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pollen is easily caught by them. However, a few 

 flies, solitary wasps, etc., visit the flowers, which are 

 rendered conspicuous by the coloured stamens. 



The achenes enclosed in the hollow development 

 of the receptacle or so-called calyx-tube, one or 

 three, fill the receptacle, and are one-seeded. The 

 winged receptacle helps to disperse them by aid of 

 the wind. 



The first scientific name, Poterium, means a little 

 drinking-cup, the plant being used as a flavour for 

 wine, so at least Pliny says. It was put in tankards 

 in early times in this country. The name Sangui- 

 sorba refers to its supposed blood-staunching proper- 

 ties by doctrine of signatures. It was used as part 

 of a drug for preventing festering of wounds in the 

 fourteenth century. Chaucer mentions it as one of 

 the plants used for the drug '* save." The plant is 

 nutritious and a good fodder plant. It is astringent, 

 and has been used as a salad. 



Burnet, Pimpernel, Pimpinell, Salad Burnet, are 

 the only names for this plant. 



Poterium Sanguisorba. — The habit of the plant is 

 well figured in Fig. 42, where also the foliage is shown 

 to advantage, and also the form of the flower with the 

 lower male flowers and their numerous stamens. 



27. The Saxifrage Group. 



Though allied to the Rose group, the members of 

 the order Saxifragaceai differ from the former in 



