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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    11. PARIETAR1A. 1. P. officinalis (Pellitory of the IVall), leaves ovato-la£ceo- late, involucre of many ovate leaflets. Light]', p. 634. E. B. t. 879. Hab. Waste places and upon walls, as at Burntisland, near Edinb., Light/. Old walls on the road-side between Rutherglen and Farme, Ure. On Bothwell castle, abundantly, Hopk. Walls at Cannon Mills, Edinb., Mr. Grevilie. Fl. summer months. 11. Stems often procumbent upon the wall, reddish, pubescent. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, hairy, purplish, collected by threes in clusters in the axils of the leaves, and within a small many-leaved involucre. Central of the 3 flowers female. Filaments jointed, in which peculiarity exists the elastic property for the purpose of discharging the pollen, which is very observable in a hot summer s day. Fruit ovate, black, shining. Pericarp closely investing the seed, and concealed by the persistent perianth. 12. ALCHEMILLA. 1. A. vulgaris {common Lady's3- Mantle), leaves uniform plaited many-lobed serrated. «. major, leaves almost smooth. A. vulg., Lightf. p. 120. E. B. t. 587. /3. minor, much smaller, leaves very pubescent. A. hylrida, Pers. Hab. Dry pastures and sides of mountains, abundantly.—/3. Hills, as at Cathkin, near Glasg., Hopk. Fl. June, July. %. One foot high, or more. Radical leaves large, on long footstalks, those of the stem with connate toothed stipules, upper ones ses- sile and very small, lobes 6—9. Flowers in many rather lax, corymbose, terminal clusters, yellowish green. Germens I—2, and seeds 1—2 : style lateral. Var. /3. is much smaller, very pubes- cent, and has the clusters of flowers more compact. Foreign authors make this a species, and transplanted roots preserve their character. 2. A. alpina (alpine Lady's Mantle), leaves digitate serrated at the extremity white and satinv beneath. Lightf. p. 120. E. B.t. 244. ' Hab. Highland mountains, most abundant. Fl. July, Aug. % . One of the most elegant of our native vegetables. Inflorescence much as in our A. vulgaris; but leaves very different, and under-side beau- tifully satiny. 3. A. arvensis (Field Lady's Mantleox Parsley Fieri), leavestri- fid pubescent, lobes deeply cut, flowers sessile axillary. Lightf. p. 121 (Aphanis arv.). ' E. B. t. 1011. Hab. Fields and gravelly soils, common. Lightf. Fl. May, June. O- Stems branched, leafy, 4—5 inches -high. Leaves alternate, with large stipules. Stam. varying in number. Germens 1—2. J Mantle of our Lady (the Virgin Mary), therefore not Ladies' Mantle, -.s written by most authors,