English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants (1863) (14577838368)

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Title: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 Boswell, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1888 Lankester, Mrs. (Phebe), 1825-1900 Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871 Salter, John William, 1820-1869 Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870
Subjects: Plants Plants
Publisher: London : R. Hardwicke
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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Lysimachia punctata. Punctate Luosestrife. MCXLm.
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Lysimachia ciliata. Ciliated Loosestrife. PRIMUI.ACE^. 147 In shady places. Very rare, and not indigenous. Dulverton,Devon: Prof. Babington. Soutli-west of Scotland: Mr. Bentham.Var. 0 plentiful by roadsides in Glen Clova, Forflxrshire: Dr. G.Lawson. (England, Scotland.) Perennial. Summer, Autumn. Plant with the general habit of L. vulgaris, but more pubescent;the leaves often more distinctly stalked, commonly 4 in a whorl,broader towards the base, 1^ to 3 inches long, and the uppermostones not so small as in L. vulgaris; the peduncles are almost alwajSsimple, often in pairs from the axils of each leaf in the whorl; the sepalsare much narrower and much more pubescent; the corolla is moresaucershaped, larger (f to 1 inch across), sprinkled with glands onthe outside, and ciliated with short gland-tipped hairs; the anthersare combined for a greater portion of their length, the stem espe-cially is much more woolly, and the whole plant is more thicklypubescent than in the ordinary state of

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