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Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland
Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland Author:John Berkenhout General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1795 Original Publisher: T. Cadell Subjects: History / Europe / Ireland Nature / General Nature / Essays Nature / Plants Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It h... more »as no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 3. EreŁta. Leaft Siichwort. Stem ere8, bearing generally a iingle white flower on the top. Leaves oppofite, gloffy, feflile, oval, pointed. April, May. A. In paftures frequent. LI NUM. Vide Pentandrla Pentagynia. I. Radiola. Leaft Rupturewort, or All-feed. Stalks numerous, forked, two or three inches long, fpreading in a tuft on the ground. Leaves oppofite, feffile. Flowers minute, white, Auguft. A. In walte ground, I CLASS CLASS V. PENTANDRIA. Stamina 5. I. MONOGYNIA. Piftillum i. Flowers regular, of one petal, below the germtn, with four naked feeds, and rough leaves. MYOSOTIS. Corolla tubular, the rim expanded, with five fegmems, notched ; tube clofed by five fmall valves. Stamina in the neck of the tube, veiy fhort. i. Scorpioides. Maufe-ear Scarpion-grafs. Stem, round, hairy, terminated by a long loofe curled fpike of blue flowers. Leaves hairy, foil, oblong, obtufe, alternate, fef- fjle, callous at the ends. April -- Auguft- P. Common, in moilt and dry fituations. Ger- 337- 3- LITHOSPERMUM. Corolla funnel- fhaped, about the length of the calyx, with five flight fegments, obtufe, ereft ; lube cylindrical and open at the top. Stamina very fliort. Seeds naked. I. Oflicinalc. Common Gromwell. Stem about two feet high, rough, hard. branched. Leaves launcelaunce-maped, alternate, feflile. Flowers final!, white, ranged a]ong the branches among the leaves. Seeds fmooth. May, June. P. In barren...« less