Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].

Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.

Date:: 1855

Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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K. 398 glutinosa TV. 399 lineatlfolia Lag 400 eegyptiaca TV. 401 cretica W. 402 paniculata TV. 403 africana TV. 404 colorata W. 405 officinalis TV. lanceolate hirsute narrow-leaved azure-flowered pale scarlet blue Peruvian O or 0 or iAI or A or E3 or 1 Al or Mexican J* i | or germander -tt i I or grey jh \ I or Spanish O or late-flowering -ti \ | or Dominica [Al or lime-leaved lAI or many-spiked lAI or small-flowered iAJ or shining-leaved -at \ | or scarlet-flower'd-t* i I or pretty iAJ or bitter iAJ or glutinous A or lime-leaved J* i 1 or Egyptian O or Cretan Jet or panicled -t* i | or African -±* i | or colored calyx ja \ ] or 4 2 1 1 1 2 6 3 2 2 1| 2 1| 4 * 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 jl.au jn.s ap.n d.ja ap.s jl.au jl Sp. 9i B Pk P Y B B P B my.s B my.jn B jn.jl B au B jn.au Pit mr.ap B my.jl jn.s jn.s jn.au jl jn.au o.d my.jn B ap.o S ap.o S o.f S jl.au B jn.s Y S B B Pr.B B W B.c B garden jn-jl jn.au jn.au ap.jn jl.au jn.jl W V V V B R.C N. Amer. 1761. D r.l N. Amer. 1771. D r.l N. Amer. 1789. 1) r.l Bot. Cab. 1396 N. Amer. 1821. 1) r.l N. Amer. 1761. D r 1 N. Amer. 1813. D p.l Pursh. fl. am. t.l N. Amer. 1752. I) r.l Bot. mag. 546 N. Amer. 1798. 1> r.l Pluk. al.t.164. f.3 N. Amer. 1798. D r.l N. Amer. 1714. s S.p Bot. reg. 87 S. Europe 1548. c CO Fl. gTSX. 1. t. It Chile 1795. c 8.1 -170. Candia 1699. c P.l Fl. gra>c. 1. 1.15 Levant 1823. c CO Canaries 1697. c Lp Tr. pi. rar. 2. t.19 C. G. H. 1731. c p.l Bot. mag. 182 C. G. H. 1774. n 1 p.l Barbary 1798. C S.1 Schousb. 6. t. 1 1823. c CO Levant 1731. c s.1 Boerh. 1. 1.167 Siberia 1795. G CO Bot. mag. 1429 1813. s CO Jac. eel. 2.1.13 1801. g Mexico 1806. c CO Cav. ic. t. 317 Carolina 1806. c CO Bot. mag. 1728 S. Amer. 1797. c s.p Jac. ic. 2. t. 209 Peru 1821. c CO Jac. eel. 1. t. 47 Mexico 1724. c p.l Cav. ic. 1.1. 26 Mexico 1795. c p.l Bot. mag. 808 S. Amer. 1813. c p.l Spain 1739. D p.l Bot. reg. 359 Ohio 1803. c s.1 Jac. ic. rar. 1.1.3 W. Indies 1759. c s.p Sw.ob.18. t.l. f.l S. Amer. 1793. c p.] Jac. sch. 3. t. 254 Mexico 1822. c CO Jac. sch. 3. t. 318 Cuba 1823. c CO Peru 1783. c pi Bot. mag. 376 S. Amer. 1774. p 1 Murr 1778 t 1 S. Amer. 1821. c CO Mexico 1803. c s.p Bot. reg. 347 Germany 1796. c CO Mor.h.3. t,13.f.l8 Mexico 1823. c CO Egypt 1770. s CO Jac. vind. 2. t.108 Crete 1760. c CO Riv. mon. t. 128 C. G. H. 1758. c p.l Mill. ic. t.225. f.l C. G. H. 1731. c p.l Com. hort.2. t.91 C. G. H. 1758. c s-P Mill if t 995 f 9 -U Ml. I( L.ZZD. I - S. Europe 1597. c CO Ger. herb.623.f.l 36 'Wife® History, Use, Propagation, Culture, are aromatic, and resemble mint in their habits and mode of culture. The leaves of M. didyma are sometimes used as tea in North America ; its flowers are of a very brilliant scarlet. 61. Rosmarinus. Two Latin words signifying dew of the sea. The shrub grows in the southern parts of Europe in the vicinity of the sea. R. officinalis yields, by distillation, a light-pale essential oil of great fra- grance, which is imparted to rectified spirit. It was formerly recommended for strengthening the nervous sys- tem, headaches, &c. as well as to strengthen the memory. Hence the allusion of the poet, there's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Rue in former times signified grace; and rosemary, repentance. Rosemarv was considered as an emblem of fidelity in lovers ; it was worn at weddings and funerals, and on the latter occa- sions is still in some parts of Wales distributed among the company, who throw the sprigs in the grave along with the corpse. It is the principal ingredient in Hungary water, and is drunk as tea for headaches, and by nervous persons. It prefers a lean dry soil, or rubbish of old buildings ; and when it has established itself on a wall, will resist the greatest cold of our winters. Its introduction is beyond record, and was probably by the monks in the dark ages. 62. Salvia. From salvere, to save, on account of its supposed healing qualities. This large and very natural$