JULY. 30D 
Urtica PILULIFERA, Roman Nettle, which grows under 
walls and among rubbish, generally near the sea. Its flowers 
are in globular heads, instead of in long spikes like the other 
species. 
Mone@cia. POLYANDRIA. 
MoONOCHLAMYDS. SANGUISORBES. 
POTERIUM. (Satap Burnet.) 
Generic Character. J Vowers collected into a head, with three 
or four bracteas at the base of each. No corolla. Stamens very 
numerous and conspicuous. 
PoreRIUM SANGUISORBA. Common Salad Burnet. A 
very pretty plant, growing in chalky pastures, from one to 
two feet high, with beautiful leaves, composed of many little, 
round, deeply cut leaflets ; flowers in a head, of a dull purple 
colour, and the stamens showing conspicuously. It derives 
its name of Salad Burnet, from the leaves smelling and 
tasting like a cucumber, and it is eaten also as a salad. 
