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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    palus'tris. arven'sis. S. About 6 flowers in a whirl: leaves strap-spearshaped, half embracing the stem, sitting. Curt.208-Kniph.y—Riv. mon. 26.1, Staclys palustris.-Sheldr.t^r-* Ger. 565. 2-Ger. em.ioo^-Blackw. zy^-Ger. 852-Park. 852- Pet-33-9- ' Whirls with 6 to 10 flowers. Linn. Stems 4-c©rnered, rough with hairs pointing downwards. Leaves in opposite pairs, very soft, unequally serrated, spreading half way round the stem. Floral-leaves, 2 small ones under each whirl. Calyx purple, beset with fine hairs terminating in small globules. Blofs. reddish pur- ple, mottled; tube white; mouth comprelsed; upper lip, and all the segments of the lower lip, slightly notched at the end. Clowns Woundwort, or All-heal. Watery places and banks of rivers. P. Aug. S. Six flowers in a whirl : leaves blunt, almost naked : blofsoms as long as the calyx: stem feeble. Curt. 246-fy. dan. 587-Bfu. moil. 27. 2, Stachys arv. min.-Pet. 33- I2- Stem 4-cornered, blunt, with spreading branches; rough with hair. Leaves heart-shaped, bluntly serrated, much lefs hairy than the stem. Leafstalks hairy. Cups sitting, hairy, with 5 equal, sharp-pointed, shallow clefts. Blofs. whitish, almost smaller than the cup ; helmet very entire ; lip with 3 cleft, the middle one the broadest, purplish, dotted, not nicked. Linn. Blofsoms flesh- coloured. Hall. It neither pofsefses the striking character of any other genus, nor sufficient marks of distinction to form a genus by itself. Curt. Tube of the blofsom not longer than the calyx. Corn Woundwort. In corn fields, [Thorp Arch, Yorkshire. Rev. Mr. Pierson. On St. Vincent’s rocks, Bristol.] A. June—Aug. german'ica. S. Many flowers in a whirl: serratures of the leaves lap- ping over each other: stem cottony. facq. austr. 31 g-K?dph.io~Riv. mon.2rj.\y Stachys mont.-Fl.dan. 68 ^-Barr. ic. 2 gy—Fuchs. 7 6 6 ~ B. i i i. 3 2 o-Frag. g. 1 -Lome, i. 110. i-ii. 30. q.-Ger. 563.2-Matth.8yp-Dod. go. 3-Lob. obs.28 5, 4, and ic A.530.2-Ger.em.6g5.2-Park.4.8.2-H.ox.xi.io.i. Whole plant white with a thick silky down. Lower-leaves heart-spearshaped; the upper spear-shaped, thick, wrinkled, sharply serrated. Blofs. lip covered with down. Mr. Woodw. Leaves very thick, soft and cloth-like. Blofs. purplish red.