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Show HERB-CHRISTOPHER. CHRISTOPHORIANA. HE flower is compofed of four petals ; of a fingular angulated form, and large. The cup is Div 1 s.LO Nd: Linnzus feparates this from all the other berry-bearing plants, and places it among the polyandria ment of the fruit fingle. This author diflikes the received name chriftophoriana, andcalls the genus aéea. B Relat Soi The flowers are fmall and white: they ftandin clufters upon flender footftalks, forming a kind Common Herb-Chriftopher: Chriftopboriana vulgaris. A246, 2 The root is long and thick, black on the outfide, yellow within, and of a difagreeable tafte. Thefirft leaves are large, and divided by threes into a gteat-many parts; fo that they refemble at the firft fight thofe of fome of the umbelliferous plants: they are of a dufky green, and ofa glofly furface. The ftalk is round, green, upright, branched, and a yard high. The leaves on this refemble thofe from the root : they are very large, and their feparate parts are broad, ferrated, and have alfo a kind of trifid divifion. DPL_ViAGS BONG =H offpike. The berries are large, of a roundifh, but fomewhat oblong figure, and black. It is found in woods in our northern counties, It flowers in July, and the berries are ripe in Auguft. Ray calls it Chriftophoriana. Others, Chriffophoriana vulgaris, and AGza. In Englith wecall it Herb-Chriftopher ; and, from its poifonous qualities, Bane-berry. The berries have been fatal to children who have been tempted bytheir gloffy black to eat them, They have died convulfed. FOREIGN 1. Tall American Herb-Chriftopher. : . : . Chriftophoriana Americana procerior, SPECTES, 2. Red-berried Herb-Chriftopher. f 7L4 bu 4 Theroot is long, thick, and of a dark brown. The ftalks are numerous, upright, firm, and of a pale green : they are of a firm fubftance, and five feet high. The leaves have the fame trifid divifion with thofe of the common kind; but they are larger, of a deep green, and fharply ferrated. The flowers ftand in very long and beautiful fpikes at the tops of the ftalks: they are {mall and white. The berries are black and roundifh. It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in Auguit. Dillenius calls it Chriftophoriana Americana procerior &F longius fpicata. Se Sa BEG ES, N Chriftophoriana baccis rubris, 724602 The root is long and flender. Thefirft leaves are numerous, and verylarge: they are divided by threes into feveral short, broad feoments, and thefe are ferrated and fharppointed, The ftalk is fingle, upright, branched, and four feet high, The leaves on this refemble thofe fromthe root, and are of a very dark green colour. The flowers ftand in long and thick fpikes: they are {mall and white, The berries are red. It is a native of the northern parts of Europe, and of America, and flowers in Auguft. The berries are fometimes white. Morifoncalls it Chriftophoriana Americana 10° cemofa baccis niveis €F rubris: Wie SOLOMON’S S IV, SEA}, POLYGONaTUM HE flower is formed of a fin gle petal ; andis oblong, hollow, andof a bell-like fhape, and is divided into fix fegments at the edge Byes BS: There 18 no cup. The berry is round, and divided within into three cells, in each of which the re is a fingle roundith feed ; and, before the berry 8 Tipe, it is fpotted. The leaves are narrow, and of a firm fubftance, . Linneus es BROT se t. Common Solomon’sSeal. monogynia ; the ftamina being numerous, and fixed to the receptacle; and the ftyle fromthe rudi- I HERBAL. 32 lilly of the valley, taking away the received name polygonatum, and calling all the {pecies convallarias the name he ufes inftead of the old term Ul/ium convalliam. ‘The whole habit andgeneral face of the plant diftinguifh it from the lilly of the valley. The flower alfo-confirms this as a generical diftinétion 3 being in the Solomon's Seal oblong, and in the lilly of the valley globular. formed of four chaffy leaves; which are {mall, obtufe, and hollow ; and they fall with the flower. Thefruit is a berry, of a roundifh fhape, with a furrow on it. The feeds are numerous, and femicircular. DIVISION BRITISH Linnzus places this among the hexandvia monogynia the threads in the flower being fix, and the ftyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. By