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although it retains all its characters in cultivation (proving it to be a 

 permanent variety), it appears to us to differ too little from the type 

 of the species, to be admitted as distinct ; in this genus, and even this 

 order, the leaflets are not jfj/w^etZ with the petiole, and consequently, 

 according to the view of De Candolle, do not form a compound leaf, 

 but merely portions of a simple one : in a, therefore the leaves are 

 only divided to the base: in /3. to near the base: there is no other 



The fig. in E. Bot. seems to belong to the var. ^. 



difference. 



{field 



pubescent, lobes cuneute deeply cut, flowers sessile axillary. 

 E. B. t. 1011. Aphanes L. 



Fields and gravelly soils, and on wall-tops, where there is any 

 covering of soil. ©, 5 — 8 — Stems branched, leafy, 4 — 8 inches long, 

 frequently prostrate. Leaves alternate ; stipules large. Stam. varying 

 in number from 1 — 4. Germens 1 or 2. 



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** Sti/Ie nearly terminal. Ovule suspended, 



11. Sai^guisorba Linn. Burnet. , 



Flowers collected into a head, usually perfect. Cal. 4-lobod, 



coloured, with 2 — 4 scales or bracteas at the base. 



Stigmas capitate, papillose. Achenes 1 — 2. 



superior. 



Pet 0. Stam. 4. 



Named from sanguis^ bloody and. sorbeo^ to take up, pv absorb; 



from the supposed vulnerary properties of the plant. 



1. S. o^cindlislj. (great B.) ; glabrous, spikes ovate, stamens 

 about as long as the perianth. jEJ. B, t. 1312. — [3. spikes 

 cylindrical. Sm. 



Low moist meadows and pastures, on a calcareous soil ; chiefly in 

 the north of England; more rare in the Lowlands of Scotland, — ^. 



West of Scotland. T^ • ^ — ^' — '^^^'^ 1 — 2 ft. high, branching upward. 

 Leaves pinnate ; leafl. ovate, somewhat cordate at the base. Heads 

 oi flowers much crowded, dark purple. Limb of the perianth in 4 

 ovate segments, its tube enveloping the germen and having at its base 

 4 ciliated scales or bracteas {calyx of many others). Ackene 1, rarely 

 2. We have not seen the var, ^. : it cannot be iS", media L. as sup- 

 posed by Smith, that being a N. American plant with long stamens 

 and a mere var. of S. Canadensis. 



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12. PoTERiuM Linn. Salad-Burnet. 



Flowers collected into a head, moncecious or polygamous ; 



„ , ., - ' '^ Pet. 



upper ones fertile. 

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Cal. with 3 or 4 bracteas at the base. 

 fi. ^ Cal. of 4 deep segments, Stam. 30 — 40, with 



Cal. tubular, con- 



very long flaccid GiiiTaenis. — Fertile fi 



tracted at the mouth, with 4 deciduous teeth. Stigmas tufted. 

 Achenes 1—2, invested with the hardened 4-angled tube of the 

 calyx.— Named fvom poterium^ a drinldng-cup :* the plant 



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