A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.
- Joseph Paxton
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![bractfSli . ♦ . Crim-on . 4, S. Her. P. Braiil . . 1820 1 delilils .... rrinuon * 4, S. Her. P. IficIilA, 1 . . .Pink . . S. Her. P. S, Amer. . attlfM, 2 . . . Purple . S. Her. P. S. Amer. . 1690 AnanthErTx, yuttall. Derived from a, without, and anihcrir, an awn, the appendage being wanting. J.ifin. 9, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Asclepiadacct^ An interest¬ ing species; for culture, &c., see A«c/epia5. S.yuo- nyme: 1. Ascleptas viridis. TTrldls, 1 . . . fJrn. yel, . 8 Tt. Her. P. N. Amer. . 1612 AnarrhInCm, Desfout. The name is gathered from a, privative, and rhin, nose ; the plants being allied to but the riowets quite different. Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Scrophulariace>e. These pretty bienni.als succeed well it sown in the open borders. bcUidifulIum . . Blue . . 7. H. B. France . . 1629 friilicuaura. . .White . 0, H. B. S. Eur. . . 1B26 puWacens . . . White . 8, H. B. S. Eur. . . 1818 AnastXtTca, Linn. This plant, however dry, will recover its original form, if immersed in water; hence the name trom anas^jsis, resurrection. Linn. l.S, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cruc{fcra. Hose of Jericho. A curious dwart species, of easy culture, hierochuntlci . White. . 7» F. A. Levant . . 1597 AnatherCm, PaHsot'de Deauvois. Named in allusion to the awnles.s valves of the calyx, from a, priva¬ tive, and ather, avn. Li/in. 23, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Graminea. Unintereslingspecies, of easy culture. Symmymei: 1. Andropo^on muricatus, squtirrusus. 2. .4. muticui—Muricdtfim 1, mulicum 2, virffiniciim. A.vastomosino, uniting ot vessels, veins, or nerves. Anatomicum, dissected, laciniated. Ancbps, two-edged. A.nchiutLa, Uil/. In memory of P. Anchietea, a Brazjiian writer on plants. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Violiuc(r» An ornamental species; for cul¬ ture, &c. see Calyptrion, Synonyme: 1. Culypiriun pyrifolium. pyrifdlU, 1 • . Wliite . 7, S. Ev. Cl. Brazil . . 1822 Anchovv-pear, see Grias caul{fiora, AnchCsa, Linn. A. iinctoria was anciently used for staining the skin ; hence the name, from af^choreta, paint for the skin. Linn. 5, Ur. 1, Nat. Ur, liora- gint(B. The hardy annual and biennial species of this ornamental genus succeed well sown in the open borders. A. capemis should be raised in a frame, and treated as a greenhouse plant. The roots of A. tincloria and i-irginica furnish a reddish brown substitncc used by dyers. Synonymes: 1. Myoautis oblnaa. 2. A. anf'uatijblia. 3. Jll^oaotis macruphyUa. 4. A. zeylanica. Aj;ATdhSi . . Blue . . R. H. Her. P. Siberia . 1820 UDUMlA ... Blue . . 6. H. A. S. Eur. 1817 HU^iiitifvlIA . Purple . 5. H. Her. P. S. Eur. 1640 lapi-rrimA Blue . . b, H. B. 1817 Berrelierl, I Buie . . 