Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
History
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Botany -- Great Britain -- History
Liber III. Olera et Oleracea; most Cruciferae, Polygonaceae, and
Chenopodiaceae, with some of the Compositae.
Liber IV. Other Compositae; _Delphinium_, _Fumaria_; the
Umbelliferae (so named); _Valeriana_.
Liber V. Some Solanaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae;
_Gentiana_, _Plantago_, _Pyrola_, _Statice_, _Sarracenia_,
_Nymphaea_, _Trapa_, _Sagittaria_, _Arum_, _Asarum_, and some
Compositae.
Liber VI. _Viola_; _Cheiranthus_, _Matthiola_, _Alyssum_,
_Hesperis_; some Caryophyllaceae; _Polygala_, _Specularia_,
_Glaux_, _Linum_, _Cuscuta_, most Labiatae and Scrophulariaceae;
_Primula_, &c.
Liber VII. _Lysimachia_, _Epilobium_, _Oenothera_, _Lythrum_, some
more Labiatae, Scrophulariaceae, and Caryophyllaceae; Boraginaceae;
some Compositae; _Alisma_; _Scabiosa_; _Hypericum_; Crassulaceae;
_Aloe_; _Euphorbia_.
Liber VIII. Various climbing plants; _Convolvulus_, _Smilax_,
_Humulus_, _Vitis_; _Clematis_, _Lonicera_, _Hedera_; and
Cucurbitaceae: also Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, some Liliaceae,
Malvaceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, with other genera scattered among
them, as _Aristolochia_, _Dentaria_, _Paeonia_, _Geranium_.
Liber IX. Rubiaceae; _Ruta_, _Thalictrum_; the remainder of the
Leguminosae.
Liber X. Cryptogams in general: with a few scattered Phanerogams
such as _Drosera_, _Oxalis sensitiva_, L. (_Herba viva foliis
polypodii_); _Mimosa pudica_ (_Herba Mimosa foliis Foenugraeci
sylvestris_); _Lemna_; and the remaining Compositae, the Thistles,
with _Eryngium_, _Dipsacus_, and _Acanthus_.
Liber XI. Trees and Shrubs: Leguminous and Rosaceous; also _Rhus_,
_Laurus_, _Fraxinus_, _Juglans_, _Castanea_, _Fagus_, _Quercus_,
_Corylus_, _Tilia_, _Ulmus_, _Betula_, _Alnus_, _Populus_, _Acer_,
_Platanus_, _Ricinus_.
Liber XII. _Mespilus_, _Crataegus_, _Berberis_, _Ribes_,
_Sambucus_, _Ficus_, _Opuntia_, _Morus_, _Arbutus_, _Laurus_,
_Daphne_, _Cistus_, _Myrtus_, _Vaccinium_, _Buxus_, _Olea_,
_Salix_, _Ligustrum_, _Phillyrea_, _Rhamnus_, _Rubus Rosa_,
_Tamarix_, _Erica_, Coniferous plants, _Palma_.
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