, with- 
out ridges or vittce. Seeds (fig. 9.) about half taper. Umbels sim- 
ple. lnvolucrum of many leaves. Flowers usually blue. 
The solid, inversely egg-shaped fruit ; the carpels covered with' 
chaffy scales, without ridges or vittce ; the pointed segments of the 
calyx ;the upright, oblong, equal, undivided petals, with long inflex ed 
points ; the. many-leaved involucrum ; and the congregated flowers 
on a scaly common receptacle ; will distinguish this from other 
genera in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
ERY'NGIUM MARI'TIMUM. Sea-Eryngo. Sea-Holly. Sea- 
Hulver. Sea-Holme. 
Spec. Char. Radical leaves on long petioles, roundish, plaited, 
spiny-toothed ; upper ones stem-clasping, palmately lobed. Leaves 
of the involucrum from 5 to 7, egg-shaped, spiny-toothed, longer 
than the head of flowers. Scales of the receptacle 3-cleft. 
Engl. Bot. t. 718. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. ii. p. 281. 1. 102. — Steph. & Church. 
Med. Bot. v. iv. t: 143.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 337. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) 
p. 109. — Sm. FI. Brit v. i. p.288. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 35. — With. (7th edit.) 
v. ii. p. 361. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 527. — Lindl. Syn. p. 127. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. p. 135. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 153. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 87. — Grev. FI. 
Fig. 1. Germen and Calyx, accompanied by one of the 3-cleft scales of the 
receptacle. — Fig. 2. Corolla, Stamens, and Pistils. — Fig. 3. One of the Petals, 
showing the manner in which it is bent inwards. — Fig. 4. A Stamen. — Fig. 5. 
Germen and Pistils. — Fig. 6. Fruit. — Fig. 7. One of the Carpels. — Fig. 8. A 
Carpel cut transversely. — Fig. 9. A Seed. — All magnified. 
* From ereugo, Gr. to belch. — Dioscohides declares that the plant is a spe- 
cific for all complaints arising from flatulence. G. Don. 
t See Anchusa sempervirens, fol. 48. 
