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Show The Hi.ftory of p L A N T S. 1• Soldanella Joliis fubrotuudis. Roundijh-leaved Soldanella. h · fib T e root d wh'1te • the radical leaves fiand on pedicles of two or three IS rous an . h 1 f d Jl_ ·nches Ion . the are roundilh, but fomewhat broader t an ong, o. a U1Ky g~een 1 gd,fi 11 yf 'lky J'uice. the fialks are procumbent and creepmg, fix or e1ght colour an u 0 a ml · h · ' Th fl · r. · 'l r. t' ·nuch more and take root at t e JOmts. e owers rile mches ong lome lmes I ' h a d fi 1 d' f h t' of the leaves which are like the radical ones; t ey nan mg y, on pe 1- dreosm ft e a re h · he's long and are large and of a fine purple, not lefs than half 0 two or t ree me , , an inch in diameter at the mouth. . . . . . It is frequent on our fea.:.{}10res. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Soldanella mant1ma mtnor; J. Bauhine, Braflica marina five Soldanella. 2. Soldanella Joliis cordatis. Cordated-leaved Soldanella. ~fcilian rea 115tnn~wten. The root is a tuft of large fibres : the radical leaves fiand on pedi~les of about an inch in length . they are fhort and broad, rounded at the extremity, and deeply cordated at the bafe, and ufually emarginated at the top, an inch an~ a h~l~ long, an inch broad, and of a dufk.y green, thick, fucculent, and. full of a milky JUICe. The fialks are in part procumbent, in part ereCt; where ~hey he upon the gro~n d, they t~ke root at every joint: where they are erecr, they ~ave leaves,_ fomewhat hke the radical ones in ihape, but doubly auri~ulated, and, as It were, pmnated at the bafe; thefe fiand alternately, on fhort pedicles. The flowers are very large, and of a fine red, broader, in proportion to their length? .than thofe of. the forn:er. . This is frequent on the iliores of Sicily. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Soldanella feu Braffica maritima major. MENYANTHES. T HE calyx is an ereCt, permanent perianthiurn, formed of one leaf, and divide_d into five fegments at the edge: the corolla confifi:s of a fin.gle petal; ~h.e tu~e IS fhort, and of a cylindric figure, but widening at top; the limb IS deeply d1v1ded mto five reflexo-patent, obtufe, and hair.y fegments >. 'the fiamina are five iliort, ~ubula~ed filam ents· the antherre are acute, ereCt, and btfid at the bafe; the germen IS come; the fiyle is cylindric, and nearly of the length of the corolla, and the fiigma bifid and cornprdfed. The fruit is an oval, unilocular capfule, furrrounded by the cup; the feeds are [mall, numerous, and oval. This genus comprehends the Menyanthes and Nymphoides of Toumefort, and the Acopa of Morifon. 1. Menyanthes foliis ternatis. The trifoliate Menyanthes. 1J5uck~ bean. The root is long, white, jointed, and a third of an inch in diameter; it creeps uncle:; or on, the furface, and fends out fibres at every joint : the radical leaves fiand on pedicles, four inches long, round, thick, green, and fungous within; on each of thefe pedicles fiand three leaves ; they are two inches long, an inch and a half broad, an~ refemble, in fame degree, the pinnre of the bean leaf: the fialk grows to a foot h~gh ; it is thick, round, and of a pale green; on it's top fiand a number of flowers, 111 a kind of thick fpike; they are red, before they open, but, when open, white, very beau· tiful, and hairy. It is common in wet grounds, with us. C. Bauhine and others call it, Trifolium pa\uil.re ; Morifon, Acopa. 