MERCURIALIS Lin. Gen. PI. D ioecia Enneandria.
Masc. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. o. Slam. g-f. iz . Antherce globofe
dldymae. °
Fa:m. Cal. 3-partims. Cor. o. Styli 2. Caff, dicocca, 2-locularisä
1-iperma.
f° liis gIabris’ floribus •picMis* Lin. Syß; Yegetab. f,. 746,
Ca716i6o o ° 3 blacIllat0’ foliis “ njugatis, ovaro lanceoiatis, gIabris. Haller hip
. Cynocrambe Scopoli FI. Cam. to. 1226.
tefticulata, five mas Diofc. et Plinii. Bauhin pin. 121. ‘
fpicata, five ftemina, Diofc. et Plinii. Bauhin pin. le t .
vulgaris mas et femina. Park. 295.
mas et femina. Ger. cmac. 332.
anM ? iIa b r/VUJga 7s’ , Ä f * * • A J39-tludjon. M. Angl. ed. 2. p. 435. French Mercury, the male and female,
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
MERCURIALIS
RADIX annua, fibrofa, alba.
CAULIS pedalis ad fefquipedalem, erefius, glaber,
ad bafjn ufque ramofus, geniculatus, geniculis
incralfatis, fubcompreflis, anceps, idque
alteme. 1
RAMI alterne oppofiti, foliofi, cauli fubfimiles.
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovata, obtufiufeula, pa-
tentia, ball biglandulofa, obtufe ferrata, ad
lentem ciliata, utrinque glabra, lucidiufcula
venofa.
PETIOLI foliis multo breviores, glabri, fupra cana-
liculati.
STIPULyE quatuor, ad genicula, utrinque binas
minimas.
PEDUNCULI florum mafc. axillares, oppofiti, erefti,
nudi, filiformes, foliis longiores, fubtetra-
' goni, fuperne proferentes glomerulos plures
florum, feffiles, odore fambuci.
I ROOT annual, fibrous, o f a white colour.
i* STA LK a foot or a foot and a half high, upright*
| fmooth, branched quite to the bottom*
| jointed, the joints fwelled, and fomewhat
f flattened, a prominent line runs on each
fide o f the ftalk, from one joint to another*
| . and that alternately.
| BRANCHES alternately oppofite, leafy, fomewhat
| like the ftalk.
| LEAVES oppofite, {landing on footftalks, ovate,
bluntifh, fpreading, having two glands at
the bafe, obtufely ferrated, if magnified
edged with hairs, fmooth on each fide*
| fomewhat glofly, and veiny,
f LEAF-STALKS much (horter than the leaves
| fmooth, channelled above.
Y STIPULaE four at each joint, two on each fide, very
f minute. ■ 7
-§ FLOWER-STALKS o f the male flowers axillary,
oppofite, upright, naked, filiform, longer
| ^an the leaves, fomewhat four-cornered*
producing towards the top, federal round,
feftile, fmall clufters of flowers, having the*
a fmell of elder.
$ CALYX . a Peri a n t h ium deeply divided into three
I , fegments, which are ovate, pointed, and
f fpreading, fig. 1.
f COROLLA wanting.
| STAMINA: generally nine Filaments, white and
very fine 5 A ntpieras double, and yellow,
% f i g * 2.
$ FEMALE FLOWERS on a feparate plant,
f FLOWER-STALKS axillary, {horter than the leaves,
generally fuftaining two flowers ; among the
female flowers we fometimes find an imper-
CALYX : Pe rianthium tripartitum,- foliolis ovatis,
| feft male flower Handing on a longer foot-
$ ftalk.
| CALYX as in the male, except that the leaves are a
* little fmaller, fig. q.
COROLLA wanting.
| NECTARIES two, tapering, one growing fingly on
0 each fide of the gerrnen, fig. 4.
J‘ PISTILLUM : G er men roundifli, double, flattened,
hifpid ; Style fcarce any; Stigmata two,
f tapering, fpreading, on the upper fide hifpid
1 length wife, f ig . 5.
■ | SEED-VESSEL a twin C apsule, prickly, having
$ two cavities.
•> SEED one in each cavity, globular, chefnut coloured
p without, white within.
acutis, patentibus, fig. 1.
COROLLA nulla.
STAMINA: Filamenta plerumque novem, alba,
capillaria; A n th er s didymje, flavse, fig. 2.
pLORES F^MINEI in diftinfla planta.
“EDUNCULI axillares, foliis breviores, fepius biflori,
inter flores faemineos aliquando obfervatur
mafculus imperfects, longius produ&us.
CALYX ut in mare; nifi quod foliola paulo minora,
COROLLA nulla.
«ECTARIA duo, fubulata, utrinque ad latus ger-
minis folitaria, Jig. 4.
ISTILLUM: G ermen fubrotundum, didymum,
compreffum, hirpidum ; St y lu s ,vix ullus •
Stigmata duo, fubulata, patentia, Iongitu-
Br„ , dinaliter fuperne hifpida, fig. r.
ERICAcu™ M: Capsui‘a 3idyma, e?hhinata, bilo-
SEMEN unicum in fingulo loculamento globofun
extus caftaneum, intus album.
M a r t o Fm n ir bu/foun^ I ' l *Pecie!‘ V of French Mercury, as it is not
lea-beach near Rw!* in in r \\r u * Va j 6? P aGes : ^ AY mentions it as growing plentifully on the
» S ? agt ca 11 eifBroofcland, in
11 trade places, by the lides of roads, and in L e g g e d ^ T o n L ™ “ “ h “
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