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green, or slightly glaucous, above ; paler beneath ; their breadth 

 various, as is common in this genus ; the upper ones sometimes 

 linear, which characterizes T. nigricans of Jacquin ; sometimes 

 narrow, but more universally three- cleft, which is the variety /3 ; 

 the broader ones are rounded, or heart-shaped, at the base. 

 Panicle dense, of innumerable upright^o?/;ers, the copious yel- 

 low anthers being likewise erect. Pet. 4, cream-coloured. Seeds 

 6 or 8, very deeply furrowed. 

 An acrid herb, raising blisters on the skin ; but cattle frequently 

 feed upon it, as on the Crowfoot tribe, mixed with grass. 



278. ADONIS. Pheasant's-eye. 



Linn. Gen. 281. Juss. 232. Fl. Br. ^86. Dill. Gen. 109. t. 4. 

 Lam. t. 498. Gcertn. t. 74. DeCand. St/st. v. 1, 220, 



Nat. Ord. see n. 270—273, and 275—282. 



Cal, inferior, of 5, converging, obtuse, concave, somewhat 

 coloured, deciduous leaves. Pet. 5 to 15, oblong, obtuse, 

 shining, with simple claws, destitute of nectaries. Filam. 

 numerous, awl-shaped, verjf short. A7ith. terminal, in- 

 flexed, of 2 round lobes. Germ, superior, very nume- 

 rous, in a round head, incurved. Styles none. Stigmas 

 acute, spreading. Seeds numerous, gibbous, angular, 

 acute, without any appendage. Recept. cylindrical. 



Herbs, annual or perennial. Leaves on the stem, in very 

 numerous narrow segments. Fl. solitary, at the end of 

 each branch, scarlet or yellow, very brilliant. 



1. A. autumnalis. Corn Pheasant's-eye, or Adonis- 

 flower. 

 Petals about eight, inversely heart-shaped. Fruit ovate. 



Stem branched. 

 A. autumnalis. Linn. Sp. PI. 77 1. WiUd. v.2. \304. Fl.Br.586. 



Engl. Bot. V. 5. t. 308. IVilh. 503. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 37. 



Wade Dull. 147. Hook. Scot. 172. 

 A. aestivalis. With. 503. 

 A. n. 1 158 /3. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 66 ; bij Swiss specimens ; syn. much 



confused. 

 Adonis. Camer. Epit. 647./. Pet. H. Brit. t. 39./. 8. 

 Flos Adonis. -Rail Si/n. 251. Clus.Hist.v.\.2,36.f. Lob. Ic. 233. f. 

 F. Adonis, flore rubro. Park Parad. 293. t. 29 1 ./. 5. Ger. Em. 



387./ 

 In corn-fields, but not common. 

 About London. Huds. and Curtis. Near Denver sluice, Norfolk. 



Mrs. Plestow. Gloucestershire. Miss Lysons. About Dublin. 



Dr. Wade. Occasionally about Glasgow. Mr. Hopkirk. 

 Annual. May — Oct. 



