Me r c u r i a l i s P e r e n n i s . D ogs M e r c u r y .
MERCURIALIS Linncei Gen. Pl. D ioecia E nneandria.
Masc. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. o. Siam. g-s: 12. Anthera globofse, didymas.
Fem. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. o. Styliz. Capf. dicocca, 2-Iocularis. l-fperma.
Raii Syn. Gen. 5. Herr.« flore imperfeqt© seu stamineo vel ape-
o^f'JTALA P O TI U S.
perennis caule fimpiicilTirao foliis fcabris. Linncei Syß. Vegetab. Sp. Pl. 1465.
caule perenni fimplici, foliis ovato-lanceolatis hirfutis. Haller hiß, helv.n. 1601.
Cynoerambe. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. p. 266. n. 1225.
perennis repens Cynoerambe di'fila, Raii Syn. p. 139.. Hudßn Fl. Angl. p. 371.
montana teftieülata et Mercurialis mohtana fpicata. Bauhin. Pin. 123.
fylveftris Cynoerambe difta vulgaris mas et femina. Paykivfon 295.
mas et femina. Gerard emac. 333. Oeder. Fl. Dan. 400.
MERCURIALIS
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CYNOCRAMBE
RADIX perennis, repens, alba, ftbrofiflima. <
CAULIS ere&us, (implex, pedalis, foliofus, inferne ’
► RO OT perennial, creeping, white, and very fibrous.
) ST A LK upright, fimple, a foot high, leafy, naked
>£ ! nudus, teres, al terne anceps. 1 <
FOLIA oppofita, ovato-acuta, petiolata, hirfutie fea- \
briufeula, ferrata,ferraturisobtufiufculisglan- <
dulä albä ad lentem confpicua terminatis. •
STIPUL^E duse, parvae, acuta;, caulis utrinque ad ]
^ r bafin petioli. * <
PEDUNCULI vérfus fummitatem caulis prodeunt, 'Ï
yj,. oppoliti, axillares, hirfuti, 'in maribus caulem <
fuperant in femineis intra folia reconduntur. ■
below, round, (lightly winged alternately.
^ LEAVES oppofite, oval, pointed, handing on foot-
► (talks (lightly hairy and rough to the touch,,
[ / ferrated ; the teeth bluntifh, and terminated
\ by a whitifh gland,v.ifible only by a magnifier.
^ STIPULdE two, fmall, pointed, on each fide the ftalk
► at the bafe of the foot-ftalk.
^ FOOT-STALKS o f the flowers proceed from the
► bofoms o f the leaves near the top of the
£ . ' (talk, are^ oppofite and hairy; in the male
► plant they are longer than the ftalk ; in the
| female they are hid among the leaves.
) FLOWERS in the female few ; in the male numerous,
} . feftile, growing fomewhat whirl-like in little'
^ clutters, arid half furrounding the ftalk.
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J E E M A L E.
i
i CALYX : a P erianthium divided into three feg-
} merits, which are oval, pointed, and fomet
what treD., fig . 1, 2.
y CO ROL LA wanting.,
\ N ECTARY two fmall pointed filaments, one on each
I ■ fide the germen.
| PISTILLUM : G ermen roundiftiand fomewhat fla't-
p \ , tened: Styles or rather Stigm a ta , tw.o,
► pointed and turning back, fig . 4.
SEED-VESSEL: a’roundilh double Capsule of two
► , cavities, fig .'5, 6.
| SEED: one in each cavity, roundifti, o f a brownifh
I purple colour, fig. 7.
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H B B j - v -■■■■' K
CALYX : Perianthium ut in femina. o CALYX : a Perianthium the fame as the female.
STAMINA: Filamenta novem plerumque, capilla- $ STAMINA: nine F ilaments, for the mod part
” * capillary, ftraight, the length o f the calyx :
FLORES feminei pauci, mafeuli plures, fefliles, glo- !
ineratim et verticillatim quafi caulem femi- ■
ample&uhtur.
CALYX: Perianthium tripartitum, laciniis ovato-
| l lanceolatis, fuberedlis, fig . 1, 2.
COROLLA nulla.
NECTARIA acumina duo fubulata ad (ingulum latus
germinis fingula. ■'
PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, compreffum:
St y l i feu potius Stigm a ta dua, acuta,
reflexa, fig . 4.
PERICARPIUM : Capsula fubroturida, didyma, bi-
: locularis, fig. 5, 6.
SEMEN folitarium, fubrotundum, purpureo-fufeum, 7:
M A S.
ria, reéta, longitudine calycis : A nther ^
globofæ, didymæ, primo flavæ, mox ccerule
feen tes^ fig. 3. ‘
A n T h er æ round, double, firft yellow,
afterwards becoming bluifti.
In the third edition of R a y ’s Synopfis, S ir H a n s S l o a n e communicates a very particular account o f the
pernicious effens o f this plant., 'It was, as it appears from thence, gathered by the miftrefs o f a family, in
the fields (in agris are the words) fried with bacon, and eaten for fupper by the wife, the hulband, and the
three children ; the children in about two hours awaked out of their deep violently fick ; on being’ removed
to the fire they both vomited, and purged, and in about half an hour afterwards they again fell afleep : two
or them continued in this date of ftupor for twenty-four hours, when they awaked, and after more copious
evacuations recovered. The third child awaked not till the third day, and then juft opening its eyes, was
Seized and carried off by convulfions. Thé man being of a robuft conftitution was not fo violently affe’&ed;
put after a longer deep than ufual, went about his bufinefs, feeling no other inconvenience than a burning heat
,n||| chin, to affuage which he was obliged for the whole day to apply cold water. The woman, after being
wore than ufually oppreffed with (leep, found herfelf ill, and did not recover for feveral days.
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