[ 5 5 7 1
F O N T I N A L I S minor.
Lejfer Water-mofs.
J i b
C R Y P T O G A M I A Mufct.
G en. Char. Capfule with a lid and veil, feffile, en-
clofed in am imbricated calyx.
Spec. Char. Leaves ovato-lanceolate, concave, acute,
in three ranks. Fructification terminal. Calyx-
leaves pointed.
Syn. Fontinalis minor. Linn. Sp. P i. 15 7 1 * Hudf.
4 6 8 . With. 7 8 8 . A l lo t 2 3 1 . Dick/. Dr. PI. 1 7 .
F . minor, foliis triangularibus, minus complicatis,
capitulis in fummis ramulis feffilibus. Dill, in
Rati Syn. 7 9 .
F . triangularis minor carinata, e cymis capfulifera.
Dill. Mufc. 2 5 7 . t. 3 3 . ƒ . 2 .
A F IG U R E o f th e m o f t c om m o n Fontinalis h a s b e e n given
i n o u r t. 359. T h e minor is a m u c h m o r e r a re fp e c ie s, a n d is
c h ie f ly fo u n d o n th e w a lls w h ic h em b a n k th e T h am e s a t L am b
e th ; a n d f rom th e n c e , h e r e a n d th e r e , u p to W a n d fw o r th or
f u r th e r . T h e R e v . M r . A b b o t f e n t th i s fp e c im e n f rom th e m ill-
d am a t O a k le y , B e d fo rd fh ire , th e p la c e in d ic a te d in h is Flora
Bedfordierifis la te ly p u b lifh e d .
T h is a g re e s w i th th e a b o v e -m e n tio n e d lp e c ie s m h a b it,
b u t its item s a n d b r a n c h e s a r e ih o r te r , a n d leaves n o t fo c om -
p re fle d . I t s effe n tia l d iffe ren c e s h ow e v e r refid e in th e fru c tific
a tio n , w h ic h is te rm in a l, n o t l a t e r a l ; th e c ap fu le s a r e m ore
R e n d e r, a n d H an d o n m u c h m o r e e v id e n t fo o tfta lk s w i th in th e
c a ly x , i n w h ic h refpeCt th e y d ifa g re e f om ew h a t w ith th e g e n e r
ic c h a r a f t e r ; th e c a ly x -le a v e s m o re o v e r a re { h a rp -p o in te d ,
n o t b lu n t a s in th e F . antipyretics. ; . )t
L in n a e u s c h a r a c te r iz e s th is m o fs “ joins pajjim gemims, ^
a n d a d d s u n d e r n e a th “ folia in ramis crajjioribus gemma;
w h i c h e x p la in s h is m e a n in g , t h a t th e leaves a re n ow a n d then*
o r h e r e a n d th e r e , i n p a ir s . H i s e rro n e o u fly u f in g th e word
paflim, a s M r . H u d f o n d o e s, to ex p re is f om e thm g o t rare
o c c u r r e n c e , w h e r e a s i t m e a n s th e rev e rfe , a th in g fo u n d at every
Jlep, h a s le d D r . W i th e r in g a n d M r . A b b o t in to a m ilta k e n
tr a n f la tio n o f th e fpecific c h a r a c te r in q u e ftio n .