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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.

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    TiRYS'IMUM. Town. 111. Gxrtn. 143. t Cal. C«/) 4 leaves; leafits egg-oblong, parallel, but a])- proaching, coloured, deciduous. Bloss. 4 petals, forming a crofs. Petals oblong, flat, very blunt at the end. Claios as long as the cup, upright. Nectar ifej'otis Gland double, on the inner side of the shorter filament. Stam. Filaments 6, as long as the cup, the 2 opposite ones shorter than the others. Anthers simple. PisT. Germen strap-shaped, 4-edged, as long as the sta- mens. Style very short. Summit a small knob, per- manent. S. VESS. Pod long, strap-shaped, stiflP, and straight, exactly 4-cornered, with 2 valves, and 2 cells. -Seeds many, small, roundish. , CHEIRAN'THUS. Tourn, 107, Leucojum, Geertn, 143. Cal. Cup 4 leaves, comprefsed; leafits spear-shaped, con- cave, upright, parallel, but approaching towards the top, deciduous, the 2 bulging at the base. Bloss. 4forming a crofs. Petals circular, longer than the cup. Claws as long as the cup. Stam. Filaments 6, awl-shaped, parallel, as long as the cup, 2 of them shorter and bulging at the base, within the cup. Anthers upright, cloven at the base, acute and reflected at the top, A Nectariferous Gland surrounding the base of the short stamen on each side. Fist. Germ.en prism-sfiaped, with 4 edges, as long as the stamens, with a small tubercle on each side tlie base. , Style very short, compressed. Summit ohXoTi^, divided, < reflected, thick, permanent. iS. Vess. Pod\on^, comprefsed, the,2 opposite angles ob- literated and marked with a Jittle tooth. Cells 2, valves 2, furnished with a very short style, and an up- right cloven summit. Seeds many, pendant, alternate, somewhat egg-shaped, comprefsed, vdlh a membranaceous border, Obs. The little tooth on each side of the germen, in some species, almost disappears, in others it grows larger. In the Ch, tricu:pidatus the pod has 3 points at the end. Linn,