7, H. Her. P. S. Enr. 1820 Blue . . 6, G. B. C. G. H. 1800 Gmeliol . • Bine . . 8. H. B. Po<k,liu 1817 hiepIdA . . Blue . . 7, H. Her. V. . 1817 hybrids . . Wht. blue 7, H. A. Italy . . 1820 incarnAtA . . . Fh-bh . . 8, H. Her. P. S. Eur. . 1816 ladfOlIA . . Blue . . b. H. B. . 1826 leptuphVllA, 2 . Purple . 8, H. Her. P. Europe . 16-10 luogitOhA . * . Blue . . V, H. Her. P. Ii-ly . . 1819 mnrulAU . « Blue . . 3. H. Her. J’. Uuiiia . . 1824 Milleri . . . Blue . . 6, H. A . 1824 Byuaolidlll6rA, 3 omctri&lla . . . I*iak . . 8, H. Her. P. Levant . . 1713 . Blue . . 8. H. Her. P. Tuuiia . . 1825 Ochr^leficA . . Purple 7, H. Her. P. JlnUin.. italliA . • Pa. yeL 8, H. Her. P. Caucaaul . 1810 paniculAlA . • . fled . 6. H. Her. P. S. Eur. . 1597 provi-rj . , . Blue . ft, H. Her. P. Madeira . 1777 rupeitrli . . . Blue . 7, H. Her. P. Oahria . . 1824 •erlved ... . Pur. yeL 7 H. Her. P. Siberia « . 1802 BtylO-A . . . . Blue . ft. H. A Siberia • . 1802 teDCilA,4 . • . Blue . ft II. A Ce>l(in . . 1821* tiuetbrIA . • . White 8> H. Her. P. Mont pet. . 1596 undulAtA . • . Purple 7 H. Her. P Spain • . 1752 vorrucOid . * . Blue 7 H. A a Eur. . 1821 LycopioXdSi. ANOKRsO.vfA, R. Rrorun. In memory of Messrs. \V. A. W. and G. Anderson, great promoters of Botany. Linn. .5, Or. 1. Nat. Or. L’pucrit/acfir. A very pretty species, multiplied from pijrtions of the young shoots, in sand, under a glass, and grow'n in sandy peat soil carefully tvatered. •preuf^cIOldC-s . . I’ink . . 8, 0. Ev. S. N. HolL • 1803 AndIaX, Lamarck. Its Brazilian name. Linn. 17. Or. 4, Nat. Or. Leguminostt. Large ornainentiu C ly ] trees ; for culture, ^fc., see G€i]{J'roya. Synonymes: 1. GeoJJroya inennis. 2. G. vacemosu. incrinls, 1 . raceuiusit, 2 . Purple . Purple S. Ev. T. W. Ind . 1773 S. Ev. T. Tfinidad . 1818 Anpraciinr, Linn. The name of the Ptirslain in Greece. Linn. 21, Or. in, Nat Or. Enp/ior/iinceie. IJaslard Orpine. A weed, of simple culture— tc/jcphinJd^s. Anobrj^a, Hedrt’ig. Named in honour of .T. G. H. Andreie, a German profe?<sor. Linn. 21, Or. 5, Nat. Or. Musci. This remarkable genus diltcrs from all other mosses, in having a thread, which splits into four valves, cohering at their ends by means of the persistent lid ; it agrees wish Splingniini, in liaving no footstalk, h\it in its lOom an elongated recepta¬ cle, and appears to be a transition from Musci to Hefaticee.. Tl'.is is, however, only apparent. All the species are natives of rocks or moc.ntains, and are remarkable for their nearly black, or dark- brown colour.—Lotidon’a Encycloptjedia oj'Plants— ulpfnd, nivalis, HOthiJ, rnpeatrls. Androgynous, producing male and female flowers on the same plant, or on the same spike, or head. AndbeoskIa, Decandotle. In memory of Ant. An- drzejowski, a Russian botanist. Linn. 15, Or. 1, Nat. Or. CrueiJ'erte. Mere weeds, of the simplest culture. Si/nonijmes: \. Sisymbrium Sieuersianum, 2. S. intcgrifidktm. 