MONOECIA— POLYANDRIA. Poterium. U7 



sional spots; the naked summit o{ 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 Jiower have disap- 

 peared, 



441. POTERIUxM. Salad-Buinet. 



Linn. Gen. 495. Juss. 336. FL Br. 1024. Lam. t. 777. 

 Pimpinella. Tourn. t. 68. Gcertn. t. 32. 



Nat. Old. Se?iticos<r. Linn. 35. Rosacea^. Juss. 92. See 

 Grammai- 172. 



Gaertner, like Haller, unites this genus with Sanguisorba. 

 V. 1.217. 



Barr.Jl. Col. 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. AntJi. roundish, 2-lobed. 



Fert.JI.. above the others. Cal. as in them. Cor. of 1 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. Stig^n. radiated, 

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

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



Herbs or s/inibs, sometimes thorny. Leaves pinnate ; ser- 

 rated or cut. Fl. in heads, or spikes, terminal. 



1. P. Sanguisorba. Common Salad-Burnet. 

 Thorns none. Stem somewhat angular. 



P. Sanguisorba. Linn.Sp. Pl.lAW. Willd. v.4.421. Fl.Dr.]025. 



Engl. Bot. V. 12. t. 860. Hook. Scot. 273. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. 



t. 64. Mart. Rust. t. 69. Dicks. H. Sicc.fnsc. 9. 15. 

 Sanguisorba minor. Raii Syn. 203. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. l\5. 



f. 116. Fuchs. Hist. 789./. Ic. 457./. 

 Pimpinella. n. 706. Hall. Hist. i;. 1. 312. 

 P. hortensis. Ger. Em. 1045./. 

 P. sive Sanguisorba minor. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 381./. Camer. 



Epit. 777./. 

 P. minor. Dalech. Hist. 1087./ 

 Sideritis secunda Dioscoridis. Column. Ecphr. 123. f. 124. 



On chalky hills, or about limestone rocks, abundantly. 

 Perennial. July. 



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