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Show The 10 BRITISH The virtues are probably the fame with thofe of the others: but it ftands particularly recommendedas a vulnerary. HERBAL. The Barrilier calls it Caryophyllata alpina tennui folia incana frore luteo longius radicata. C. Bauhine, Vans, by ila Jy? fol apiiwe folio. alpina Caryophyllata It is a native of Switzerland, and fome parts of Germany, where it lives in the moft barren forefts ; but the flower is not fo confiderable there as in our gardens. It flowers in pring. C. Bauhine calls it Pulfatilla apii folio vernalis flore majore. Gad Nee Ub ss VII. PASQUEFLOWER, 2. Small-flowered Pafqueflower. PUOLSAT rE L A. HE flower confifts of fix petals; and the feeds are furnifhed with downy threads. Pulfatilla flore minore violaceo. ‘Thereis a kind of leafy cup whichftands remote, but belongs to the flower. This is one of the polyandria polygynia of Linnzus; butit is properly of the fame clafs with the pre- cedent: nature has joinedit to themby plain characters, tho” Linngus feparates it upon fmall variations. “BART fT 1S: In this clafs it properly connects the avens and anemone; its feeds being furnifhed with a hairy or thready matter, tho’ finer and more delicate than that of thofe robuft plants. Wefhall only interpofe between this and the anemone, a genus nearly allyed to it, that of The root is long, thick, dark coloured, acrid to the tafte, and furnifhed withlarge fibres. The leaves ftand on fhort footftalks, and are divided into numerous very long and very narrow fegments. Their colour is a faint green ; and their footftalks, towards the bottom, are purplith. Hy BRU BASE, The ftalks are numerous, and each fuftains a fingle flower. They are hairy, and altogether without leaves except one at the upper part, which, as in the other fpecies, furrounds the ftalkk at its bottom; and upwards dividing into numerous, fine fegments, ftands as a kind of cup to the flower. The flower itfelf is fmall, and hangs downward. It is compofed of fix oblong, narrow pointed leaves, whofe tops turn up. Its colour is a deep violet blue, almoft black. The feeds follow in a clufter, and are covered with fine filvery down. It is a native of the northern parts of Europe, and flowers in April. J. Bauhine calls it Pul/atilla flore ceruleo claufo, and C, Bauhine Pulfatilla flore minore nigircante. the clematis, which, tho’ very different in the fubftance of the ftalks and manner of growing, yet perfectly refembles it in the feathered feeds. Linnzus, in his Genera Plantarum, allows the pulfatilla to be a diftiné& genus; but in his Species Plantarum, fince publifhed, he makesit only a fpecies of anemone. Wefee here a fecond inftance of what was before obferved, that the fondnefs for making new diftinctions gets the better of this auThe particular remote cup, we have mentionedin the charaéters of this thor’s earlier knowledge. genus, diftinguifhes it fufficiently, as fuch, from the anemone ; and this author himfelf once thought At prefent, he not only includes this, but among the hepatica alfo, the fpecies of anemone : fo. thus, taking away the ufe of thofe antient and univerfally received names, andcalling the plants by that of the anemone, from which, they are fufficiently diftinguifhed. Of the fpecies of pa/queflower there is but one 2 native of Britain. Di V¥ 2S ON §. uljaliliad. The rootis large, long, and thick; it is frequently divided into feveral heads, and they are tufted with the remains ofdecayed footftalks of leaves. The colour is blackifh, and the tafte bitter and acrid. The leaves ftand on footftalks of four inches long, and are beautifully divided into a number of {mall parts. Thefe footftalks are redifh at the bottom, hairy, and moderately thick. The leaves alfo are hairy, and of a thick fubftance. The ftalk is round, hairy, hollow, and weak. While it fupports the flowerit is about fix inches in height ; but when that is fallen, it fhoots up to a foot. This feems a provifion of nature for feattering of the feeds, the wind having more power upon them, as they ftand higher. There are no leaves on this ftalk except one, which we have there called a fort of cupto the flower. This ftandsalways in one certain ‘place, whichis DIV TSO N oT e-leaved Pafqueflower. The root is long, black, large, and divided into manyheads. 