ENNEANDRIA. DTGYNIA. Mercurialis. 38 5 





DIGYNIA. 



MERCURIA'LIS. Male and fern, flowers on dif- 

 ferent plants: bloss. none: calyx with 3 divi- 



sions. 



Male. Stamens from 9 to 12 : anthers globular, 



double. 

 Fem. Caps, double, 2-celled, 1 seed in each. 



M 



"t.-Walcb.-Knipk. 1, male plant. Fl. dau. 400-~Mill. ill. 

 -Cam. eft. 999t male-, 99%,/emale-Fucbs. 444-J. B. 

 ii. 979» \-Trag. \9\-L0n. i. 136. 3-Pet. l.6-Dod. 659. 

 A-Lol* obs. 132. 1. and ic. i. 26(). \-Ger. em. 333. 1- 



peren 



r. 



4~Matth. 1299. 



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Male spikes longer than the leaves; fem. spikes shorter. Mr, 

 Woodward. Male flowers in spikes, from the bosom of the 

 upper leaves. Fem. flowers on fruitstalks, generally solitary. 

 Anthers, 2 upon each filament. Flowers yellow green. 



Dogs Mercury. Woods, hedge banks. — Male and female 

 plants rarely intermixed, each sort usually growing in large 

 patches, whence it is probable that this plant, which propagates 

 itself so much by roots, rarely produces perfect seeds. Mr, 

 Woodward. P. April, May.* 



M. Stem branching: leaves smooth : flowers in spikes. an'nua* 



Male plant. — Curt. 336. 2-Cam. ep\t. 9)G-Fuchs. 475-J. 

 B. ii. 977. 2-£. hot. 559*~Trag. I9<)-Grr. 202. l-Dod. 

 65S. l-Loi. obs. 131. 1. and ic. i. 259. 1-G>r. em. 332. 

 l~Pari. 295-Pet. 1.8-H. ox. v. 34, row 1. \-Black<w. 

 164. 4, i3c.-Lon. i. 136*. 2-Gars. 3K2-Mattb. 1297. 



Fem. plant-CW. 336*. \-Fuchs. 473-J. fl.ii 977- 3-Trag. 



190-BIaciw. 162. 2 and 3. \-Cam. if if. 991 -Dod. 658. 

 2-Lob. obs. 131. 2, and ic. i. 259- 2-Ger. em. 332. 2- 

 Pet. 1 . 7-/7. ox. v. 3i~ro<w 1 . 2-Ger. 262. 2-Gars. 



382-Mattb. 1298. 



It is noxious to sheep, and deleterious to man. Ray relates the 

 case of a man, his wife, and three children, who experienced highly dele- 

 terious efte&s from eating it fried with bacon. — Sheep and goats eat it; 

 cows and horses refuse it. — In drying it turns blue- Linn. — and steeped 

 *n water it arfbrds a fine deep blue colour, but which unhappily is destruc- 

 tible both by acids and alkalies, and recoverable by nc «*— *- •*-* f u — 

 been able to discover. St. 



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