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Show poe: BRITISH HERD AE, The) BiRiicn i Se It is a native of Fratice, and flowers in J une thymi 17 C. Bauhine calls it Chameciftus foliis canis ; but tlfis is not a good name, for the leaves are longer and narrower than thofe of thyme. 2. Short-leaved white Ciftus. Ciftus flore albo foliis lance The root is long, tough, fpreading, and full of thick fibres. The ftalks are numerous, firm, woody, and mott of them ftand erect. The leaves are not fo numerous as on the common kinds: they ftand in pairs at diftances, and are fmall, fhort, ofa figure approaching to oval, and fharp-pointed: their colour is a yellowith green, and they area little hairy. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and are large and wh ed-veffel roundifh, and the. feeds are and of a y colour. is common in many parts of Germany, and flowers in July. Tabernamontanus calls i ianthemum album Germanicum; and moft ~of the later writers have copied from him in this refpect. 3. Broad-leaved fhrub Ciftus. Ciftus frutefcens foliis latis. S%, 25, The root is large and fpreading. The ftem is woody, and covered with a brown bark: it grows to the height of three or four feet, and is very muchbranched, Theleaves are numerous, large, and beautiful: they ftand in pairs, and they have long footftalks; they are of a dead green in fummer, and toward autumnthey commonly growredifh; they are of a firm fubftance, andofa gloffy furface: their fhapeis like that of a heart, but that they run out into a longer point. The flowers ftand in little clufters on ftalks rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves : they are large, beautiful, and white. The feed-veffel is {mal) and pointed ; and the feeds are numerous and minute. It is a native of Spain and Portugal; and flowers in Auguft. The tops of the young fhoots have a fine fragrant aromatick fmell: but this goes off when the leaves harden. C. Bavhine calls it Ciftus i, uli nigre Clufius, Ciftus ledumlatifolium JSecundum majus. 4. Narrow-leaved tree Ciftus. Ciftus arborefcens anguftif This is a veryelegant {pecies. The root is large and {preading: the ftemis thick, woody, and branched: it grows to five orfix feet in height, and ufually with a beautiful regularity. Theleaves are very numerous : they ftand in pairs, and are long, narrow, and fharp pointed : they are at firft of a pale green, afterwards ofa deeper green, and ufually toward the end of fummerpurplith. The flowers grow on the tops of the branches, HE. Ri Bi ASL. C. Bauhine calls it Ciffus famina: folio J and are very large and beautiful: they are as big as our wild _rofe, and white; but the buttons on the numerous threads in the centre areyellow; andevery petal has a dark, large fpot towardthe bale. The feed-veffel is large, but the feeds are fmall; they are roundifh, and of a dufky brown. The young fhoots ofthis plant are for the moft part of fummer covered with a-purple, :refinous, and fragrant juice, and may be fmelt at a great diftance. It is a native of Spain, and C. Bauhine calls it Ci | i 2 The leaves fmooth ; and they are not unfi 2 edges: hence, fome have i tions of three different {pecies of .it. row-leaved, fmall-flowered, thrubCittus; flifolius floribus minori The root is long, thick,’ fpreading, woody, and covered with a brown bark. The ftemis thick, firm, woody, andfour feet high: its bark is purplifh, andit is dividedinto numerous branches, The leaves ftand. in pairs, and theyare long and very narrow, a little hairy, of a pale gteen colour, and markedwith three large ribs. The flowers ftand on long, flender footftalks, at the tops of the branches. Theyare called. fmall, in comparifon of thofe of the former fpecies; but they are large enough, and very beautiful: they are of a pure white, and they have goldyellow buttons on their numerous threads in the centre. The feed-veffels are fmall; and are preferyed in a hairy cup. The young fhoots ofthis are very fragrant. It is a native of the fouth, of France; and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Citus ladanifera Mons enfium. Clufius calls it Ciftus ledon guintu. 53 and others diftinguifh it by his name, Others, Ciftus famina. 