3. ,S. peclinalum, fleapcris pinnata. 4. Chcirantkus pinnaiijidus,—eglundulosa, 1; J/ilfgri/y/i'a, 2, pectitiata, 3 ; pinnalifidu, 4. Androc\'*ihIC.v, Lintu Tne name is derived from aner, anther, and kUnbion, a saucer, in allusion to the peculiar form of the stamens and their appen¬ dages. Linn. 6, Or. 3, Nat. Or. HJelanlhacect, Interesting bulbous-rooted plants; for culture,<5cc. see Melanthium. Synonyme: 1. ilclanthium cu^ comoides. eucomCldC-B, 1 . Green . . 4, G. Bl. P. C. G. H. . . I794 melnnthttildes . tt'lMo . G. Kl. 1'. C. (i. H. . . 11123 voluUlie . . . White . 4, G. BL P. C. U. 11. . . 1816 AndromachTa, Eunth. Named after Andromachus a physician to Nero. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Curnposiia. An uniuteresiing species ot easy cul¬ ture —Jgnidrlu. A.vuBoMiu>A, Linn. Named after the virgin An¬ dromeda. Linn. 10, Gr. 1, Nau Or. Ericaceie. Very ornamental and interesting species, de.ight- jng in iieat soil, and increa.'ied plentifully from layers and sci^ls The seed should be sown in pots, and very thinly covered, for if deep in the toil they will rot; the young plants should be planted ojt in the spring, Synonymts; ). A. lucida, populifolUt, reticulata, laurina. *2. A. ly’alteri. 3. A. spinulosa. 4. A. nitida, lucida. 6. A. pulifulia, lalij'olia. 6. A. panUulaia. 7. A. pubescens. . While . 8, H. Ev.S. N. Amer. . 1765 . W'Inte . 3, H. Ev.S. N. Amer. . 1748 . Wliile . 8, H. Ev. T. N. Amer. . 1752 . White . 6, H. Ev.S. N. Amer. . 1763 . While . 7, H. Ev. S. IV. Amer. . . Pink . , s. Ev.S. Mai.riti.ii . 1822 White . 3, H. Ev.S. IV. Amer. . I748 . Wliite . 3, H. Ev.S. hiewfuiiiidL 1748 . White . 3, H. E”. S. . 3, H. Ev.S. UuMein . . 1748 . 6, H. Ev.S. N. Amor. . . 6, H. K ftcuminfit.t, 1 angi.siifOUil arborea . 9xi<l&rls *. loiigifullih buxilollil . culyvulAta . L.titOlli ziAnit ventric4B4 CAneai'ens Cateabo:!, 3 cori&coA, 4 rubrA crlsi'd . , dealbatA . f^aciculAlA tluribunda . Kliucopl.yllA, 3 . White . White . While • Pink , . Red . White . Pink White hypiiOldvS . . . Wht. red 6, F. l)e. Cr. La])luiid juiiniiveQiIa . . White R. Ev. S. .Inuiaica jupOnli'd . . . AVliito , 0. E>. T. Jiipiin . muriAnd . • . White . ’ c, H. Ev. s. X. Amer. oblAngA • • . White , . h‘. H. Ev. S. N. Amer. ovAltn . • . Whim . 6, H. Ev. s. X. Amer. Oval.fOh.t . . . Wliite G. Kv. ■r. XcjHti pihiliferA . . . White ! 0, H. Kv. s. pullfAllA . . . Pink . . . 7. H. Ev. s. arniidiftOrA . . Pink . . . 4. H. Kv. s. Ingria . JntifAlta . Pink . . . 7. IL Ev. s. X. Auiof. media . . . Will to . 7. 11. Ev. a BriUin inInlinA • . . Pink . , . 4, 11 Ev. N. oleifftlll • * Pink . , > 4. H. Ev. s: revuIuU • . I'iiik . , . 4. Ji. Ev. s N. Eur. • ubulAtfl . . Pink . 1 . 7. H. Ev. a r 1 N. Amer. . 171*3 7, H. Ev.S. N. Amer. . 1763 . 7* H. Ev.S. IV. Amer. . !i6.5 H. Ev.S. N. 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