this arrangement he feparates it from moft others of the fame kind by many cl affes; and, by an error of the oppofite kind, in refpeét of the leffer divifion of genera, he joins’ this in tkhe fame with Ill. Ss Us Guerra The HIBIRVBiAsLi pBaRs weil Sitle The Polygonatum vulgare. TC 4Gu G6 The root is thick, and fpreads under the furface. The ftalk is fingle, round, and tolerably upfight ; but that it generally towardthe top ftoops a little: it is not at all branched ; its height is a foot and half, and the leaves and flowers onit are difpofed with great regularity. The leaves are oblong, broad, of a beautiful green, of a firm fubftance, and markedwithlarge ribs, all ru ¢ e: thefe generally grow onone fid the other. The fiwers are fmall, whitifh, with a tinge of green on the edge; and they have a little {mell : they grow twoorthree together on long, flender footftalks,» which rife from the bofoms of the leaves; and they hang down in a continued feries. The berries are large; and, when ripe, they arered ; but birds are fond of them, fo that they are rately feen in this ftate: before that time they are green andfpotted. Wehave it in fome woods inthe north of England; but it is not common. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Polgonatum la vulgare. “Others, Sigillam Solomonis. The root is greatly efteemed as an external remedy for Internally taken, it is a very powerful reftringent. It is good againft fpitting of blood, and has been knownto cure that troublefome diforder the fluor a The beft way of taking it is in form of a erve, beating up the frefh root with fugar. The colour of the berries varies im this fpecies ; fometimes they are only of a bluifh green when ripe, and fometimes they are of a deep glofly black. 2. Large-flowered Solomon’s Seal, Bee natum flore majore. 7 L sou Pe The root is large, and runs obliquely and irTegularly under the furface. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and robuft, but not fo tall in the common kind : it rarely exceeds a foot int height, and it does not droop as that ofthe c n kind towardthe top. The leaves are very broad, oblong, thick, of a deep fhini : <ed with verythick and robuft v lengthwife. Theflowers rife he bofoms ofthe leaves, and hai on‘one fide of the flalk: they are larger than in the other, and of a pure white: No 32, OPE Col ES: two or three hangin a clufter from the bofom of each leaf; but every one of thefe has its feparate footftalk. They have a veryfragrant fmell, like that of the hawthorn-flower. ( The berries ate greenith, and {potted for a long time; but, when ripe, they are black. We have it in fome of our woods in the northern counties; but it is fearce. It flowers in June, bit the berries are not ripe till about Auguft. C. Bauhine calls ic Pohgonatum Latifolium floré majore odoro. Linnzus fuppofes it only a variety of the former ; but it is altogether diftinét. 3- Dwarf Solomon’s Seal. Polygonatum humile anguftiore folio: The root is thick, oblong, and white: it rung beneath the furface, and has numerousfibres, The ftalk is upright, of a pale green, not at all branched, andeight inches high, The leaves are oblong and narrow: theyare of a yellowifh green, fharp-pointed, and full of thick ribs, The flowers growthree on eachfootftalk, hanging from the bofoms ofthe leaves; andtheyare fmall, oblong, and greenith: The berries, whenripe, are blue. It is found in mountainous woods in our northern counties. It flowers in July. Ray calls it Polygonatum humile Anglium. It is a perfeétly diftiné& {pecies fromthe others; though fome have doubtedit. 4. Great-leaved Solomon’s Seal. Polygonatuim bellebori albifolios The root is thick and white. The ftalk is firm, upright, not at all branched, and of a deep red. The leaves ftand on one fidé ofthe ftalk, as in the common kind; andthey are verylarge: theyare broad, fharp-pointed, marked with thick ribs, and of a deepgreen. The flowers hang on long footftalks from the bofoms of the leaves: they are fmall and white ; and there ufually are two oneachftalk. The berries are large ; and, whenthey areripe, of a beautiful bright red. It is found in our weftern counties, and flowers in Auguft, Ray calls it Poljgonatum hellebori albi folio caule (cente. The flowers of this have no fmell. An |
