33o N A T u R A L H I S T O R Y
N '.x r . Water-mint of A fpicey fmell, MenthU <.(tnienjts- ver^killata
ja fa fcarce plant .gathered in St, Berian
under a hedge, 1734. .
x. Roman nettle, Urtica pilutifem /emine-magm thmtfflto
Urdca Romany % gathered foiai-flaady ditch at^lins»ran,: Auguit
** Sheep’s fdoel, Lapathum smp/um,:'\repensy^mla^m%v
gathered on the north fide of St' Michael’s Moiutf-1754,.
N°. x i i . Hairy kidney vmi0 ,4^ k d m ;bprjutei\~jwfct CMfie. Tre-
ryn in the parifh o f St. Levin.
SECTf.«. i N°. XIII. The firft I fhall mention i®f this 'fejfoxitftbe.
Q fy V , Drofera, or RoreUa, inJEnglilh t^ 'S to -d ew ,!3m ; ' a ' JIi«Kfc'.'o6
aquatic water which refts in the middle of the leaf, ; evenin the dry eft day.
plants- In Cornwall we call this herb the ; for what reafenl know
not. It is fo very fetal toour fheep, that they phïe ^ând- die in every
pafture where this plant abounds; Mr. R a y e war not ignorant" of
the hurtful effects o f this herb ; he obfervfes, thamftismtfTfo-fiery)
burning nature, and that the leaf, applied tor the; fkin, 'raifcs an
ulcer ; that it is accounted hurtful to the fheep, and" by the farmers?
fbmetimes called the Red-rot.
to the nature o f the herb, but to an infeéhor woimy which, feeding
on this herb, lays its eggs on the leaf, and fixes them therein by
feme noxious poifonous gum ; the eggs are fwffló^ed With, the
flowers and leaf, and chiding the menfirua of the ftomach, get
into the chyle and blood ; they are detained in the capillary.vefîèls
of the liver, where, meeting with the rèqeûfite degree ^f.heat and
moifture they fecundate, the animalcules grow 11, and there make
holes in which lèverai of them lodge together, and feed-upon the
liver till it can no longer perform the fondions of its ftatiön, and
the fheep dies. Two o f thefe infeds in natural fize are given H* xMv.
Fig. x. a and b. The pregnant eggs of worms are taken in with food
by children, and fbmetimes adult perlons ; and efcaping the trituration
of the Aomach, lodge in foch parts and hatch, where the
warmth and juices are favourable to the ripening, excluding, and
perfedingthe foetus. Many forts of fifh alfbare fubjed to worms and
animalcules : the mackrel has fbme frequently in its liver, fb has
the cod, efpecially if it has a bad habit ; and the hake is very fubjed
to worms in moft parts o f the fleflu
t Ray, 2d edit, page 123.
* Ibid, page 54.
I Ibid, page 56«
* Ibid, page 213.
c Ibid, page 227..
* Dr. Francis Nicholls M. R. F. R. S. fays,
that bullocks, as well as fheep, c( are fubje& to a
fmall flat worm, and often many of them refem-
bling a foie, by the butchers termed flooks: this
worm always builds a wall of ftone for its defence,
which is ramified like, a Gall du6t.” Phil. Tranf.
xxxix. for 1756, page 26.
The
0 F f, s C O R N W A- H U , J: ■ 251
/vThe fo foMJpwt ma^yvgrounds'l I have gathered
i inr;TorVori^4fW fo0'M in -%nanf|t is frequently fqiiftd on the
B Lu||^anJr;ez: W^rnqors, H kelqggftg to'the lands
q f t% Chur^Mpwn,VQf Ludgyao,,,^effobjed‘ to,it; fiat whefe-ever
« it grows,, ^fe||)^|ier^hesvall^ pqffiblencare; thfif efihfe foeep, who are
fond of itf may hotffomefoear1 it.
H M P j f r * In ^he^wet, fpongy- pgLj?ts ground»
grows the black ^hpfdeberry||i^T^ F. ahdMr.
Rayi, the an&ular-ftalked Vaqchiium'of others k In Cornwall we
e4 l fhe.fruit^S^horts; !thdy^fe^>(fe:fett( itf fhje, epfenjllr ^&>ple,
h»t inferior||6 flhp|W-^the | o p » n
N 0.-xv+iQ ^ , r a r e plants Wtfiis fitua0dn.,affe |he fmall, creeping,
round-leave(jj|^.ftard-chinkwee'd, of'whieh I fhnjl ‘gh^e a rjnpre parti-
qulgr account. This plaijlysi at prefent knh^n hy-botanifts to be found
in Cornwall iqnlyy and »Devon', chiefly « .th e ^former. calls it
' d IJ fiftep ^ / tR a ,'r ep en t-, fQHk^xiJ^ag0 tmrece; but it may be
juftly fuppofefo, that he. was dpubtfol where tp^cdhfs^^for he. has
not incfodedfit in his hiftory of plantsy^nor- hir his fupplemerat»to fo
which Pluk&et in. his Afinageft, *_page 2^« wonders a t ; rafid therefore
addy;at length a particular defcription of.it from Mr. Ray’h
Catalogue,^ a pdor work to both thole before-mentionech: healfb.;
giyes an ifon of-it in Tafe.vn.- Fig. vr. Petiver (Herb. ‘r Dj
it, Chryfofplenium Cornubisnfe; the Gornifh.penny-rwort.
Dodqr Linnaeus doubted a long while of the «exiffonce of this
planh fofpeding 1 that the EngHfh. had multiplied .the fpedes by
#wfeke 5 Dr. Sibthorp, now Profeflb# ^qf vBotimy in foe Tfefoeifi^r
o f Cxfordh convinced him, of f its reality! by- fending him a ^»ecimen
o f the plant in the year 175Q. Linnaeus, out of refpeft to die
dorpr^v'^amea it i& lm. Gen^.PIantarumt Stfa&frpfo}.- in
bh ’ -Speeief; Plant arum deleribe^it thus, SMtiorpia^ »folim, rem-
formi-fubpeltatis., crenatis''\ and in- his letter to Dr. Sibthorp from
JJpfal, dated: July 15,. 'tf|§§| thus expreflfes himfelf : 9 Pm Alfine
Spuria tibi immefifas -grates hab^ .?, sqptialmwkm pro p&kttap$pMe%
Hydrocqtyle habutffem, mfi- ipfi viMffem et palpitqfem pekhibum Jp&-
cimen quod in tui memoriam fervabol' : O f. ty»>^ubtfal>.p|afat'ir<.^y
an icon, Plate xxxx. Fig.» xi^.Trom a fefo fp^imeh1,»: (%ith fevesi
kind informations) moft obligingly communicated by Dr. Sibthorp.r.
x v i . Round-leaved, ?St.\
num palujlre villofum", found about firing-waters, moftly near the
Land’s End.
• Second edit, page 457.
f Hill of Plants, page 403.
il Third edit. Synopfl page 352.
h Gen. nov. rod<& "page. 21.
1 This is called, the European Sibthorpia, or
ChryfQfplenium j of that which; grows in Africa,
and is fomewhat different,. Dr. Shaw has given an
■ icon at the end of his travels amorig ‘the'African
plants, page yk
Ray, ibid, page 344.
N°. x v i i