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The British Flora Medica, Or, a History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain; Illustrated by a Coloured Figure of Each Plant Volume 1

The British Flora Medica, Or, a History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain; Illustrated by a Coloured Figure of Each Plant Volume 1 PDF Author: Benjamin Herbert Barton
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230014388
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Languages : en
Pages : 128

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...erect style, about as long as the stamens, and terminated bya simple stigma. The fruit consists of five capsules or follicles, nearly cylindrical, straight, pointed, one-celled, one-valved, and many-seeded. The seeds are oval, smooth, dark, and shining, and attached to both edges of the suture of each follicle. Plate 13, fig. 3, (a) stamens and pistils; (b) a petal with its spur; (c) the pistils, the germens of which are surrounded with ten scales; (d) the fruit, consisting of five capsules or follicles united at the base. This plant is found in meadows, woods, and coppices in several parts of England, but it can scarcely be reckoned an indigenous plant, having escaped from gardens, where it is very generally cultivated. A common near Skegby, in Nottinghamshire, Langwith Woods, in Derbyshire, and Ditchling Common, Sussex, are mentioned as some of its localities. It flowers in June. The generic name is derived from dquila, an eagle, in reference to the spurs of the petals, which were thought to resemble the claws of that bird. The common English name suggests the idea of the more gentle dove. There is some doubt as to whether the Columbine was familiar to the ancients: Caspar Bauhin considers it the munwm of Theophrastus, and the nrovrupov of Dioscorides. The genus Aquilegia is not very numerous, but most of the species are pretty and vivacious, especially the Alpine Columbine (A. Alpina). The plant before us is an old inhabitant of the flower-garden, and there are many varieties with violet, purple, red, flesh-coloured, and white flowers, but no art can change these tints to yellow. COLUMBINE. 209 Goats, and sometimes sheep, will eat this plant; other animals refuse it. Bees are very fond of the petals, (nectaries of Linnaeus, ) the tube..