. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 119. ^iidrosae*miim officiniile. Derivalian. From aner, andros, a man, and haima, blood; the capsules, when crushed between the Sngers, giving out a blood-coloured juice. Tutsan is a corruption of loule saine, all heal; and it was applied to the plant formerly from its supposed vulnerary
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 119. ^iidrosae*miim officiniile. Derivalian. From aner, andros, a man, and haima, blood; the capsules, when crushed between the Sngers, giving out a blood-coloured juice. Tutsan is a corruption of loule saine, all heal; and it was applied to the plant formerly from its supposed vulnerary properties. Gen. Char. Capsak baccate; usually 1-celled. Ca/^a: 5-parted, with unequal lobes. Petals 5. Sti/tes 3. Stamens numerous, disposed in 3 sets. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, sub-evergreen. Flowers terminal. The whole plant closely resembling a i^ypericum. — Suffruticose. Indi- genous in Britain. J* a- 1. A: OFFICINALE Allioni. The officinal Androsaemum, or common Tnlanv. Identification. All. Ped., No. 1440 ; Dec. Prod., I. p. 543.; Don's Mill., 601. Synonymes. Cl;?menon Italbrum 7>'0M; Hypericum/(ndrosic'mum Lin., Willd., Smith, and Hooker; Park Leaves (because it is fre- quently found wild in parks) ; Andros^me officinale, Fr. ; breit- bliittriges (broad-leaved) Johanniskraut, Ger.\ Ciciliaaa/ia^. Engravings. Blackw., t. 94. ; Eng. Bot., i andourjSg. 119. in flower, and fig. 120. showing the fruit. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, and somewhat heart- shaped, sessile, widely sprending. A sub-evergreen, suffruticose shrub, forming a dense bush, with many stems. Europe; and in England in moist shady woods. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Flowers yellow, 1 in. across ; July to September. Capsule brownish purple, and lastly, almost black ; ripe in October. The fruit is an ovate capsule, assuming the appearance of a berry: it 'S at first yellowish green, then red or brownish purple; and, lastly, almost black when ripe. The juice of the capsules
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