POTERIUM SaNGUISORBA. 
Burnet. 
POTERIUM lAnnai Gen. PI. Monoeci a Polyandria. 
Rail Syn. Gen. io. Herb^: flore perfecto simplici, seminibus nudis solitariis 
SEU AD SINGULOS FLORES SINGULIS. 
POTERIUM Sanguijorba inerme caulibus fubangulofis. Lin. Sp. Pl. 141 1. 
PIMPINELLA polyftemon. Haller hijl. n. 706. 
S AN GUISORB A minor. J. Bauhin III. 2. 113. 
PIMPINELLA Sanguiforba minor hirfuta. Bauhin pin. 1 60. 
PIMPINELLA vulgaris minor. Parkinfon 582. 
PIMPINELLA fylveftris. Gerard emac. 1045. Raii Syn. p. 203, Burnet. Hudfon. FI. Angi. p. 358. 
RADIX perennis, fimplex, albida, in terram alte de- $ 
fcendens. | 
CAULES plures, fuberefti, dodrantales aut pedales, t 
ramofi, ftriati, fubangulofi, rubicundi, lasves, | 
ad bafin hirfutuli. | 
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FOLIA alterna, pinnata, pinnis inferioribus fubrotun- | 
dis, plerumque oppofitis, ferratis, laevibus, t 
fubtus coerulefcentibus, nervo medio hirfutu- | 
lo, caulinis ovatis et ovato-acutis. ^ 
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STIPULiE dentate. I 
FLORES in capitulis fubrotundis congefti, fuperiores | 
feminei, inferiores mafculi, faepe etiam her- | 
maphroditi. % 
CALYX: Periantiiium triphyllum, inferum, folio- t 
lis membranaceis, marcefcentibus, jig. 1. | 
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COROLLA quadripartita, laciniis ovatis, faepe colora- | 
tis, concavis, patentibus, bafi coalitis, Jig. 2 : | 
in flore mafculo feu hermaphrodito et calyx et * 
corolla majores funt. | 
STAMINA : Filamenta circiter triginta, longa, ¥ 
pendula, rubra : Anther je flava;, biloculares, | 
loculis femilunatis, jig. 3, 4, 5. $ 
PISTILLUM in flore femineo : Germen quadrangu- ? 
Ium : Stylus capillaris : Stigma ruberri- | 
mum, penicilliforme, jig. 7, 8, 9, au&. Styli f 
et Stigmata duo faepe occurrunt : in flore her- | 
maphrodito Styli duo breviores, Stigmatibus $ 
minus expanfis, jig. 10. 
PERICARPIUM Bacca exfucca, tetragona, lateribus | 
rugofis, continens Semina duo, pallide fufca, y 
f s . ii, 12. * 
ROOT perennial, Ample, whitifh, penetrating deep 
into the earth. 
STALKS feveral, nearly upright, from nine inches to 
a foot in height, branched, ftriated, fomewhat 
angular, of a reddifh colour, fmooth, but 
flightly hairy at bottom. 
LEAVES alternate and pinnated ; the lowermofl: pinnae, 
or fmall leaves, roundilh, generally oppofite, 
ferrated, fmooth, underneath blueifli ; the mid- 
rib ilightly hairy ; the leaves of the ftalk oval 
and pointed oval. 
STIPULE indented. 
FLOWERS growing in little round heads, the upper- 
moft female, the lowermoft male, and often- 
times hermaphrodite. 
CALYX: a Per ianthium of three leaves, placed be- 
low the Germen ; the leaves membranous and 
withering, jig. 1 . 
COROLLA divided into four fegments, which are oval, 
often coloured, concave, fpreading, and uni- 
ting at bottom, jig. 2 : in the male or her- 
maphrodite flower both the Calyx and Cor- 
rolla are larger. 
STAMINA : Filaments about thirty, long, pendu- 
lous, and of a red colour : Antherje yellow, 
bilocular, the cavities femilunar. Jig. 3, 4, 5. 
PISTILLUM in the female flower : Germen quadran- 
gular: Style capillary : Stigma very red, 
and pencil-lhaped, jig. 7, 8, 9, magnified. 
Two Styles and Stigmata often occur : in the 
hermaphrodite flower the Styles are fhorter, 
and the Stigmata lefs expanded, jig. 1 o. 
SEED-VESSEL a juicelefs Berry, having four wrink- 
led fides, and containing two pale brown 
Seeds, jig. 11, 12. 
BURNET is one of thofe plants which has for fome years pafl: been attempted to be introduced into agriculture, 
but not anfwering the farmers expectations, is now in a great degree laid afide. Cattle are faid not to be fond of it ; 
nor is its produce fufficient to anfwer the expence attending its culture. It is to be lamented that perl'ons do 
not pay a little more attention to the nature of plants before they fo warmly recommend them. It fhould 
feem very unlikely a priori , that a fmall plant, fcarce ever met with but 011 hilly and chalky ground, and to which 
cattle in fuch fituations do not fliew any particular attachment, fhould afford better, or more copious nourifhment, 
than the Clovers and other plants already in ufe. It is not meant by this, however, to dilcourage that laudable 
fpirit of improvement which fo happily prevails at prefent ; but to caution fuch as introduce any new plant, to make 
themfelves thoroughly acquainted with its natural hiftory. 
The leaves of this plant, when bruifed, fmell fomewhat like Cucumber ; and are ufed by fome as a fallad ; and 
by others added to cool tankard to give it an agreeable flavour. 
Linnaeus places it among his Monoicous plants, the flowers on the top of the heads being female, and thofe at 
the bottom male, contrary to what occurs in moll plants of that Clafs : but it happens very frequently, that the 
bottom flowers have likewife in them two Piftils, although not fo conlpicuous as in the female flowers, the Stigmata 
being not fo much branched ; hence there being female and hermaphrodite flowers on the fame plant, it would 
perhaps with more propriety be placed in the Clafs Polygamia. Do not thefe obfcure hermaphrodite flowers con- 
tribute to the fertility of the plant ? 
