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Show 40 ~BoRia TqES Hg The AOR OR BeA., Ls redifh : they are three or four inches high, and ftonecrop, and have ten threads, and the rudiments of fix capfules in their centre, have leaves on them, but thofe not cluftered as Whenthe flowers are fallen thefe ripen, and in the jing fhoots. re fhort, flefhy, and fharp pointed. are full of very {mall feeds. of the ftalk ftand the flowersin a It is frequent about the Apenines andin other little clutter, five or fix together. Theyare Jar | mountainous j laces, and flowers in June. in proportion to the plant, and yellow. They C, Bauhine calls it & ninus luteum folio confift of fix petils each, as the common Engliffh acuto. Others, Sedumrupeftre. G E N HOUS Eri 2 E SEMPE RLV. naturallydifpofe themfelves in round clufters. is compofedoftwelve petals: nds in a cupdividedinto twelve feome: its, andis followed by aclutter of twelve capfules, oi 1 ia pol *ynia; the threads in the Mower, and the rudiments divifions in the cup andof the petals in the flower; numberof twelve ftamina that Linnaeus has placed it in fhews, and himfelf in fome degree acknowledges, that thisnumberof the threads, or ftamina, is not certain: fometimes we fee them fewer, fometimes more. t re, to removeaplant from among thofe to which it plainly belongs, for the fake umber ofthreads in the flower, efpecially when that number is not conftant orcertair 3 misfortune of that fathonable method, not in this alone, but in numerous otherin{tances. um, houfeleck and ff are plainly allied to one another; infomuch that many[ hed them only by the names of greater and lefler: we have, in our natural hod, placed them next after one another; 1 » becaufe the flowerin each confitts of feveral petals, and the feeds are containedin fevera ] capfules: but Linnzeus, becaufe thefe houfeleeks have twelve threads in t ten, has feparated theminto diftindt claffes, They eviden iction in the number of petals, and ofcapfules is a proper m r a feparate genus, but nothing more: it has no right to place themin different clafies ; much lefs has the numberof thofe leffer parts, which we fee f accompanyin their variations thofe more obvious and confiderable. It is according to thefe laft nature has clafled plants tc ether, and we fhould follow her fteps ; the obfervation in this cafe that the filame nts agree in number with the petals in one genus, and in the otherof the fa clafs, was pretty; and an attention to their number and fituation in other plants, is not always frivolous; but it was a weak iMaginat ion that prompt ed Linnzeus to believe thefe were the proper characterifticks of w we call claffes, and what nature has made amilies of plants, They are always diftinguifhed by greater characters Delve bSal © Great Houfelee SPE EC lh ES! they are fon in proportion to their breadth : they are fharp pointed, and ofa pale colour, ufually with a tinge of red. Des flowers land in great number s on the branches, into which the main ftalk divides at the top, and they are large, and of a fine red. The capfules are {mall, and contai n very minute feeds. It is common on walls and on the tops of old houfes, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Sedum majus vulgare. Others, Sempervivum majus, The root i long, thick fi The leaves rife in n round clufter, and there are conti ly offset prod romthefe t clufters leaves of which are difpe th manner; fo that we commonlyfee a at number ofthefe fhoots together, which make a. very beautiful appearance, The leaves are broad at the bottom, fharp at the point, and evenat the edges, ‘The y are of a pleafant green, ve ry thick, and flefhy ; and the Its virtues are the fame with tho fe of orpine, larger being placed outward, and the le@erall the | but it potetc s tiem in a fuperior degree. It is way inward, in feveral feries, they give the idea cooling andaftringent, Outwa rdly it is xcelof an eye. lent for fore eyes, the juice being prefled out romthe centre of thefe clufters rifes the ftalk, and mixed with cream, which, when in flower, is of equal beauty with It is alfo a famous remedy for corns, weti he leaves. It is a fooror morein height, andat a Se turner ie : them well with the juice, and then covering them bottom as thick as a man’s thumb; it graduwith a piece of the fkin of th af, ally grows { er all the way up, and is from Internallyit is cooling in fevers, and is particu. top to bottom