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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    4. Asperula. Cor. funnel-shaped. Fruit not crowned with the cal. 3. Shkrardia. Cor.funnel-shaped. Fruit crowned with the cal. ttt Flowers of 1 petal, 2- or many-seeded, inferior. 6. Pi.antago. Cor. 4-cleft, the segments reflexed. Slam, very long. Caps, of 2 colls, 2- or many-seeded, hursting all round transversely. 7. Centuncui.us. Cor. tuhular, 4-cleft. Slam, short. Caps. of 1 cell, many-seeded, bursting all round transversely. ft It Flowers of 4 petals. 9. Epimedium. Cal. of 4 leaves, caducous. Pet. inferior, with an inflated nectary on the upper side. Pod of 1 cell, 2 valves, many seeds. 10. Cornus. Cal. of 4 teeth. Petals without a nectary, su- perior. Nut of the drupe with 2 cells and 2 seeds. '** Perianth single. 11. Parietaria. Perianth 4-fid., inferior. Filaments at first incurved, then expanding with an elastic force. Fruit 1-seed- ed, inclosed in the enlarged perianth. (One or more of the central florets destitute of stamens.) 12. Alchemiela. Perianth inferior, S-cleft, 4 alternate and outer segments the smallest. Fruit 1-seeded, surrounded by the perianth. 5. Sanguisorba. Perianth 4-lobed, superior, coloured, at the base having 4 scales or bracteas. Fruit 1—2-seeded, sur- rounded by the persistent base only of the perianth. 2. piGYNIA. (Cuscuta, Pent. Dig.) 3. TETRAGYNIA. 13. Ilex. Cal. 4—5-toothed. Cor. rotate, 4—5-cleft. Stigmas 4, sessile. Berry spherical. Nuts 4, 1-seeded. (Some flowers destitute of pistil.) 16. Sagina. Cal. of 4 leaves. Petals 4 (shorter than the cal.). Cups, of 1 cell, 4 valves. 17. Mcenchia. Cal. of 4 leaves. Petals 4 (as long as the cal.). Caps, of 1 cell, opening with several teeth at the ex- tremity. IS. Radiola. Cal. many-cleft. Petals 4. Caps, superior, 8-valved, S-celled. Seed solitary (S7?i.). 14. Potamogeton. Perianth single, of 4 leaves. Anthers sessile, alternating with the dvisions of the perianth. Nuts 4, 1-seeded, sessile. (Flowers numerous, on a spadix, and spa- thaceous.) 15. Ruppia. PerianthO. Drupes 4, pedicellate, their nuts ]-