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Show The BR: fjTel SH gHeBy Re BE ASL: The GoHe 7beagle, with an opening ¢ The feed-veffel is uneven and points, which are the remains of the ftyles : the cu k afundertl 1ar into five parts, two of whichftand y e filaments Linnzus places this amonghis the receptacle ; and the ft This author joins the refeda in one genus with this, and thence has cr BASE U.S ROC: K-E-ds HE flower is compoftd of five irregular petals, unequal in fize, and unevenly difpofed ; bue they do not differ in bignefs fo rock as thofe of /uteola; and they areall. divided into three parts at the edge: the feed-veffel is fhort and angulated, and is open at the end: the cup is fmall, divided into five parts, with an appendage to one of them: fo that there appear to be fix; and it remains whenthe flower is fallen. Linnzus, as already obferved, places this among the pélyandriatrigynia; joining it with /uteola, from whichit differs in the ftruéture of the ower, andother effential and obvious charagers) BR PTT Soe 1. IVISION CommonDiers-weed. 4 y The diers {wer more put alum, andin autiful outer ones are Jong and. narrow ;. and the others fhorterall the way to the centre: they have no footftalks : they are not at all indented Refeda vul ah ble tinge. at the edges; andthey areof a bright green, The ftalks are ftrait, upright, flender, not at all branched, and three feet high. The leaves on themare placedirregularly, and are of the fame form. with thofe from, the root; but of a yellowifh green. The flowers are {mall and yPlle w: they. ftand in a long fpike at the top of the ftalk. ‘he feed-veffels are large, and the feeds extremely numerous, and. {mall: Itis commononditch-banks, and in other. wafte ground; and flowers in July. It.is! alfo -cultivated in fields in fomeplaces for the ufe of the diers. >. Bauhine calls it-Lw‘eola berba folicis fe t uteol d Herba lutea. n, befides its name Di weed, it is called Weld and Would; thefe names foundlike woad, and the two plants, though.in themfelves perfectly diftiné&t, have fromthis been confounded one with another by tl fbandmen. Even who have written treatifes for have thought them the fame The root is long, flender, and furnifhec manyfibres. The firft leaves are numerous, ‘andfpre: felves on the ground in feyeral circula the fmalleft in the middle: they are ot fomewhat broad; not fo long proportion to their fize as the o The ftalk is BOSenot a about eight inches hig!x Theleaves are_ pl ed they are oblong, and fome The flowers’ are veryr a paley OM they among corn Ray calls it Cu cr): F O REIGN leaved Diers-weed. fiderable di and fharp a The flowers The root is long, flender, white, and full of the ftalk, and of fibres. very fmall, and of a pe y The leaves that rife firft are very narrow, The feed-veffel is oblon long, and fharp-pointed: they do not fpread the feeds ate very numerous themfelves upon the ground, but rife up ina It is a native of the mountain thick tuft. Europe, and flowers in 1 The ftalk is round, firm, upright, ten inches | Tournefort calls high, andyellow. linariafolio. It does not divide into branches, but fends out | Theleaves a numberof fhoots all the way up from the botl 1ofe of our foms of the leaves ; fo that it appears’ ofa pyrabegin to green, an he-leaves are placed alternately" and ’‘at conis angufiis acuminatis. Ror TP Sit CommonBafe Rocket. jediinto feveral D PVel $4 '0°N IV. RESED & trouble and confufion. He complains of the difficulty of eftablifhing a charatter for this genus : that confufion of joining a diftiné&oneto it, and had paid more regard to larger parts the more minute, the tafk would havebeeneafy, a nd the ftudents path, which is perp {} y> as we shal higheft degree in this method, would have been rendered plain ar DIVITSLON IN Cerad. when they Theroot is long, flender, white, and furnifhed ‘with many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a clufter; and they are very beautiful in themfelves, and difpofed with great regularity : they are divided in the pinnated manner, and each is formed of three pinne, r deep fegments, with an odd one at the end: thefe are of a pale green, long, and narrow. The ftalks are numerous, round, firm, upright, and two feet high. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root, but are narrower and fmaller. The flowers ftand in long fpikes at the tops of the {talks ; and they are fmall and whitifh. The feed-veflel is large, angulated, and open 5 and the feeds are very numerous, and minute. Didi Vleet 20: “SP CrES: Ic is found in many parts of this kingdom on chalky andother barren foils. c. Bauhine calls it Refeda It fowers in July. vulgaris, Others, The leaves fometimes are curled, and crifp at the edges: this happens generally from want of nourifhment. Boce one has diftinguithed the re/edain this ftate te ff , under the name of refeda pa Ga llica, and the editer of the laft edition of the Synopfis has given it a pl as if diftin& ; but it is only a variety. Let the reader, in juftice to the memory of that great man, Mr. Ray, obferve whether the feveral errors of this kind, which occur in the laft edition of the Synopfis, were his or thofe of this editor, Dillenius. Such as are marked > with an afterifm are Dillenius’s, and this is one of them. ‘They are meant as improvements. RoE Gin 55P.B: C2 BS: 2. Bafe Rocket, called Phyteuma, Refeda Refeda major. ¢ di The foot is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. The leaves that rife firft are very large, of a deep green, andbeautifully pinnated : each confifts of about five pairs of pinne, and an odid one at the end; andthefe are all long, narrow, and fharp-pointed. The ftalk rifes in the midft, and is round, firm, upright, and a yard high: it = thick fet with leaves, and fends out a viaber f long branches. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root, andare of a faint green. The flowers ftand in ones thick fpikes at the tops of the branches ; and they are large and yellow. ; The feed-veffel is thick, crooked, and hangs downward. The feeds are fmall, very numerous, and brown. It is frequent in the fouth of France, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Refeda maxima. Others, Refeda major. N° 21, cal maxims. The root is long, thick, white, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are long and narrow: they lie fpread upon the ground, in the manner of thofe of the commondiers-weed; and the plant in this ftate has vattly its appearance. The ftalks rife in the centre of this tuft, and are round, flender, and rarely at all branched. The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and are very oddly varied in figure: fome of them perfeétly refemble thofe from the root; but others are divided at their ends into three or five parts, in the mannerof fingers. The flowers are fmall, but they ftand in very ar ge cups. They are difpofed in a loofe fpike at the tops of the ftalks, and in the bofoms of, the uppe' leaves. The feed-veffel is large, and ftands furrounded by this great cup: the feeds are very minute. “It is common in the fouth of France, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Refede Columna, Zruc i Hhh |