j 82 i>/r. ray V It INERAP.IES. 
Here we had with Confidence affert- 
ed and confirmed to us this Legend 
that 
found growing, Aparine major Plinii : Upon 
“ the Walls of Berwick^ by the Sea-Side, Ery- 
fimum latifolium Neapolitanum, About 2 Miles 
from Berwick^ by the, Side of a Rivulet, in a 
boggy Ground, not far from the Road lead- 
ing to Edinburgh^ we found a Sort of Pfeudo- 
afphodelus which I had never before feen, much 
lefs than that common in England^ having, 
‘‘ as I guefs, White Flowers in a Spike, to 
which fucceed roundifh Seed-VefTels. The 
“ Stalk of the Spike is naked, or not having 
above one Leaf, the Spike itfelf fhort, the 
Root fibrous, as that of the common. 
‘‘ July the 24th, We left Berwick^ and rode 
fir ft to Scrammerjlon-Mill^ about a Mile and 
an Half diftant, where we obferved the Echium 
marlnum \ it hath a Blue Flower, almoft of 
“ the Figure of Honey-wort^ but fhorter. The 
“ Leaves are fmall, of a Glaucous Colour, like 
to Woad or Hounds -Tongue *, for Figure not 
much unlike the Sea-Beet^ but lefs, 
‘‘ Thence we rode to a Village called Bambo- 
roughs nigh to the Earn IJlands^ where Sir 
WiUiam Forjlcr dwells. There is an old Caf- 
