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(seq. 6)
Leaf of Scoonk Cabbage 14 inch wide — 19 inch long from ye stem ot ye apex — 3 ye stem 20 inch — The leaf 3 feet 3 inch from ye ground to ye apex.
Dr. Fisher's fungus seeds exceeding small & oblong
(seq. 7)
1 Botanical discriptions of Plants — 1783 Book III
June 16th — No. 141
Nightshade. Bitter Sweet. Solanum Lignosum Pentand — Monog —
Calyx — permanet perianth — of one leaf — 5 erect acute segments
Corol — One Petal a single rotated petal. Limb 5 long, acuminated reflex, segments.
Stam — 5 very short subulated, erect, filaments. Anthera, oblong Pistilconnivent & contigent. They are very long, & adhere to one another so closely as not to be easily seperated. rise from tube
Pistil. Germen, roundish — Style filiform, longer yn Stama. — Stigma obtuse.
Fruit — Roundish —
(seq. 8)
2 Seeds — Berry
Root — oblong, slender, fibres nu= =merous
Stalk — Woody towars ye root — upper branches soft — sometimes 4 or 5 feet high in hedges & sides of walls on wh it rests —
Leaves — Leaves stand single, on long pedicles, ye lower leaves ab ovate acuminated at apices — ye upper hal= =bert shaped.
Flowers stand on long pedicles arising several rising from one common pedicle — Calyx of a dark green — ye Corol a bright purple, with with whitish green spouts just without ye tube — Which is I supposed ye nectaria — The Antherae, a long bright yellow cylinder.
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3 June 16th No. 142 —
Mazerion Bitter-Sweet — Pentand — Monog — Liver Twig. Indurated tumours, Women breasts — cows bags
Calyx — permenant, Perianth cup. broad at base — 5 erect acuminated segments. Nectaria in bottom cup.
Corol — 5 oblong, reflex, greenish, yellow white petals.
Stam — 5 erect, subulated filamts inserted into ye tube of ye Calyx between ye petals of corrol — Anthera, globular, erect, & stand very close together oblongo — obiculate — connivent, or incling to one another & standing close together.
Pistil — Germ. below ye cup — Style cylind — shorter yn stamn Stigma capitate.
Fruit — Berry { pale red when ripe — of a sweet sickish tast — 3, 4,& 5 seeds in ye pulp — oblong & prety large — ye pulp a perty deep red.
Root — cylindrical, single, with small fibres — runs at a great distance just
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4 just under ye surface of ye ground, about ye size of ye fingers
Stalk — of ye size of ye Root — rise single — woody, but can not support it self — twines around trees or bushes — like ye hops vine, perrenial — & will rise 10 or 15 feet. Woody branches grow from ye main shrub.
Leaves — Stand alternate along ye young shoots — ovate, acuminated at apex, finely serrated. smooth, deep green on ye upper & light greem on ye lower side. 2 1/2 inch broad, 4. long.
The flowers stand along ye end of ye young shoots, or rise from ye ala of ye upper leaves — on branched shoots pedicles & form appear an open spike.
# The flowers are of a greenish white.
# The flowers grow a long flower stalk in an a panicle at ye ends of branches.