The Flowering Plants Grasses Sedges And Ferns of Great Britain And Their All
The Flowering Plants Grasses Sedges And Ferns of Great Britain And Their All
Anne Pratt
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Doubtless, many a one provided himself like one described in Albion's England : " A sheeve of bread as brown as nut, And cheese as white as snowe, And wildings of the season's fruite He did in scrip bestowe. " The stem of the Alexanders is very stout, furrowed, and often three or four feet in height. The name Smyrnium is synonymous with myrrh. The plant is called Smyrner-Kraut by the Germans ; Maceron by the French ; and Macerone by the Italians. The young shoots, when boiled, are said to resem...ble Asparagus in flavour. Pennant mentions that they were boiled and eaten by sailors, who, in returning from long voyages, happened to land on the south-west coast of the Isle of Anglesey, where the plant is abundant. * Fruit oblong, usually more or less beaked. 33. SCANDIX (Shepherd's-needle). 1. S. Pecten (Common Shepherd's-needle). ^^ much longer than the rough ish fruit, compressed and fringed with fine stiff hairs ; leaves thrice pinnate, seg- ments short and slender. Plant annual. A common and a troublesome weed is this plant, for it is found in OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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