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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    I t DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. It is subject to considerable variations, the principal of which are Var. 2. white flowered. Huds. Blofsoms white. Var. 3. largeflowered. Huds. Blofsoms large. Vaill.32.8-Riv.mon 42.3, Serpylium.-Pet.31.2. Serpylli vulgaris secundum genus. R. syn. 2 3o—Serpyll.vulg.flore fmpio. Vaill. Var. 4. broad-leaved. Linn. Larger. Leaves broad. Ger. 456.3-Lob. ic. i. 424.1 -Ger.em.573.7-LM.7.p-Pet.31.3- Ger.em.3 70.3. Okey Hole, Somersetshire. Serpyllum vulgare majus. R. syn.23i. Var. 5. Lemon. Leaves with the scent of lemon peel. C/us.i.359.2-Dod.2’]j.2-Gcr,em.y'ji.'j-Park,8.g.-J.B.2jo.i~ Ger. 458.2-Pet. 31.4. It is used in sauces. Var. 6. smooth. Leaves narrow smooth. Sheidr. 5 2 - Woodv. 110. Boxly Hill, by Kitt’s Coffee-house. Var.7. hoary. Differs from 1 in the hairinefs of the leaves. Ray* Vaill.32.6—Riv.mon. ^.2.1, Serp.mont.hirsut. Gogmagog Hills, and other barren places. Var. 8. shrubby. More shrubby. Hairy. Blofsoms pale red. Ray. Pastures on the summit of y Wydhva, Caernarvonshire, and on Snowdon. Var. g. scentlefs. St. Hairy, small, creeping, scentlefs. Pluk. Serpyll. hirsut. min. rep. inodorum. R. syn. 231. Ireland. T. Flower in whirls, 1 upon each fruit-stalk : stems up- right, somewhat branched: leaves acute, serrated. Dicks.h.s.—Curt.—Kniph.8-Riv.mon.43.2yAcinos-Clus. i. 354.1— Dod.28o-Lob.obs.2yo.2andic.\.po6.i-Ger.e?n.6'j ^.i-Park.21. i~H. cx.xi. 18, row 1. i-Pet. 32. io-Fuchs.8g6-J.B. iii. 239— Lonic. i.i 16.3~Fl.dan.8i q-Trag .3j~Ger. 3^8.1— Maith.815. Stems ascending. Leaves in distant pairs. Mr. Woodward. Plant hairy. Calyx scored, at the fore part at the base inflated, about the middle contracted, and then dilating into the lower lip. Mr. Hollefear. The middle segment of the lower lip of the blofsom notched at the end. Blofsoms purple. 537 A'cinos.