Volume 2

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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    DIGYNI A. POTE'RIUM. Flowers M. and F. on the same plant. Cal. 4-leaved : Blofs. with 4 divisions. F. Berry formed of the indurated tube of the blofsom. TRIGYNIA. DELPHIN'IUM. Cal. none : Blofs. 5 petals; upper petal horned-shaped behind : Nectary cloven ; sitting. [Chelidonium hybridum. Reseda Luteola.] TETRAGYNIA. [Myriophvllum verticillatum.] PENTAGYNIA. ' I AQUILE'GIA. Cal. none: Blofs. 5petals: Nectaries 5 ; horned in the lower part. jPapaver cambricum.] HEXAGYNIA. STRATIO'TES. Cal. with 3 divisions: Blofs. 3 petals : Berry 6-celled ; in a sheath. [Papaver cambricum.]