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Show The Hiflory of P. L A N T S. 2• Alchemilla foliis digitatis. (J!inQUtfoil rLa'Oie~ Digitated-leaved Alchemilla. ~antle. 244 · 1 • bl g fiender blacki1h and furnilhed with The root of this ele~ant ltttle p antdiS o odn. i f th~ee inche~ long . they are half n fibres The radical leaves ftan on pe 1C es 0 • ' d h fi r. rna . Y . ·. d divided down to the pedicle, mto five parts, an t e e JCr-an mch m ~Iameter, anh are f ,b ight green on the upper fid e, and of a filvery rated at the1r edges: t ey are 0 a r 1 d h't'lh d · h't derneath The ftalks are four or five inches ong, roun , w 1 1 , an pto~ w I e un h ~ fi d 1 l'ke the radical ones but fmaller, formed of fewer cum bent ; ondt e. eh an h e[cavts I pedicles and at their tops ftand clufiers of little fegments, an w1t out t o e ong , greeni·l h·- white f·l owefr' s.E 1 d b t is a very fcarce plant w1· t h us. 1 h ave me t W·it 11 Th1s Is a native o ng an , u Al h ·n Al · pentaphyllm it on the hills in the northern counties. Ray calls it, c emi a P10 ~ . a. C. Bauhine, Tormentilla Alpina folio fericeo; and Tournefort, Alchemtlla qumquefo-lia folio fubh tus ;,rge.nteo.f AI h ·n e I The cinquefoil Alchemilla, with fimbri- The ot er 1pec1es o c em1 a ar , • l 1 d ated lobes. 2. The narrow-leaved, erect Alchemilla. 3· T 1e narrow- eave ' pro-cumbent Alchemilla. Clafs the Fourth Order the Second. T E R A N D R I A D I G Y N I A. p !ants which have four jiamina and two jlyles in each flower. APHANES. T HE calyx of the Aphanes is a permai:ent perianthium of a tubulated figure, ~onfifiing of a fingle leaf, divided into eight fegments ~t the edge, and thofe alternately larger and fmaller : there is no corolla. The ftamma are four erect, fubulated filaments; they are very [mall, and are inferted in the rim of the calyx : the. antherre are roundifi1. The germina are two, and of an oval figure: the ftyles are c~ptllary, of the length of the fta.mina, and inferted into the germina at the bafe: the fiign:ata. are capitated. There is no fruit, but the calyx clofes at the mouth, and contams two oval, acuminated feeds, compreffed, and of the length of ~he ~yle. . . . This genus approaches greatly to t?e Al~hemilla, but IS ev1dently d1fimct m the pifiil. There is only one known fpec1es of 1t. A pH A N E s. The root of this little plant is oblong, fmall, and fimple, and f~rnilhed wi~h feve· ral £.bres. The ftalks rite five or fix together; they are three mches long, rou~d, hairy, and procumbent: t.he leaves ftand very thick upon them; they are r?.undtili, but divided, as it were, mto three parts, and thofe deeply errated at theu ~dges. All along the branches fiand clufi~rs of fmall,. greeniili-~.hite flowers, arranged mto a double feries. The whole plant IS of a greytfh, o~ w~Itllh-green , colou~. . It is extreamly common in our corn-fields. Dillemus and others calltt, Percepter Anglorum. Columna, Alchemilla Alpina minor ; and C. Bauhine, Chrerophyllo non· nihil accedens. HAMAMELIS. T HE calyx of the Hamamelis is an ereCl perianthium, confifi ing of four equal, oblong, and obtufe leaves. The corolla confifis of four linear, equal, and very long petals: the ftamina are four f~bulated filame!lts, of the length of the .calyx; the antherre are fimple : the germen IS oval a?d ha1ry. The fiy les are tw.o ~n nut~l~er, and of the length of the fiamina : the fbgmata are fimple. The frmt lS a lnv,tl.ve capfule, containing two cells: the feed is a fingle nucleus, of an oblong, oval figuJ e, and fmooth furface. This is an American, defcribed by Gronovius in his Flora Virgi nica. The charac· ters fufficiently difiinguifh it, without a farther defcription. cus- 'The Hi.flory of P L A N T S. C USC U T A. T. HE calyx of the Cufcuta is a perian thium; formed of one leaf, of a cyathiform figure, obtufe, lightly divided into four fegments, and flelhy