Parietaria officinalis. Pellitohy of theWall. 



PARIETARIA Lin. Gen. PL Polygamia Monoecia, 



HermaPhrod» Cal. 4-fidus. Cor, o* Stamina 4.. Styh n Bern. 1. 



fuperum, elongatum. 

 Fem« Cal. 4-fidus. Cor. o. Slam. o. Stylus i. San. 1. fuperum. 



elongatum. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 5. Herb^e flore impErfecto seu staMineo vel apctalo -potius. 



PARIETARIA officinalis foiiis lanceolato-ovatis, pedunculis diehotomis, calycibus diphyllis. Lin\ Sy/?. 



Vegetab. p. 763. Sp. PL p. 1492. 



PARIETARIA foiiis elik.tico-lanceolatis, hirlutis. Bailer. Hiji p. 162. 



PARIETARIA officinalis. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 1242. 



PARIETARIA ofrkinarum et Diofeoridis. Bauh. pin. 121. 



HELX1NE Camerar, Epit. p. 849. 



PARIETARIA Ger. emac. 331". vulgaris Parlinf, 437. Rail Syn. p. i $% Peljtfory of the Wall. 

 LighiJoot Fl. Scot. p. 035. Hud/on Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 412. Oeder FL Dan. t. 521. 



RADIX perenuis, fublignofa, rubcns, fibrofa. |ROOT perennial, fomewhat woody, of a red colour, and 



I fibroin-. 



CAULES plures, fuberecVf, dodrantales, pedales et ul- % STALKS feveral, nearly upright, from nine inches to a 

 tra, ramofiffimi, teretes. ftriati, folidi, rubentes, | foot or more in height, very much branched, 



pubeicentes; rami cauli iimile.^ aitemi, difTufi, % round, {triatecT, foiid, reddifh, and downy; 



I branches like the fralks, alternate and fpreading. 



FOLIA alterna, pctiolata, ovata, acuta, utrinque atte- J LEAVES alternate, (landing on 'foot-vtafks, ovate, 

 nuata, integerrima, patentia, ad margines et | pointed, tapering towards each extremity, en- 



venas fuptus praccipue pubefcentia, fupra fatu- I tire at the edge, ipreading, particularly downy 



rate viridia, lucida, fubrugoia, puuctis promi- 1 at the edge and on the veins of the under-fide, 



uulis adfperfa. \ en the upper-fide of a deep green colour, f It i - 



% n hig, fomewhat wrinkled, and covered over 



I with fmalt prominent points. 



PETIOLI longitudine fere diametri foliorum, pubef- ■% LEAF-STALKS nearly the length of the diameter of 



centes, iupra canalicular. | the leaves, downy, hollowed above. 



FLORES parvi, herbacci, hirfuti, 'TelTiles, in axiilis fo- | FLOWERS ("mall, _of a greemfh colour, rough, feffile, 

 liorum conglomerati, hermaphrouiti et feminei. I growing in clutters in the alae of the leaves, 



$ hermaphrodite and female. 



Hcrmaphrcditi Flores duo continentur involucro hep- % Two Hermaphrodite Flozvers are contained in an in- 



taphyllo, pernffente, foiiolis ovatis, acutis pk- 1 volucrum com poled of {even leaves, and per- 



nis, 'hirlutis, hirihtie glandulofii. Jig. 1. % manent, the leaves ovate, pointed, flat, hi dure, 



f the hairs glandular at the extremities, fig. 1. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, quadrifidum, f CALYX : a i^eri anti-hum of one leaf, deeply divided 



planum, perfiftens. jig. 9. into four it gments, which are flat and perma- 



i X nent. Jig. 9. 



COROLLA nulla, nifi calcyem dicas. | COROLLA none, unlefs the calyx he called fo. 



S'lAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba, tranfverfim | STAMINA : four Filaments of a white colour, 



riigofa, inftante anthefi elaitice refilientia, caly- % wrinkled tranivtrfely, on the (bedding of the 



cemque expandentia ; Anthek.e ovata;, ob- | pollen flying back with an elafiieity, aiulexr 



tufa?, didyma^ ; Pollen album. Jig. 4. ■% paneling the calyx ; Anthers ovate, obtule, 



% double; Pollen white. Jig. 4. 



PISTILLUM: Germen oyatum, viride, nitidum, nu- J PISTIL LUM : Germen ovate, green, finning and 

 dum ; Stylus filiformis ; Stigma penicil-i naked; Style filiform; otigma forming a 



liforme, capiratum, ruberrimum. fig. 6. I bright fcarlet tufr. fig. (;\ 



PERICARPiUM nullum. Penanthium elongatum, ma- 1 SEED-VESSEL none. The Perianthium becoming elon- 

 jus, campanulatum, coloratum, deciduum ; | gated, larger, beli-fnaped, coloured and deci- 



ore laciuiis conniventibus claufo. fig. 3. y duous ; the mouth (hut by the frgments doling 



% together, fig. 3. 



SEMEN unicum, ovatum, nitidum, in fundo pcrianthii. | SEED fingle, ovate, Ihlning in the bottom of the perian- 



| thium. 



Femineus Jlos unus inter hermaphroditos ambos, in- i One Female flower betwixt two hermaphrodite one?, 



tra involuci um. % within the involucrum, 



CALYX quadnfidus, hniutus, ereetus, germen involvens. | CALYX divihble into four iegments, hairy, upright, 



fig, 5, \ inciting the germen. Jig. ^ 



COROLLA nulla. f COROLLA none. 



PISTILLUM ut hcrmaphroditi, at ftigma majus et paulo I PISTILLUM as in the hermaphrodites, but the (iigma 

 inHexum. fig. ^. % lomewhat larger, and bent a little dowu. fig. 5. 



PERICARPIUM nullum/ | SEED-VESSEL none. 



SEMEN unicum ut in hermaphrodite, calvce quadrifidof SEED fingle, like that of tkie hermaphrodites, inclofed 

 et vix mutato iuclufum. fig. 7, 8. J in the quadrihd calyx, which is bur ihghtly 



f altered. j%. 7, 8. 



The 



