Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].

John Claudius Loudon

Date:: 1855

Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$1493 Leaves opposite ovate rough, Flowers capitate, Heads stalked axillary 1494 Stem erect 4-cornered and leaves lanceolate entire smooth 1495 Leaves lanceolate entire nerveless 1496 Leaves lanceolate 3-nerved veiny entire, Scape 3-comered at the end 1497 Leaves ovate lanceolate entire nerved dotted 1498 Leaves obovate lanceolate pointed at both ends ribbed, Spathe oblong acuminate flat stalked 1499 Leaves obi. attenuated at both ends veiny entire, Middle rib convex on both sides with 3 keels at its base 1500 Leaves cordate lobed imbricated, Spathe flat, Scape rounded 1501 Leaves cordate acute, Lobes spreading, Spathe reflexed as long as the erect spadix 1502 Leaves cordate lobes divaricating, Spadix much shorter than the spatha 1503 Leaves cordate very obtuse 1504 Leaves cordate acute, Spadix subglobose 1505 Leaves palmated, Lobes 9 or 10 lanceolate obtuse 1506 Leaves digitate quinate ovate acuminate 1507 Leaves pubescent ] 1508 Leaves ovate smooth ciliated, Petioles pubescent . I 1509 Leaves ovate acuminate smooth flat, Stem round 1510 Leaves ovate wavy rugose, Stem furrowed 1511 Flowers octandrous and dodecandrous 1512 Tufted tomentose hoary, Stems ascending simple 1513 Leaves reniform plaited serrated, Stem and petiole smoothish, Flowers dichotomous corymbose 1514 Leaves reniform 9-lobed beneath with the stem and petioles silky, Flowers fastigiate clustered sessile 1515 Leaves reniform 7-lobed toothed silky beneath, Corymbs terminal 1516 Leaves digitate in sevens lanceolate acute, from the middle to the end deeply serrated silky beneath 1517 Leaves digitate in fives or sevens lanceolate cuneate obtuse serrated or toothed at the end silky beneath 1518 Leaves three together, Leaflets ciliated multifid smooth 1519 Leaves three parted, Segments trifid pubescent, Flowers clustered monandrous 1520 Spjke ovate, Stamens shorter than the cor. Cal. and leaves smooth, Leaflets ovate subcordate 1521 Leaflets cordate lanceolate crenate toothed quite smooth, Stamens shorter than corolla 1522 Leaflets subsessile ovate-lanceolate finely serrated, Spikes cylindrical, Stamens longer than corolla 1523 Spikes cylindrical, Stamens longer than corolla, Cal. somewhat ciliated 1524 Spikes cylindrical very long, Stamens much longer than corolla 1525 Leaves cordate oval obtuse crenulate, Receptacles orbicular 1526 Leaves cordate angular acute, Receptacles quadrangular 1527 Leaves cordate or pinnatifid palmate serrated, Receptacles quadrangular 1528 Leaves cordate sagittate undulated toothed large, Receptacles oval 1507 and Miscellaneous Particulars. stitute the principal part of the food of the American thrush or niehtinMle. tw «™t ,-„ after the bird has swallowed many of them he frequently flies to theSit wF ? 3ue,ry seeA> and picks a fewpods: instinct directing him to what fs necl^ 2^4 Oamphorosma. Barbarously named from two words, the one ^^camnhma^ IfF^^^^- {oem) sigmfymg a smell of camphor. The plant abounds witha Volatile oilv 3 and'u^,™6 ^H- Grfek ing; but its appearance has nothing to recommend it. 01ly salt> and 1S warm and stimulat- 255 Alchemilla. Named, as Linna;us asserts, from its supposed alchvmiral nnn™», w >k tain, from Us Arabic appellation alkemelyeh. {J.'de Sauza, p. 52°])AvuCrisisPeaten rV^Hv'h h°therS 1!ain- and goats, and is considered a good herbage.plant where it aboundsinuS nLtures a 'ilh-°rSes> ,sheeP> species, common on many of the Highland mountains and sunnier|3 t }5,S? ? j A alpina is an elegant ably in giving the peculiarly excellent ^yorTm^mu^l^r^^^^J^ consider 256. Sanguisorba. From sanguis, blood, and sorbere to absorb The r3,M , ™ wo.rt.nless weed- Sainl^dSin^'L^ must beY considered howeveHha the obfect ofThe Lmn^ V* Sh°,Uld be P,aced 50 far ^ » according^to all their\elative q'ualit^ than to assoc ate ^hem arlS ^ was less,.t0 ring plants together an index by which to ascertain their names associate according to one quality, which might serve as in Wix ufflowers!nSa~rL0usTa?: like t£™i, 9^ 'It!* I* a WOrk entitled Botanic°». Panted roots are imported unde^ the SF<£$£%g fig ^SS^SSSSSt ^ =$