An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases

by William Withering

EXPLANATION.

Fig. 1. The Empalement.

Fig. 2, 3, 4. Four Chives two long and two short. Tips at first large, turgid, oval, touching at bottom, of a yellowish colour, and often spotted; lastly changing both their form and situation in a singular manner.

Fig. 5, 6, 7. Seed-bud rather conical, of a yellow green colour. Shaft simple. Summit cloven.

Fig. 8. Honey-cup a gland, surrounding the bottom of the Seed-bud.

Fig. 9. Seed-vessel, a pointed oval Capsule, of two cells and two valves, the lowermost valve splitting in two.

Fig. 10. Seeds numerous, blackish, small, lopped at each end.