7. Great- flowered animal Ciftus. Ciftus annuus flore magno, The root is flender, long, and inconfide rab |le. The firft leaves are oblong, broad, andobtufe; of a pale green, and hairy. The ftalk is fingle, round, erect, firm, anda foot and half high: it is hairy, and of a pale e leaves ftand in pairs at confiderable difare oblong, broad, andblunt, of a The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and in the bofoms of the leaves: they are large and white. The feed-veffel is large, as are alfo thefeeds. It isa native ofSpain and Portugal. This is the only herbaceous ci/tws that approaches to the form ' the fhrubby kinds; but it agrees fo well with n as to fhew that all efforts to feparate the 4s into two genera muft be C. Bauhine calls it Cifus folio falicis. The rootis large, {preading, and woody: The ftem is woody, firm, upright, branched, and four feet high: the branches are thick fer with leaves, and their bark is of a pale brown. The leaves are oblong, but of a confiderable breadth: they ftand in pairs without any footftalks, and they are broadeft toward the bale, whence they diminifh to a point; and are of 4 greyith green colour, and covered with a woolly matter: they are very foft and ten young fhoots, but hardandrigid on older. The flowers ftand on flenderfoot! upperpart of the branches, and are very lar andred. The feed-vefiel is roundifh, and andthe feeds are large. Tt is common in Italy, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Citas mas ng camo. Our gardeners, Male ciftus. The plant called Aypocijtis, to be hereafter in its proper place, grows to ofthis fpecies, in the fame manner rape grows to the roots of broom in ourhi barren paftures. 10. Narrow-leaved red Ciftus. 8. White hairy long-leaved Ciftus. 5 flore ri Ciftus frutefcens albicans The root arge and fpreading. ‘The ftems are numerous, woody, but weak ; three or four feet long, but generally procumbent, and ¢overed with a pale bark: the young are very long andflender, and they are of hitifh colour. The leaves ftand in pairs: they are oblong of agreyifh green, and hairy. he tops of the branc 1I birfutum. CluJ rs, Ciffus mas Ciftus arboreusfoliis ovatis bir C. Bau- Ciftus flore magne rubente. CULMS, 6: Commonfmall Ciftus. Theroot is large, wood y, fpreading, anddig a vided: the’ {tem is thick, woody , uprigh| branched, andthree feet | ligh: the bark is of a t deep purple, and the twigs are flender: fometimes the whole plant is ereét; fometimes the greateft part of the ftalks lie upon the ground. The leaves are thort. broad, and of an oval figure: they ftand in pai they have long footftalks ae ; and they are of a Pp ale greyith green, and hairy both on the upper and underfid e. i The Howers ate verylarge andbeautiful : the) ftand on long footitalks rifing from the bok of the leaves; and they are white, fometime s with veins of yellowith, and { fometimes with a tinge of yellow throughout. The feed-veffel is roundifh, large, pointed, andalittle flatted; andthe feeds arélarge: It is a native of I taly, and other warmerparts of Europe. 9g. Common male Ciftus, Our gardeners, Female Ge BAN The root is we id fpre Theftem is thick, woody, feet high: the bark is ¢ wood is brittle. The leaves ftand in pairs re very nur merous: they are long, narrow, and of a pale green; fomewhat hairy, but not woolly, as ofthe otherfpecies. The flowers ftand on long footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves, and are very large, andof a beautiful red. The feed-veffels are large and ribbed; and the feeds are large. C. Bauhine calls this Cifus mas folio ob! incano. It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, and commoninour gardens. Rayfufpected this to be only a variety of the preceding fpecies, but erroneoufly. vy. 8 IV. SAINT JOHN’s WORT. HYPERICUM. of five petals, which are equal in fize, regularly placed, and expanded: the ; 1: 3: 1 C. } : 3 ee in Ave i j feed-veffel is roundifh, and the feeds are numerous; the cupis divided into five, oval, pointed whenthe floweris fallen. is among amone the the poly poh this hia polyandria; the threads in the flower being dividedint t their bafes, and growing to the receptacle. author’s method make a confiderable part of the claffical this plain reafon, that their number is too uncertain to be ant there are two, in others three, in others five, and in fome Thi |