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Show 54. Pi Ab Br RIEMisch ing among them; and thefe, connecting their tops, form avariety of angular figures, fo that the whole tuft of the plant appears as if wrought about with cobwebs. From the centre of the larger of thefe tufts, rifes a ftalk of a foot high, round, thick, flefhy: he lower part it is covered with leaves, out in a manner naked higher up; the leaves there ftanding feparate anddiftant. Thefe are of the fhape of the lowerleaves, but narrower: they are flefhy, and they, as well as the ftalk, ufually are redith. At the top there {pring two or three little The END of the 'T ini Bi Ri BALL. branches, which fpread out and fupport the flowers, Thefe are very large, and of a beauiful red, They are not like thofe of the houfeleek, compofed of twelve petals; but formed of one only, andthat divided but into ten fegments, The feeds are containedin capfules, feveral of which fucceed every flower. It is a commonplant on the Alps, and in manyparts of Switzerland ; where it roots among the moft naked rocks, and when in fower makes a beautiful appearance. C. Bauhinecalls it Sedu BRITISH m tement HERBAL secedeocalaeeealec CiAn Sp SigalV. HIRD C2) Ass; Plants with the flower formed of a sinciE PETAL, plain, and of a regular form, and fucceeded by a@ stnGLE CaPsuLE, ‘Te is a clafs of nature’s forming, and is perfectly diftinc fromall the others; yet the mo+ dern methods in botany do notpreferveit. The plants which compofeit are very numerous: they are the moft plainly and evidently conneéted together by nature, perhaps of any in the whole vegetable kingdom; yet Linnzeus fcatters andfeparates them throughout his works ; and Mr. Ray, who hascollected and preferved them to- gether, includes among them thofe of our fifth or next fucceeding clafs, which have the petal thoughfingle, yet far fromplain. He diftributes thefe by a fubdivifion, under two heads; but they properly conftitute two claffes, Bindweedandthe bell-Aowerare naturally allied by the fhape of their flower, andbelongto the fame clafs; but bindweed and toadflax, though they agree in having a fingle capfule after every flower, andtheir flower compofedof one petal only ; yet are fo palpably andevidently different by the form of that petal, that they are naturally feparated. Bs i, i oe yg Ss Re PRESLEL Ga SHERG SS Poe OsReeth adySt eed eee ecko Bod oe NiASTe hive BelSide@ fas Gig FBG tN Ss B ienieS HENBANE. HYrosGramMit &, HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, and is tubular, anddividedlightly into four fegments ag the rim: thefe are all obtufe, but one is larger than the others. The feed-veffel is a fingle capfule, covered at the top, and dividedinto two parts within. Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia; the threads in the flower being five in number, and the rudiments of the fruit fingle. MV HS AT CaN BRP SE Common Henbane; pointed at the ends, and very deeply notchedat the edges. a : The root is very long, tough, white, woody, 1w i y fibres , woody, tough, heir bafe; and are : they furroundthe long, narrowifh, SP) B Col B 8s; Their colour is a greyifh green, and they have a very ill fmell. The flowers are numerous, fingular, and not without beauty when examined nearly: they are large, and open at the top, of a greyifh dufky colour, a tinét very uncommon in flowers, and full of veins The f eflels follow one after every flower 5 and |
