The British flora; comprising the Phaenogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / By William Jackson Hooker.

  • Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
Date:
1831
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Credit: The British flora; comprising the Phaenogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / By William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLASS II. DIANDRIA. 2 Stamens. ORD. I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Style. * Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, regular. 1. Ligustrum. Cor. 4-cleft. Berry 2-celled, with the cells 2-seeiled.—Nat. Ord. Oleineas, Hoffm. and Link Named from ligo, to bind; on account of the use sometimes made of its long and pliant branches. ** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Seeds enclosed in a distinct pericarp (Angiospermous). 2. Veronica. Cor. 4-cleft, rotate, lower segment narrower. Caps. 2-celled—Nat. Ord. Scrophularinje, Juss.—Name of doubtful origin. 3. Pinguicula. Cal. 2-lipped, upper lip of 3, lower of 1, bifid segment. Cor. ringent, spurred. Germen globose. Stigma large, of 2 unequal plates or lobes. Caps. I-celled ; Seeds attached to a cen- tral receptacle—Nat. Ord. Lextibulari.e, Rich Named from pinguis, fat; the leaves being thick and greasy to the touch. 4. Utricularia. Cal. 2-leaved, equal. Cor. personate, spur- red. Stigma 2-lipped. Caps, globose, of 1 cell ; Seeds fixed to a central receptacle.—Nat. Ord. Lentibula rite, Rich Named from Utriculus, a little bladder. *** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Seeds 4, apparently naked, (closely covered by the pericarp, Gymnospermous.) 5. Lycopus. Cal. tubular, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular; limb nearly equal, 4-cleft, upper segment broader, and notched. Stam. distant, simple.—Nat. Ord. Labiate, Juss—Name, from Xvxog, a wolf, and <t»;, a foot, from a fancied resemblance in the cut leaves of this plant, to a w'olf’s paw :—der Wotfsfuss, in Germ In English, Gypsy-wort, because the plant yields a black dye, which is em- ployed by Gypsies to render their skin darker. 6. Salvia. Cal. 2-lipped, tubular. Cor. labiate, the tube dilated upwards and compressed. Filaments with 2 divaricating branches, I only bearing a perfect, single cell of an anther Nat. Ord. Labiatje, Juss—Named from salvo, to save or heal, in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities. , **** Perianth double, superior. 1. CiRCAiA. Cal. 2-leaved, but united into a short tube at the base. Cor. of 2 petals. Caps. 2-celled; cells 1-seeded.—Nat. Ord. OnagrarIjE, Juss.—Named from the enchantress Circe, either fiom the prettiness of its flowers, or as some say, from its growing in damp, shady places, where plants used for incantations are found.