Volume 3

A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders : together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties ... the scientific names accentuated, their etymologies explained, and the classes and orders illustrated by engravings, and preceded by introductions to the Linnaean and natural systems, and a glossary of the terms used : the whole arranged according to the natural system / by George Don.

Date:
1831-1838
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Credit: A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders : together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties ... the scientific names accentuated, their etymologies explained, and the classes and orders illustrated by engravings, and preceded by introductions to the Linnaean and natural systems, and a glossary of the terms used : the whole arranged according to the natural system / by George Don. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    panulate, about the size of those of P. clliptica, greenish-white, pendulous. Green-jlorvered Winter-green. FI. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. foot. 4 P. occidenta'lis (R. Br. mss. in herb. Banks, ex D. Don, in wern. mem. 5. p. 232.) leaves roundish, membranous, obsoletely denticulated, twice longer than the simple pe- tioles ; racemes few-flowered ; calycine segments oblong, ob- tuse ; disk of stigma 5-lobed. If.H. Native of Sledge Island, on the north-west coast of America, where it was collected by D. Nelson. Leaves numerous, one-half smaller than those of P. minor. Scapes triquetrous. Pedicels equal in length to the bracteas. Flowers globose, pendulous, milk-coloured, size of those of P. rotundifo'lia. Western Winter-green. PI. 4 foot. 5 P. elliptica (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 273.) leaves elliptic or ovate, membranous, serrulated, longer than the dilated petioles; racemes few-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, subulate, recurved at top; calycine segments very short, ending each in a recurved mucrone ; petals oval ; stigma clavate, with an elevated 5-lobed disk. If. H. Native of both Canadas, in woods ; and around Philadelphia; and in the woods of New Jersey. Rad. diss. p. 81. t. 5. f. 1. P. ovalifolia, Pursh, mss. in herb. Lamb. Scapes acutely triquetrous, furnished with a solitary scarious scale near the base. Pedicels scattered, distant. Flowers cam- panulate, white, with a grateful smell, smaller than those of P. rotundifolia. Elliptic-leaved Winter-green. FI. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. £ foot. 6 P. denta'ta (Smith in Rees’ cycl. D. Don in wern. mem. 5. p. 235.) leaves cuneate-oblong, coriaceous, acute at the base, twice as much longer than the narrow petioles, having the margin remotely toothed or quite entire ; racemes elongated, few-flow- ered, rather secund ; petals oval; disk of stigma elongated, 5- lobed. If. H. Native of the Island of Nootka, on the north- west coast of America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies. Leaves crowded. Scapes angular, naked. Racemes drooping at the apex, secund. Flowers campanulate, drooping, milk- white. Toothed-leaved Winter-green. PI. 1 foot. 7 P. pIcta (Smith in Rees, cycl. D. Don in wern. mem. 5. p. 235.) leaves ovate, mucronulated, coriaceous, somewhat ser- rated, equal to the narrow petioles in length, red beneath, but dark green, and marked along the veins with whitish bands above ; racemes many-flowered; petals roundish: stigma cla- vate, with a 5-lobed disk. If. H. Native of the Island of Nootka, on the north-west coast of America; and of Japan, near the town of Nagasaki. Scapes acutely triquetrous, reddish, never convolute, furnished with scarious scales. Pedicels scattered. Flowers globosely campanulate, pendulous, white. Painted-]ea.\ed Winter-green. PI. \ foot. 8 P. aphy'ela (Smith in Rees’ cycl. D. Don in wern. mem. 5. p. 237.) leafless; scape angular, furnished with numerous scales at the base; racemes many-flowered, rather secund; calycine segments ovate, acute, crenulated; petals roundish; disk of stigma elongated, 5-crenated. If. H. Native of Nootka Island, on the north-west coast of America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies. Scapes numerous. Flowers globose, pendulous, milk-white. This remarkable species, al- though wholly destitute of leaves, is not, strictly speaking, leaf- less ; their place is supplied by a kind of foliaceous scales, of a greenish colour. In some of the fine specimens preserved in the Banksian herbarium, an approach to leaves may be distinctly observed. Leafless Winter-green. PI. \ foot. § 2. Stamens erect, bent towards the pistillum. Style de- cimate, longer than the petals. Stigmas without a ring. Scapes erect. Flowers racemose, globose, pendulous, scattered, never secund. 9 P. me'dia (Swartz, in act. holm. 1804. p. 257. t. 7. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1945.) leaves orbicular or roundish-oval, crenu- lated, coriaceous, equal in length to the dilated petioles ; scapes spiral, acutely triquetrous; racemes many-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, acute; stigma capitate, bluntly 5-lobed/ 1/. H. Native of Sweden, Scotland, and the north of England, among bushes and in woods ; very common in Scotland, espe- cially in mountainous districts. Radd. diss. p. 21. t. 3. P. rotundifolia, FI. dan. t. 110.— Blackw. 594. Huds. angl. p. 175. Lightf. scot. 1. p. 218. With. brit. 1. p. 408.—Riv. mon. 138. Leaves numerous. Pedicels scattered. Flowers pendulous, white tinged with red, much larger than those of P. minor. Intermediate Winter-green. FI. June, July. Britain. PI. I foot. § 3. Stamens erect. Style straight; stigma exannulated, or without a ring. Scapes erect. Flowers pendulous, race- mose. 10 P. minor (Lin. spec. 567.) leaves roundish or oval, coria- ceous, repandly crenulated, longer than the petioles, which are dilated ; racemes spicate ; bracteas much longer than the pedi- cels ; calycine segments very short; style inclosed ; stigma flat- tish, 5-lobed. If. H. Native of the colder parts of Europe, and the north of Asia, on heaths, in bushy places, and in woods ; in Britain, in mossy woods and thickets, in mountainous situa- tions ; in Yorkshire, and common in many parts of Durham ; woods near Brodie House, and at the Falls of Clyde, and many other places of Scotland. FI. dan. t. 55. Smith, engl. bot. 158. Rad. diss. p. 15. t. 1. P. rosea, Smith, engl. bot. 2543. Rad. diss. p. 18. t. 2. P. rotundifolia, Pall. ind. taur. —Gmel. sib. 4. p. 128. no. 16. t. 56. f. 1.—Riv. mon. t. 136. f. 1. Leaves numerous, mucronulated at the apex. Scapes quadrangular, furnished with a lanceolate membranous scale in the middle. Racemes spicate, dense. Flowers glo- bose, witli a contracted mouth, white tinged with red. A variety of this species has been gathered in the Island of Una- laschka. Smaller Winter-green. FI. June, July. Britain. PI. to 3 foot. 11 P. secu'nda (Lin. spec. 567.) leaves ovate, acute, mem- branous, sharply serrated, longer than the narrow petioles ; ra- ceme secund or unilateral; calycine segments rounded ; petals oblong; style exserted ; stigma flattish, 5-lobed. If. H. Na- tive of Europe, Asia; and North America, from Canada to New Jersey; among bushes and in alpine woods, particularly in dry, mossy, pine woods; in Britain, in mossy alpine woods; in Yorkshire; in many fir or birch woods in Scot- land ; on the hill of Dunnairn; in Darway forest, near Brodie House. FI. dan. t. 402. Smith, engl. bot. t. 517.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 129. t. 56. f. 2. Riv. mon. t. 138. f. 2.—Mor. hist. 1. sect. 12. t. 10. f. 4. Stems rather woody. Leaves mucronulate. Peduncles bluntly angular. Racemes elongated, many-flowered. Flowers campanulate, white, tinged with pale green. AccMnrf-flowered Winter-green. FI. June, July. Britain. PI. 4 to 4 foot.