Natural arrangement of British plants Volume 2 ; according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown &c.: ... in which the terms newly introduced are exp - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 Excerpt: ...Calyx 5-cut, irregular, not 2-lippet3, mouth closed with hairs when in fruit; corolla little longer than the calyx, 4-lobed, nearly equal; upper lobe not nicked; stamens "didynamous, diverging.--Rhizoma creeping; herb aromatic; whirls pedicelled; Iracteœ 6. Pulegium aromaticum. Scented pennyroyal. Leaves reverse ovate, oblong, blunt, rather crenate; flowers in whirls; pedicells and calyx tomentoso; teeth of the calyx fringed. Pulegium, Rati Syn. 235, 1. I'ulegium reglura, Ger. cm. 671, 1. Pulegium vulgare, Park. 29. Mentha Pulegium, Lin. S. P. 807. Pennyroyal. Pudding-gran. Paliall royal. Organic. Inundated places; perennial; September. Stem prostrate, much branched, downy, creeping; leaves!)etioled, blunt; whirls many-flowered; pedicells hairy; »airs short, horizontal; corolla purple; tube white; stamens exserted.--Herb antispasmodic, used in hysterical diseases, in infusion, or as a distilled water: syrup of the juice used in hooping cough. ß. album. Flowers white. y. erectum. Stem upright; pedicells hairy; hairs slightly deflected. Pulegium mas, Ger. cm. 671,2. Mentha Pulegium 0, Stokes Bot. IS. M. 3,320. IV. 122. BUGULA. Dioscorides. Bugle. Calyx 5-cut, irregular, not 2-lipped; corolla tubular, upper lip or galea very short, truncated, 2-toothed; lower 3-lobed; middle lobe large, reverse heartshape; stamens exserted, ascending; anthers all alike, short, 1-celled; microbasis reticulated.--Hairs short, tranversely parted. a. Flowers axillary, spiked; leaves Iroad; root creeping. 1. Bugula reptans. Creeping bugle. Stohnes creeping; leaves oval, oblong, baldish; stems solitary. Bugula, Raii-Sijn. 245, 1 ¡ Ger. em. 631, I. Bugula vulgaris. Park. 245. Ajuga replans, Lin. S. P. 785. Teucrium reptans, Saliib. Prod. Jiugula replans, Scop...