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.herb; o f which I had never heard,before,, which..is to befehnid in
great plenty on the iflandfs of'Northland, and. of . which the inhabitants
of the- confident ate/aid to fetch away boat-loads, preferv-
ing^it in tnhs-for. wnter provilion^: as a feecedan6um to cabbage.
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, I npw, purfuant to, my prdmife,- proceed to give an account
of fame vegetables'growing'in Norway, ivhich^are little, if at kli
known out of t$s' country,’ But‘are ' chiefly ftfo&ftisi1' In the
parilh * of Vaage in Guldbrandfdale, particularly in the cha'pelry
b f Sd, and poffibly ihlm&re plkcds *,“>tlit(ti;gh unknown to^me^
.grows a >ery lingular and.poifonous root,, fometimes longifh and
knotty, fometimes rounder, and ^Waliy^of^ tKe^tliSlmlfi of a
half-crown. }/The leaves are a fpecies of grafe,' fe&nibiinfe<Jge,
Idle name of it is Selfnape, whether, as' fome>t1iink it Be tfteW -
yetrparfley;of the .Germans, or wfeBhefMr. Ramus'm^rejjiftly
flhes i f Aftrantia fylveftris aquatica, Mafterwort, i ihlh ^g t ^determine,
efpecially as the^worthy'authof hiinfelf fpeaki with' diffidence:,
laying; Aflxantia'forte eadem, ;qua: aliis Sefinape, et
■ forte ad,dcutae genus referenda +. SucS'isWe^fl^ife^bifon,
that if a Beaft happens to eat any .of iffwhicfi tjay'.kre very apt
to do* 'he dies immediately,-;hia belly b u r f tin g a n ^ the « d y
fowls who prey upon the cgrcafej, loan after drop down dead, as
is particularly related m a letter of colongl Reilhwpn te-clocftor
Simon Paulli, = which is to be met,with in .thei-^da' Medica Phil,
M n-p- ;Ha&ienf.;Th. Barthohn-$ -A leaded fiien4
municated-to me a, copy of a letter which he lately received frqm
a elei-gyoiaJij -vyherej in. compliance with hisf defife,'he g®es*1iim
* Mr. Ramus thinks that Gere-land Is’the chief pla&'where they grow •;*bit 'this
proceeds from his. miftaking them front- Gi^meu/,o/rjfragum,hy4ich. will tje ihewn
to be a vei^y different thing- '
:‘' ‘V rfn a'letter of my learned anceftor Er. PoMoppidcM, ttrSiiil«tliulih;MBr!Affij.
j6 fy , I find this herb tube »Mb called Sprengrod ; his words are thefe • “ Exficca-
tum mittq tibi heibam main,^^^ nu a -S elsW cep^^ ^ ^i^ d a^p^OTur, 1’ ' TfiiS fait
f name tinqueftionably alludfes to its pbifoilous -quality.
I l-f ; Apionis. fedradices habet cra% et^ttdffii»' & V
radpjijf' feu Apar^m-' Bqtfeidikn-arum; 5 Si ‘ ffiifiaa;flit ecjuusi>vacSd,?% ls f
/porcUs Mato ddoret ^eujus tamea apfietunt .efcamy- uq# nijficitVttfea.
f crefcit, ifta. lqqa rc^cumfepiuntj-in quibus; copiofe luxuriatj itatim "m oritur, et alf-
, ratappie:' Venenum ejus quUf|aUtaiii vehi&eris, ' involet, pa-
• rkey /concids; i^nfeftwi/&,Jv ®de; .rtgellatur,' ftar&m ex aere deci^q-t mpriaturque.
Hanc plantam fiujcis regiorus incqlas appellant, Syllenabbet.
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