A systematic arrangement of British plants / by W. Withering ... Corrected and condensed ; preceded by an introduction to the study of botany ; accompanied with figures by W. Macgillivray.

  • William Withering
Date:
1833
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Credit: A systematic arrangement of British plants / by W. Withering ... Corrected and condensed ; preceded by an introduction to the study of botany ; accompanied with figures by W. Macgillivray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    entire, tapering at the base. Stems from one to two feet high, branched, ascending: leaves opposite, stalked, mealy: clusters axillar . and terminal; flowers small, yellowish. A shrub; flowers in July and August: grows in muddy places on the sea-coast. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pl. 261. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 256. A. lacinitta. Frosted Sea Orache. Stem herbaceous, spreading ; leaves between triangular and egg-shaped, widely toothed, mealy be- neath. Stems about a foot high, mealy, alternately branched : leaves alternate, stalked, entire at the base; perfect flowers in terminal, lobed clusters, their germens commonly about five: fertile flowers axillar, several together. Annual: flowers in July: grows in sand, on the sea-coast. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pl.165. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 257. A. pdtula. Spreading Halbert-shaped Orache. Stem herbaceous, spreading; leaves between lance-shaped and triangular, somewhat halbert-shaped ; calyx of the fruit tuberculated at the sides. Stem and leaves dull green, slightly mealy, often reddish. Annual : flowers in June and July: grows in cultivated and waste ground. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pl. 936. Eng. Fl, vol. iv. p. 257. A. angustifolia. Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache. Stem herba- ceous ; leaves lance-shaped, entire, the lower ones three-lobed: calyx of the fruit halbert-shaped, slightly tuberculated at the sides. Re- sembles the former, of which it is perhaps only a variety. Annual: flowers in July: grows in cultivated and waste ground. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pl. 1774. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 259. A.erécta, Upright Spear-leaved Orache. Stem herbaceous, erect ; leaves broadly lance-shaped, the lower ones sinuate; calyx of the fruit covered with sharp tubercles. Leaves alternate, stalked, slightly powdery: clusters terminal, erect, compound. Annual: flowers in August: grows in waste ground; very rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi, pl. 2223. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 259. A, litiordlis. Grass-leaved Sea Orache, Stem herbaceous, erect ; leaves all linear, entire or toothed ; calyx of the fruit sinuated and co- . vered on the back with sharp tubercles. Annual: flowers in August and September: grows on the sea-shore. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pl. 708. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 260. A, pedunculdta. Stalked Sea Orache. . Stem herbaceous, undulated, spreading ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, entire; seed-bearing flowers stalked, wedge-shaped. Stem and leaves mealy. Annual: flowers in August and September: grows on the sea-coast. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pl. 232. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 261. Curass XXIV. CRYPTOGAMIA. Plants presenting none of the characters of the preceding © . classes. [Turis Class, which contains, perhaps, as many species as all the rest together, is divided into several Orders, of which only three are here given, the others being generally too difficult for beginners. ]