Mr. ANDi;us().\'b Monograph of I he Ginua Puun'ui. 26'9 



V. coralIin:i. Retz. Obs. iii. p. 34. mi/cl. Sp. PL v. ii. p. 1221. 

 Engl. Hot. 1 .5 1 3. llort. Kew. ed. ii. v. iii. />• 3 1 o. y-)e Canci. Fl. 

 Fr. V. V. p. 643. Smith Flora Grceca Prod. v. i. p. S70. 

 P. ]M;is. MatthioliCorni/wnt. lib. iii. c. Ijl. Dor/. Pempt. p. 194. 

 Zo/;. /f. 684. Tubcrmein. Ic. t. 784. J. Viuj/A. v. iii. p. 492. 

 Grr. Em. p. 980. ParA:. Por. p. 341 & 343./. 1. Puiii liisl. 

 V. i. 7>. 693. Blttchcell Herb. t. 245. 

 P. Mas florr |)ii!|)iirco. Bislcr F.yst. Vern. ord. vi. fol. 10. 1, 

 P. ofiicinalis, var. fi masciila. Linn. Sp. PL 747. 

 P. officinalis. Mill. Illtistr. 

 P. inasciila. Miller's Diet. ed. viii. 1. 

 P. folio nigricantc splenciido, qua; Mas. C. Bauh. Phi/top. p. 647- 



Idem, Pinux, p. 323. Tournef. Inst. p. 273. t. 146. 

 P. simplex laliore folio. Moris. O.ion. v. ii. p. 454. 1. 

 P. int( gra. Murray in Commentat. Soc. Gatt. 1784 & 1785, v. vii. 

 Radicis tiilera numerosa, fusiforinia, aggiegata. Coj/Zm bipedalis et altior, simplex, glaber, 

 teretiusculus, rubicundus. Petioli communes longi, rubicund! ut in caule. Folia bi- 

 triternata, vel teriiata, pinnata, glabra. Fuliola omnia distincta, nee confluentia; 

 lateralia integra ; intermedium saepius bilobum, raro tripartitum, nonnunquam inte- 

 grum ; lato-ovata, planiuscula, subinde suliundulata, plus minus reticulata, acutius- 

 cula, supra saturate viridia, venis rubicundis, subtus pallidiora. Calych fuliola glabra, 

 cxteriora lanceolata, relicjua rotunda. Petata 5 — 6, integriuscuia, ovata, concava, ex- 

 pansa, kermesiua seu saturate rosea, venis coloris profundioris notata. Gfrmina 3 — 4 

 raro 5, mo)lissime omnium tomentosa, prinium rectiuscula, patentia, denium valde 

 recurvata. Fullknla matura aperta, longitudinaliter revoluta, seminibus atro-pur- 

 ))nreis, plurimis abortivis pboeniceis interniixtis, pulclierrime bullata. Stigmata re- 

 voluta, compressa, rubra. Semina ovata, Isevia, illis P. officinalis nVmoTSi, Fiord a fine 

 Mail ad initium Junii. 



This is recognised as P. was of Pliny and other ancient writers : 

 upon what ground it obtained this title we cannot conjecture. 

 ll retained it, however, till Retzius, describing it for the first time 

 scientifically, gave it that which it now bears. It is strange that 

 Linne, who must have seen both plants, should persist in consi- 

 dering 



