POLVANDRIA. 1^1 



of digestion, and becomes heavier. For this reason, 

 those who hve upon it are not troubled with many- 

 internal complaints 3 therefore it is held as a remedy 

 for them." '^ 



RED HORNED-POPPY, Glaucium pJicenicium. 

 This plant grows wild in sandy corn-fields, and 

 blossoms in June and July : the flowers are of very 

 short duration, often not exceeding half a day, yet 

 produced in long succession. It was upon the flower 

 of this plant that Linnaeus made repeated experiments 

 to shew the importance of Stamina and Pistilla to the 

 production of perfect seed, as already mentioned, 

 page 13, 



DWARF CISTUS, Cistus hehanthemum. Of 

 this Genus there are sixty-six species, in general, es- 

 teemed for tlieu- beauty, and cultivated in our gardens. 

 Though this species cannot vie with many of those 

 which are produced in warmer climates, yet it is one of 

 our ornamental native plants. It is common in chalky 

 soils, and highly ornamental to rocky situations 3 it is 

 hardy, and easily propagated, either by seeds or cuttings, 

 and continues for the greatest part of the summer daily 

 to put forth new blossoms. The petals are yellow, and 

 Linnaeus has remarked, that they have sometimes an 

 orange- coloured spot at their base. At Leven Grove 

 in Yorkshire, and Benton in Northumberland, I have 

 seen the flower of a dingy red, and the stamina pos^ 

 sessing more irritability than any I have noticed of a 



<l Constat, eos qui illo vivant, nee dysenteria, nee tenesmo, 

 neque aliis morbis vcntris infestari. Itaque inter remedia eoruni 

 habctur. Lib. xxii. C. 21, 



