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Show The BRIT I-S Pas DV4AS.1.0° Naa. BR Pt dt SoH Yellow Hypopitys. ibus numerofis fl The root is fall, and'of an jrregular figure. Tt lies_deep in the ground, and a part of the ftalk is buried alfo with it. The part of the ftalk which appears ab furface is about eight inches in height: it is thick, fiefhy, tender, and of a pale yellow colour: it rifes upright, andis not at all branched. The leaves are thin and filmy, and fcarce deferve that name: they ftand alternately, and adhere to the ftalk by a broad. bafe, whence they diminith gradually to a point: they are alfo of a pale, dufty yellow colour. The flowers growin a thick, fhort fpike at the top of-the’ ftalk, with many of thefe-filmy leaves among them : they are for the moft part covered by thefe films, and rarely come to perfection, excepting one which terminates the clufter, and is more open to the air: the top ufually bends down, \but, swhen “the plant is well noufifhed,: it will-fometinies ftand ‘quite upright: The flower is of the fame yellow colour with the réft.ofithe plants and, when ticely‘examined, is'found'to have ‘the! ten petals idifpofed°in two eries ; the“five “inner petals’ are ‘narrower ; the five outer ones broader, and protuberant on the! Outfide”at the ‘Bale’; within “there “isa hol- eDak Wal 8: QuNl as 2stho ie eto A LL isixv¥ igo SP Seer. 8; low, containing the honey juice: petals fome have called leaves: of a their ufe in carrying this fweet liquor fhe tovbeia part of the flower. When the other flowers ripen, they confift of fewer petals, and are fmaller: the number ufually is eight, fometimes lefs than that. The feed vefiel is large, andthe feeds are ye ry {mall. Wehave it in fome large woods in E but it is not common. Dr. Plot found it j; Oxfordthire,; Dr. Maninghamin Suffex ; and Mr, Doody in Hertfordfhire. I fhewed it in ¢ of art the plant, and are t clofer together toward the top, This fpecies naturally p:odu ces or a finele flower: it is sed; not at the es mity of r it; and as the whole top er hangs downward : it is very f a beautiful ftraw colour: it is d of ten petals in two feries, as in the of this genus; but the innerfive are final! t ! 2 and are fometimes Wanting : this has occafioned I Gio. plenty, insthe year1745, to the Dukeof R mond in Charlton foreft, Suffex, whence deavoured to make it live in Goodwood ¢ s, but in vain; we tried it in many parts of the fheltered grounds, but it all failed : | improbably, fome mayhave fincerifen tl the feattered feeds. We foundthe tr Ray’s obfervation, that it begins to fir when it is fading, ‘and not while in its the-fcent.is agreeable, but very fingular. Mr. Ray-erred.in the placing of this plant: he-has:put it among thofe with four-leaved Sowers and a fingle capfule, Ray calls it Hypopitys lutea, Plot, Hypopitys 7fi22.. Theroot is fmall, fhort, thick, notched, and white. No more than the rootis buried in the ground in this fpecies; the whole plant being above the furface, in the ufual manner. The ftalks are round, flender, of a pale brown colour, and about four inches high, Theleaves are placed irregularly‘upon them ; and they are oblong, narrowat the bafe, broader to the end, arid hollowed in the mannerofa fpoon, They are of the fame brown colour with the ftalk. The flowers flandin a fhort*fpike at the top, and are not buried among the leaves that rife there, but have fhort footftalks that thruft them forward, and keep themclear. “Phey-are mall, and iof a fainter colour than the reft’of ‘the plant. The feed:-veffel is large: and ribbed: and the ‘ feeds-aye’ very: minute. It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in Augutt B Plukenet calls it Orodanche Verbafculi odore and fuppofes it to be the:fame with the preced- ing; buterroneoully, . ‘2. Hypopitys: with:rounded. leave s Fiypopitys foliis fabrotundis, 7Z22,, 70 The'rootconfifts of a few ftraggling, irregular fibres, H HERBAL, 223 : who have feen it to call the flower pentaalous ; but its proper number of petals is ten, as in the reft ofthis genus. The feed-veffel is large andftriated : the feedy are numerous and{mall. It is a native of North America, and flowers in April. Gronovius calls it Monotropa flore nutante. We have no