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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).


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


 * Papilionaceous Climbing Herbs
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 * Papilionaceous Herbs not Climbing
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 * 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).
 * being climbers (Bryonia, Tamus, Smilax):
 * not climbers (Physalis Alkekengi, Cucubalus, Sambucus Ebulus).

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