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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    5. Lycopus. Linn. Gipsy-wort. 1. L. europckus, Linn. (common Gipsy-wort or Water Hore- hound); leaves deeply and irregularly pinnatifido-serrate. E. JBot. t. 1105. E. FI. v. i. p. 34. Ditches and river-banks; less frequent in Scotland, FI June, July. If.—Stems 2 feet high, erect, four-sided, as in the class Didynami t, ()rd. Gymnospermia, to which very natural groupe, this and the following Genus belong, though they are placed here in consequence of hav- ing but two stamens. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovato-lanceolate, wrinkled, very deeply sinuato-serrate, almost pinnatifid. Flowers small, sessile, in dense whorls at the base of the superior leaves, whitish with purple dots, hairy within. 6. Salvia. Linn. Sage or Clary. 1. S. prcttensis, Linn. (Meadow Clary or Sage) ; lower leaves cordato-oblong irregularly crenate stalked, those of the stem sessile semiainplexicaul, bracteas very small, corolla thrice as long as the calyx glandular and viscid at the summit. E. Bot. t. 153. E. FI. v. i. p. 34. Dry meadows and about hedges, England, but rare; near Cobham in Kent. FI. July. If.—Varying in size, from 6 inches to 2 feet high. Commonly cultivated in gardens. I have never seen native specimens. 2. S. verbendca, Linn. ( Wild English Clary or Sage) ; leaves sinuated and serrated, corolla much narrower and scarcely longer than the calyx. E. Bot. t. 154. E. FI. v. i. p. 35. Dry pastures and banks, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil: not uncommon in England, but only found about Edinburgh in Scotland. FI. June, July. If.— One to two feet high. Lower leaves petiolate, ovate, upper ones sessile and acute, less lobed, but more serrated: all wrinkled with veins. Bracteas 2, under each whorl of flowers, cordate, acute, entire, ciliated. Cal. hairy, segments mucronate. Cor, small in proportion to the calyx, purple. Upper lip concave, compressed. 7. CmciEA. Linn. Enchanter’s Nightshade. 1. C. lutetidnci, Linn. (common Enchanter s Nightshade); stem erect pubescent, leaves ovate acuminate toothed opaque longer than the petiole. E. Bot. t. 1056. E. FI. v. i. p. 15. Woods and coppices in shady situations, common. FI. June, July. If.—Boot creeping. Stem 1 —1| foot high. Leaves scarcely cordate at the base, upper ones narrow-ovate. Racemes, as well as the stems, more or less branched. Flowers white or rose-coloured. Calycine leaf- lets reflexed. Petals obcordate, patent. Germen very hispid, the hairs hooked at the extremity. Found also in Canada and Nepal. 2. C. alpina, Linn, (alpine Enchanter s Nightshade); stem ascending nearly glabrous, leaves cordate toothed shining as long as the petioles. E. Bot. t. 1057. E. FI. v. i. p. 16.—/3. major,