The wild plants of Scotia Illustrata (1684)

Raye, Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-9916 2020. The wild plants of Scotia Illustrata (1684). British & Irish Botany 2 (3) , pp. 240-258. 10.33928/bib.2020.02.240

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Abstract

Scotia Illustrata was published in 1684 and contains a section (II:1) describing 662 ‘naturally occurring plants of Scotland’. This paper sets out to identify and discuss the species in the text. It was possible to identify 652 species from the text and 396 could be securely identified. Most of these are species which are widespread today, but there are some important exceptions. Three arable weeds are mentioned which now seem to be extinct in Scotland: Lolium temulentum, Scandix pecten-veneris and Euphorbia exigua. There are also references to one possibly-extinct river species (Sium latifolium), and one coastal species (Centaurea calcitrapa). Two species, now rare in Scotland, are described in the text as species widespread on roads: Cynoglossum officinale and Hyoscyamus niger.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion Welsh Biosciences
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain Q Science > QH Natural history
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Robert Sibbald; 17th century Scotland; botanical history; species history; regional natural history
Additional Information:	Dataset deposited with journal
ISSN:	2632-4970
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	2 September 2020
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2023 14:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134581

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