Volume 2

A botanical description of British plants, in the Midland counties, particularly of those in the neighbourhood of Alcester ... to which is prefixed a short introduction to the study of botany / [Thomas Purton].

  • Purton, Thomas, 1768-1833.
Date:
1817
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Credit: A botanical description of British plants, in the Midland counties, particularly of those in the neighbourhood of Alcester ... to which is prefixed a short introduction to the study of botany / [Thomas Purton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sp. Ch. Panicle forked; flowers roundish, from the bosom of the leaves, hairy; leaves acute. With. 700. E. B. 946. Park. 685. 3. Syn. Filago germanica. Abbot619. Hobson^ 166. Barren meadows, pastures and road sidcs^. July. Common. A. OBS. This 'plant has a drying and astringent quality; it is given to cattle that have the bloody jinx; and hath been tried with success in similar complaints of the hum an body. The powder and decoction of it have sometimes succeeded in diarrhoeas and dy¬ senteries, It was formerly given by the English farmers to their cattle^ in order to restore to them the faculty of chewing the cud; from whence it acquired the name of cudweed. See Withering. Med. and Phys, Journal^ vol. 19. qy. 539. 560. Gnapha'lium monta'num . . . V. S. 2. Mountain Cudweed. Sp. Ch. Stem somewhat forked; flowers conical, axillary and terminating. With. 699. Syn. Fi- lago montana. Abbot^ 620. Robson^ 167. Sandy meadows and pastures. June. Rare. A. On a common between Ombersley and Hartlebury, near the Mitre Oak. Malvern Hill, Worcester¬ shire. /