Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker.

  • Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
Date:
1821
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Credit: Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    subeordate, their margins as well as those of the elongated su- bulate segments of the cal. ciliated. E. B. t. 514. Hab. Woods. Dundas hill, Mr. P. Neill. Collington woods, Maugh. With the former in Kelburn and Skilmerlie woods, Mr. Murray. Fl. May. %. Twice the size of the former in all its parts. Cor. in both mostly pur- ple, but varying in intensity. The Anthers, Stigma, and Fruit (a follicle) are highly curious in this geiius. 2. DIGYNIA. 36. CHENOPODIUM. * Leaves semicylindrical, fleshy. 1. Ch. marilimum (Sea-side Goosefoot), leaves glabrous subulate semicylindrical fleshy, flowers clustered axillary sessile. Light]. p. 150. E.B. t. 633. Hab. Sea-coast in many places. Near M'Kennon's castle, Skye; at Glen-beg, and Loch Broom, Light/. Banks of the Clyde at He- lensburgh and Ardencaple, plentiful, Hopk. Aberlady Bay, Mr. Ar* nott. Fl. Aug. Sept. ©. Surely the Salsola fruticosa of E. Bot. should be, as is done by Brown and Decandolle, removed to this genus. ** Leaves plane, undivided, and entire. 2. Ch. olidum (stinking Goosefoot)) leaves ovato-rhomboid entire, flowers in dense clustered spikes, stem diffuse. Light/, p. 149 (Ch. Vulvaria). E. B. t. 1034. Hab. Waste places and under walls, especially near the sea. Fisher-- row Links, Edinb., Maugh. Fl. Aug. ©. Leaves greasy to the touch, and covered with a pulverulent substance, which gives out a most 'detestable odour, compared to putrid salt fish. Leaves petiolate, small. 3. Ch. polyspermum (round-leaved Goosefoot), leaves ova'e en- tire, racemes subcymose divaricate leafless, stem decumbent or erect. Light/, p. 150. E. B. t. 1430 and t. 1481 (Ch. am- tifolium). Hab. Waste places and on rubbish, frequent. Fl. Aug. Sept. ©. Leaves petiolate, more or less acute, branches long. Stalks square, often reddish. Seeds (or rather seed-vessels) brown, shining, very apparent, and very numerous. *** Leaves plane, toothed, or lobed. 4. Ch. Bonus Henricus (perennial Goosefoot, or good King Henry), leaves triangular arrow-shaped entire, spikes com- pound terminal and axillary erect leafless. Lightf. p. 147. E.B.t. 1033. Hab. Waste places and way-sides, frequent. Fl. Aug. %. Leaves large, dark green. Stem 1 foot high, striated.—Used when boiled instead of spinach. 5. Ch. urbicum (upright Goosefoot), leaves triangular toothed, g 2