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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.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    RHINAN'THUS. 'Tourn, yy, Pedicularis.^Gdertn, 54. Cal. Clip I leaf, roundish, inflated, comprefscd, witli 4 clefts, permanent, ' Bloss. I Petal, gaping. Tube nearly cylindrical, as long as the cup. open, comp refs ed at the base. Upper lip helmet-shaped, comprefsed, notched ,at the end, narrower. Lower lip open, flat, with 3 shallow clefts, ])lunt; the middle segment the broadest. Stam. Filaments 4, 2 long and 2 short, nearly as long as the upper lip which conceals them. Anthers fixed sideways, clov^en at one end, hairy. Pi ST. Germen egg-shaped, comprefsed. Style thread- shaped, agreeing in situation with the stamens, but longer. Summit blunt, bent inwards. S. Vess. Capsule himrt, upright, comprefsed, cells 2, valves 2, partition opposite to the valves, opening at the edges. Seeds many, comprefsed. Obs. Rhinanthus CristagalH has a bordered capsule ; seeds surrounded by a loose membrane; and a calyx equal, with 4 clefts. Linn. EUPHRA'SIA. Tourn, y8. Geerin, 54, Cal. Cup I leaf, cylindrical, with 4 clefts, unequal, per- manent. Bloss. i Petal, gaping. Tube as long as the cup. Upper ///) concave, notched at the end. Lower lip expand- ing, with 3 divisions. Segments equal, blunt. Stam. Filaments 4, thread-shaped, leaning under the upper lip. Anthers 2-lobed, the lower lobes of the lower anthers tapering into a little thorn. PiST. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, agreeing in shape and situation with the stamens. Summit blunt, entire. S. Vess. Capsule egg-ohlong, comprefsed, -2-celled, Partition opposite to the valves. Seeds numerous, very small, roundish. Obs. This description applies to the Euphr. Odontites, but the Euphr. Officinalis admits of the following remarks very justly made by Mr. Hudson. Cup tubular, bell-shaped; segments tapering to a point, equal. Blofs. lower lip with three shallow clefts, segments cloven, the middle one the largest. Anthers cloven at the base, the lobes at the base tapering into an awn. Summit a knob'. Capsule 4-cornered at the base, nicked at the top.