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.

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    5io europas'us vb'idis. / fcet'idus. POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Hdllebonis. T. Petals approaching : nectaries as long as the stamens. Kniph.^-Fl.dan.l33-E.bot.2g-Clus.\.23j.x-Dod.^o^-Lob. obs. 335.1 andic.i.dj 5-Ger.em.g55.12-Ger.80g. 13-y. B. iii. 4ig_ H.ox.xn.2.2-Matth.6 r 3-Park.par. 219.11. Blofsoms closed, yellow. Nectaries yellow, not longer than the stamens. Germens upright. Linn. Leaves round m their cir- cumscription, divided to the base into 5, segments very entire at the base, jagged upwards. Capsules ribbed transversely, termi- nated by a crooked horn, pointing outwards, giving tlie head a star-like appearance. Mr. Woodw. , Globe-flower. Locker-gowlans. Gowlans Globe flower. Sides of mountains and mountainous meadows in Wales and the north of England. Huds.—Skirrith Wood, and moist woods about Settle, Yorkshire. Curt.—Scotland. Lightf.— [NearTroutbeck, West- moreland. Woodward. At the road side near Dale Park, in Furnefs Fells. Mr. Atkinson. Marshes in the county of Dur- ham, common. Mr. Robson.] P. May, June. It is cultivated in our flower gardens, IiELLE'BORUS. Blofs. none: cal. 5 leaves, _ often coloured: nectaries 2-lipped, tubular: caps, like a legumen; many-seeded, rather upright, beaked. Id. Stem many-flowered, leafy : leaves finger-like. Jacq.austr.i06-Curt.-Blackw.50g and 5\0-E.bot.200-Kniph. 1— Fuchs. 274- J.B.ui. 636—C/«r.i. 275.1-0^.385. z-Lob.obs. 387. 2.andic.i.68o.2-Ger.em.gj6.2-Park.212.2 and3-FI.0x.xu.4.5 Ger.v2^.2-Frag.^op-Louic.\. 171 .z-Matth.\22 1. Pistils 3, sometimes 4, rarely 5. Crantz. Segments of the leaves deeply serrated, particularly upwards. Flowers mostly 2 : yellowish green. Green-flowered Flcllebore. Woods and dry pastures in chalky soil. Bigwin Closes, Ditton, and Whitwell, Cambridgeshire. Arundel Castle, Sufsex. Knowlton, E.Kent; and Stoken Church, Oxfordshire. [Orchard near Mr. Ballard’s, Robinson’s End, Malvern Chace. Mr. Wells. Near Piersbridge, but scarce. Mr.Robson.]' P. March—May. H. Stem many-flowered, leafy : leaves bird-footed. Woodr. 19-Ralph. 12-Blackw.5j-Fuchs.2j 5-f.B. iii. 880-Trag. 251—Dad.3u6-L0b.0bs.3oj.4.. and ic. i, 680. i—Ger.em.gjG.q,- Lob.obs.38j.3. and A.1.679. 2-Gcr. em. gj6.3-Park.212.3-H. coc.xih4.6-G1sr.826-