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Show The BRTTIS HW: Ge US beeNa, MARSH HER BA L. Theé’ BR ET-+1 $:H GO VI. Ne (WER B Ad Ue S IX. ASPARAGUS. WHORTLE. ASP) AOR AGES, oxrcoccus. HE floweris formed of a fingle petal, which is hollowed like a bell; and is divided at the edge T into four feements, which turn backwards. The cup is extremely fmall, and remains after the flower. The fruit is a berry, of a roundifh form, and dividedinto four cells. The feeds are few and minute. and the Linnzus places this among the ofandria monogynias the threads in the, flower being eight, in ftyle fromthe rudiment of the fruit fingle. He joins it with the vacciniums from whichit differs kinds. effential characters, as we fhall fhew when we come to the fhrubby HE flower is formed of a fingle petal: this is oblong, hollow, anddivided to the very bafe into fix narrow fegments; three of which ftand inward, andturn back at the ends. There is within into three cells, nocup. The fruit is a roundberry, with a dent at the top; andit is d in each of which there are two feeds. Linneus places this among the hexandria monogynia s the threads in the flower being fix, and the ftyle from the rudiment of the fruit fingle. The oxycoceus is a plant of whichthere is properly but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Det VES 1 ON, TL BpRe betel Soe seo Cal Bice Britain. Marfh Whortle Berry. Oxycoccus vulgaris, « Aly Cn 1h The root creeps underthe furface ; andis long, thick, and redifh. The ftalks are numerous and weak: they are very flender, of a purplifh colour, not much branched, and four or five inches long: they fupport themfelves at beft but irregularly ; and, when loaded with fruit, always lie upon the ground. Theleaves are {mail, and of a bright green : Grmioe Noss they are broad at the bafe, fharp-pointed ; and they have no footftalks. The flowers ftand on long, flender pedicles; and are of a faint red. The berries are longifh, and of a deep red when ripe. It is found on boggy grounds in Warwick hhire, and in fome other places, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Vitis idea palufris, The berries are cooling and fubaftringent: they will ftop bloodyftools, and they ftrengthen the ftomach. Ul oS VII. MOSCHATEL L. MOS G A AT BOLD IN A HE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is hollowed, and divided into four orinto five fegments at the edge. ‘The cupis formed ofa fingle piece, and is fplit as it were into two parts, The fruit is a round berry, growing between the cup and the flower. The feeds are four, and each is held in a feparate cell. The clufter of flowers grows in a kind of fquare head. Linnzus places this among the oéfandria polygynia; the threads in the ower being eight, and the ftyles from the fruit numerous. This author takes away the received name of the plant, and calls it adoxa. We have inthis anotherinftance of the uncertainty of taking charaéters from the number of threads in the flower. We have fhewnthis in two plants evidently of the fame genus in the Herba Paris; but os we ue itin the flowers of the fame plant. The flower, which grows at the topof the clufter, has the number of parts here firft named, the fegments being four, and alfo the threads four within; but in allthe other flowers on the fame ftalk the fegments are five, and the threads in the fame manner five. OF this, as of the former genus, there is but one known {pecies, and that is a native of Britain. ° Tuberous Mofchatell. There ufually grows a fingle leaf on each, and Mafchatellina tuberofa. 7@4ér15- that toward the middle: it is like thofe fromthe The toot is fmall, thick, of an irregular fir and pale brown colour. gure, The leaves are large, andtheyare fupported root, but fmaller, and of a paler green. The flowers ftand at the top in a fhort, thick, fquare clufter : they are of a greenifhcolour, with a tinge of whitith and yellowith. on long footftalks: they are divided rudely into three parts; and thefe again notched into three at the ends, where they terminate obtufely. Theftalks are about three inc’ hes high: they are flender, whitifh, and weak. The berries are fmall and red It is frequent at the fides of ae in th earch that lies under tree C. Bauhine calls it A telling diétus. 1, CommonAfparagus. Afparagus vulgaris. b BGI The root is compofed of a vat number of long, thick, brown fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, of a pale green, and a yard high, ‘The branches are regularly difpofed upon it: they begin about the middle, and growfhorter fromthence all the way up. The leaves are very numerous: they are extremely flender, andofa pale green. The flowers are fmall, and of a greenifh white : they are placed on fhort footftalks upon the branches. The berries are large, and of a bright red. Tt is commonwild about our weftern fea-coafts, and flowers in July. The young fhoots there are thick but in gardens culture renders them and more tend it Afparagus. i pratenfis ; anddelicate; muchlarger J. Bauhine, and others, It is a plant of great virtues. The fhoots, as we eat them at table, operate powerfully by urine, but the roots much more. on of them is excellent againft the gr theyaifo open obftructions ofthe vi 2. Thick-leaved Afparagus. The root is compofed of numerous, thick fibres. and ayard high. The ftalk is round, upris fpofed, as in the The branches common Theleaves ate fhorter and thicker; but they have no mo: adth than in that. e flowers are whitifh, and the berries are of a bright red. It is found in our weftern counties near rivers that have falt-water from tides. It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it A/paragus maritimus crafSiore folio. DiVis iON. REI GNovsaP E°CsDE S, 1. Prickly Afparagus. 2. Starry-leaved / Afparagus [pinofus. FE The root is compofed of numerous, thick fibres. The ftalks are firm, upright, round, gloffy, of a pale green, very much branched, and five feet high. The leaves are numerous, and of a fine deep green ; four orfive rife together on different parts of the branches; and they all terminate in prickles. The flowers are fmall and whitifh: they ftand on fhort footftalks, and foon fade. Theberries are large, round, and red. Tt is commonabout hedges in Italy, and flowers in June. C; Bavhine calls it A/paragus faliis acutis. Others, Afparagus [pinofus, and Corrude. Afparagus foliis f The rootis fmall and fibrous. The ftalks are numerous, round, jointed, and of a pale green, the joints being paler than the reft. The leaves are long, narrow, of a deep green, and fharp-pointed : they grow in clufters at the extremities and on the fides of the branches, like the rays ofa ftar. The flowers are fall and greenith. The berries are large and red. It isa native of Africa, and flowers in July. Plukenet calls it 4/paragus Africanus tenuifolius viminalibus virgis foltis laricis adinfiar ex uno puntto frellatim difpofitis. The virtues of thefe feveral kinds are faid to be the fame with thofe of the common afparagus, but in an inferior degree. Its virtues are unknown. 40 |
