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Show The Hiftory of P ~ A N T S. germina are five, o~al and flende:; the ftyles a~e five, filiform, and of the length of the fiamina; the !bgmat'! are capltated : the frmt confifts of.1ive oblong, c~mpreifed, acuminated capfules, each formed of two valves: the feeds are few, acuminated and fmall. There is a fpecies with but three ftyles. I. Spircea Joliis obtujis lanceolatis ferratis,jloribus duplicatoracemojis. 7be duplicato-racemofe flowered Spircea, with obtufe, lanceo-lated, ferrated leaves. , The root is branched and fpreading; the fhrub rifes to four feet high ; the branches are flender and reddilh : the leaves fiand irregularly; they are long, narrow, obtufe, and ferrated round the e·dges : the flowers are {mall, and of a pale red ; they fiand in a kind of thick fpikes, of four inches long. It is a native of Siberia and Tartary ; it is common in our gardens. C. Bauhine cans it, Frutex fpicatus foliis falignis ferratis. 2. Spircea foliis integerrimis, umbellis fejjilibus. The undivided-leaved Spircea; with fejjile umbels. mrtbrte tl)tttif'·p ~ppctiCU Ut . The root is fmall, but branched ; the lhru b grows to three feet high ; the branches are flender and tough ; the bark of a deep brown : the. leaves fiand clofely and irregularly; they are fmall, and of a dark green: the flowers ar~ of a beautiful white, and ftand in a kind of little umbels, at the extremities of the branches on fimple pedicles. It is a native of America, but is common in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Pruno fylvefiri affinis Canadenfls. Jonquet, Hypericum frutefcens Americanum tiore alba. The other fpecies of Spirrea are, 1. The broader-leaved Spirrea. 1 2. T he crenated~ leaved, umbellated Spirrea. F I L I P E N D U L A. T HE calyx is a fmall, deciduous perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five reflexo-patent fegments: the corolla confifis of five, or more, petals, inferted into the calyx, oblong, obtufe, plane, and patent : the fiamina are a number of capillary filaments, inferted into the calyx, and lhorter than the corolla; the antherre are fimple : the germina are acuminated; they are ufually five, fometimes more, and they terminate in fo many lhort fiyles; the fiigmata are capitated; there is no pericarpium, except the crufi:s of the feeds : the recep tacle is globofe ; the feeds are oblong, acuminated, and difpofed in a circular manner. This genus comprehends the Filipendula and the Ulmaria of authors. I. Filipendula foliis pinnatis, folio/is uniformibus. !ID~Oplbo~t The pinnated-leaved Filipendula, with uniform folio/a. · The root is compofed of a multitude of thick fibres, with large~ roundiih, or oval, tuberofities adhering to them ; in many parts black on the furface, and white within : the leaves are long, pinnated, and ferrated about the edges: the pinnre are fmall, of a figure approaching to oval, and uniform : the fialk is ufually fingle, firiated, hollow, ereCt, and ramofe : the leaves are placed alternately; the flowers fiand in a kind of umbels at the top of the branches; they are fmall, fweet-fcented, white, and full of yellow antherre. It is a native of England; it grows in damp places. C. Bauhine calls it, Filipendula vulgaris. 2. Pili- Tbe Hijlory of P L A N T S. 2. Filipendula foliis pinnatis, folio impari trijido. rhe Filipendula, with pinnated leaves, and the odd leaf trifid. fll9cnboll.l ~llleet. The root is compofed of a great number of thick, reddifl1 fibres ; the leaves are pinna ed ; the pinnre broad, ferrated, and fcabrous, of a deep green on the upper furface, white underneath, and the leaf of which te.:minates the fralk or rib larger than the reft, and trifid: the fialks are ereCt, rigid, ftriated, and hollow : the flowers fiand at their tops in a kind of umbels; they are white and fweet-1cented. The plant is common about waters. Authors have called it, Barba caprre and VImaria. C. Bauhine, Barba caprre floribus compaCl:is. The other fpecies are, I. The laciniated-leaved Filipendula. 2. The ternateleaved Filipendula. Clafs the Twelfth. Order the Sixth. I C 0 S A N D R I A P 0 L Y G Y N I A. , , J• Plants which have monophyllous, hollow cups, with the' corollce a./fixed by their ungues to their fides, and have about twenty flamina inferted into the corolla, or into the cup, and numerous }lyles. R 0 SA . . T H E calyx is a perianthium compofed of. a fingle leaf, divided into five long, narrow, lanceolated fegments, two of which alternately are appendiculated on each fide, two others alternately naked, and the fifth appendiculated only on one fide : the bafe is campanulato-globofe: the corolla confifis of five obverfely cordated petals, of the length of the cup, and inferted into the calyx ; the ftamina are very numerous, and very .lhort, capillary filaments, inferted into the neck of the calyx ; the antherre are trigonal; the germina are numerous, and placed in the bottom of the cup; the fiyles are· of the fame number; they are {Lort, viUofe, and clofely compreifed againfi: the neck of the calyx, and inferted into the fides of the germina; the fiigmata are ftmple : the fruit is formed of the :flelhy bafe of the cup; it is of a turbinated figure, coloured, foft, containing only one cell, drawn together at the neck, and corona~ed with fome irregular lacinire : the feeds are numerous, oblong, and hairy. 'I,' he peculiar formation of the calyx is more confi:ant and certain in the wild, than in the cul-tivated, kinds. \ , 1. Rofa caule aculeato, petiolis inermibus, ca!fcibu~ femipinnatis. The prichly-Jiemmed Rife, with unarmed pedicles to the · leaves, and femipinnate cups. Jrbt lbtlb 115~tar. The root is divaricated and fpreading ; the fi:em is three quarters of an inf;h' 1 in dia ... meter, and grows to eight or ten feet high, but requires fupport : · the leaves are •beallt.. tifully pinnated ; the pinnules oval and ferrated; the flowers are iingle and large, of a white or pale red colour : the fruit is the common hip. 1 It is wild in our hedges, Authors.call it, Rofa fylvefi:ris and• Rafa canh1a. " All the variety of beautiful rofes in our gardens are varieties of this fpecies, principally owing to culture; the red, the dama.fk,, the yellow, the monthly, the vari~:~gated; tHe whit Rofe, the briar, and the like, are all produced from this origit1al fpedies. J The.flowers · of the damaik Rofe are purgative, thofe of the red Rofe afiringent, andtllie frui ro,'f the wild Rofe peCtoral. Preparations of them all are ufed in the !hops. · 1 1' 1 6 B 2. Rofo |