Autikon Botanikon; Icones Plantarum Select. Nov. Vel Rariorum, Plerumque Americana, Interdum African. Europ. Asiat. Oceanic &C. Centur, XXV.--Botanical Illustrations by Select Specimens or Self-Figures in 25 Centuries of 2500 Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Vines, (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...female.t 700, Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. new ft. 758--Arkanzas. This 7th Century includes 20 new Genera, whereof 5 now first described, besides 40 new species of mine, whereof 25 are now described, all Endogenous plants with a few shrubs. CENTURTA VIII. 701, Galax. erythrorhiza Raf. aphyla L. Erythr. rotundif. Mx. Pyrola urceolata Poiret Rad--Unaka Mts. very rare.t 702, Pterospoka andromedea Nut, Raf. med. fl. t. 78. Monotropa procera Torrey--near Albany j very rare and curious. PYROLA of L. divided into 4 subg. in my Medical Flora 1830, which may be deemed Genera and others must be added. Radius had only 14 sp. in his monograph, and altho' I lack 3 I will now illustrate 32, see till 734.. 703, Pyrola eUiptica Nut. not in Radius unless blended, easily known by the thin elliptic leaves; this and all the akin with declinate flexuose style, and flowers racemose nodding belong to my Streptilia real type of Pyrola, subg. of 1830--North America. 704, Pyrola petiolaris Raf. sol. 4-5 longe petiol ovatis ve ellipt. utrinque acutis integris, supra subreticul. scapo angul. squama ad basis obl. acuta, raccmo 8-I5A. bract. obl. ac. pedic. eq.--Bohemia, sent me as P. rotiindif. unmeaning name applied to 6sp. not that of Radius: petiols biuncial, leaves uncial rather thin, flowers middle size, caudex scaly, scape pedal. 705, Pyr. bifolia Raf. sol. 2 petiol. eq. elliptsubrot. obt. vel acutis integris, supra maculati vix reticulatis, scapo angul. squamis 2 obt. ac. racemo 10-12A. bract. ped eq.--Germany, sent me also as P. rotundif. only 2 unequal leave smaller spotted, flowers rather large, bracts similar to scales. 706, Pyr. reticulata Raf (rotundif. Am. bot.) sol. 3-4 pet. subeq. subrotundis vel obov. subintegris obt. supra reticul. nervosis, interdum macuhs reticul. scap...