TETRANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Epimedium. 219 



Of no agricultural value ; though it makes a part of the hay, in 

 many rich northern pastures. The taste is astringent, and the 

 plant has been recommended as a tonic, but the Poterium, its 

 near ally, is far more grateful in flavour. 



2. S. media. Oblong Burnet. 

 Spikes cylindrical. 



S. media. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 69. Willd. v. 1 . 654. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 

 v. 1.258. 



Pimpinella minore di Candia. Zann. 1st. 163. t. 65. 



P. maxima canadensis, spica rubra glomerata. Moris, v. 3.264. 

 sect. 8. t. 18. f. 8. 



In pastures, in the west of Scotland. Mr. G. Don. 



Perennial. July. 



Taller and larger than the foregoing, with a much longer, and truly 

 cylindrical, spike, of rather paler flowers. Mr. Don who sent it, 

 had scarcely an idea of its being more than a variety. Yet it is 

 certainly the plant of the authors above quoted, and is found 

 wild in Siberia, as well as in Canada. The stigma is globular, 

 in numerous segments. But the shape of that part varies, in 

 the present genus, according as it is more or less perfect. 



75. EPIMEDIUM. Barrenwort. 



Linn. Gen. 59. Juss. 287. Fl. Br. 187. DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 28. 

 Tourn. t.\\7. Lam. i. 83. 



Nat. Ord. Corydales. Linn. 24. Berberides. Juss. 78. Ber- 

 beridece. DeCand. 36. See Grammar 1 54; — also Berbe- 

 ris, 7i. 200. 



Cat. inferior, of 4 small, ovate, concave, spreading leaves, 

 deciduous. Cor. of 4 ovate, equal, concave, spreading 

 petals, opposite to the calyx. Nectaries 4, one lying upon 

 each petal, and nearly as long, pouch-like, obtuse, equal, 

 attached underneath to the receptacle^ by one side of the 

 orifice. Filam. awl-shaped, erect, close to the style. Anth. 

 of 2 oblong-oval, parallel cells, attached longitudinally to 

 the inner side of thejilame?it, below its summit, each cell 

 opening by a valve, which bursts from the bottom and 

 rolls back. Germ, superior, elliptic-oblong, with a furrow 

 at the back. Style oblique, roundish, the length of the 

 stam. Stigma simple. Pod oblong, pointed, of 1 cell and 

 2 valves. Seeds numerous, unilateral, oblong. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stem annual, succulent; with scales 

 at the base. Leaves compound, heart-shaped, with bristly 

 serratures. Cluster terminal, simple or compound. 



