Skip to main content

‹‹‹ prev (134)

(136) next ›››

(135)
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 77
leaves of this plant, and then inftantly {training
it, and laying it afide for two or three days 'till
it acquires a degree of acidity. This milk they
are extremely fond of; and when once made
they need not repeat the ufe of the leaves
as above, for a fpoonful, or lefs of it, will tura
another quantity of warm milk, and make it
like the firft, and fo on as often as they pleafc
to renew their food.
P. fcapo villofo. Lin.Sp.pl. 25. (FL Ldp.t. 12./.
2. et. Vid. 'Fig. noji,)
Little flefli-color'd Butterwort. Anglis,
I found it in Strath-Swardk, in the ifle of Skie^ in
a bog juft by Mr. M'Kennon's^ of Coryattachatty
and on the fide of a mountain there call'd Ben-
m-Caillicb. '^. VII.
Obf. The leaves are reticulated with red veins :
the ftalk Is (lightly hairy, and about two inches
high : the flower is flefli-color*d •, and the whole
plant, in all its parts, five times fmaller than the
preceding.
UTRICULARIA. Lin. Gen. 31.
Cor. ringens, calcarata. CaL 2-phyllus, asqualis-
Caps. unilacularis.
UTRICULARIA nedlario conico, fcapo pauci-
floro. Lin. Sp. pi. 26. (Petiver.Her. Brit. T. ^6.f,
II. Oed. Dan, t, i^S.opt.)
Common Hooded Milfoil. Anglis.
In deep ditches and ftagnant waters, as in GuIUoH'
Loch. Dr. Parfons, K. VII.
Obi.

Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence