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Show The Hi)Jory of P L A N T S. Raphanus jiliquis torojis a1lguftioribus glabris. jJOittt tb::pObbCtJ The Raphanus, with hnotty, fmooth, jlender pods. <!\)atlOtlt. Tl · bl ng and white· the plant 1e root 1s o o · rifes to two fee t highb : thde fla·l k i·s round, b ro u1a1. , an d ramotr.e : the leaves are three inches long, and two 1r oa , aht af l. figure ap-h. 1 dentated at the edges and of a deep green co our : t e owers are proac mg to ova, ' d d · · · d · 1 d 11 • the pods two inches long fien er, an JOmte , as tt were. arge an ye ow' , . ll . R "fl. 1 fil" It is frequent in our corn-fields. C. Bauhme ca s 1t, ap1arum uteum 1 tqua ar-ticuTlahtea . other fpecies are, . ld R h Tl n. • d 1. The whtte-flowered, ~e ap anus. 2. 1e n:nate - podded, field Raphanus. 3· The rocket-leaved, white-flowered, field Raphan_us. 4· The great-podded, white-flowered Raphanus. 5· The common, garden Rad1ili. 6. The black-rooted Radiili. DENT ARIA. T It E pod burfis open with elafiicity and violence, and the valves turn back : fiigma is emarginated. the Dentaria folz'is Jeptenis anguflioribus. The feven-leaved Dentaria. Jtootblbo~t. The root is oblique, ramofe, and compofed of a kind of fquammofe tuberofities : the leaves are placed on long pedicles, and each is compofed of feven ob_long, narrow, dentated pinnre, three in pairs, and an odd one at th~ end : the ilalk ts ~ender,- a~d ten inches high: the flowers are large, and of a beautiful pale red, or wh1te, colout ; they fiand on the tops of the fialks, in a ki~d of fpiJ{es. . It is found in fame of our woods. C. Bauhme calls It, Dentana heptaphyllo:. The other fpecies are, 1. The nine-leaved Dentaria, 2. The five -leaved Dentaria. 3, The narrow~r-le~ved Dentaria. 4· The. roug?-leaved Dentaria. T~e number of leaves on a pedicle IS not abfolutely determmate 111 aey of the fame fpectes, the fame plant fhewing variations in this refpeet ; but the general number may always be feen. Thefe plants frequently produce a kind of bulbs in the alee of their leaves, as fame of the lilies, the biftort, &c. do, which will produce new plants. CARD A M IN E. T HE pod budl:s open with violence and elafi:icity, and the valves turn backward : the fl:igma is entire, not emarginated. Cardamine foliis pinttatis, folio/is jubrotundz"s hztegris. The pinnated-leaved Cardamine, with the pinnules roundijh and e1ztire. r.Lante_s ~tnock. The root is compofed of .a clufi:er of white fibres: the plant rifes to a foot high : the ftalk is round, green, and robufi ; the ]eaves are long, and compofed of feveral pairs of pinnre; the radical ones have the pinnre round ; thofe on the fialk longer and narrower: the flowers are large, beautiful, and white; they fiand in dufters, on the tops of the ftalks. It is common in our meadows. C. Bauhine calls it, Cardamine vulgaris. The other fpecies are, I. The fmaller-flowered Cardamine. 2. The v~ry fina1Iflowered Cardamine. 3· The fumitory-leaved Cardamine. 4· The little, hatry, [mallflowered Cardamine. 5· The tall and fomewhat larger-flowered Cardamine. .6. The little, rocket-leaved Cardamine. 7. The mountain, afarum-leaved Cardamme. . 8. The purple-flowered, hairy, celandine-leaved Cardamine. 9· The trifol!ate, Alpme Cardamine. 1 o. The larger, African, trifoliate Cardamine. Mo.ft of thefe have been called by authors N afiurtia aquatica. ( .. 1.. B R A SS ICA. 'Ibe Hi)lory of P L A N T S. BRASSICA. T HE calyx is eretl: and connivent: the feeds are globofe: there is a me1liferous gland between the ihorter fiamina and the pifiil, and another between the longer fiamina and the calyx. This genus comprehends the Braffica and Rapa of Tournefort, and the Erucre of others. Brajjica Joliis {yratis, caule hiifuto, Jiliquis glabris. The {yrate-leaved, hairy-jlalked Bra.Jlica, with Jmooth pods. umbtte laorltet. The root is oblong, white, and fibrated : the fialks are hairy robufi and two feet high : th~ leaves are oblong and finuated, fmooth, of a dufk.y green c~lour, and obtufely pomted at the ends : the flowers fi~nd i~ a ki~d of fpik~s, on the tops of the ftalks; they are moderately large and white, With a tmge of blUiill, or of yellowilh and have often firi ce of a deep bJuilh-black, in great numbers. ' It is a native of Africa, but is common in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Eruca hortenfis latifolia. It has always been difiinguiil1ed fi·om the Braffica, indeed, by authors, but not by nature. The other fpecies are, I. The rough-podded Eruca, with yellow flowers. 2. The undivided-leaved Eruca. 3· The narrower-leaved Eruca. 4· The ihorter-leaved Eruca. Of thofe ~alle? Braffi~ce by auth~rs we have, 1. The common Cabbage, or Braffica, whofe root nfes mto a kmd of flalk 111 the upper part: there are feveral varieties of this, owing to culture, and other accidents, which have the honour to be raifed to fpecies by authors, as the common white Cabbage, the red Cabbage, the curled Cabbage, the fringed Cabbage, the laciniated, red Cabbage, the Cau]eflower, the turnep Cabbage, the fmallage-leaved Cabbage. 2. The wild Braffica. 3· The tall, ramo(e, arborefcent BrafEca. 4· The perfoliate Braffica, with white flowers. 5· The Alpine, perennial Braffica. Of thofe called Rapre we have, r. The common Rapa, or Turnep. 2. The longrooted, narrow-leaved Rapa, or Napus fativa. S I N A P I S. T H E calyx is patent: the ungues of the corolla are ereCt, and there is a gland, fituate between the two fhorter fiamina and the piilil, and another between the longer fiamina and the calyx. Sinapis Jiliquis hifpidis, roflro obliquo longijjimo. The Sinapis, with rough pods, with a very long, oblique beak. The root is oblong, whi ~e, and fibrated : the plant riles to two feet high : the fiaJks are round, robuft, and ramofe: the leaves are large, oblong, of a dufky green colour, deeply finuated, and hairy, and very rough to the touch: the flowers are moderately large, and yellow; the feeds are whitia1. It is cultivated in gardens. C. Bauhine ca1ls it, Sinapi apii folio ; Dodonreus, Sinapi fativum alterum. The other fpecies are, 1. The common Mufiard plant. 2. The early, black-feeded Sinapis. 3. The early Sinapis, with undivided leaves. 4· The eruca-leaved Sinapis. 5· The lobated-leaved Sinapis. 6. The na!l:urtium-leaved Sinapis. 7· The great, broad, lettuce-leaved Sinapis. 8. The narrower, lettuce-leaved Sinapis. A R A B I S. T HER E are four neetariferous glands, each of them affixed, in the manner of a reflex !calc, to the inner part of the bafe of the Cll1yx. 6 s Arnbis |