covered with leaves, which lie like larly good in thofe attended with tharp diarrhzas. fcales, or like tiles of a houfe, one over another. Acooling ointment may be made of the bruifed Thefe refemble th a9 ec m leaves in the ba; 1 | thy leaves boiled in 3] it lard, which will anfwer all the ftruéture, and in fome degree in their form; but purpoles of the unguentum populneuin, DIVI- he Ba Rat) Lel Spo Tay tes oO Mare l: Hehe beers FORETGN Tree Houfeleck. SP 2 CVs The flowers ftand upon peculiar ftalks rifing fromthe upper part of the plant: thefe are ten- Sen apervie ui arocr efcens. der, and covered with leaves difpofed in the manner of the common houfeleek leaves on its ftalk, This is not improperly diftinguifhed by the name of éree h eek: it has more the afpect of a fhrub, though a very fingular one, than an but of the fame form with thofe which ftand in clufters. ne: 4 . 40 The root is large, thick, fpreading, and full The flowers are extremely numerous, fmall, andof a pale, but pretty yetloves cheycéahih Lay The trunk, for it is more properly fo called n the ftalk, is five or fix feet high, of the knefs of a man’s arm, andof a pale ereen co= Bae he Ps Ri “ Jour on the furface: from this fhoot branches of dit ale AHS of : the thicknefsALR ofCIR one’s thumb ; and thefe fometimes ‘ f ; . > {hort andfimple, fometimes longer, and di- each of twelve pointed petals, and have twelve threads, and the rudiments of twelve capfules in the centre. , Whenthe flowers arefallen, thefeae ripen, and ‘ 5 : es contain a quantity of very {mall feed. ‘ : i z 4 rek iflands It 1s aE native of the Greek i ands, and, as forene fay, of the warmer parts of Europe. It rarely flowers with us; and, whenit does, it is at the end of fummer. J. Bauhine calls it Sedum majus arborefcens, = 5 Lar odessa 47 1 ortenner Clufius, and others, Sedum majus legitimum, and § rborenm. ded into lefler ramifications. formed into acircle, in the mannerof thofe ufeleck, but very different in fhape: they are oblong, and broad, fmalleft fA ar the bafe, largeftake at the extremity, and thereoften dented in the heart-fafhioned ma : " are very tender and fucculent ; and, whennicely Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the com- examined, are found to have fome indenting the edges, S COLUMBINE, AQUILEGIA HE leaves are divided into numerous parts: the flower confifts of five petals, and five glands or nectaria ftanding alternately between them 3 thefe are of a long corniculated form: the feeds are contained in feparate capfules, five of whichfollow every flower. Linnzeus places this among his polyandria polhgynia, feparating it from the plants to whichit is mott allied. While we blame that author for his condué in this refpect, we are to acknowledge that we owe to i e right underftanding of the ftru@ture of this ower. The neétaria in moft flowers are {mall, and it is very rarely they are confpicuous : they are glandules placed deep in the centre of them, and deftined for the reception of a honey-juice. In this fingular plant they arelarge, nfpicuous, and form the moft confiderable part of the ower. What thefe horns of the 2 WETC, not difcoveredtill Linnzus thewedit: but they are truly what he calls them. It is thus in manyinftances, which we fhall have occafion to name: it were hard to fay, whether moft praife be due to him for his difcerning genius, or his unwearied application. *Tis with pleafure I pay this juft tribute of applaufe to an author whofe fyftem I am obliged fo frequently to cenfure. Hhis is but one of a thoufand inftances that they will be long obliged to Linnzeus for his obfervations who fhall decline his method. OF this genus there is but one fpecies a nativeive of of EB ritain. DULY 1S 1 OuN, a1, BIR? TS. Wild Columbine, ften divided into ed with fibres, and of numerous, 1 of a bluith nd on long footftalks, which are of a redifh colour, and alittle hairy. is compefed of three parts, and each ofthefe parts three divifions : V. livifion may be looked SPB Cones: | upon as a feparate leaf; and the whole will then be compofed of nine fuch: thefe are divided at the edges, fomewhat in the mannerofan oakleaf. In thecentreof the tuft rifes the ftalk, which is flender, upright, jointed, redifh or bluith, and a little hairy ; and, toward the top, divides into many branches, The leaves ftand irregularly on it: they are few, andlike thofe fromthe root, but fmaller, and with fewerdivifions. ’ M The |
