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II. Eryngium. 
Calycine teeth distinct, persistent. Styles slen- 
der. Fruit obovate, covered with squammules or 
tubercles, without ribs or oil-tubes. 
Name, sgvyyw applied to a plant by Dioscorides. 
1. Eryngium foetidum. Stinking Eryngo. 
Leaves, the radical ones elongato-spathulate 
scrrato-spinulose, those of the branches palmato- 
partite sessile, heads of flowers subsessile cylin- 
drical, leaflets of the involucre lanceolate serrato- 
spinose longer than the heads, chaffs entire. 
E. foliis nngustis serratis, foetidum. Sloane , I. 264. t. 
156. f. 3. 4. — E. foetidum, Browne, 185. — Swaitz,Obs. 
110 . 
II A B. Damp Pastures. 
FL Throughout the year. 
Herbaceous, about a foot in height, dichotomously 
branched : branches spreading horizontally, fiexuose, sub- 
terete, anguloso-sulcated, glabrous. Radical leaves about 
six inches in length, elongato-spathulate, rounded at the 
apex, attenuated at the base, spinuloso-serrated, glabrous : 
upper leaves opposite, subconnate, semi-trifid, with the 
apex, as well as a few of the subterminal serratures, spi- 
nulose. Leaves of the involucre 4-G. of the same length 
as the leaves of the branches, lanceolate, spinulose at the 
apex. Chaffs 3 to each flower, and of the same length, 
linear, acute. Flowers minute, white. Calyx 5-cleft, 
leafy, oblong, with the mid-nerve terminating in a minute 
setose apicula. Petals 5, of the same length as the caly- 
cine lobes. Stamens 5, twice the length of the petals. 
Fruit slightly compressed, covered with minute white 
vesicles. 
This plant has a strong disagreeable odour. Several 
species of the genus have been employed medicinally. E. 
maritimum is a native of Great Britain and has a place in 
the Dublin Pharmacopeia. The plant before us has the 
character of being aphrodisiac, alexipharmic, and emena- 
gogue, and of being serviceable in cholic, hysteria, and 
spasmodic diseases in general. It may be used in the 
