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SANGUISO'RBA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetra'ndria, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Rosa'ce.® ; sect. Sanguisorbe.® ; Juss. Gen. 
PI. pp. 334 & 336. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 171 & 172. — Lindl. 
Syn. pp. 88 & 1 02. — Rich, by Macgilliv. pp. 528 & 530. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 512. — Mack. FI. Hibern. pp. 85 & 105. — Sangui- 
sorbe.®, Lindl. Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 80. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. & Bot. v. ii. p. 589. — Rosales ; sect. Rosina: ; 
subsect. Rosian.® ; type, Sanguisorbaceas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
pp. 614, 683, 699, & 707. — Senticos.®, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 2, b.) superior, of 1 sepal, in 
4 deep, equal, egg-shaped, spreading, coloured lobes ; with 2 or 
4 external scales or bracteas (fig. 2, a.) at the base. Corolla none. 
Filaments (see fig. 2, c.) 4, from the base of the calyx, opposite to 
its lobes, and about as long, dilated upwards, smooth. Anthers 
roundish, of 2 cells. Germens (see figs. 4 & 5.) inferior, quad- 
rangular. Style (see figs. 2 & 5.) thread-shaped, nearly as long as 
the stamens. Stigma notched. Fruit (fig. 5.) quadrangular, hard, 
not bursting, of 1 cell, containing 1 or 2 seeds. 
The superior, 4-lobed, coloured calyx ; with 2 or 4 bracteas at 
the base ; and the quadrangular, 1- or 2-seeded, indehiscent fruit, 
surrounded by the permanent base only of the calyx ; will distin- 
guish this from other genera, destitute of a corolla, in the same 
class and order. 
Two species British. 
SANGUISO'RBA OFFICINA'LIS. Officinal Great Burnet. 
Wild Burnet. Burnet Bloodwort. 
Spec. Char. Tlant smooth. Spikes egg-shaped. Stamens 
about as long as the calyx. 
Engl. Bot, t. 1312. — .Mart. FI. Rust. t. 142. — Curt. Brit. Entom. v. xi. t. 193. — 
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 169. — lluds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. G5. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. I. 
p. 653. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 186. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 218. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. 
p. 235. — Gray’s Nat. Ait. v. ii. p. 575. — Lindl. Syn. p. 103. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 
71. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 119. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 57. — Abb. FI. Bcdf. p. 31. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 93. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd cd.) p. 64. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
54. — FI. Devon, pp. 29 & 173. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 10. — 
Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 41. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 594, with 
a figure. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selects, p. 13. — Sanguis6rba major, flore spadi- 
ceo, Ray’s Syn. p. 203. — Pimpinella sylvestris, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1045. 
Localities. — Low moist meadows and pastures, on a calcareous soil, chiefly 
in the North of England ; more rare in Scotland. — Oxfordsh. lffley, Cowley, 
and Binsey : Dr. Siimionr. Near Oddington : VV. B. — Berks ; Ditches about 
Greenham Mill, near Newbury : Mr. Biciieno. In Cumnor Meadow, abun- 
dant: W.B. — Beds. Bromham, Kenlake, and Cow Meadows: Rev.C. Abbot. — 
Cambridgesh. King’s Hedges, VVhitvvell, Ditton, Shelford, Long Stanton, Cot- 
tenham, 6cc. : Rev. R. Relhan. In a plantation by the great watercourse on 
Fig. 1. A single Flower. — Fig. 2. Same magnified, a. the Bracteas; b. the 
Calyx; c. the Stamens. — Fig. 3. A single Stamen. — Fig. 4. Germen, Style, and 
Stigma. — Fig. 5. The Fruit, a little magnified. 
* From sanguis, blood ; and sorbeo, to take up, or absorb ; from the sup- 
posed vulnerary properties of the plant. Sir W. J. HooKEU. 
+ See folio 46, note t. 
