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Show It is a native of Perfia, Arabia, and Syria. C. Bauhine calls it, Terebinthus Indica Theophrafii. · • · · I The other fpecies ate, r. The fhorter-leaved ~ur~entine-tre~: 2. The fmall, blue; efculent-fruited Piftachia. 3· The trifoliate Pillachia. 4-\ The Aq1~rican Turpentinetree. 5. The Pillacnia, called toe corhrrlon Len1itk:t're~:. 6. The narrow-leaved Lentifk-tree. \ ,, ... c B R· AT Q , _N\ .l ,A. · ~ t (. ' .. T HE calyx of the male flower is divided jntq fi'f~r paJtS : there is no corolla: the antherre are didymous. The calyx o'f the fe\nale-fld"Wer has five tubercles : there is no torolla: the fi&le is fingle: the fi·uit is a legJ.Il,11 n_,r o~; ~pod) diy.idcd -:by feve rRl fepta. ' ft 11 1l ' I .. ' .I , , This genus comprehends the Siliqua of Togrnefort and others, I rf There is but one known fpecies of it. C E RAT 0 N I A. The root is brachiated, fpreading, and fibrated: the tree grows to a very confiderable fize : the trunk is thick; the branches numerous and diffufe: the leaves are very long, and pinnated ; the pinnre, or foliola, iland on 'pedicles, and are two inches and a half long, near as much in bt·eadth, and o( a dufk'y green colour, thick, firm, and venous : the flowers are fmall and purplilh : the fruit is a long, flatted, and crooked pod, containing an efculent pulp round about the feeds. It is a native of Italy, and of many parts of the Eafi. C. Bauhi.ne calls it, Siliqua edulis; others, Siliqua dulcis, and Carob. II Jl • J S P I N A ,c H I A. ( T HE calyx of the male flower is divided into five parts: there is no corolla. The calyx of the female flower is divlded ' into four parts : there is no corolla: the fiyles are four: the feed is fingle, and is inclofed within the cup, which becomes indurated. There is but one fpecies of this genus, which is the common Spinach, or Spinage," of our gardens, too well known to need a defcription. Authors have, hOW€ver, divided this into two, under the name of male and female, though they ha,ve gel)erally called the fieri!, or male ·plants, the female, and thc;>fe ~hlth bear feeds the· male. · CANNABIS. T HE <;alyx of the male flower is divided into hve pa;ts: there is no corolla. The calyx of the female >flpwer i,s compofed of ~ fingle leaf, undivided,, and 1 opyning fideways : there is no corolla: the fiyles are two : the fruit is a nut, formed .of. t\Yo valves, and contained within the cup, which lhuts ,upon it. , , ~ ; I • •• f • ~1 .w. : r .. ,;t J; ,IL Cannabis foliis , digitatis. · 7l:Je rligitated~leavecl Cannabis. The root is fibrous and white: the plant grows to five or .li:~1feet high: the :fialk is tobufi, thick, firiated, and compofcd of tough fibres : the leaves fiand on long pedicles, and are compofed of five or fix parts, or divided to the bafe into fo many fegtnents; thefe are three inches long, narrow, of a duiky green colour, ferrated at the edges, and tetminate in a point: the flowers are fmalJ. and greeni.lh t the 1f(ui't is he'Bemp-feed ~e fee~ birds with. , . , 1 ,', , . ( • . It Is a native of the Eafi Indies, but it thrives very well in llelds with us, where It IS fawn. for the fake of it's fialks, from which, macerated and loofened)nto their ~qre~, Hemp IS made. C. Bauhine calls it, Cannabis erratica and fativa; others, Cannab1s mas et fremina, or Sterilis et feminifera. 1 r HUMULUS. T!Je IPI)Jol'y of P L ~ N 1' S. HUMULus. T 1I E . calyx of the male flower is cQmpofed of five leave~: there is no corolla· . The c~ly:x; of the f~male flower is compofed of a fingle leaf, obliquely patent and en_tir~ : there IS no c~rolla : the fiyles are two: the feed is fingle, and is contained W1thm the calyx, whtch becomes plane. This genu·s comprehends the Lupulus of Tournefort and others; There is but one known fpecies of it. .. I I I Z1 • I-I u M u L u s. 1tbe ~op plant. . The root is .fibrous: 'the plant, when properly fupported, gro~s to a great height : the. !falk is round, contorted, flender, p~rplifh, and very tough: the leaves fiand on ped1cles, and are large, palmat.ed~ and divided into feveral fegments at the edges; they are of a dark green colour, htfpicl, rough to the touch, and are often fix inches in diameter : the male flowers are collected into loofe dufiers; the female ones are the Hops we ufe in brewing. The plant is common wild in our hedges; but the value of it's female flowers dried makes it worth our people's while to cultivate it carefully for them. C. Bauhine calls it, Lupulus mas et fremina. The young a1oots are efculent, and like afparagus. ZAN 0 N I A. T HE calyx of the male flower is compofed of three leaves: the corolla is .fiJrmed of a fingle 'petal, and divided into five parts, The calyx of the female flower is alfo compofed of three leaves, and the corolla formed of a fingle petal, dividecl into five fegments: the .fiyles are three: the fruit is a berry, containing three cells, and placed onder the receptacle : there are two feeds in each cell. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. Z A N 0 N I A. , The r.oat is fibrous : the plant climbs on any thing that is near it, ahd runs up to a vaft height: tthe fialk is .Qen'der, but woody and firm : the leaves fta,nd ~lt.ernately, and on pedicles; they are five inches lbng, an.d three brCD.ad, of a .bright green colour, imd not divided at the edges ; they termi'nate in a poiht: the flowers il;and in long feries, at a difiance from one another; they are moderately large, and of a g(eenifh.white colour: the fruit is oblong, broadefi at the extremity, confideiably large, and red, when ripe. It is a native of the Eafi Indies. Van Rheede calls it, Penar- valli. .. . ' Clafi the Twenty Second. Order the Sixth. D I OE C I A H E X A N D R I A. Plants which have the male and female Jlowe'ri on fiparate plants, at~d fix .ftamina in the male jlow.ers. G L E D I S T I A. T HE male flowers are colletl:ed into an amentum, or catkin: the calyx is divided into four parts: the corolla confifis ?f four petals, and the anther~ are incumbent. The female flowers are alfo arranged In form of an amentum.: .the calyx is divided into four parts, and the corolla compofed of fo~r. petals : the frmt IS a Jegu-men, or pod, with a pulpy matter in it, fepa~ated b~ pa~tltwns. . . . Of this genus there is but one known fpectes, whtc~ IS ~afily dt.llm~mlhed by thefe charatl:ers, without a farther defcription. Linnreus, m lus Hart. Chffort. ha~. call.ed it, Crefalpinoides foliis pinnatis et duplicato-pinnatis; others, Acacia abrure fol11s tnacanthos, feu triplici fpina ad foliorum axillas. SMILAX. |