A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their Relations to Each Other as Pointed Out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. ...Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821 - Botany |
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1-celled 1-flowered 1-seeded 3-sided 5-lobed 5-parted acute akenium Alpine annual anthers awlshape awned axillary blunt bottom bracteæ bracteated branched calathides calyx capsule Carex cariopsides corculum corolla cotyledons culm cylindrical Dillen in Raii Dioscorides downy edge elliptical feet high fleshy flore flowers flowrets foliis folio fruit glaucous glumes Gramen green hairy heartshape Herb herbaceous hermaphrodite Huds imbricate involucrum July and August June and July lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves linear leaves ovate legumen ligula lobes locustæ many-flowered membranaceous naked nearly nicked oblong obtuse ovary panicle Park pastures pedicelled peduncles perennial pericline perigonium perisperm petals petioled pinnate pinnatifid purple racemes rachis radicle Raii Syn ribbed Root creeping Root fibrous rough roundish Salisb Salix scape seeds sepales serrated sessile sheaths short shrubby slender Smith Fl smooth solitary spathelles spathellule spike spikelets spreading stamens Stem upright stigma stigmata style sylvestris terminal toothed umbells upper villous vulgaris yellow
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Page 317 - Fox9love as a pulmonary and epileptic medicine boiled in wine or water, without any particular caution: the leaves are now considered as one of our most valuable diuretics in dropsy, either in powder, infusion, or tincture, and as a sedative in pulmonary consumption ; but it must be employed with care, as it has a great effect in reducing arterial action, and retarding the pulse, and this action is frequently exerted suddenly, by the accumulated...
Page 213 - ... yet been determined, and therefore the families of this series are arranged by De Candolle for the present, into four artificial subseries, resting upon the differences observable in their petals and stnwns, until a NATUUAL arrangement by their affinities shall be discovered.
Page 317 - ... pulmonary and epileptic medicine, boiled in wine and water, without any particular caution ; the leaves are now considered as one of the most valuable diuretics in dropsy, either in powder, infusion, or tincture, and as a sedative in pulmonary consumption ; but it must be employed with care, as it has great effect in reducing arterial action and retarding the pulse, and this action is frequently exerted suddenly, by the accumulated effects of small doses, so that if the practitioner be not constantly...
Page 505 - Umbels terminal or opposite the leaves, on long stalks — flowers white, petals unequal, nicked, 2-lobed, with a hollow on each side. The three long pendulous leaves of the partial involucre, all on one side, distinguish this from every other umbellate plant. When eaten in mistake for parsley it occasions vomiting, which may be stopped by a large doze of brandy. GENUS XLI. NEEDLE CHERVIL, Scandixe.
Page 514 - Leaves strong-scented ; seeds slightly aromatic, used to cover the taste of senna, and in spices, as currie powder, and seasoning for black puddings...
Page 657 - Leaf-hairs support globules of liquor even in the hottest weather, are very irritable, and close upon small insects that touch them, after which the leaf itself bends and holds the dead insect imprisoned.
Page 514 - Formerly, they were steeped in wine or vinegar, and then dried, to render them milder.