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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    ADONIS. Cal. 5 leaves: petals 5 or more: nect. none seeds naked. A. Flowers with 5 petals: fruit egg-shaped. Cam. epit. 648-Pet. 39-8. Only 1 or 2 flowers on a plant. Petals 5 or narrower than in the A. autumnalis; scarlet. [Corn fields on Salisbury plain, near the road bury to Everly.] 6; longer and from Ambres- A. May, June. A. Petals about 8: fruit egg-cylindrical. Curt. 13 5-Kniph. 5-CIUS.1.3 36.1 -Dod.2 60.3~£- bot.^oS-Lob. obs. i5o,k.i.2S^.2-Ger.em.^7-Ger.^io.-i-Park.par.2gi.5. The seeds in both species are covered with a thick permanent coat, not opening lik a capsule, so that having no proper capsu.e they may be considered as naked. The shape of t le nut men tioned in the Spec. char, applies to the whole mafs of seeds upon the fruitstalk. Several flowers on a plant. Fruit oblong,01 cy- lindrical, not egg-shaped as in the preceding. Petals 7 or 8 ; darK scarlet, almost black at the base. Adonis Flower. Red Maithes.Red Morocco. Autumnal Pheasants- eye. Cornfields. In the counties round London. Curt. J A. June, July.r RANUN'CULUS. Cal. deciduous, 5 (or 3) leaved: petals 5, (rarely 2, 3 or 8) with a nectariferous scale or pore within the claw: styles peimanent. seeds incrusted, upright. (1) Leaves undivided. R. Leaves heart-shaped, angular, on leaf-stalks: stem 1- flowered: flowers with 8 petals : calyx with 3 leaves. Ludw. 52-Fl.dan.qgg-Curt.-Blackw. tji—Walc.—Kniph. i -Fuchs. 86’j-J.B.ln.ipo8~Lonic.l.i()6.\-Dod.^g-Lob.obs.^2^.i ,andic. i. 5g3.2-Ger.em. 8i6-Park.617.3-Pee. 38.1 -Ger. 6Gg-Mat/h. 831 -Trag.613. Root composed of oblong egg or club-shaped bulbs. Leas es smooth, rather shining. Cal. leaves 3 or 4. Petals 8 or 9; bright i Its beautiful scarlet blofsoms have gained it admittance into our gardens, 2 K 3 aestiva'lis autumn a Fica'ria.