TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. EpimebiPm. 235 
S. opficina'lis. Spikes egg-shaped. 
Kniph. 4— Ludw. 94— FI. Dan. 97— (E. Bot. 1312. E.)— Fuchs. 788— J. B. 
iii. 120— Ger. 889. 2 —Pet. 4. 11— Clus. ii. 197.3— Dod. 105.2—Lob. Ohs . 
412. 4—Ger. Em. 1045. 2— Park. 582. Z—Matth. 1033— H. Ox. viii. 
18. 7. 
A hard woody plant, from one and a half to two feet and a half high.- 
Leaves winged ; wings egg-oblong, serrated, about four pair, and a sin¬ 
gle one terminal. Blossom beneath ; segments mulberry-coloured, tube 
white, fleshy, inclosing the germen ; a glandular ring closely embracing, 
but not adhering to, the style. Petals when old, so slightly adhering at 
the base, that it might almost be considered a four-petalled blossom. 
Upper florets either without stamens, or with only an imperfect one. 
( Spikes about an inch long, dull purple, dense, on long flower-stalks. 
Bracteas green, fringed, four under each flower; (the calyx of Linnseus :) 
Stigma quadrifid. Seed solitary, Sm.; rarely two. Hook. E.) 
(A plant which Mr. G. Don found in the west of Scotland, and supposed to 
be a mere variety of this species, is described as (C taller and larger, with 
a longer and truly cylindrical spike,” and considered by Smith to be 
S. media of Linn. E.) 
Wild Burnet. Bloodwort. Meadow Burnet. Moist pastures, es¬ 
pecially on marly or calcareous soil. Limestone pastures in the north, 
very common. Have not found it further to the south-east than Ripton, 
Huntingdonshire. Mr. Woodward. (Meadows at Bromham, Fenlake, 
&c. Bedfordshire. Abbot. E.) Marly soils about Stafford, not uncom¬ 
mon. (Near Dumfries. Lightfoot. E.) P. June—Aug.* 
EPIME DIUM. Nectaries four, each reclining on its respective 
petal: Cal. deciduous: Seed-vessel a pod, of one cell, 
many seeds. E.) 
E. alpi'num. (Radical-leaves none : stem-leaf twice temate. Sm. E.) 
(E. Bot. 438. E.)— Kniph. 10— Mill. Ic. 133— Dod. 599— Lob. Ohs. 170*. 1 
— Ger. Em. 480— Park. 1366, upper jig. — J. B. ii. 391. 
( Roots creeping, by which the plant increases rapidly. E.) Near a foot 
high. Leaves heart-shaped, on leaf-stalks. Blossom mulberry red, with 
a yellow stripe, (nutant; nectaries membranous, inflated. Stem bearing 
a compound, tri-ternate leaf; leafits heart-shaped, one to two inches 
long, fringed at the margin, extremely delicate, hairy beneath, serrate. 
Anthers with two lid-like valves, which, opening elastically, permit the 
pollen to escape. E.) 
(Alpine Barren-wort. In mountain thickets; so rare that its preten¬ 
sions to be considered indigenous may be questionable. E.) In Bingley 
Woods, six miles from W. Brierley, Yorkshire, not sparingy. Richard¬ 
son, in Blackst. 19. (Mr. Hailstone, in W hitaker’s Craven, observes that 
it is not now to be found in Bingley Woods. E.) Mr. Robson has sent me 
a specimen gathered on Skiddaw in July 1795. (I have also specimens 
from the Rev. T. Gisborne, discovered in 1787 in a very wild part of 
Cumberland called Carrock Fell—On Saddleback, near Threlkeld. Mr. 
Rudge, in Bot. Guide. Hunters’ Tryste, near Edinburgh. Dr. Hastings. 
* (Cattle will eat this plant when young; it has not yet been cultivated. Salisbury. 
The root is said to be astringent, and has been recommended as a tonic, though of very 
moderate efficacy, E.) 
