Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants, arranged according to the artificial and natural methods / by William Jackson Hooker.

Date:
1821
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Credit: Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants, arranged according to the artificial and natural methods / by William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    8. Salvia. Cal. 2-lipped. Car. ringent. Filaments attached laterally to a footstalk *. •***•* Perianth double, superior. 3. CiRCiEA. Cal. 2-leaved. Cor. of 2 petals. Caps. 2-celled. Cells with 1 seed. *■**¥*Perianth single or none. 2. Fraxinus. Cal. 0, or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Caps. 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed, and foliaceous at the extre- mity. Seeds solitary, pendulous. {Flowers polygamous.) 9. Lemna. Perianth single, monophyllous, membranaceous, ur- ceolate. Fruit a Utricle. 10. Cladhjm. Cal. Glumes of 1 valve, 1-flowered, imbricated, outer glumes sterile. Cor. 0. Fruit a Nut, with a loose ex- ternal coat (Epicarp), destitute of bristles at its base. (Salicornia, Monandr. Schcenus albus and Erioph. alp., Tri- ANDR. MoNOG.) 2. DIGYNIA. 11. Anthoxanthtjm. Cal. Glume of 2 valves, 1-flowered. Cor. Glume double, each of 2 valves: ext. awned ; int. small, awnless. 1. MONOGYNIA. 1. LIGUSTRUM. 1. L.vulgare{Privet),leaves elliptico-lanceolatesomewhatacute, panicle compact. Light/, p. 72. E. B. t. 704. Hab. Hedges, not common : about Hamilton, Light/. About Alva, between Kinross and Stirling, Mr. Arnott. FI. July. 1? • Leaves opposite, sessile, entire, more or less obtuse, remaining through the winter if the weather be mild. Flowers small, white. Berries black, globose. 2. FRAXINUS. 1. F. excelsior {common Ash), leaflets lanceolate acuminate ser- rate, flowers destitute of perianth. Light/, p. 041. E. B. t. 1092. Hab. Woods and hedges. FI: May. T? . One of the noblest of our trees, remarkable for the curving upward of the extremities of the lower pendent branches in old plants. Leaves pinnated with an odd one. Leaflets 13—15. A variety (?) is found, rarely in England, with many entire leaves, the F. lieterophylla of authors. In F. excels, flowers polygamous, clustered, appearing be- * The structure of the stamens in this genus is very curious, but is not here correctly described. Brown considers them as having a branching fila- ment, one division ascending and bearing one cell of an anther, the other abortive, often indeed bearing the rudiment of another cell. R 2