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SA'MOLUS. BIoss. salver-shaped : stamens pro 



tected by the valves of the blossom: caps 



3 -celled; beneath; opening with 5 valves 



at the top. 



S. 



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Valeran'di, 



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E. tot.703-FI. dan. 19&-K*ip6. 1-Curt. 26$-Lob. ohs. 249. 

 l~Ger. em. 620. 3-Pari. 123/. 5~J. B. iii. 792. 1-H. 

 ox. iii. 24, 26, and 28. 



Nearly a foot high. Leaves spear-egg-shaped, very entire* 

 Spike-like bunch of flowers 2 to 4 inches long. £loss. white. 



Round-leaved Water Pimpernell. Pimpernell Brookvoeed. 



Marshes andmoist meadows. — [In the large ditches leading from 

 Poplar to the Isle of Dogs, opposite to Greenwich. Mr. Jones. 

 — Side of the brook running from the brine pit on DefFord Com- 

 mon, Worcestersh. Messrs. Ballard and Hollefear. — Lord 

 Shelbume'sPark, near Calne, Wiltsh. Dr. Stokes. — Salt marshes 



about Lymington.j P. June, July.* 



LQNICERA. BIoss. 1 petal, tubular, irregular: 



berry beneath; 1 to 3-celled; many-seeded. 



L. Heads egg-shaped, tiled, terminating: leaves distinct, Pericly'me- 



deciduous : blossom gaping. num. 



Curt. 1. l-£. hot. ZQQ-Knipb. 8-17. dan. QOS-Riv. 122- 

 Blackiv. 25-Fucbs. 6±6-Trag. 822-J. B. ii. 104. 1- 

 Ger. 743. 1-ZW. bll.l-Lob. obs. 358.\~Ger. em. 891. 1 

 -Park. 1460. 1. 



BIoss. lower segment divided twice as deep as the rest. 

 Leaves and stem smooth. Linn. BIoss. red on the cutsidej 

 yellowish within. Berries red. 





Woodb 



May, J 



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Var. 2. Leaves indented. [In Sir J. Woodhouse's woods, 

 Norfolk. Mr. Woodward.] 



* Dr. Smith observes, with Linnaeus, that the Water Pimpernell is 

 found » in almost every part of the globe, and under very different lati- 

 tudes. We have had occasion to remark that this circumstance, however 

 Uncommon with plants, as well as animals in general, happens to several 

 Katies. E. bot. 



* The beauty and fragrance of its flowers renders it a pleasing ornament 

 to our gardens, hedges, and arbours. Cows, goats, and sheep eat it, horses 

 ^ e iuse it. Sphinx LigmtrL and Upvlifarmh ; and PbaUtna djdactyla^ ajid 



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