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Show 11Je Hiflory of P L A N T S .. H. 0 R MIN U M. · T H E calyx is campanulated, and the upper lip of the corolla. is hollow ; for the reft fee the claffical charatler. Dillenius makes this but a fpecies of Meliffa Hort. Elth: 2 • 16; but the cup and upper lip of the corolla diftinguiili it from that: and all the other genera, fo that it needs no farther defcription. MEL ITT IS. T H E upper lip of the calyx is emarginated : the upper lip of the corolla is plane; the lower one crenated. Rivinus has figured this, 1. 29. under the name of Me~ li1fophyllum. It needs no farther defcription than this charaCter. C UN I LA. T H E calyx is ariftated, and the upper lip of the corolla is arched. This genus comprc:hends the Marrubiafirum of Tournefort. The reft of ies parts 1ee in the claffical charatler. Cunila calycis labio Juperiore trifido, inferiore bipartito. The Cunila, with the upper lip of the cup divided into three·, the lo·wer into two parts. The root is yellowilh, woody, and divaricated; the fialk is fquare, hairy, and a foot and a half high: the leaves are oblong, of a whitilh green, and hairy, and lightly ferrated toward their extremity ; the flowers are very minute, fcarce appearing, except on a clofe examination; they are variegated with purple, yellow, and white. It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Sideritis montana parvo varioque flore; The other fpecies are, 1. The germander-leaved Cunila. 2 . The prickly, cupped Cunila. 3· The baum-leaved Cunila. BRUNELL A. T HE. fiamina are bifurcated, and only one of the two points has an anthera on tt. · Brunella braEteis cordatis. Tbe Brunella, with heart-jhaped braEfef£, The root is fibrous ; the fialks are fquare, rigid, and fix or eight inches high: the leaves an inch long, and half an inch, or more, · broad ~ of a blackilh-green : the flow: ers are blue, and ftand in thick, lhort fpikes, at the top of the ftalks. . It is common by way-fides. C. Bauhine calls it, ' Brunella major folio non diffeclo; others, Brunella vulgaris. · ' This fpecies varies greatly : it's flower is (ometimes larger than ufual ; it's leaves are fometimes auriculated, fometimes deeply crenated, and fometimes di1feeted finely. C. Bauhine and others have made four difiinet fpecies of thefe varieties ; and others have greatly farther increafed the number, by adding the variations of the flowers into red, white, &:c. · The other really diftinCl: fpecies are, 1 . The great, broad-leaved Brunella. 2. The hyffop-leaved Brunella. SCUTELLARIA. T H E mouth of the calyx is originally open ; but, after the flower is fallen, it becomes fimt up, as it were, with an operculum. This genus comprehends the Caffida of Tournefort. Scutellaria 'lbe Hijlory of P L A N T s. s·os Scutellaria foliis jitbcordatis firratis, ./pica interrupt a. 7he fubcordate, Jerrated-leaved Scutellaria, with an interrupted /pike. . The root is oblong and oblique ; the fialks are fquare, rigid, and a foot and a half h1gh : the leaves are an inch and a half long, an inch broad, ferrated and hairy: the flowers ftand in' long, loofe fpikes ; they are large and purple. It is a native of Italy. Columna calls it, Caffida ; C. Bauhine Lamium peregri-num five Scutellaria. ' Th~ other fpeci~s are, I. The procumbent, greatrflowered Scutellaria. z. The tali, :UUencan Scutellan; .. 3· The common, blue-flowered Sc~tellaria. 4· The little, purple- flowered Scute1lana. 5. The mallow-leaved Scutelhuia. 6. The baum-leaved Scutellaria. 7· The origanum-leaved Scutellaria. P R AS I U M. ~HE fruit confifis of four berries, each containing a fingle feed. ~ in the claffical charaCter. , . Prajium joliis ovato-oblongis firratis. The Prajium, with oblong, oval, Jerrated leaves. The refi fee The root is oblong, divaricated, and fibrated : the fialks are as thick as a goofe-quill, round, but ridged, fo as to appear fquare; they grow to two feet high: the leaves are green all the winter ; they are oblong and ferrated; the flowers are moderately large and white, variegated with fireaks of yellow; they fl:and in the alre of the leaves tQ-::ward the tops of the fialks. It is a native of Sicily and Crete. Morifon calls it, Meli1fa fruticofa teucrii £1.cie. Clqfs the Fourteenth. Order the Second. D I D Y N A M I A A N G I O· S P E R M I A. Plants with two ejfeEtive flamina and with the feeds inclofed in capfules. Divijion the Fir.fl. Such as have Jimple j}igmata and perfonated corollce. BARTS I A. T H E calyx is divided into two lobes, and is emarginated and coloured : the co. rolla is lefs coloured than the calyx ; the upper lip of it ~s the longer. The refi of the parts fee in the daffical charaCter. Thefe fufficiently ditlinguiih the Bartfia from all the other genera, even without any farther defcription. RHINANTI-IUS. T HE calyx is divided into four parts, and is ventrieofe : the capfule is bbtufe and compre1fed. This genus comprehends the Crifia galli, the Elephas, and fome of the Pediculares of Tournefm•t. Rhinanthus corollf£ labio Juperiore breviore. 'The Rhinanthus, with the upper lip of the corolla Jhorter. ~tUOllJ mattle. The root is oblong, flender, and woody; the fialk is round, rigid, and firm, and g: ws to a foot high : the leaves are oblong, crenated, and of a dark green ; the flowers are numerous, fmall, and yellow ; they ftand in long feries. 6N It |