The British flora; in 2 volumes : vol. 1. comprising the Phænogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / by William Jackson Hooker.
- William Jackson Hooker
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The British flora; in 2 volumes : vol. 1. comprising the Phænogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / by William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Fraxinus.] ** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Seeds enclosed in a distinct pericarp (Angiospermous). 2. Veronica. Cor. 4-cleft, rotate, lower segment narrower. Caps. 2-celled.—Nat. Ord. Scroi’iiularina:, Jnss—Name of doubtful origin. 3. PiNGufcuLA. Cal. 2-lipped, upper lip of 3, lower of 1, bifid segment. Cor. ringent, spurred. Germen globose. Stigma large, of 2 unequal plates or lobes. Caps. 1-celled; Seeds attached to a central receptacle.—Nat. Ord. Lentibulari.e, Rich.—Named from pinguis, fat; the leaves being thick and greasy to the touch. 4. Utricularia. Cal. 2-leaved, equal. Cor. personate, spurred. Stigma 2-lipped. Caps, globose, of 1 cell; Seeds fixed to a central receptacle.—Nat. Orel. Lentibularee, Rich. —Named from Utriculus, a little bladder. *** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Seeds 4, apparently naked, (closely covered by the pericarp, Gymnospermous). 5. Lycopus. Cal. tubular, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular; limb nearly equal, 4-cleft, upper segment broader, and notched. Siam. distant, simple.—Nat. Ord. Lariat/e, Juss.—Name, from J.oy.og, a icolf, and novg, a foot, from a fancied resemblance in the cut leaves of this plant, to a wolf’s paw :—der Wolfsfuss, in Germ.;— in English, Gypsy-wort, because the plant yields a black dye, which is employed by Gypsies to render their skin darker. G. Salvia. Cal. 2-lipped, tubular. Cor. labiate; the tube dilated upwards and compressed. Filaments with 2 divaricat- ing branches, 1 only bearing a perfect, single cell of an anther. —Nat. Ord. Labiate, Juss.—Named from salvo, to save or heed, in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities. **** Perianth double, superior. 7. Circle A. Cal. 2-leaved, but united into a short tube at the base. Cor. of 2 petals. Caps. 2-celled; cells 1-seeded.— Nat. Ord. Onagraree, Juss.—Named from the enchantress Circe, either from the prettiness of its flowers, or, as some say, from its growing in damp, shady places, where plants used for incantations are found. ***** Perianth single, or none. 8. Fraxinus. Cal. 0, or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Caps. 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foliaceous at the extremity (a Samara'). Seeds solitary, pendulous. (Flowers sometimes without stamens.)—Nat. Ord. Jasmine a:, Juss.— Named from a separation, in allusion to the facility with which the wood may be split,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29306152_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
