American Weeds and Useful Plants; Being a Second and Illustrated Edition of Agricultural Botany (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. 1859 Excerpt: ... inch and a half in length. Cymules on short common peduncles, in interrupted terminal spikes; bracteoles lance linear, a little longer than the pedicels. Corolla ochroleucous, with a reddish tinge and purple dots, pubescent; upper lip emarginately bifid, the lower ono crenate dentate, villous at base. Fence-rows, fields, and waste places: introduced. Native of Europe. Fl. June-Aug. Fr. July-September. Obs. This foreigner is so extensively naturalized as to be a rather troublesome weed. The dried herb, m infusion, is a highly popular medicine among the good ladies who deal in simples, --and is probably often useful. But, as a weed on the farm, it is objectionable, and, when permitted to multiply, gives to the premises a very slovenly appearance. 2. JV. Glecho'ma, Benth. Stem procumbent, radicating at base; leaves cordate-reniform, rounded, crenate, all alike; cymules few-flowered, --all distant, axillary; calyx tubular; corolla nearly three times as long as the calyx. Ground Ivy. Ale-hoof. Gill. hr. Lierre terrestre. Germ. Die Gundelrebe. Span. Yedra terrestre. Stem 6-18 inches long, slender and prostrate, --the flowering branches erect or ascending, 4-8 or 10 inches high, 'retrorsely pubescent. Leaves three-fourths of an inch to an inch and a half long, and rather wider than long; petioUs 1-3 inches long. Cymules all distant; bracteoles minute, subulate and ciliate. Corolla blue or purplish-blue (rarely white), pilose--the upper lip bifid. Anthers approximated in pairs, --the cells diverging and presenting the figure of a cross. Fence-rows and moist shaded places: introduced. Native or Europe and Northern Asia. Ft. May-June. Fr. July. Obs. Naturalized about many settlements, and being a mere weed, is often inconveniently abundant. The herb was employed in Engla...