knowledgeofthe virtues of thefe plants, nor do they feem‘to pofiefs any worthy enquiry. oall 7s Il. WAT ERI Lt Y, NYMPH & A, HE flower is compofed of numerous petals, regularly difpofed, and fixed to the fide of the germen: the -feed=veffe l is large and oval, with a narrow neck 3 itis juicy, and contains a pulpy Matter, with numerous large feeds: the cupis large and coloured; it is compofed offive, or in fome Species, only of fourleaves and itremains with the fruit after the floweris fallen. Linneus places this among:the polyandria monogynia; the threads in the flower being numerous; -d to the receptacle, and’the ftyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. DOV 1S: i Omen ol. BR IT 1S A lytea verbafculi adore. Shak Cul 8, having a power to prevent venereal defires; but this is idle. Bode dy GeNoy-8.PE Cal iE.S: 2: Yellow Water-lilly: Nymphaa lutea, +, 'Mollow-leaved Hypopitys, Hypopitys foliis cavis, Bb Rot | of .a- paler. colour and theyar manner naked till near the top: its colour is pale yellow, andit is never at all branched: th height is about fix inches. ‘Toward the bottom of the ftalk there fta few very {mall films inftead ofleaves: th placed irregularly, and at confiderable dift Avlittle higher up thefe films growlarg¢ are fet in pairs; and near the top they fpread into fmall, roundedleaves, placedalfo in pairs. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk in a {mall tuft, or fhort, thick fpike: two ofthele rounded leaves are fituated juft underthe fpike, and ufually there are many others among the flowers. The flowers themfelves are fmall and yellow: the feed-veffels alfo are fmall, oval, andftriated; and the feeds are very minute. It is common in the woods of North America, and flowers in July. Plukenet calls it Orobanche Virginiana 1: Sirofa fummo caule foliis fubrotundis. The exter- nal appearanceofthefe plants has occafioned moft authors to confound them in name with the ochanche, or broomrape, though the flowers até fo perfectly different. 3- Hypopitys with a fingle drooping flower: Hypopitys flore folitario nutante. 7 Therootis fmall and inconfiderable. The ftalk is thick, tender, upright, four inche high, of a pale yellowifh colour, and covered withlittle films by way ofleaves, 2 Thefe Plo: 3228D ted on fingle footftalks: The rootis very long and thick, of a fmooth nd, ‘thick, fpungy, and of a great furface, except that the outer fkin in fome places from the furface of the mud | cracks and chops; ahd of a white colour: it fends out numetous large fibres, and itfelf runs obliquely into. the mud. The leaves are fupported each onits feparate y are very e; and of id of a beautiful bright but agreeable fmell: e, and roundifh; bar drawn in at the neck, and there crowned with a dentated rim. The feeds are large, roundifh, and contained in a great quanitty of pulp. It is common in our brooks and rivers, and tsin Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Nymphaea 4jor. Others, only Nymphea A t of this fpecies is greatly recommend. ent. 2 ive the juicelofit for the nowder ofof 1j powaer footftalk : thefe are very long, light, {mooth, andfull of a fpungypith: the leaves themfelves are very large, and of an oblong figure, but approaching to round, andof a bright green colour; The flowers are alfo fupported fingly on very long footftalks: they are large ; but what ap- pears at firft fight to be the flower is, in this, as in the preceding fpecies, the cup: this is compofed offive leaves, which are very broad and yellow, and furroundthe petals: thefe are {mall, and they are alfo yellow; and they are placed in twoferies. Thefeed-veffel is large, and of a pear-fafhioned fhape; and the feeds are round, large, and furmatter. ith a pithy rour It is common in large waters, where, if they be not deep, the leaves and flowers rife above the furface; though the plant will flower and n its feeds when manyfeet under water, C. Bauhine calls it Nymphea lutea major: Ou thers, fimply Nymphealutea, There is another plant called Yellow water-lilly by the common writers, and diftinguifhed by more accurate, under the name of Nymph- 5, the Yellow water-lilly with fringedflowers; but this, being of a different ¢lafs, has been de' {cribed before, inits place. Deriving: |
