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PRO 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



PRU 



attenuated at the base, smooth, acute, callous ; head termi- 

 nating', involucred ; involucre long, pale. Native of the 

 Cape. 



46. Protea Conifera ; Cone-bearing Protea. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at the base, smooth, acute, callous; head 

 terminating, involucred ; involucre long, acute, concolor. 

 Native of the Cape. See the 52nd species. 



47. Protea Levisanus ; Branching Protefi. Leaves obo- 

 vate, bluntly acuminate, imbricate, smooth ; stem hairy, the 

 head having a blunt longer involucre. Native of the Cape. 



48. Protea Strobilina ; Obtuse-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 elliptic, oblong, retuse, callous, smooth ; head terminating, 

 smooth. Native of the Cape. 



49. Protea Imbricata; Imbricate-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 lanceolate, smooth, striated, imbricate; head terminating. 

 Native of the Cape. 



50. Protea Sericea ; Silky Protea. Leaves lanceolate, 

 silky ; branches filiform ; stem decumbent. Native of the 

 Cape. 



51. Protea Saligna; Willow-leaved Protea. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, silky ; stem shrubby ; heads oblong, involucred. 

 Native of the Cape. 



52. Protea Argentea ; Silvery Protea. Leaves lanceolate, 

 silvery-tomentose, ciliate ; stem arboreous ; heads globular. 

 The shining silvery leaves of this plant make a fine appear- 

 ance, when the plant is intermixed with other exotics. It 

 flowers in August. Native of the Cape. It should be 

 placed in an airy dry glass-case protected from cold, with 

 as much light as possible, and must have little water in 

 winter. This, as well as the 46th species, rises easily from 

 seeds, which must be procured from the Cape, where they 

 naturally grow. The seeds will sometimes remain in the 

 ground six or eight months, and at other times the plants 

 will appear in six weeks ; therefore the best way is to sow 

 the seeds in small pots filled with soft sandy loam, and 

 plunge them into a moderate hot-bed ; and if the plants 

 should not come up so soon as expected, the pots should 

 remain in the shelter till the following spring, when, if the 

 seeds remain sound, they will appear. The pots in which 

 the seeds are sown should have but little wet, for moisture 

 frequently causes them to rot. When they appear, they 

 ought not to be too tenderly treated, nor on the other hand 

 to have much water, but should during warm weather be 

 exposed to the open air in a warm situation, and protected 

 in winter from frost. 



****** Oblong : with oblong ovate Leaves. 



53. Protea Acaulis ; Stemless Protea. Leaves oblong, 

 smooth; head globular, smooth; stem decumbent, very short. 

 Native of the Cape. 



54. Protea Myrtifolia ; Myrtle-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 oblong, smooth ; heads terminating, aggregate. Native of 

 the Cape. 



55. Protea Grandiflora; Great-flowered Protea. Leaves 

 oblong, veined, smooth ; head hemispherical, smooth ; stem 

 arboreous. Native of the Cupe. 



56. Protea Glabra; Smooth Protea. Leaves oblong, vein- 

 less, smooth ; head hemispherical, smooth ; stem shrubby. 

 Native of the Cape. 



57. Protea Speciosa ; Handsome Protea. Leaves oblong, 

 smooth; head oblong; calicine scales bearded at the tip. 

 The stem forms a large shrub: the leaves are obtuse, three 

 or four inches long, and about half as broad : the flowers are 

 the size of a small artichoke, with rose-coloured scales, finely 

 fringed with brown, and bearded with white. Native of the 

 Cape. 



58. Protea Totta; Upright Smooth Protea. Leaves ovate, 



smooth, callous; head ovate; corollas cylindrical, rough- 

 haired. Native of the Cape. 



59. Protea Hirta; Hairy Protea. Leaves ovate, smooth; 

 flowers lateral. Native of the Cape. 



60. Protea Pubera; Downy Protea. Leaves ovate, toroen- 

 tose ; heads terminating, tomentose. Native of the Cape. 



61. Protea Divaricata ; Straddling -branched Protea. Leaves 

 ovate, rough-haired ; heads terminating ; branches divaricat- 

 ing. Native of the Cape. 



** Rounded : with roundish Leaves. 



62. Protea Spatulata; Spatulate-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 spatulate, somewhat cowled, smooth. Native of the Cape. 



63. Protea Cynaroides ; Round-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 roundish, petioled, smooth. Native of the Cape. 



64. Protea Cordata; Heart-leaved Protea. Leaves cor- 

 date. It blossoms in the spring ; and is remarkable for the 

 situation of its dull-crimson rosaceous flowers, which grow 

 out of the creeping stem near the root, the leafy branches 

 rising high above them, in a zigzag nearly upright position: 

 the leaves are red-edged, and of a very rigid coriaceous tex- 

 ture. Native of the Caper 



Prunella; a genus of the class Didynamia, order Gymno- 

 spermia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one- 

 leafed, two-lipped, shorter than the throat, permanent ; 

 upper lip flat, wider, truncate, very slightly three-toothed ; 

 lower lip erect, narrower, acute, semibifid. Corolla: one- 

 petalled, ringent ; tube short, cylindrical ; throat oblong ; 

 upper lip concave, entire, nodding ; lower lip reflex, trifid, 

 blunt; middle segment wider, emarginate, serrate. Stamina: 

 filamenta four, awl-shaped, forked at top, two of them a 

 little longer than the others ; antherse simple, inserted into 

 the filamenta below the top, as it were on another branch. 

 Pistil: germen four-parted; style filiform, with the stamina 

 bending to the upper lip ; stigma bifid. Pericarp : none ; 

 calix closed, containing the seeds. Seeds: four, subovate. 

 Observe. The essence of this genus consists in the forked 

 filamenta, as in Crambe, and the middle segment of its lower 

 lip toothed, as in Nepeta. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Fila- 

 menta: forked, with an antheraon one of the forks. Stigma: 

 bifid. The species are, 



1. Prunella Vulgaris; Common Self-heal. All the leaves 

 ovate-oblong, petioled. The whole plant is thinly set with 

 hairs, which are upright and white. It varies much in size, 

 and with laciniate leaves; also sometimes with a white flower. 

 The variety called Great-flowered Self-heal differs from the 

 common sort in having the stems lower, the leaves more 

 tender, and the flowers double the size. They all put forth 

 large showy blossoms of a fine purple colour. The juice of 

 Self-heal is drying and astringent; and while wound herbs 

 were in esteem, this was justly reckoned one of the principal. 

 Taken inwardly, it is good against purgings with sharp 

 bloody stools, checks overflowings of the menses, and is a 

 good medicine for the piles. An infusion of the dried herb 

 sweetened with honey, is good for a sore throat, or ulcerated 

 mouth. It flowers from June to August, in pastures and 

 meadows all over Europe. The seeds of this, and of all the 

 other species, should be sown in the autumn soon after they 

 are ripe ; for when sown in the spring they seldom are seen 

 till twelve months after, if they at all appear. Thin the 

 plants where too close, and keep them clean from weeds. 

 They thrive best on a moist soil, and in a shady situation, 

 where they will live three or four years; but in rich land they 

 seldom continue longer than two years. They may. also be 

 increased by parting the roots in autumn. 



2. Prunella Laciniata; Jagged-leaved Self-heal. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, petioled, the four uppermost lanceolate, 



