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Show 1 6o 'the Hiftory of P L A -N T S. luteo. Others calf it, Polemoni~m fitnply, or Polemonium flaVl%m and lute.u~; . Do-donreus Jafminum frutic:ans. - 1 d S '(b J f1 •· The' other fpecies of Jafmine are, I. The large, flowere , pam . a rome • . 2 . The white Jafmine of the Azores .Hlands: 3· The broad-leaved, Indtan Jafrmne: 4 The bay-leaved American Jafmme, wtth extremely fweet flower~. 5· The to b~cco-leaved, arborefcent Jafrnine, with white flowers. 6. The .mghtfl:ade-leaved American Jafmine, with bluHh-black berries; and~ 7· The creepmg, vwlet-leaved Jafmine • . ·L I G U S T R U M. T HE calyx of the Ligufirum is a perianthium, confifiing of one leaf, of a tubulated form, very [mall, and divided into four fhort fegment~ at th~ top, ereCl .and obtufe. The flower confifis of a fingle petal, and is of theTh111fu1?d~b?hform kmdd The tube is of a cylindric figure, and is larger ~han the cup~ e trn IS patent, an is divided into four oval fegments. The fiarnma are two fimple filaments, placed op-ofite to each other. The anthera:! are ereCl, and ufu~lly of the length .of th.c ~orolla. The gerll)en of the pifiil is roundi01 ; the fiyle IS ve? £11ort; th~ ~tgma ts bifid, obtufe, and very thick. The fruit is a fmooth, globofe uerry, contammg on y one cell, in which there a1~e four feeds, convex on one fide, and angulated on the other. I. Ligu.flrum folio angu.fliore. Narrow-leaved Privet. The root of the common Privet is large and 1lrong: it's trunk often ~n inch and an half -in diameter, and it's height eight or nine feet. . It is very ran.10fe; It's ?ranches fine and ilender, and very tough : the older bral}ches are covered wtth a greytlh bark, the -y~unger ones are green. The leaves fiand two together, oppofite to one another; they are obloug and narrow, of a deep green colour, and flelhy firuClure, fmooth a~d gloffy and of an acrid, bitteri£11 talle, with fome afiringency. The flowers grow m cl~fie;s~ at the tops of the branches; they are ~bite, fmall, and very fragrant: the berries, which fucceed thefe, are fmall, and of a Jet black. This is the only European fpecies of Ligufirum. It is common wild with us, and in almofl. all other parts of Europe. It flowers almofi all the fummer. C. Bauhine calls it, Ligufirum Germanicum; other authors, fimply, Ligufirum, or Ligufirum vulgare. Our gardeners have a ':lay ?f variegating it's lea~es with yellow and with white. Tournefort has named thts vanegated plant as a fpec1es, 2. Ligu.flrum folio latiore. Broad-leaved Privet. This is a low, but very elegant, fhrub. It ufually rifes with a fingle ilern, whic~ is branched out into many others. The bark is of a dufky brown colour, very fm ooth, and fcarce ever cracked at all. The branches are tough; the leaves are an inch broad, and more than ;m inch and an. half long, proadefi in. the middle, and narrowefi at each end: they are of a fine lhining green, and fomewhat refemble the leaves of the common bay-tree. The flowers are larger than thofe of our Privet, and of a bright yellow colour: the berries are large ana white. This is a native of America. Plumier has defcribed it under the name c,f Ligufl:rum laurifolio, flare fiavefcente, ·bacCis niveis. · · Thefe are the only known fpecies of Privet ; and the latter of them is fcarce ever feen with us. PHYLLYREA. J T HE calyx .of the Phyllyrea is · a finall perianthiurn, with four indentings at the edge, and 1s permanent. The corolla confifis of a fingle petal : it has· fcarce any tube. It's limb is divided into four fhort fegments, of an oval figure, revolute and acute. The fiamina are two very £11ort filaments, placed oppofite to each other. The antherre are fimple and erect The germen of the pifl:il is roundi1h; the fiyle is fimple, and Tbe HijJory of P ·L A N T S. r61 and of the length of the fiamina. The fiigma is thick. The fruit is a globofe berry having but one cell, in