' ;..2,34 ' . N A -T A J R .A L H I S T O R Y
their r o o t s ' fix the -fands? and' prevent them frbm fhifting with the
winds, and confequeisily fróth1 Ètóking^rthét^Ö^roachgifinifaNipoq
thé amble grounds ; ' ‘and the^iate^Lord-Aïündel d£ Whfdiouf,1 Lord
of the- ahcient inheritances o f thé’ Arundels HH Lanhetn in this
county, obliged his tenants1 of thole parts (as1 'his ahbeftors had d®fte
before1) 'to plant a'propér quantity of'this-^»#«]^,' i&fofder to pfe-
fcrve their lands !fron4 ’being over-run; the other'tile is, that thfe
leaves-fertÉe the indtiftrious women ofthefe parishes fö weave a kind
o f coarfe mats for laying on floors, ami mattreïïès^för bette, marked
balkets, and church haflbcks, and very clean1“ arid wholefoïtlè
they are. _ | :
xxxiï. Small fea-crane’sibilh'; Geranium fiifillum maritimutn
Ë fupinum Betonicce folio, found in landy .places neat ‘the lea, about
Penzance and elfewhcre \ .
N°. x xm r Sea cud-weed, or m t^ ^ & A p G id ip h a liu m mariti
mum, « ori the -gravelly Ihoré betWeeri'ïtótóöC^' and St..Michael's.
Mountf.” ' ' ' y j j 1
xxXiv. Creeping cock’s-foot grafi?;' Gtittnën dü&yMdès radïce
repente, G ers. “ found by Mr. Newton on the fandy Ihörea betweai
Penzance and Marazion plentifully
N°. XXXV. Sea-dogs grafs, long-rooted with a foliaceous êaï-j,
Grainen caninutn maritimutnJ fïc a fóii&eëar G. BA(c$#P8i$d,f&Mir
bifidis, furfum tendentibus) LudgVan galden, 1 7 5 6 ^
N°. xxxv 1. T h e Englifh fea-peafe, Pifum mariimüm Anglicuin fc,
on the beach near Penzance.
N°. xxxvii. Narrow-leaved wild flax, Linum'ffmieftre angufti-
fblium floribus dilute purpurafcêHtibus dël ^
paftures by the fea-fide, about St. Ivds and Truth' f&edfafully *.
N b. xxxviii. Small purple fea-fpWge, PepBs 'MSfitma ftfi'o-obtufo
auEtorum.,'jPbt titfymdlus, found "on - the fancJy beach between Penzance
and Marazion plentifully ”.
sect.ix. Bang now on the brink of the lea, it would be an unpardonable
Submarine negle£t to omit the plants which our fea contains, emulating
mou^’ ra almoft the number, if not the variety o f thole which live inthe
air, exceeding them oftentimes in finenefs of texture, and beatifies
of colouring. Submarine plants' are diftinguifhed by the learned,
into ftony, homy or ligneous, and herbaceous. Among the herbaceous
fea-plants, the molt common kind is the Alga, Fucusy
Grafs-wracks, Sea-wracks, alias Ore-weed : O f this there is a great
HH * Ray, 3* «dit. page 356. * Ibid, ‘page 391.
f Ibid, page 180. -- — ‘ ’ » Ibid, page 319.
* ibid, page 399. • '• - 1 Ibid, ^page
.»Ibid. ( É N a A . » Ibid, page 313. 1
variety
' . p . F ^ G. O R NvWyA L L ,
have
9|Kte|hwhich plants
iV .g y n k s y ^ M fications axew^dpjfuliy . o r d ^ f and .of a
I m o f t f - c p j o u r , t ,eyqry tto , v0y’eyne|p(tes,Jwfieq\his
rncus i| in . ap§^i|jpfeipirn^tprer. pj\ oga the
fhoote arew palq^%v^eofoiwed ^
I N^’ xl£| F & u s J < % F r i a a ^marmap
^m a r i fk - l^ ^ c , ^ y n d y fo ^ o r n ^ l l iAb,y, My. ^Moyle and^ Mr!
^Stephens. f
pglptatim congefiuftimuluf.^ y
Memfcrana-
■ PmdSf^tff^h^amceus >
^uaif f x'W^ll^ranclG^ ^ rpbenj 1 a^u^ifohus ^ma^mpibus
fgftPs , .plant of jg^eatj beauty as ^tQ^, colpvrrfbi^t ,in fhape
exceeding all I fagye yet feem,
N Mucus; membranaceus^ Ceximtjfaes : the ^Scotch call it
Oils; the irjfh, who |||y^|t, Oulefh^Top^.by the lame,''.
N". j l g g j l The largefl and nobleftplant,of this membranaceous
kind is thp bloody, „fea-dock, Lapathum marinum Jpnguineufny, or
Alga folio membranacea purpureo Lapathffapgvjnei fgm;a0 mag-
nitudine*. When it is fomewhat faded, ^ the, leaf .jis fed.y^riegated
With ittraw-colour,, not -unlike that, of a ftriped tulip; ,whep it is iq
/ull^afqii^ of a rich perfbd; blood-colour,' ,and fo fmooth and. thin
\yithall, that, when well difplayed qp paper,» feeling can hardly
dlitinguifli it from the-natural furface of the paper; and it flicks -
Jpll tenaefoufly,, that the paper may be folded pr .rolkd/ nay.jft^n' |
plaited mto the mount o f a fan (as Las be^p .experienced by fome
Cqrious ladies o f this county) without any\clanger of the plant’^ '
flartfng. Thefe mepjbranaceous plants in general, thoygh^they» ;
retain their high colq^fogs,for,years, (which fti^ws fipw fin^y t^gir
colours are prepared and diftributed) are indeed fo extreamly, thinp
that , a gentleman of my acquaintance, with no .gr^at ipiproprie^.
called ,N°. xlu. fp iz . Fuc. tnembran. purpurl) (jhp fenfitiyg Fuc^t,\
<{ for if brought near the fire juft to warm, and not heat it too much,
its edges warp up, and in this,,ftate, i f a . fipger is moved. towards
them, they fhrink from it, and recover their fituation again when
n Ray, 3d edit, page 3$. .
,0 Ibid. d. N°. I. page 37,.
p Ibid. N°. x. page 49. .,
Y1 Ibid, N°. xxiv. page 6r,
*' Ibid. N°. xx. page 44.
* Ibid. N°1 xxx. pag#^^^ r
1 Ibid. page ibid. ^ •
u Ibid. N°. Xxxm. page 47. Jfo
w Ibid, page 46. ^
1 Ibid, page-qr*. *
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