PENNYWORT 



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in the corolla, and the many short ovules, the plant is more liable to 

 be self- than cross-pollinated. Thrips visits but does not pollinate 

 the flowers. The anthers ripen first. 



The follicle when ripe contains many seeds, which are shaken out 

 by the wind, and this causes dispersal over a wide area. 



Pennywort is entirely a rock plant, growing on rocks, largely harder 

 granitic or siliceous rocks, and slates and hornstones. Rarely it is 

 found in the hedgerow. 



A cluster-cup fungus, Puccinia umbilici, is to be found upon it. 



Cotyledon, Dioscori- 

 des, is from the Greek 

 cotule, cup, in allusion 

 to the hollow form of 

 the leaves, and the 

 Latin umbilicus also re- 

 fers to their shape and 

 character. 



Pennywort is also 

 called Bachelor's But- 

 tons, Corn-leaves, Cups- 

 and-saucers, Cut-finger, 

 Penny Grass, Wall- 

 penny Grass, Hipwort, 

 Jack-in-th<'-l>ush. K ' 



ney-wort, Lady's Navel, ^ ar -SSsL-^ V 



Lover's Links, Maid-in- 

 the-Mist, Milk-the-cows, 

 Money -pennies, Navel- 

 wort, Venus Navelwort, Pancakes, Penny Caps, Penny-cake, Penny 

 Hat, Penny Leaves, Penny Pies, Penny-plates, Penny Wall, Great 

 Stonecrop, Wall wort. The plant is called Corn -leaves because it 

 was once applied to corns and warts, and Hipwort "for that it easeth 

 the paines of the hippes ", and Kidney-wort " because it helpeth the 

 kidneys ". 



ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS: 



112. Cotyledon Umbilicus -Veneris, L. Stem succulent, erect, short, 

 leaves radical, peltate, crenate, orbicular, flowers greenish-yellow, 

 pendulous, in clusters or simple racemes. 



PENNYWORT (Cotyledon Umbilicus -Veneris, L.) 



