Volume 3

An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, An easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates / by William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon; Fellow of the Linnæan Society; honorary member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh, &c.

  • William Withering
Date:
1796
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Credit: An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, An easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates / by William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon; Fellow of the Linnæan Society; honorary member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ChamaPdrys. Scorodo'nia. ■ •. * Sandy fallow fields. On the Lays about the border of Trip- low Heath, Cambridgeshire ; about Rochester and Dartford, Kent. Roehill. . A. April—June.f TEU'CRIUM. Upper lip upright, deeply divided, even below the base: stamens in the division. ■\ T. Leaves wedge-eggshaped, cut, scolloped, on leaf-stalks: llowers 3 together : stems somewhat hairy. Wiodv.2q.Q-Kniph. 11 -Tourn.gj .1 .@.—Skeldr. Qj-Blackzv. 18o- Riv.mon. io-Fuchs. %6g-J.B.\\i.2$%.i-Ger. 530. 1,2, and 3- Matth. 81 S-Trag.20^-Lonlc. i. 62.4-Dod. 43.1, and 2-Lob.obs. 260.1 andic. i. 491.1, and2-Ger. em.656.1, and 2-Park. 104- H.ox.xi.22, io and 1 1—C/Hx.i.351.1. Floral-leaves serrated. Blofs. purple ; lip fiat, with 3 shallow clefts. Linn. Stem cylindrical, hairy. Leaves on leaf-stalks, deeply jagged, entire at the base, hairy ; the upper oval-spear- shaped, often purple. Flowers on fruit-stalks. Mr. Woodward. Calyx the upper segment broadest, the 2 lower ones narrowest, beset without with white globules. Blofs. reddish purple, beset without with white globules, middle segment of the lower lip lopped, with a double row of hairs at the base. Common Germander. Borders of corn fields far from any house, tluins of Winchelsea Castle. Ray. [Norwich city walls. Air. Crowe. In the area of Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight. St. Rubbish of Whittington Castle, near Oswestry, Salop. Mr. Dickenson.] P. June, July.| T. Leaves heart-shaped, serrated, on leaf-stalks: flowers in lateral bunches, pointing one way: stem upright. Curt .29 ^-Kniph.i 1— BlacbeJ.g-Dod.2gi- Lob.obs.262.1, and ic. i. ^gj ,2-Ger.em.6(5 2-Park. 111.2-H.ox.xi.20.15-Rlv. mon. 12- Fl.dan.qSs-Trag.i 5.2-Lonic.i. 112.3-J.B .\n.2g5.1 ,<27^294. Stems 4-cornered, hairy. Branches opposite. Leaves heart- spearshaped, opposite, wrinkled. Flowers in pairs. Calyx a little f This plant has a degree of bitternefs and acrimony, but its real use is iar from being accurately ascertained. It stands recommended in the gout, jaundice, and intermitting fevers. t The plant is bitter, with a degree of aroma, and may be used with advantage in weak and relaxed constitutions. It is an ingredient in the ce- lebratcd gout powders. ' ' ’ '