Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].

  • Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    17323 64694 rosea .Inc. floribunda Rot. re 17324 6478o ffiltrida It. R. 17325 6480a cuprea R. C. 17326 fi482n tortubsa Lindl. 17327 64826 mauritiana R. C. 17328 6482c punctata R. M. 1732a 6492d bipunctata Grah. 17330 6482c Deppe; B. C. 17331 6482/floribunda Lehm 17332 6488« Commersdn/;' Per' 17334 - 17335 . - Cuming('i Herb. - divergens Renth. rosy lAI Pr nir.ju Ro Chile 1826. Q s.p Bot. mag . 2830 ,* not of Lehman or ot Sw eet fulgid tAJ pr i s.n C C.G.H. 1820. o s.p Bot. reg. 1073 copper-cld ,AI Pr h ap.jn Cop C.G.H. 0 s.p Bot. cab. 824 twisted ft i 1 or jn.au Y Chile 1825.' c s.l Bot. reg. 124'J Mauritian ? iAJ or 4 s.o Pa.Ro Maurit. 1810. <) s.p Bot. cab. 1780 dotted tf A or V ap.jn P C.G.H. • 0 s.p Bot. reg. 2781 2-spotted iAJ pr i ap.jn Li Brazil s 1 Bot. mag . 2781 Deppe's _AI el i mr.n Cop. R Mexico 1827. o s.p Sw.fl.gar .2.S.96 many-flowered s .AJ or i* ap.s Ro Brazil 1829. o s.l Sw.fl.gar .2.S.54 Commerson's s cAI pr o.n Y Brazil o s.p Darwall's s -Al pr J Pa.C 0 s.p Cuming's JM pr au.s Go Chile 1831. s s.l Bot. reg. 1545 diverging 5 JSl or jn.s W Mexico 1829. o p.l Bot. reg. 1620 2619. *1065a. BALBI'SL4 Cav. (John Raptist Ralbis, a botanical author.) Ficoidete D.Don, Oxalidece Dec. Sp.l. 17336 - - pedunculitis D.Don long.pedunc. tL \ | or 1 au Y Chile 1825. C s.l Bot. reg. 1392 Ledocirpon pedunculare Lindl., Bot. reg. 1392; CruickshanksM cistiHora Hook., Bot. mis. 90. i Aor ljjl Sp. 7— . As. Rus. 1834. CD r.lt Sw.fl.gar.2.s.317 1066. AGROSTE'MMA. 17337 6537z Bungeawa D. Don Bunge's Lychnis Bungeiina Hort. 17338 - - pyrenaica G. Don Pyrenean 17339 - - suecica Maund Swedish 2620. * 1066n. VISCA'RIA Roehler. Rock Lychnis. (Viscus, birdlime ; stems glutinous ) Caryophylleee. Sp. 3. 17340 - - neglecta G. Don neglected £ A or J my.jl W 1807. Deo Bot. gard. 5U3 Lychnis Viscaria albiflora Hort. k A pr i jn.jl Pa.Ro Pyrenees 1819. D p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.202 £ A pr 3 jn.s Pk Sweden 1824. D co Bot. gar. 576 Page 392. Class XI. — DODECANDRIA. 12 Stamens. Order 1. MONOGYNIA. 12 Stamens. 1 Style. 2621. Calandrinia. Calyx 2-parted. Petals 3-5, free or rather connate at base. Stamens, 4-15. Style very short, tripartite at the apex. Lobes clavate. Capsule oblong-elliptic, 3-valved. Seeds wingless. MONOGYNIA. 1091. PORTULA'CA. Sp. 10—14. 17341 6618a grandifl&ra Hook, great-flowered Jt, iAJ or , jn.il Y.p Chile 1827. S s.i Bot. mag. 2885 17342 - - Giltiesn Hook. Gillies's O. iAI or ^ jn.jl R.p Mendoza 1827. C s.l Bot. mag. 3064 2621. *1092«. CALANDRl'NIy/ H. & B. (J. L. Calandrini, a Genoese botanist.) PortulacetB. Sp. 6—10. 17343- - grandifldra Lindl. great-flowered ]f i | or 1 jn.jl P Chile 1826. C.S p.l Bot. reg. 1194 17344 - - specibsa Lindl. showy 3i O spl i my.o D.P N.CaIifor.1831. S s.l Bot. reg. 1598 17345 - - discolor Schr. two-c\&-ftwd n. i I or 1$ il.au Bt.Ro Chile 1834. C.S s.l Bot. mag. 3357 17346- - arenaria Lindl. sand-inhabiting J: A cu £ jl O.ro Valpar. 1831. S s.l Bot. reg. 1605 No. 6624. in p. 396. is also referable to this genus. 17329 _ aMgp ^ 17323 17327* ^ 17336 History, Use, Propagation, Culture „rv mllrh like the potato, for which they might form occasionally an agreeable substitute at table. It is a native oflCu and i! cultivated abundantly in the gardens about Lima, as a salad, for which purpose ,ts succulent stems, and arid flavour? seem strongly to recommend it. It grows freely in the open border ami ,s readily>n™d by cut- tings as well as by the tubers, which require to be taken up and treated as potatoes. (Sw. Fl. f 2-s. 125 > 2619 Ralblsia. A showy conservatory plant, which may be increased by cuttings, but is apt to damp off; it kept in health, it is very handsome.