1e leaves ftand on footftalks of four inches long, and are compofedof feveral pairs of obtufe pinne divided deeply at the edges. They are of a firm, hard fubftance, a pale green colour, andhairy. The ftalk is five inches high, hollow, weal, The flower is remarkably large, and fingle at the top, each ftalk bearing but one. It is compofed offix long andbroadpe- Vill. CcCLém aT Sky HE flower of clemaiis confitts of four petals, and has no cup: and the feeds have long appendages refembling feathers. Linnzus places this among the polyandria polygynia, uniting with it, under the fame name, the flammula andviticella ; although, according to his own account, they differ plainly; the flammula in the numberof thofe parts, he makes effential to the generical charatter : thofe he calls clematis hav- DAN AS EOiNon alittle below the flower ; and is divided into many fmall parts, and is very hairy. This leaf furrounds the ftalk at its bafe, and is there of one entire piece, its divifions beginning at a little diftance above. The flower ftands on the top of the ftalk, and each ftalk hasonly one. Itis large, purple, hairy without, and fmooth within; and is compofed of fix petals, which are pointed at the ends. It has little fmell, but that is very agreeable. In the centre ftands a tuft of threads with yellow heads, furrounding a button, which afterwards becomes the head of feeds, covered with long, filvery hairs, When the plant is in feed the leaf which ferved as a cup, ftand on the middle ofthe ftalk ; for the ftalk grows in length only in the upper part. It is found wild on Gogmagog hills in Cambridgefhire, and in fome parts of Lincolnfhire, and Yorkfhire ; and flowers in April. J.Bauhine calls it Pul/atilla purpurea caerulea. C.Bauhine, Pulfatilla folio craffore et majore flore. BOR EG NS PEs UE Ss: Pulfatilla foliis pinnatis. eg Uae Oo CLIMBER. ing a great numberofpiftils, and the flammula but eight. BRT TS hs Fone Les. Pafqueflower. Pulfatill Gea tals, and has a great tuft of threads in the centre. | Under it there ftands fuch a fingular leaf, as in the common pa/queflower, forming a kind of cup. The flower ftands erect; but is uncertain in colour, It is moft ufually of a pale yellow: | fometimes it is of a deeper yellow, and fome| times white. Thefe are lefs remarkable variations ; for we fee manyflowers changing, according to the culture or natural accidents, from a very deep colour, through all the gradations of the fame colour into white: but what is fingular in this, is that the floweris fometimes alfo purple, the whole plant remaining in other refpeéts ex- actly the fame fr f. BRT 11S) 1. Travellers joy. Viorna. The root is brown, thick, and full of fibres. i ee @ ull of Gbps The firft leaves are fmall and flightly divided. The ftalks are thick, hard, woody, of an an- gular fhape, and the younger ones hairy, and often redifh. The others have a white rind; and they-are very tough, and formed for twifting round every thing they come near. sh BC IES: centre is a tuft of threads; and, when the feed ripens, it ftands in a naked clutter, bearded with fine long filvery hairs. soe : ; {t is frequent in our hedges, and flowers in 1 July. 7 y aii J. Bauhine calls it Clematis latife ta, five atram $°” quibufdam, C. Bauhine, Clematitis fjlueftris latifo Authors have defcribed two or three accidental Theleaves ftand two at a joint, and are pin- varieties of this plant, under the nameofdiftinét nated; each confifting of two pairs of f{maller jeaves, and an odd one at the end of the ftalk. Thefe are oval, flightly ferrated, and pointed atthe end. Their colour is a pale green, and their fubftance firm. The flowers are white. They ftand in tufts, and are fmall: each is compofed of four leaves, whitifh, and of a fweet fmell. In the fpecies. We fee the leaves fometimes undivided, and fometimes broader than is ufual. The Clematitis fjlvefris latifolia, and Clematitis latifolia integra, of C. Bauhine, are only two ofthefe varieties. Thefe are not unfrequent in our hedges among the common kind: but we have only this one Britith {pecies, DIVISION IL. FOREIGN, 1. Spanifh Viorna. Clematis Betica. The root is long, not thick, woody, brown, andof anacridtafte. The firft leaves are fimple, and undivided. They much refemble thofe of the pear-tree, only they are indented at the edge. The ftalks are very flender, and of a vaft length, whitifh, woody, and with an unevenrind. The leaves ftandthree, four, five, or more, ata joint. They are of an oval fhape, and dented at the edges; and each has its feparate, longith, and flender pedicle. They are of a firm fubftance, and fhining green. At the fame joints where thefe ftand, there grow conftantly two tendrils; one parts each 6? BCE S, way fromtheftalk ; and theyare very firm and tough. Thefe lay hold of any thing to fupport the plant, and the leaves feemto rife from their bofom. The flowers are fmall and whitifh, and the feeds havea long beardof filvery down. It is a native of Spain, and other warmparts of Europe, where it covers whole trees. It flowers in June, anditsfeeds ripen in Auguft. J. Bauhine calls it Clematis Betica clufii, and C. Bauhine Clematis peregrina foliis pyri incifis. The foreign and Britith clematis agree in their nature and qualities as well as form. They are acrid, and too fharp for internal ufe; but an oil made of the leaves, infufed in oil ofolives, is efteemed goodin the fciatica. GENUS |