at the bafe. The corolla confifis of a fingle petal, of an oval figure, a little longer than the cup, and divided lightly into fou r obtufe fegments at the mouth : the fiamina are four fubulated .filaments, of the length of the cup; the an therre are roundilh; the germen of the pifiil is roundilh; the fiyl es are two, erect and lhort ; the frigmata are fimple ; the pericarpium is roundiili, Helhy, and formed into two cells, opening horizontally; the feeds are two in number. This genus comprehends the Cufcuta of authors, and the Bafella of the Hortus M~labaricus; the Bafella, indeed, produces a fingle feed, naked, and placed in a fucculent, baccated calyx; the flower is fometimes divided into fix fegments, and the fryle in that cafe is triple. I. Cujcuta nuda repens .filiformis. The .filiform, naked, creeping Cufcuta. The root of this fingul ar plant confifls of a number of 1hort fibres: from this rife feveral naked, round, reddi il1 fl:alks, which twill: themfelves about any plant that is near them : as foon as thefe are well faflened to the plant, the root in the earth dies away, and the whole plant is afterwards fed by the juices of that it has feized upon; thefe ftalks continue always naked of leaves; but they fend out, at different parts, clu fie rs of fib res, which pierce the bark of the other plant, and thence take in their nourilhment. The flowers ftand in clufters, on feveral parts of the fialks ; they are hollow, fmall, and of a pale reddiili, or whitilh, colour. This plant is common in England, and in all other parts of Europe, and has been called by different names, according to the different plants it has been found about, as Epurtica, Eperica, and Epithymum; the laft is frill, by many, fuppofed a diftinct fpecies, but erroneoufly. The Cufcuta has been celebrated as a cathartic, but it is a very languid one, and is now out of ufe. HYPECOUM. T HE calyx of the Hypecoum is a fmall perianthium, formed of two leaves, which are of an oval, · acute figure, and fiand erect, and oppofi.te to one another, and are deciduous. The corolla confifts of four petals; the two exterior petals are broad, trilobated, and obtufe, and are placed overagainfi one another ; the two interior ones fland alternately with the others : they are lightly divided into three fegments, of which the middle one is hollE>w, comprelfed, and ereCl. The fiamina are four ereCt, fubulated filaments, covered by the fegments of the two inner petals : the antherre are erect and oblong: the germen is oblong and cylindric: the ilyles are two, and are very ihort : the fligrnata are acute. The fruit is a long, compreifed pod : the feeds are of a roundilh figure, but comprelfed, and are placed fingly in the articulations of the pod. r. Hypecoum Jiliquis arcuatis, compreflis, articulatis. 7he Hypecoum, with crooked, comprejfed, articulated pods. The root is oblong and £lender, fometimes bifid, fometimes fimple, and of a yellowilhbrown colour : the radical leaves fiand on moderately long pedicles ; they are varioufly divided, and, in .fome degree, refemble thofe of the fumaria : the fralks are procumbent, and fomewhat comprelfed, and run up naked a great way, but, toward the top, where the flowers appear, they have leaves, like the radical ones, but fmaller, and without thofe long pedicles. The flowers are fmall and yellow : the pods are long and bent like a fickle: the feed is black. ' This is not a native of England, but it is common in moll other parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Hypecoum; J. Bauhine, Hypecoon filiquofum; others, Cuminum filiquofum. 2. H.Ypecoum Jiliquis pendulis, teretibus, equalibus. The Hypecoum, with cylindric, equal, pendulous pods. The root of this fpecies is oblong and fiender: the radical leaves are fupported on pedicles of two inches long, and refemble thofe of the carui plant: the ftalks are five R r r or |