Adonis autumnalis. P h e a s a n t s-e y.e. 
ADONIS Untuei Go. PL Polyandria Polygynia. . . 
Cal. s-phyllus. Ptlala quinis plura abfque neSano, Sm. nuda. 
Rali'Syn. Gen. 15. Herbie semine kudo iolyspermai. 
ADONIS autumnalis floribus o&opetalis, fruftibus fubcylindricls. Unnai Syft. V^ub. f HP S t- 
PI. p. 771 . 
ADONIS radice annua, flore oftopetalo. Haller Lijl. n. nj8- 
ADONIS autumnalis. Scaptii Flor. Carmol. n. 677. 
ADONIS hortenfis, flore minore atrorubente. Saubin Pin. 178. 
FLOS ADONIS Parkinfon Par ad. 293. 
FLOS ADONIS flore rubro. <W 3 «7- ™ ** *J*. Ad °™ F1 ° W£r ’ ** 
TJ.tAr™ VI. Anal. ed. 2.. f>. 
r r ■ * ‘ROOT annual, the thicknefs of the little finger, ta- 
RADIX annua, craffitie digiti minimi, fufifon s, ? R perins;, furniflied with few fibres, 
paucis fibrillis inftrufta. f 
CAULIS pedalis, ere&us, fubangulatus, fiftulofus, 
purpurafcens, villofus, ad bafin ufque ramo- 
fus. 
RAMI plurimi, fparfi, cauli fimiles, erefli, caulem 
primo florentem plerumque fuperantes. 
FOLIA alterna, e flavo viridia, infima petiolata, fu- 
prema feffilia, pinnata, pinnis multifidis, ca- 
pillaribus, acutis, fubtus nitidis. 
STALK about a foot high, upright, fomewhat angu- 
lar, hollow, purplilh, hoary, branched quite 
to the bottom. 
BRANCHES numerous, placed irregularly on the ftalk, 
which they refemble, upright, and general y 
taller than the ftalk producing the firft flower. 
LEAVES alternate, of a yellowilh green colour ; the 
lower ones Handing on foot-ftalks ; the upper 
ones feffile, pinnated; the pinnae divided in- 
to numerous capillary fegments, pointed, and 
/1' ' nl , tire. linnpr 1 1 n 
CALYX : Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis fub- 
ovatis, obtufis, inaequalibus, concavis, purpu- 
reis, deciduis, corolla brevioribus, apicibus 
dentato-erofis, fig. i, 2. 
COROLLA : Petalo odo, raro plura, fiepe pauciora, 
inaequalia, obcordata, coccinea, apice erola, 
bafi interne nigra, externe viridante, /g. 3, 4. 
CALYX * a Perianthium of five leaves, which are 
fomewhat oval, obtufe, unequal, hollow, 
purple, deciduous, Ihorter than the corolla, 
the tips appearing as if bitten, jig* 1. 2. 
COROLLA: eight Petals, feldom more, oftener 
fewer, unequal, inverfely heart-Ihaped, fear- 
let, the tip irregularly notched, the bottom 
internally black, externally greenifh, fig. 3, 4- 
STAMINA : Filamenta plurima, quadraginta cir- 
citer, filiformia, alba; Anther* ovatse, ob- 
tufie, incurvatas, compreffas, atropurpureae : 
Pollen croceum, jig. 5. 
PISTILLUM : Germina plurima, in capitulum bre- 
ve fubconicum imbricarim congefta, eretta: 
Stigmata acuta reflexa, fig. 6, 7. 
SEMINA fubangulata, acuta, reticulato-rugofa. 
STAMINA : Filaments numerous, about forty, 
thread-fhaped, and white: Anther* oval, 
obtufe, bending inward, flattened, of a black- 
ilh purple colour: Pollen ofafaffron colour, 
fig* 5- 
PISTILLUM : Germina numerous, upright, col- 
lefted one over another into a fhort head, 
fomewhat conical: Stigmata pointed, the 
points turned back, fig. 6, 7. 
SEEDS fomewhat angular, pointed, with a kind ot 
network wrinkled appearance. 
THE Pheafants-ye has a peculiar claim *° n “ er “he mLe" mLy“n^StS be doubted, 
which are annually cried about our ftreets fir fr ^ ^ den t0 the dungheap, and from thence become 
^orname»,ai a! 'annualTeed inLafiy of theLn-fields in Kent, and other Counties adjacent to London, m which 
ftfeems as much at home, as the Ranunculus arvmfs, or Corn Crowfoot. 
There is no plant mote variable in its Petals, both with refpea to number and Ere ; they therefore form 
a had fpecific chara&er. 
Shis' fp^e? —iJs rf t wm moft S probably ^ 8 
In the gardens, (where it is common,) it ufually flowers through great part of the Summer. 
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