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Show The Hiflory of P LA N T S. Clafs the Fifth Order the Fir fl, Divifion the Sixth. Pentandria Monogynia, with flowers compcfed of feveral petals. GRONOVIA. T HE calyx is a perianthium, divided beyond the middle into five fegments, which are ereCt and of a femi-lanceolated figure; the whole is campanulated, coloured, and permanen;. . The corolla ~on~.fis of five extremely fm~ll petals, of a . ro~ndi(h figure and growmg out of the mctfures of the cup : the .fiaouna are five captllar y filament;, of the length of the corolla; they are infer~ed into the calyx, an~ ftand alternately with the petals: the antherre are ereCt and dtdymous: the ge.rmen IS pla~ed b~low the receptacle: the fiyle is filiform, and longer than the. ~amma: the .fitgma IS obtufe. The fruit is a roundilh capfule, coloured, and contammg only one cell : the feed is fingle, roundiil1, and large. It is an American, but it fiands in fome of our gardens. The charaCl:ers render a defcription unneceffary. HEDERA. T HE involucrum of the pedicle~ is very fmall, and divided into many. f~gme?ts: the perianthium of the flower IS fmall, placed on the germ.en, an~ dt~tded mto five fegments: the corolla confifl:s of five oblong, patent petals, wrth thetr pomts bent: the fiamina are five erect, fubulated filaments, of the length ·of the corolla : the antherre are incumbent, and bifid at the bafe : the germen is turbinated, and fu rrounded with the receptacle: the fiyle is fimple, ai}d very fhort : the fiigma is fimple. The fruit is a globofe berry, having only one cell: the feeds are five in number, large, gibbous, and angulated on one part. HE DE R A. The root is woody and ramified: the fiem is woody, tough, and tortuous; it fup· ports itfelf by twifiing round trees, or fixing it's rad\culre into their bark, or into walls, &c. and grows to ten, twenty, or more feet high. While young, it's leaves are oval and pointed; afterwards it produces angulated leaves, and, finally, often toward it's top oval or oblong ones again. In it's different fiates it is cal~ed by authors, 1. H edera humi repens. 2. Hedera hdix. 3· Hedera arborea corymbofa: a fine way of multiplying fpecies. It's flowers are fmall and greenilh ; they !land in dufi:ers, and are fucceeded by berries of the fize of peas. Some of the feeds of the Ivy were lately produced, as falling from the clouds ip a hail-fi:orm; and a difl:inguilhed member of the Royal Society declared them to be the feeds of a wild garlic: they are eafily diflodged from trees and buildings by fiorms, and the fame miftake of their being rained down has often happened ; they have been fometimes taken for wheat. Another variety of this plant, with yellow be~ries, has been defcribe~ by authors as a new fpecies, under the names of Hedera poctica, and Hedera Dionyfias : Plumier has alfo def,ribed another variety of it, nnder the name of Hedera Americana folio hafl:ato. The common Ivy is found in all parts of England. Authors call it, Hedera and Hedera arborea. V I T I S. THE calyx of the Vitis is a perianthium fo fmall, as fcarce to be difcernibleJ it is . divided into five parts : the corolla confifts of five fmall, deciduous, rude petals, growmg together at their extremities : the fiamina are five deciduous, cretl:o-patent filaments : the antherre are fimple ; the fruit is a large, round berry, containing only one cell : the feeds are five; they are olfeous, femi-orbicul ar, but turbinate, cordated, and narrow at the bafe. 1 . f/t'tis The Hi)Jory of P L A N T S. 1. Pi tis foliis palmato-angulath The palmato-angulated-leaved Pitis. 3tbt cont~ tnon Utne. The root is woody and divaricated; the fiem is angulated, and covered with a loofe, brown crufi:; the wood tough and fibrous : it grows, when properly fupported, to twenty feet high : the leaves fiand fi ngly, on long pedicles ; they are large, palmated, angulated, of a bright green, and foure tafie: the flowers are very fmall and green, and the berries round. This fpecies varies extreamly in the lize and colour of the fruit, a!ld alfo of the leaf; and we owe to thefe varieties the names of a great number of imaginary fpecies in the botanical writers. This is a native of ,F rance, I taly, and Germany. C. Bauhine calls it, Vitis vinifera. 2. l7itis foliis laciniatis. , The laciniated-leaved Vi tis. The root is woody and divaricated; the ftem angu1ar ; the bark brown and loofe, or peeling; the leaves fiand fingle, on fhorter pedicles than in the former, and are divided, to the middle, into a multitude of irregular fegments : the fruit is large, round, and green . This is a native of · Germany. J. Bauhine calls it, Vitis apii folio. 3. P"itis folio angulato firrato, The angulated, firrated-leaved l7itis. The root is fibrous, but woody; the fi:em flender, round, and tough; the bark is of a dark brown, and fmooth; the leaves .fiand fingly on long pedicles : they are of a kind of triangular figure, with two angular protuberances at the bafe; they are three inches long, and two broad : the fruit is fmall. · This is a native of America. Plumier calls it, Vitis hederre folio, ferrato. Dr Hughes, in a late hifiory of Barbadoes, has confiderably increafed the number of American vines, oy adding all the Convolvuli, and indeed every other climbing plant to them, under the name of Vine. RIBES. T H E calyx is a ventricofe, one-leaved perianthium, divided into five oblong, obtufe, hollow fegments ; they are coloured and permanent : the corolla confifi:s of .five fmall, obtufe, ereCt petals, inferted into the margin of the cup : the ftamina are five, ereCl:, fubulated filaments, inferted alfo into the cup; the antherre are incumbent comprefied, and they fplit at the edge: the germen is roundiih, and ftands belo~ the cup: the fiyle is pifid ; the fiigmata are obtufe; the fruit is a globofe, umbilicated berry, containing only one cell, with two lateral, oppofite, longitudinal receptacles : dle feeds are numerous, roundi!h, and fomewhat comprelfed. This genus comprehends the Ribefium of Dillenius, and the Ribes and Grolfularia of other authors. 1. Ribes inerme floribus planiufiulis, racemis pendulis. The pendulous-cluflered Ribes, with plain flowers, and without prickles. 1tbt <!ttr;: rant. The root is woody, ramofe, and fibrated; the fiems arife many together, and grow to three, four, or five feet high ; they are round, weak, covered with a pale bark and full of pith : the leaves are broad, finuated, and ferrated ; the flowers are mode~ rately large, and greenlfl1 ; they hang in long clufi:ers, and are fucceeded by round bernes, of the fize of peas. !he t?ru.b is a nat ive of Germany, and is cultivated every-where in gardens. Tho fruit vanes ~n colour; and authors have hence made different fpecies of it, under the names of Rtbes fi·ua u rubro, and Ribes fruCl:u albo. 2. Ri6es |