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SANGUISORBE/E. VII. SANGUISOKEA. VIII. POTEIUUM. 



ful vulnerary). Lin. gen. no. 146. Lam. ill. t. 85. Pimpinella 

 species of Tourn. inst. t. G8. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 161. t. 32. 



LIN. SYST. Telrandria, Monogijnia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx 4-cleft (f. 79. &.), furnished with two scales on the out- 

 side at the base (f. 79. a.). Petals wanting. Stamens 1- (f. 79. 

 c.). Carpels 2, inclosed within the tube of the calyx. Style 

 pencil-formed at the apex. Seed inverted. Perennial herbs, 

 with impari-pinnate leaves and small flowers, crowded into very 

 dense, globose, ovate or cylindrical spikes, the flowers expand- 

 ing from the top. 



* Stamens equal in length to the calyx, or shorter. 



FIG. 79. 



1 S. OFFICINA'LIS (Lin. spec. 

 169.) spikes ovate; stamens equal 

 in length to the calyx ; calyxes and 

 leaves glabrous ; leaflets ovate, 

 rather cordate. I/. H. Native 

 of Europe, in meadows and woods. 

 In Britain in moist meadows, par- 

 ticularly in a chalky and limestone 

 soil : in marly soil about Stafford ; 

 in Cambridgeshire at King's- 

 hedges, Whitvvell, Ditton, &c. ; in 

 Bedfordshire at Bromham, Fen- 

 lake, and Cow Meadows ; in Ox- 

 fordshire at Isley, Cowley, and 

 Binsey. In Scotland in low moist 

 meadows near Dumfries, but by 

 no means common. Smith, engl. 



hot. 1312. Oed. fl. dan. t. 97. Mart. fl. rust. t. 142. Flowers 

 dark purple. The plant makes good fodder when young. 



Var. ft, aunculata (All. ped. no. 292.) leaflets each furnished 

 with a foliaceous stipel, and hence auriculated. 3 . H. Native 

 of Savoy, Switzerland, Piedmont, &c. S. Sabauda, Mill. diet, 

 no. 2 Bocc. mus. 19. t. 9. Spikes cylindrical. 



Var. y, Hispanica (Mill. diet. no. 3.) leaflets 4 pairs, pale 

 green above and hairy beneath; spikes of flowers reddish. 

 Miller regards both these varieties as specifically distinct. 



Officinal Burnet. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



2 S. CA'RNEA (Fisch. hort. gor. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 144.) 

 spikes nearly globose ; stamens shorter than the calyx ; bracteas 

 ciliated ; calyx pubescent ; leaves glabrous ; leaflets oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, cordate at the base, crenate-toothed. I/. H. Native 

 of Siberia in many places. S. rubra, Schrank, fl. mon. p. 144. 

 t. 69. Leaflets 2 inches long ; flowers dark red. 



JFYesA-coloured-flowered Burnet. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. 

 PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



3 S. ANDERSONII ; spikes cylindrical ; stamens about equal in 

 length to the calyx or a little shorter ; bracteas ciliated ; calyx 

 glabrous ; leaves glabrous ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, cordate, 

 deeply serrated, those of the upper leaves nearly sessile, and 

 those of the lower ones petiolulate and stipulate. H. H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia ? Grown in the Chelsea botanic garden. 



Anderson's Burnet. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



* * Stamens exserted. 



4 S. MAURITA'NICA (Desf. all. 1. p. 142.) spikes ovate-cylin- 

 drical ; stamens exserted ; calyxes wrinkled ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 profoundly serrated, villous beneath, as well as the stem. 7 . 

 H. Native of Algiers, in hedges. Moris, oxon. sect. 8. t. 18. 

 f. 4. Spikes greenish. 



Mauritanian Burnet. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



5 S. TENUIFOLIA (Fisch. hort. gor. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 144.) 

 spikes cylindrical ; stamens exserted ; bracteas ciliated ; leaflets 



glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, and serrated. 1. H. 

 Native of Dahuria and China. Spikes of flowers red. Leaflets 

 of the lower leaves petiolulate and stipulate. 



