Volume 4

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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    with Tubercles. often crowded together so as to form 1 large irregular mafs. Crust near i-ioth of an inch in thicknefs. [Specimen from Mr. Griffith of Gam. On granite.] fungifor'mis. L, Tubercles brown, flat, on pedicles: crust grey green* Dill. 14.4. Crust very thin, wrinkled. Dill. On rocks near Bishop’s Castle, Shropsh. Littl. Brown. ■ ru'fus. L. Tubercles brown, flattish; mostly on fruit-stalks : crust greenish. Jacq. coll, i v. 7.4—fflenum.S. 4 -Dill. 14.3. No proper crust for its base, but numerous, small, whitish leafits, from whence arise grey green pedicles, supporting largish pale brown tubercles. Dill. Heaths and ditch banks. Hampstead Heath. Dill. A. Oct.—March. ericeto'rum. L. Tubercles flesh-coloured, convex, on pedicles: crust whitish. 1 Fl.dan. 1 oo^.i-Hojfm.enum.Q.s-Dill. 14.1-Mich.5q.0rd.s5. ‘Tubercles convex, on foot-stalks, resembling minute Agarics. Linn. Sitting, and on foot-stalks. Huds. Crust granulated, rough, spread wide, grey green in moist, white in dry situations and seasons. Dill. Turfy heaths, sides of peat bogs, gravel pits and on banks. P. Jan.—Dec. 4 ca'Ivus. L. Tubercles tawny red; scattered, smooth, shining: crust whitish, with fine black perforations. Dicks.Q. 4. Crust thinnish, extended, smoothish, dotted with numerous fine pores of different sizes. Tubercles conspicuous, rather loosely scattered, of the size of mustard seeds. Dicks. Rocks in mountainous parts of Scotland. verna'lis. L. Tubercles rust-coloured, roundish: crust grey white. Hoffm. lich. 35.1; andenum. 5. 1 -Dill. 18.4, and the central part of 55- 8* Ground ash-coloured-white. Tubercles nearly globular, jelly- like, crowded, sitting, without a cup-like brim, Linn, Crust