Adoxa moschatellina. Tuberous Moschatel. 



ADOXA Linncei Gen. PI Octandria Tetragynia. 



Cal. 2-fidus, inferus. Cor. 4-£ 5-fida, fupera. Bacca 4-f. 5-locularis, ca- 

 lyce coalita. 



RaiiSyn.Gen. 16. HerbjeBacciferjE. 

 ADOXA Mofchatellina. Linncei Syjl. Vegetab. p. 315. Sp. PI. 527. Fl. Suecic. p. 132, 

 MOSCHATELLINA HalJer hi/l. 429. 

 MOSCHATELLA Adoxa. Scopoli. JF/. CarnioJ. p. 281. 

 MOSCHATELLINA foliis fumarke bulbofae. LB. in. 206. 

 RANUNCULUS nemorofus Mofchatella didus. Parkinfon 226. 

 RANUNCULUS nemorum Mofchatellina dictus. Bauhin. Pin. 178. 

 RADIX CAVA minima viridi flore. Gerard emac. 1091. Rati Syn. p. 268, Tuberous MofchateL 



Hudfon PL Angl. ed. 2. p. 172. 



Lightfioot Fl. Scot. p. 209. 



Oeder Fl. Dan. ic. 139. 



RADIX perennis, repens, dentata, alba. | ROOT perennial, creeping, toothed, and of a white 



I colour. 



% 

 FOLIA radicalia tria aut quatuor, tri-ternata, incifa, | LEAVES : radical leaves commonly three or four, 

 glabra, lobis ovatis, mucronatis, caulina duo % triply ternate, deeply cut in, fmooth, and 



brevius petiolata, oppofita. | mining ; the fegments or lobes oval, with a 



J fhort point : thofe of the ftalk two in number, 



% ftanding on fhorter foot-ftalks, and oppofite. 



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CAULIS folia fuperans, fimplex, fubtetragonus. ^ STALK fomewhat taller than the leaves, fimple, and 



I nearly fquare. 



PEDUNCULUS quadrangularis, nudus, terminahs. % FLOWER-STALK fquare, naked, and terminating 



I the ftalk. 



CAPITULUM tetragonum, ex quatuor flonbus verti- | HEAD fquare, from the union of four of the flowers, 

 cillatis, quinto terminali. | and terminated by the fifth. 



CALYX: PERiANTHiuMinferum, faepius triangulare, | CALYX: a Perianthium placed beneath the ger- 

 planum, perfiftens, fig. 1 . % men, moft commonly triangular, flat, and 



I permanent,^. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, rotata, plana, quadrifida, % COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-fhaped, flat, divi- 



aut quinquefida, laciniis ovatis, acutis, caly- | ded into four or five fegments, which are 



ce longioribus, fig. 2, 3, 4. % oval, pointed, and longer than the calyx, 



I fig- 2, 3, 4- 



STAMINA: Filamenta o&o aut decern, fubulata, % STAMINA: eight or ten Filaments, tapering, the 

 longitudine calycis : Anthers flavae, planze, | length of the calyx : Anthers yellow, flat, 



orbiculatae, fig. 5. % and round, fig. 5. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, calyce cinclum : | PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, furrounded by the 



Styli plerumque quatuor, fimplices, ere&i, % calyx : Styles generally four, fimple, up- 



longitudine ftaminum, perfiftentes : Stigma- | right, the length of the ftamina, permanent : 



ta fimplicia, fig. 6. $. Stigmata fimple, fig. 6. 



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PERICARPIUM: Bacca globofa, viridis, quadrilo- | SEED-VESSEL; a round Berry of a green colour, 



cularis, cum calyce coalita, fig. 7. % having four cavities, and united to the calyx, 



I fig' 7- 



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 SEMINA folitana, ovata, compreffa, fig. 8. % SEEDS Angle, oval, and flattened, fig. 8. 



SOME of the antient botanifts confidered this Angular plant as a Fumaria, others as a Ranunculus, from 

 the appearance of its foliage; but an attention to its fructification, fhews it to be a plant altogether fui generis. 



It is one of the bacciferous plants of Ray, but its berries are rarely produced, and not to be difcovered 

 without a nice examination. 



It varies much in the divifions of its Calyx, and Corolla, as well as in the number of its Stamina, even 

 in the terminal flower. 



In Charlton Wood we find it abundantly, flowering in April and May. 