Thin-leaved Burnet. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



6 S. ME'DIA (Lin. spec. 169.) spikes ovate-cylindrical ; sta- 

 mens but little exserted ; bracteas and leaves glabrous ; leaflets 

 ovate, rather cordate, toothed. I/ . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica from Canada to Carolina, and of Siberia. Moris, oxon. sect. 

 8. t. 18. f. 8. Spikes red, not so round as those of S. uffici- 

 nalis. 



Middle Burnet. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1785. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



7 S. ALPI'NA (Bunge in Led. fl. ros. alt. ill. t. 90. fl. alt. 1. 

 p. 142.) spikes elongated, cylindrical, drooping ; stamens much 

 exserted : bracteas and calyxes hairy ; leaves glabrous ; leaflets 

 cordate-oblong, petiolulate, coarsely serrated. !(.. H. Native 

 of Siberia, about fountains. Spikes yellowish. 



Alpine Burnet. Fl. July, Sept. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



8 S. NEGLE'CTA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 42.) spikes 

 cylindrical ; stamens much exserted ; calyx glabrous ; bracteas 

 ciliated ; leaflets glabrous, lanceolate, serrated. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia ? Spikes of flowers white. Anthers dark. 



Neglected Burnet. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



9 S. CANADE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 169.) spikes long, cylindrical; 

 stamens much exserted ; bracteas and leaves glabrous ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, rather cordate at the base, coarsely serrated. I/ . 

 H. Native of North America from Canada to New York, in 

 humid places. Corn. can. p. 175. t. 174. Barrel, icon. rar. 18. 

 t. 739. Morris, oxon. sect. 8. t. 18. f. 12. Spikes long, slen- 

 der, white. There is besides this white kind, a long, red, spiked, 

 American Burnet, having the spikes 3 or 4 inches long, while 

 those of the present plant are not above 2 inches long. It is 

 probably a species of which we know nothing. 



Canadian Burnet. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1633. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



Cult. All the species of Sanguisurba are of the easiest cul- 

 ture ; they grow in any common soil, and are readily increased 

 by dividing the plants at the root. 



VIII. POTE'RIUM (from poterium, a cup ; the P. san- 

 guisorba is infused in drinks). Lin. gen. no. 1069. Lam. ill. 

 t. 777. D. C. prod. 2. p. 594. Pimpinella species, Tourn. 

 Gaertn. Pimpinella, Adans. fam. 2. p. 293. 



LIN. SYST. Moncecia, Polydndria or Polygamia, Moncecia. 

 Flowers monoecious or polygamous. Calyx furnished with 3 

 scales at the base, having the tube contracted at the apex, and 

 the limb 4-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 20-30. Ovaries 

 2, terminated each by a filiform style, crowned by a pencil-formed 

 stigma. Akenia dry, 1 -seeded, inclosed in the indurated calyx. 

 Seed inverted. Herbs or subshrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves 

 and serrated leaflets. Flowers collected into dense globose or 

 cylindrical spikes. 



SECT. I. LEIOPOTE'RIUM (from Xtioe, leios, smooth, and 

 poterium ; in reference to the smooth fruit of the species 

 contained in this section). D. C. prod. 2. p. 594. Fruit (tube 

 of calyx) smooth, somewhat baccate. Spikes cylindrical. Steins 

 shrubby. 



1 P. SPINOSDM (Lin. spec. 1411.) shrubby; branches rather 

 villous, ultimate ones terminating in spines ; leaflets smoothish, 

 serrated ; spikes oblong. Jj . G. Native of the islands of the 

 Archipelago, about Constantinople, on Mount Lebanon, Natolia, 

 &c. Moris, oxon. sect. 8. t. 18. f. 5. Sab. hort. 2. t. 73. 

 Leaves small. Flowers greenish. Fruit baccate, nearly as in 

 the rose. 



Var. ft, crispum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 594.) leaflets smaller, nearly 

 entire, rather tomentose beneath, with revolute curled margins. 

 5j . G. Native of sterile places. 



