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 |
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A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their Relations to ... Samuel Frederick 1766-1828 Gray No preview available - 2015 |
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1-flowered 2-celled 3-lobed 3-sided 5-parted acute akenium ament Angl annual anthers awlshape awned axillary bipinnate blunt bottom bractea branched bristle bristlelike calathides calyx capsule Carex cariopsis compressed corculum corolla culm cylindrical Dillen in Raii edge elliptical erect feet high Female spikes filaments flat flowers flowrets foliis folio Frond fruit glaucous glumes Gramen green hairy heartshape herbaceous hermaphrodite Huds imbricate involucrum July and August Juncus June lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves linear leaves ovate ligula lobes locusta lower spathellule many-flowered membranaceous Mentha monoicous naked nicked oblong obtuse Orchis ovary panicle Park pedicelled peduncles perennial pericline perigonium perisperm petals petioled pubescent racemes rachis radical Raii Syn ribbed Root creeping Root fibrous rough roundish Salisb Salix scape Scirpus seeds sepales serrate sessile sheaths short shrubby slender Smith Fl smooth solitary sori spathelles spikelets spreading stamens Stem upright stigma stigmata style terminal toothed umbells upper vulgaris yellow
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Page 323 - 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 219 - ... 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 323 - ... 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 511 - 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 520 - 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 663 - 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 520 - Formerly, they were steeped in wine or vinegar, and then dried, to render them milder.