which there is a :lingle, large, globofe feed. , 1. P hyllyrea foliis lanceolatis fubintegerrimis. <tontnton The lanceolated-leaved Phyl!yrea. ~bpUprea. This fpecies of Phyllyrea grows to fix or feven feet high. It's wood is white and :firm, it's bark greyifh: it is very ramofe. It's leaves fiand together in pairs, one oppofite to the other: they are oblong, narrow, and even at the edges, and of a bitterifh afiringent tafie. The flowers grow in clufiers, at the bafes of the leaves; they are fmall, and of a greeniili-white colour: the berries, which fucceed thefe, are round, and, wheh ripe, of a bluifh-black; thefe fiand on very fhort peduncles, and clofe to one another : they are of a mixed fweet and bitter tafie, and in each is a :lingle, hard kernel. This ilirub is very common in our gardens, wnere it bears the open air, and needs no care or trouble to be taken about it; but it is not a native of England. It is wild in great abundance in Italy, Germany, Spain, and fome parts of France. This fpecies varies extremely in it's general fize, and in the largenefs of it's leaves; hence Clufius has made two 1pecies, if not three; his third and fourth Phyllyrea are evidently the fame, and his fifth feerns fo too. 2. Phyllyrea foliis cordato-ovatis. Tbe P hyllyrea with cor dated oval-leaves. This is a more robufi fhrub than the former, though it fcarce rifes to fo much height as it. It's fiem is an inch, or more, in diameter, the wood white, and the bark of a greyiili colour. On the young branches the bark is green, fpotted with white. T he leaves are of a du:fky green colour; they are an inch and an half long, near an inch broad in the wideft part, of a thick confifience, and fomewhat prickly round the edges. The flowers are fmall, and whitilh, and fiand in clufiers about the alre of the leaves. The berries are fmall, round, and black. This fpecies is a native of Portugal, and of [orne parts of Italy; and, though it's leaves ~re_ fo extremely different in figure from thofe of the other, yet, in all other refpeCls, .~t IS very like it. C. Bauhine calls the former fpecies, Phyllyrea ligufiri folio, and thts, Phyllyrea Iatifolia fpinofa; J. Bauhine calls the laft, Phyllyrea foliis ilicis; both thefe authors, however, as well as Clufius, and many others, have been mified, by the variety both fpecies fometimes appear in, to defcribe each of them under the name _of feveral different ones. C. Bauhine calls one variety of the firfi, Phyllyrea angufitfolia prima; and another, Phyllyrea angufiifolia fecunda; and a variety of the latter! Phyllyrea folio Ieviter ferrato. Mofi of the botanical writers, fince his time, have copted thefe errors from him. The really difiinc:t fpecies of Phyllyrea, befide thefe two, are, r. The fmall, broadleaved Phyllyrea. 2. The box-leaved Phyllyrea. 3· The narrow-leaved, prickly Phyllyrea. 4· The narrow-leaved, deeply-indented Phyllyrea: 5· The nerium-leaved Phyllyrea .. 6. The America.n Phyllyrea, with a yellow root, and pointed leaves. 7· The Amencan Phyllyrea, wtth a red root, and roundiili leaves. The _leaves and bark of Phyllyrea are faid to be aftringent, and good in ulcers of the mouth, but they are not in ufe at this time. 0 L E A. THE calyx o.f the ?lea is a fm~ll, tubu~ated perianthium, confifiing of one leaf. It has four mdentmgs at the nm, and 1s ereCl and deciduous. The corolla confill:: of a. ~ngle petal. It's tube is cylindric, and of the length of the cup; the limb is plam, dtvtded mto four parts, of a femioval figure. The fiamina are two fhort filaments, of a fubulated figure, placed oppofite to one another : the antherre are erect. ~he germe~ of the pifiil is roundiili. The fiyle is fingle, and very fhort ; the fiigma bifid and thtck, and it's fegments ar~ emarginated. The fruit is a drupe, of an oval figure, fmooth, and containing only one cell, in which there is lodged a fingle, ·rugofe nut, of an ova to-oblong figure. T t 1. Olea |
