MONOECIA-POLYANDRIA. Poterium. 147 



sional spots ; the naked summit of the stalk within dark purple^ 

 reported to give out, at the time of its perfection, a considerable 

 degree of heat. Berries scarlet, internally viscid, remaining 

 long after the leaves and all parts of the flower have disap- 

 peared. 



441. POTERIUiM. Salad-Burnet. 



Linn. Gen. 495. Juss.336. Fl.Br. \024. Lam. t. 777. 

 Pimpinella. Tourn.t. 68. Gcertn.t. 32. 



Nat. Ord. Senticoscc. Linn. 35. Rosacea;. Juss. 92. See 

 Grammar 1 72. 



Gaertner, like Haller, unites this genus with Sangidsorha. 

 V. 1. 217. 



Barr.jl. Cal. of 3 ovate, coloured, spreading, deciduous 

 leaves. Cor. of 1 petal, tubular, in 4 deep, ovate, con- 

 cave, spreading segments, permanent. Filam. nume- 

 rous, 30 — 50, capillary, flaccid, much longer than the 

 corolla. Anth. roundish, 2-lobed. 



Fert. Jl. above the others. Cal. as in them. Cor. of 1 pe- 

 tal, wheel-shaped ; tube short, roundish, closed at the 

 mouth ; limb in 4 deep, ovate, flat, reflexed segments, 

 permanent. Germ. 1 or 2, ovate-oblong, vvithin the 

 tube, each of 2 cells, and crowned with a capillary, co- 

 loured s;^?//^, much longer than the limb. Stigm. radiated, 

 coloured. Nut invested with the dry tube of the corolla, 

 angular, rugged, of 1 or 2 cells. Kernels oval, solitary. 



Herbs or s/irubs, sometimes thorny. Leaves pinnate ; ser- 

 rated or cut. Fl. in heads, or spikes, terminal. 



1. P. Sa7iguisorba. Common Salad-Burnet. 

 Thorns none. Stem somewhat angular. 



P. Sanguisorba. Linn. Sp.Pl. 1411. Willd.v.4. 421 . FL Br. 1025. 



Engl. Bot. V. 1 2. t. 860. Hook. Scot. 273. Curt. Loml.fasc. 2. 



t. 64. Mart. Rust. t. 69. Dicks. H. Slcc.fasc. 9. 15. 

 Sanguisorba minor. Raii Syn. 203. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 1 1.5. 



/. 11 6. Fuchs. Hist. 789./. Ic. 457./. 

 Pimpinella. n. 706. Hall. Hist. r. 1 . 3 1 2. 

 P. hortensis. Ger. £m. 1045./ 

 P. sive Sanguisorba minor. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 381./ Camer. 



Epit.777.f. 

 P. minor. Dalech. Hist. \ 087. f. 

 Sideritis secunda Dioscoridis. Column. Ecphr. 123./ 124. 



On chalky hills, or about limestone rocks, abundantly. 

 Perennial. July. 



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