MONOECIA-POLYANDRIA. Poterium. 147 



sional spots ; the naked summit of the stalk within dark purple-* 

 reported to give out, at the time of its perfection, a considerable 

 degree of heat. Berries scarlet, internally viscid, remaining 

 long after the leaves and all parts of the flower have disap- 

 peared. 



441. POTERIUM. Salad-Burnet. 



Linn. Gen. 495. Juss.336. FL Br. \02\. Lam. t. 777. 

 Pimpinella. Tourn. t.68. Gccrhi. t.32. 



Nat. Orel. Scnticosc€. Linn. 35. Rosacecc. Juss. 92. See 

 Gramma?^ 172. 



Gaertner, like Haller, unites this genus with Sangidsorba. 

 ?'. 1.217. 



Barr.Jl. Cr//. of 3 ovate, coloured, spreading, deciduous 

 leaves. Cor. of 1 petal, tubular, in 4 deep, ovate, con- 

 cave, spreading segments, permanent. Filam. nume- 

 rous, 30 — 50, capillary, flaccid, much longer than the 

 corolla. Anth. roundish, 2-lobed. 



Fert. ji. above the others. Cal. as in them. Cor. of I pe- 

 tal, wheel-shaped ; tube short, roundish, closed at the 

 mouth ; limb in 4 deep, ovate, flat, reflexed segments, 

 permanent. Germ. 1 or 2, ovate-oblong, within the 

 tube, each of 2 cells, and crowned with a capillary, co- 

 loured style, much longer than the limb. Sfigm. radiated, 

 coloured. Nut invested with the dry tube of the corolla, 

 angular, rugged, of 1 or 2 cells. Kernels oval, solitary. 



//d7v^»; or 6///7^(^.S sometimes thorny. Leaves \m\\\[\ie ; ser- 

 rat(Kl or cut. Ft. in heads, or spikes, terminal. 



I. P. Sanguisoi^ba. Common Salad-Burnet. 

 Thorns none. Stem somewhat angular. 



P. Sanguisorba. Linn. Sp. PL 1411. fVilld. v. 4.421. FL Br. 1 025. 



Fn-L Bot. V. 12. <.8G0. IJuoJc.ScoL 273. Curt. Land. fuse. 2. 



/. G 1. Mart. Rust. t. 69. Dicks. H. Sice. fuse. 9. 1 ."). 

 Sanguisorba minor. Raii Sijn. 203. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. I LV 



/. 1 1 fJ. Fuchs. Hist. 7H[).f. Ic. 4f,7.f. 

 I»imi)inella. n. 70G. Hall. Hist. v. 1,31 2. 

 P. hortcnsis. Ger. Fm. 101.1. /. 

 P. sive Sanguisorba minor. Matth. lali^r. v. 2, 381. /*. ianicr. 



FpiL777.f. 

 P. minor. Dalech. Hist. 1087./. 

 Sideritis sccunda Diosroridis. Column. Fcphr. 123. /'. 124. 



On chalky hills, or about limestone rocks, abinidantly. 

 Perennial. July. 