2. Menyanthes Joliis fubrotunliis. Roundijh-leaved Menyanthes. jftmb~taten lmatet>lillP. The root is compofed of a clufier of thick, white fibres: the ftalks are procumbent, and take root, as they lie upon the mud, fending fibres from every joint ; the leaves are ~arge The Hi.ftory of P L A N T S. Jarge and roundiih, thick, gloify, and of a dee~ green ~ they fwim on the furface of the water, being affixed to long, round, and .th1ck ped1cles.. The flowers ftand alfo on long pedicles; they are large, yellow, hauy, and fim bnated at ~pe edges of the fegments; they do not at all refemble the flowers of the nymphrea, but pe,rfeB:ly thofe of the common menianthc:s, except in fize a'nd colour. · · T his a native of England, but it is not common; I found gtea.t: plenty of it, this ~ear, near Peter~oroug~, in Northamptonfhire: · Tournefort ~alls it, ~ymphoides a.quis innafcens ; <;. ~auhme, Nrmpb~a lutca mt?or flur~ .hn:bnato. . The leaves of this fpecies are fometlmes fpot~e;d Wit~ purple, 1 the flowers fomet1mes w~Ite. : [r • .. J! 0 J H 0 .. f T 0 N I A. T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of one leaf, divided into five linear, erect, patulous fegments: 1 the corolla confiil:s of a !1ngle petal ; the tube is of the length of the calyx ; the limb is plane, and divided into five ovate-oblong, emarginated fegments; the !lamina are five 1hqrt, ereCt, fu bulated filaments, placed oppofite to thefegmen ts of the corolla; the antherre are oblong; the germen is globofe, but acuminated; the !lyle is filiform, and {hart; the fiigma is globofe: the fruit is a globofe, acuminated capfule, pla~;:ed on the cup, and having only one cGll; the feeds are numerous and 'round ; the receptacle large and alfo round. . . , . This genus comprehends the Hottonia of Boerhaav.e, and the Strat10tc;s of Va1llant, but not the Stratiotes of aULhors in general, that being a difi inB: genus. Of this there is only one known fpecies. H 0 T T 0 N I A. mttattr iltol t. The root is a duller of white fibres, moderately thick, and very long, defcending deep into the mud : the radical leaves are pinnated, the pinnre divided into long and narrow fegments, and, as they lie expanded in the water, making a very beautiful appearance: the fialks which fufiain the flowers are round , flender, naked, and a foot, or more in length; they are jointed, as it we're; toward the top, and~ at every joint, there ' fiand four or five beautiful, moderately b.rge, white flowers, difpofed in a radiated form, and placed on pedicles of an inch, or more, in length; they are white, and the apices in their center yellow. . It is frequent with us in ditches, and <?ther iliallow waters ; th.e whole plant ts generally immerfed in the water, the top, with the fl9wers, only bemg above the f~rface. C. Bauhine calls it, Millefolium aquaticum, five Viola aquatica caule nuda ; Vaillant, ~tratiotes vulgaris flare alba ; Ruppius, Myriophyllum Rivini. I L y s ~I M A c H I A. · HE calyx is an acute, ereCt, permanent perianthium, divided into five fegments; the corolla confi!l:s of a fingle petal; the tube is fcarce difcernible; the limb is divided into five ovate -oblong fegments; the !lamina are five fubulated filaments, nearly cohering at their bafes, and of about half the length of the corolla ; the antherre are acuminated; the germen is roundiih ; the fiy le is fi liform, of the length of the fiamina ; the fiigma is obtufe : the fruit is a cap!ule, of a globofe figure, compofed of two valves, ·and having only one cell ; the feeds are numerous, and angulated; the receptacle globofe, large-, and punB:ated . 1. L;jimachia f oliis la?Zceolatis racemo compojito terminatrice. !:!?tllOlb The lanceolated-leaved, clu.fter-Jlowered Lyjimachia. ruLlillOlll-4lttb. The root is creeping, oblong, of the thicknefs of a finger, jointed, and of a reddi{h colour: the fialk grows to five fee t high ; it is fi riated, hairy, firm, and of a pale green: the leaves Hand three, four , or five at a joint; they are three inches long, an inch and a half wide, broadefl: in the middle, and terminate in a point; at the top of the main O:alk and branches are fpikes of very beautifu l yel low flowers. I t grows in damp places, with us. C. Bauhine calls it, L yfimachia lutea major; Rivinus, Nnmnmlaria er tta. Y y y 2. Lyjimachia |