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Show 222 The Hiflory of p L A N T S. 1 • Globularia caule herbaceo, joliis radicalibus tridentatis, caulinis integerrimis. . The herbaceous-:fla!R.ed G!obularia, with the radical leaves trtdentated, the others intire. The root of this fpecies is oblong a.nd fiender, r~ddiih on th~ outfi~e, .. and white · h' h d woody and furniibed wtth a few whtte fibres. F10rn thts ufe a ~um-wbenr omf, fi ar , ' h' k d {: o th and tnd 1ort, and fomewhat broad, leaves, t tc , nervous, an m o , . en-tated at the extremities: among thefe rifes the ftalk, ufua1ly fi~glc, but fo.mettmes three or fout grow together. It grows to ~ve or fix inches htgh, f~mettmes. to more than twice that height; it is round, fin a ted, and u_fuallr o~ a red~tfh colour, and has on 1· t a num ber of leaves ' not divided ' like thofe whtch nfe Imme·d tately fi·om1 hth e dro ot, but ihorter, and intire. At the top of the ftalk ftands a roundtih, or ova, ea , or duller of flowers; they are of a beautiful blue colour, fmall, and arranged clofe to-gether. . F G s d · This is not a native of England, but is frequent m :ance, erm.any, w~ en, . and many other parts of Europe. Clufius calls it, Globulana; C. Bauhme, Bellis cerulea caule foliofo; Anguillara, Aphyllanthes. 2. Globularia caule berbaceo nudo. 'rhe G!obularia, with a naked, herbaceous flaiR.. The root of this fpecies confifts of a clufter of white fibres, of the thicknefs of a [mall packthread. From this arifes a clufter of oblong, and broad, leaves, of a dark green colour, and fmooth furface : from ~he center o.f this ~uft ~f leav~s rifes a finglc ftalk, round, fomewhat firiated, and of eight or ten mches m hetg~t ; 1t has no leaves on it but is perfeCtly naked to the top, where there ftands a roundtfh head, compofed of a great number of flowers, of a beau.tiful pale blue. . . , This fpecies is a native of the mountamous pat:ts of Ger_many. C. Bauhme calls It, Bellis ccerulea caule nuda. Tournefort, Globulana Pyrenatca caule nuda. 3· Globularia fruticofa, foliis brevibus tridentatis. , The Jbrubby Globularia, with jhort, tridentated leaves. ~lppum of ~ontpelter. This fpecies is a fmall lhrub; it's root is thick, oblong, of a blackifh colour., an.d very hard and woody. It's ftem grows to three quarters of an inch, or more, m diameter, and divides into a number of thin, but firm and woody, branches, covered with a fmooth, reddiih bark: the whole fhrub grows to about three feet in height. The leaves ftand irregularly on the ftalks, and are ufually reddifh; they are about three quarters of an inch in length, and are very narrow at the bafe, and thence grow broader to the extremity, where they are ufually terminated by three points: they are thick, and very bitter to the tafte. The flowers ftand at the tops, and along the fides of the branches ; they are colleCted into a kind of fmall heads, and are of a reddiih or purplifh colour. This fpecies is not met with native in England, but it is very frequent iri Germany; Italy, and fame parts of France. Authors call it, Thymelcea and Alypum. It is a violent cathartic and emetic, and is fometimes given in dropfies, with fuccefs; but it is to be ufed with caution. It's bark contains it's principal virtues. The other fpecies of the Globularia are, I. The little, creeping, woody-ftalked Globularia. 2. The ihrubby, African Globularia, with hoary, fhort leaves. 3· The fpinofe Globularia. 4- The little, Alpine, origanum·leaved Globularia: and, 5· The Globularia, with flowers in the alre of the leaves. DIP SAC US. T H ~ common perianthium of the Dipfacus is compofed of many leaves, and contams many flowers : the leaves are narrow, longer than the flowers, and penna~ ent: the proper perianthium is fcarce vifible; it ftands on the germen. T he corolla ts formed of a fingle petal, which is firait. tubular all the way, and divided into four fegments fegments at the mouth : . the exterior fegment is larger than the others,· and acutel The flam ina are four capillary filaments; longer than •the- coroUa: theoantherw are incumbent: the gerrnen of the pillil ftands within the proper perianthium: ~be ftyle is capillary, of the length of the corolla: th_e ftigma is fimple : there i~ no pericarpi?m· The feeds are fingle, and of a columnar figllre, and are coronated With an undivtded edge: the common receptacle is conic, and formed of a fpungy body, with a multi-tude of palere. , , , 1. Dipfacus capitulis jlorum conicis. The conic-headed Dipfacus. <!to nnton 3te;~Jtl . The root of this fpecies is oblong, white, thick, and furniil1ed with feveral fibres. The leaves, which rife in a clufter from this, are a foot, or more, in length, and four inches in breadth, with large ribs, and fame fpines on them. The ftalk is fingle ; it grows to five feet high, and is whitiih, round, and hollow, befet with prickles, efpeT dally toward the top. The leaves ftand two at a. join , and tbeili bafes are join ·d, and furround , the ftalk in fuch a manner as to form a kind of bafon, in which fiands ufually a quantity of water·: thefe have a few ferratures at their edges, and a row of hooked fpines along the middle rib. Toward the top of the fialk tbere grow out branches in pairs. from the alee of the leaves, and on the fummits of thefe, as well as of the main fialk,' ftand the heads; they are of an obt~fely conic figure, and of the fize of a hen's egg: the flow~rs are fmall, .and o~ a reddt£? colour. This fpecies IS frequent wtt~ us m. unculuvat.ed p~aces, and by road-fides. C. Bau .. hine calls it, Dipfacus fylveftns aut vtrga pallons maJor ; others, Labrum veneris. 2. Dipfocus capitulis jlorum Jubglobojis. The round-beaded Dipfacus. 1Ltttlt Jrtafel. This is a fmaller plant than the former. lt's root is ~blong and white, furniihed with a number of fibres, and does not defcend very deep mto the ground : the ftalk is of the thicknefs of a man's finger, round, hollow, greenifb, and rigid on the furface, with !harp fpines on the ridges; toward the top it is divid~d into maoy bra~ches. The leaves ftand in pairs on the ftalk, and both thefe and the rad1c.al ones are very ltke thofe. of the common Dipfacus, but fmaller, and do not embrace the ftalk,, or form a ca~Hy about it, as in that fpecies: at the bafe of eac~ leaf th~re are two aunculce; the pedicle is an inch in length, and the leaf broadeft m the mtddle, ferrated at the edges, and armed with fpines on the under furface. At the ~ops of ~he ftalks and branches fta?d round heads, of the bignefs of a nutmeg, furmihed wtth numerous, frna.ll, whJte flowers. This fpecies is frequent with us by road-1ides, and in .dry paftuJes. C. Bauhine calls it, Dipfacus fylvellris capitulo minore, five virga p~o.ns. . The other fpecies of Dipfacus are, I. The lacimated-leaved D1pfacus.. 2 .. The fmooth, four-leaved Dipfacus, with fcabious-like leaves. ~· The gr~at Indian Dlpfacus, with cluftered heads: and, 4· The jagged-:leaved D1pfacus, With fmooth, oval heads. Authors defcribe alfo what they call a Dipfacus fativus; but t?is ~s only the ~r.ft fpecies defcribed here, rendered larger by cu1tu:e. The heads of thts kmd are ufed m drefiing cloaths, and the ~eaves are a good fiomachic, but they are not much known as fuch . S C A B I 0 SA. T HE common perianthium of ·the Scabiofa is for:ned of ~any leaves, furrounding the receptacle in feveral feries, and fixed on It; the tnner ones of thefe are fmaller than the outer ; the whole is patent, and contains many flowers. The proper perianthium is double; both, however, are fixed 011; the germen.; o~ thefe ~he. e:te ... rior one is permanent, ihort, membranaceous, and phcated; the tntenor one IS dtv~de~ into five fubulato-capillaceous fegments. The corolla confifis of ~ fingle petal.; this ~·S erett, tubulated, narrowefl at the bafe, and thence gradually wider, and fltghtly divided into either four or five fegments, of which the exterior ones are the larger. The ftamina are four fubulato-capilb.ry, weak filaments: the antherce are oblong and incumbent : the germen of the pifiil is placed below the receptacle of the flofcule, and |