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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    J.B. iil* 4 59. i • Flowers sweet-scented. Blofs. spur straight, very short, shorter even than the calyx. Very nearly allied to A. refens. Linn. Floral-leaves spear-shaped, i at the base of each fruit-stalk. Blofs. pale blue, with darker spots ; spur nearly as long as the body of the blofsom. Calyx very small, segments pointed. Woodward. Antirrhinum repens # H u d s. Sweet smelling Snafdrag on. Hedges near Penryn, Cornwall. Ray. [Stone wall between Penryn and Falmouth. Mr. Watt.] ' P. July—Sept, A. Leaves mostly alternate, spear-shaped, blunt: stem mi'nus, very much branched, spreading. Dicks. h.s.—Curt. 2g6-Fl. dan. 502—Riv.mon. 85. 2, Linaria arv. min.—Lob. ic. i. 406. i-Ger. em. 549.5-Park. 1334. 2-J. B. iii. 465.1-M2//L1198. Leaves, only the 3 lowermost pairs opposite. Linn. Stem much branched, hairy. Lower branches opposite, the upper alternate. Leaves alternate. Fruit-stalks from the bosom of, and equal to, or longer than the leaves. Calyx segments strap-shaped, nearly equalling the blofsom. Blofs. spur blunt, shorter than the body of the blofsom. Mr. Woodward. Blofs. purple and yellowish white. Least Snapdragon. Gravelly corn fields. [Binham, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. Near Berkhamstead, Herts. Mr. Woodward.] A. June—Sept. (4) Leaves alternate. A. Leaves spear-strapshaped, crowded: stem upright: Linaria, spikes terminating, sitting : flowers tiled. Dicks, h. s.-Curt.-Kniph.6-Fl. dan.g82-Riv.7non.83.1 f inaria.— Woodv.22i-Sheldr.q.g-Ludw.\2-Dod. 183.1-Lob.obs. 222. 2, and ic. i. ^o6.2-Ger.em.^^o.i-Park.^f8.i-Ger.^o-Lonic.l. 15^.2-Fuchs. 545-7. B. iii.456.2-Blackzu.i 1 5~TW7g. 357-Z/, 0X.VA2.lO. Blofs. the palate woolly, orange-coloured. Nectary long, awl- shaped. Caps, opening with equal divisions. Linn. Stem nearly cylindrical, smooth. Branches nearly upright, from the bosom of the leaves. Blofs. lower lip, segments circular, the middle one much smaller, the projecting part orange-coloured, woolly, the rest of the blofsom pale yellow and smooth, Var. 2. Flowers nearly white.