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ERYNGIUM MARITIMÜM. SEA ERYNGO, OR SEA
HOLLY.
ERYNGIUM maritimum; foliis radiealibus subrotundis plicatis spinosis, superioribus lobatis palmatis
amplexicaulibus rigidis, involucris amplis capitula ovata superantibus, caule ramoso
paleis tricuspidatis.
ERYNGIUM maritimum. Linn. Sp. PL p. 337. Huds.Angl. p. 109. Light/. Scot. p. 153. With.
Bot. A rr. ed. 4. vol. 2. p. 278. Fl. Dan. t. 875. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2. ml. 1 . P . I. p. IQ6.
TWHd. Sp. P l. ml. \.p . 1358. Smith Fl. B rit. p. 288. Engl. Bot. t. 718. Decand.
Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 4. p. 355. Fl. Gall. Syn. p .3 \6 . Pers. Syn. Pi. ml. 2 . p. 299. Dela-
roche H ist. Eryng. p. 35. Ait. Hort. Koto. ed. 2. ml. 2. p. Ï 16. Hook. Fl. Scot. P. I.
p. 87. Roem. et Schultz Syst. Veg. ml. 6. p. 322.
ERYNGIUM marinum. Sea Holly or Eryngo. RaiiSyn. p. 222.
Class a n d O u d e r . PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.
[N a tu r a l Or d e r . UMBELLIFERÆ, Jttss., Decand., Hook.
Ch a r . Oe d . Cal. cum oyario adhærens quinque-dentatus ; dentibus plerumque deciduis, nunc persistentibus
Lor. pentapetala, petalis integris vel bifidis, non raro obcordatis sinu elongate, sæpe radiantibus. Stam. quin-
que, stamini bus alternante, disco epigyno inserta, nunc abortiva. Styli duo. Stigmata capitata. A chenia duo
receptaculo central]1 plerumque bipartite affixa. Semen solitarium, pendens. Embryo minutes, basi albuminis
umbellatimeiSUS' ™er^ ’ raro Frutices. Folia alterna, plerumque composita, petiolo basi amplexicauli. Flores
Div. I. Umbella: subcapitatæ.]
Ge k . Cu a e . Flores capitati. Receptaculum paleaceum. Involucra subspinosa. Corolla inflexai. Fructrnpales.-
ceo-squamati. Spreng.
G e n . Ch a r . Flowers capitate. Receptacle chaffy. Imolucres subspinous. Corollas inflected. Fruit with chaff-
like scales.
R a d ix longissima, subfusiformis, crassa, teres, tortuosa,
perennis.
CAULIs-subpedalis, erectus, rigidus, sulcatus, albidus,
glaber, superne ramosus, ramis patentibus, sub-
compressis.
Fo lia radicalia petiolata, subrotundata, lobata; cau-
lina iis simillima, sed sessilia ; suprema, vel invo-
lucra universalia, plerumque ternata, lobata atque
palmata, amplexicaulia ; omnia insigniter undu-
lata, rigida, marginàta, spinosa, pallide glauco-
viridia, pulcherrime reticulatim venosa, venis
albis.
P é d u n c u l i bini vel terni, etiam solitarii, sulcati.
I nvolucra (partialia) penta- ad hepta-phylla, magna,
horizontaliter patentia, anguste ovata, spinosa’
superne pulcherrime amethystina.
F lores dense capitati.
P aleze floribus longiores, subulate, versus apicem tricuspidate,
coeruleæ.
Caly x e foliolis quinque lanceolato-acuminatis, rigidis,
cæruleis, glabris.
CÓROLLZR Petala erecta, oblonga, bifida, sinu insigniter
elongate, amethystina.
St am in a quinque: Filamenta corollam excedentia, pri-
mum incurvata, demum erecta, tortuosa, cærulea:
Antheræ cæruleæ : Pollen flavum.
P istil lum : Germen ovato-rotundatum, utrinque sulcatum,
paleis numerosis albidis tectum : Styli
duoj erecti, filiformes : Stigma obtusum.
Fructus rotundatus, échinâtes, fuscus, calyce coronates.
Fig. 1 . Single flower, nat. size. Fig. 2, 3 . Stamens. Fit
same deprived of its scale, petals and stamens. Fig. 'i
Root very long, subfusiform, thick, roun'ded, tortuose
perennial.
Stem about a foot high, erect, rigid, furrowed, white,
glabrous, branched upward, with the branches
patent, subcompressed.
Leaves : radical ones petiolate, somewhat roundish,
lobed ; cauline ones similar to them, but sessile*
the supreme ones, or universal involucre, generally
ternate, lobed and palmated, amplexicaul;
all o f them remarkably waved, rigid, margined,
spinous, pale glaucous green, beautifully reticulated
with veins, with the veins white.
P ed u n c le s two or three together, sometimes solitary,
furrowed.
I nvolucres (partial ones) o f from five to seven leaves,
large, horizontally patent, narrow-ovate, spinous’
above o f a beautiful amethystine blue.
Flowers densely capitate.
Scales longer than the flowers, subulate, towards the
extremity tricuspidate, blue.
Caly x o f five lanceolate-acuminate, rigid, blue, glabrous
leaflets.
Petals of the Corolla erect, oblong, bifid, bright blue,
with the sinus remarkably elongated.
S tamens five: Filaments exceeding the corolla, at first
incurved, afterwards erect, tortuose, blue: Anthers
blue: Pollen yellow.
P i s t il : Germen ovato-rotundate, sulcated on both
sides, and covered with numerous white chaffy
scales: Styles two, erect, filiform: Stigma obtuse.
F ru it roundish, echinate, brown, crowned with the
calyx.
!’• 4. Petal. Fig. 5. Flower with its scale. Fig. 6. The
’. Fruit.
r d/ sh“7 s,of Great Britain, in such situations as produce the C a ra arena,-ia. and Arundo
f , 3 11 dl,n,e a“d , 11 inhabits various other maritime parts of Europe and the north of Africa ■
B m3t m Iceland or Lapland, Few of our native plants exceed it in beauty: the larne s p T n o L w
a b l e i ' S S blue tint Ve"’S' “"d “' e head ° f flo™ rs a“d also frequently remarks
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to c h e r on™af^r another!” ^ ^ ^ Pla" '’ if il be boiled in 'ri“ . a“d “ d™ben fiftiene dayes
The S tw L T S r if h /L ™ ofJ pg? \ m0!'e res.embles °ne of the Composite than of the UmbeWerce.
E . m t r i t S l * f P a”d Desfontames 13 now generally considered only a small variety “of the