A R I 



A R N 



hcafy, roundish, cordate, villose beneath, spread- 

 iiie, caducous: the corolla purplish-brown, one 

 iucii and a lialf long, ten or t\\ clve lines broad : 

 lube-shaped like a siphon, marked with line?, 

 beliving at the base, in the middle broader and 

 flatted a little, at the end narrow and cylindrical : 

 border marked with brown lines, spreading, in- 

 clined, waved, trifid, the clefts rounded and 

 ' slightly acuminate : there are r.o filaments : an- 

 therte six, fastened to the stigma bv pairs beneath, 

 ovate, two-celled and yellow : the germ is a 

 htxangular column, finely villose : stigma at 

 the bottom of .the corolla, very large, roundish, 

 three-valved, furnished with three points : cap- 

 sule cylindrical, with a blunt point, six-nerved, 

 six-valved, splitting into six parts from the very 

 peduncle : the cells covered with a transparent 

 membrane forming a sort of common aril for 

 the seeds. It is three or four inches long, and 

 one inch broad : the seeds numerous, obovate, 

 flat, rufous, incumbent; fastened to each other 

 by pairs, only one of which is fixed to the par- 

 tition. It is distinguished by the form of its 

 flowifr, which is bent like a siphon ; by the tri- 

 fid, flat border ; bv the very large bracte placed 

 on the nuddle of the peduncle ; by the disposi- 

 tion of the seeds, and the aril being common to 

 all the seeds of each cell. It is a native of North 

 America, and flowers in June and July. 



The third species rises about two feet in 

 height : the branches are not very woodv, but 

 are strong enough to support themselves : the 

 flowers come out singly at the axils : the branches 

 grow erect, and are perennial. It is a native of 

 North America. 



In the fourth the roots are many, slender and 

 odorous : the stems many, trailing, slender, a 

 footer eighteen inches in length, angular, stria- 

 ted, branched, tough, and pliable, dark green, 

 spreading on the ground : t!ie leaves nerved, 

 very dark-coloured, evergreen, o!i long petioles : 

 the flowers axillary, crooked, longer than the 

 leaves, of a dark purple colour on the outside, 

 but yellowish within : the fruits like those of 

 Long-rooted Birthwort, but smaller. It is a na- 

 tive of the island of Crete, or Cjndia. It 

 flowers in Mav and June. 



The fifth has the roots round and numerous : 

 the stems angular, branching,' seldom nsinii to 

 a foot in height, and scarcely able to support 

 themselves : a small heart-shaped bracte sits 

 close at the base of the peduncle : the flower is 

 small, the lip is bent inwards : the tube and be- 

 ginning of the petal are 3'cllow, the broader 

 end blood-coloured : the fruit is petioled, ovate 

 and grooved. It is a native of the south of 

 France, &c. 



Cuitt/re. — ^The two first sorts may be propa- 



gated by sowing the seeds, which are often 

 brought from abroad in pots of light earth in 

 the autumn, as in September or the following 

 month, plunging them in an old tan-bed, or put- 

 ting them under a good garden-frame, in order to 

 preserve them from the effects of frost during 

 the winter, and in the spring bringing them for- 

 ward by the a.-sistance of a moderate hot-bed, 

 gradually inuring them in fine weather as much 

 as possible to the open air, v> ater being occa- 

 sionally given. In the following winter they 

 will require to be placed under frames, or in the 

 green-house. In the second spring some of 

 them may be planted out in warm and rather 

 shaded situations, and others into pots, to have 

 protection a third winter when necessary, in 

 order to their being planted in the open giound 

 the following spring. They may also be readily 

 increa^ed by the creeping roots, either in the 

 sprmg or autumnal season. 



The three latter species are capable of being 

 raised, either by sowing the seeds, which are re- 

 ceived from abroad, in pots of fresh light earth 

 in March, forwarding them bv means of mo- 

 derate hot-beds till thev have attained some 

 growth, or by planting slips from the roots, or 

 cuttings in the spring. But in whichever method 

 they are raised they must be potted in the au- 

 tumn, and placed under the protection of a green- 

 house or good garden-frame during the winter 

 seasons afterwards, as much free air as possible 

 being admitted in mild weather. 



The third species is hardy enough to be planted 

 out in the open ground in very w arm situations, 

 care being taken to guard it from the frosts in the 

 winter. 



Some of the sorts require the support of 

 sticks, in order to give them an upright 

 growth. 



ARNICA, a genus comprising diflFerent her- 

 baceous plants of the Leopard' s-l aiic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Si/iigtnesia 

 Polr/gamia Siiperfliia, and ranks in the natural 

 order of ComposiicB Dhcoidete. 



The characters are : that the calyx is common 

 imbricate, shorter than the ray of the corolla : 

 the leaflets lanceolate, the length of the calyx, 

 and erect : the corolla compound radiate : co- 

 ndhdes hermaphrodite in the disk, and very nu- 

 merous : the females in the ray about twenty : 

 proper of the hermaphrodite tubular, erect, five- 

 cleft, equal : female lanceolate, very long, three- 

 toothed and spreading : the stamina to the her- 

 maphrodites consist of very short filaments ; 

 antheracylindric : to the females filaments subu- 

 late, erect : antherce none : thepistiUum consists 

 of an oblong germ : style simple, the length of 

 the stamina : stigma bifid : no pericarpium : the 

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