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Spicate Herbs (a curious medley, including Dipsacus, Eryngium, Echinops, Agrimonia, Circaea, Poterium Sanguisorba, Polygonum Persicaria, Trifolium stellatum, T. arvense, and Potamogeton angustifolium).

Herbs bearing Many Seeds together in a Cluster or Button (e.g. Geum, Potentilla, Anemone, Ranunculus, Adonis, Malva).

Herbs considered according to their Seed-vessel:

Of a divided Seed-vessel, which may be called Corniculate (Paeonia, Dictamnus, Delphinium, Aquilegia, Aconitum, Geranium, Scandix).

Of an entire Seed-vessel:

Siliquous:

Papilionaceous Climbing Herbs	} (Papilionaceae).
Papilionaceous Herbs not Climbing

Not papilionaceous (mostly Cruciferae).

Capsulate:

bearing Flowers of Five Leaves (Caryophyllaceae, Hypericaceae, Euphorbia, Linum, Lysimachia, Ruta, Nigella).

whose flowers consist of three or four Leaves (some Cruciferae, Epimedium, Papaver, Verbena, Statice, Veronica).

Campanulate Herbs:

climbing (most Cucurbitaceae and Convolvulaceae):

erect (Campanulaceae, some Solanaceae, Digitalis).

Not campanulate (Primulaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Aristolochia, Vinca).

Bacciferous herbs: may be distinguished according to their Qualities:

Esculent fruit:

more pleasant (Strawberry),

less pleasant (Tomato).

Esculent root (Potato):

Malignant:

of simple leaves (Nightshade, Mandrake),

of compound leaves (Herb Christopher, Paris).

Or Manner of Growth:

being climbers (Bryonia, Tamus, Smilax):

not climbers (Physalis Alkekengi, Cucubalus, Sambucus Ebulus).

OF SHRUBS.

I.	Bacciferous Spinous Shrubs of Deciduous Leaves (the genera Rubus and Rosa, Gooseberry, Sloe, Barberry, Rhamnus, Lycium).
II.	Bacciferous Shrubs of Deciduous Leaves, not Spinous (Vine, Currant, Bilberry, Viburnum, White Beam, Cornus, Prunus Padus, P. Mahaleb, Diospyros, Honeysuckle, Pepper, Daphne, Euonymus, Privet, Salicornia).
III.	Bacciferous Sempervirent Shrubs (Rhamnus Alaternus, Phillyraea, Arbutus, Daphne Laureola, Ruscus, Chamaerops humilis, Laurustinus, Juniper, Myrtle, Ivy, Mistletoe).
IV.	Siliquous Shrubs (Lilac, Cytisus, Colutea, Ulex, Genista, Mimosa).