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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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    I 'StAM. Filaments 8, united, inclosed in the keel. Anthers 8, simple. Pi ST. Gertnen oblong. Style simple, upright. Summit terminating, rather thick, cloven. S, Vess. Capsule inversely heart-shaped, comprefsed, acute at the edge. Cells 2, Valves 2, Partition \A2iCGd crofswaysto the valves, opening at the edge oneacli side. Seeds solitary, egg-shaped, Obs, The appendages to the keel are different in different species, and in many they are not to be found. Linn. DECANDRIA. SPAR'TIUM. Tourn. , Genista, G(jertn.'-\^y^. Cal. Cup i leaf, heart-sha]^ed, but tubular, small, cofour- ed, the upper margin'very short, the lower towards the end set with 5 little teeth. Bloss. butterfly-shaped. Petals 5, Staiidard inversely heart-shaped, entirely reflected, very large. Wings egg-shaped, oblong, shorter than the standard, connected to the filaments. Keely petals 2, spear-shaped, oblong, longer than the wings, connected at the keel-shaped margin by soft hairs, fixed to the filaments. ‘ / Stam. Filaments 10, connected, unequal, adhering to the germen, the uppermost very short, and from that grow- ing gradually longer; the lower cloven into 9 parts. Anthers rather oblong, ^ Fist. Gerr^en oblongj haiiy. Style awl-shaped, rising upwards. • Summit fixed to the upper side of the end of the style, hairy. S. Vess, Legutnen cylindrical, loilg, blunt, with i cell and 2 valves. Seeds many, globular, but somewhat kidney-shaped. I GENdS'TA. Fouriu ^I2f Spartium. Geertn, 151. m Cal. Cup i leaf, small, tubular, 2-lipped. Upper lip with 2 teeth, more deeply divided than the lower lipy which has 3 teeth nearly equal. Bloss. butter%-shaped.