BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
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GENUS VII. 
THE GLOBE-FLOWER. (Trollius, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. POLY AND RIA. POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Character_ Calyx coloured of 5—10—15 sepals, which sessile, sub-cylindrical, many-seeded. Upright herbaceous plants, 
are deciduous and petaloid. Petals 5—10 small, tubular at the base, with palmate multifid leaves, and fascicled roots. {Dec.) 
one-lipped. Stamens and ovaries numerous. Follicles numerous, 
Description, &c.— There is only one species of this genus, the common Globe-Flower, which takes its name 
from its globe-like form ; the flowers scarcely ever opening sufficiently to show the stamens. The name of 
Trollius is said to be derived from an old German word, signifying a ball. 
1.—THE COMMON GLOBE-FLOWER, OR LUCKEN-GO WAN. (Trollius europveus, Lin). 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 28; 2nd edit., t. 797 ; and our Jiff. 1, I Specific Character. —Stamens about 15, concave, converging, 
in PI. 3. | Petals nearly as long as the stamens. 
Description, &c. —This plant is very abundant in the North of England, particularly in the mountainous 
districts of Westmoreland, and in Scotland, where the country people are very fond of it to decorate their 
apartments, as well as their persons. It is generally found in moist meadows, where the grass is of the soft 
mossy kind called in Scotland fog, as is beautifully described in the following verse from Allan Ramsay’s 
“ Gentle Shepherd ; ’— 
“ We’ll pou the daisies on the green ; 
The lucken-gowans frac the hog ; 
Between hands now and then we ’ll lean, 
And sport upon the velvet fog.” 
The Globe-Flower is too well known in gardens to need any detailed description, particularly as it is one of 
the few wild flowers that has remained quite unchanged by cultivation. It may, however, be interesting to 
point out to a young botanist, that the golden globe that forms the outer part of the flower is a coloured calyx ; 
and that the petals, which look like metamorphosed stamens, are so small, that they can only be seen hv 
dissecting the flower. The carpels, when ripe, become what are called follicles, that is, they are long and many- 
seeded ; opening naturally, when ripe, for the escape of the seeds. 
GENUS VIII. 
THE MARSH MARIGOLD. (Caltha, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. POLY’ANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Character. Oalyx and petals five in number, undistin- I Ovaries 5—10. Follicles 5—10, compressed, spreading, many-seeded, 
guishable from each other ; coloured. Stamens indefinite in number, j Perennial, very smooth, herbaceous plants. ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c.— Only two species of the Marsh-Marigold are natives of Britain, and they are both 
perennial plants, with smooth leaves and yellow flowers. The word Caltha is derived from a Greek word, 
signifying a cup, in allusion to the shape of the flowers of the common species. Marsh-Marigold appears merely 
to be applied to the plant because it is yellow like a Marigold, and grows in marshes. The seed-vessels are 
follicles, each containing many seeds, and opening naturally, when ripe ; and the flower, showy as it is, consists 
only of a coloured calyx, without petals. 
