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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    PENTANDRIA. () I solitary, stalked. Cal. segments 3-lid. Petals white, oblong, dif- fering much in habit from Linum, where Decandolle still places it. V. PENTANDRIA. 1. MONOG YN I A. ** Flowers monopetalous, inferior, zvith 4 (apparently) naked seeds. AsperifolijEj. 110. Echium. Cor. irregular, its orifice open and naked. Stig- ma bipartite. 5. Pulmonarja. Cal. prismatic, 5-cleft. Cor. infundibuli- form, its orifice naked. :2. Lithospermum. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. infundibuliform, its orifice naked. 16. Symphytum. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. ventricose, its orifice closed with connivent subulate scales. 77. Borago. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, having at its orifice 5 obtuse emarginate teeth. W. Lycopsis. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. infundibuliform, with an in- curved tube, its orifice closed with convex connivent scales. 5b. Asperugo. Cal. 5-cleft, unequal, with alternate smaller teeth. Cor. (short) infundibuliform, its orifice closed with convex connivent scales. Seeds (or Nuts) covered with the conduphcate and compressed cal. 14. Cynoglossum Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. (short) infundibuliform, its orifice closed with convex connivent scales. Seeds (or Nuts) depressed fixed to the style bV their inner margin. 3 Anchusa. Cal 5-cleft, or 5-partite. Cor. infundibuli- form, its orifice closed with convex connivent scales. Seeds (or Nuts) hollowed out at the base. *. Myosotis. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. hypoerateriform, the seg- ments very obtuse, its orifice closed with short connivent IfeftlJi6/?!1 °rWi^ a,ranSement of the Genera of the Scotch Asnerifolix is iftei one by Lehmann in his Plant. Fam. Asperif-They have aU Four distinct \-celled Nuts. A. Nuts fixed to the bottom of the Cal. * Nuts imperforate at the base. f Orifice of the Cor. naked. Pulmonana, 5. Lithospermum, 2. Echium, 10. ft Orifice of the Cor. closed with scales. *« at » * Myosotis, 1. Boi-aco, 7. Nuts perforated at the base {orifice of The Cor. closed with scales). 3 N«ufir,*£nchuS/\3- Lycopsis, 9. Symphvtum, 6. ] 3. Mts fixed to a central column {imperforate-at the base, orifice of the Cor closed tvith scales).