Western Minerva

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 Excerpt: ... definition for eaeh, and slate first thegeneiio otraraeters eommon to all. Ci.intoxia. Perigone deeply 8 pnrtite deeiduous eorollif'nfm equal: 0 equal Stamens inserted elose to nnil slightly eonneeted with,the lias« of the perigonnl sepala and equal thereto, filaments filiform, anthers biloeular elliptieal, notehed at tiie base. Ovary free, style elongated, eompressed, stigma eompressed, notehed or bilobed. Berry biloeular, pofyspernioiis, seeds inserted «:? the dissepiment, oblong.--Common habit. Roots fleshy,i-reeping, fibrous at the knobs, where a few meinbrAtxwriis,,sales surrounding 2, 3 or 4 Inrge radieal leaves elasping the base of the seape, upright, elliptieal, keeled, very smooth but eiliated, end sharply aeute. Seape eentral eylindrieal eommonly pubeseent. Flowers terminal in 1 or Si umbeli or faseieles few flowered. 1. Sp. Clint;mia mttans. Leaves eiliate margin, keel smooth: Umbel stib-eorymliosi', pedieles imooth naked nodding unequal. peligone eompaoulate, sepals oblong sessile subaeule.--Draetna-borealis Ait. Wild. Pers. &e. Sowers lerge yellowish inodorous New-Vork to Canada on mountains--Var. 1. I'mlifera. Corymb proliferous. Var 2. Faseieularis, flowers in separate faseieles. 3. Obvvata. Leaven nearly ohovate. 4. Dasistema, seape pubeseent. 5. Maernttema. S-enpe longer than the leaves. Var. 6. Uniflora, &e. 2. Sp. Clintoniap-jdaniriia. Leaves with eiliate margin, keel smooth; seape pubeseent lunger thnn the leaves; umbel ereet, pedieles unequal pubeseent naked, tli« longest creel, the others ineurred: peri5«ntt semi-eampajiulate, sepals olilon:?, sessile, aeute--Diseovered in July, 1819, on the Laurel ridge in Pennsylvania. Flowers pretty large whitish, inodorous. Vnr. 1. Biflora, with only 2 flower-the shorte...