ERYNGIUM BOURGATI. 
BO URG ATI’S ERYNGO. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
UMBELEIFER&. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
S. France. 
2 feet. 
July. 
Perennial. 
in 1731. 
No. 396. 
The word Eryngium is from errigion of Dios- 
corides, the derivation of which is uncertain. The 
Greek eryggano, to eructate, was thought by pro- 
fessor Martyn, an origin too silly to repeat. Bour- 
gati, from the name of an eminent theologian and 
naturalist of Switzerland. 
The different species of Eryngo are known indis- 
criminately by the name of sea holly. This term 
legitimately belongs only to our native species, the 
Eryngium maritimum, which grows abundantly on 
some parts of the sea coast, where its leaves are very 
ornamental, and somewhat similar to those of the 
species before us. 
The singular blue or amethystine tint displayed by 
•several species of Eryngo, and their peculiar foliage, 
have occasioned their introduction into most gar- 
dens, and the variety they afford is pleasing. 
It is stated by Villars, that the Eryngium Bour- 
gati continues several years before it flowers, and 
after flowering dies. This was the case with our 
plant, but we have had only a single example. We 
mention this that the cultivator may not omit a 
timely division of it. It requires no peculiar care. 
Loudon’s Ency. of Plants. 
