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Show The Hiflory of P L A N T S. 2. Lyjimachia racemis Jimplicibus lateralibus. Tbe Lyjimachia, with Jimple clujlers of fo.wers_ from tbe jjdes. I. The rqpt is long, bl~c4., and c~eep~J?g, f:equ~nt~y jointed, and of the thicknef~ of a goofe-quill: the .ftalk ri(e~ to a foot h1.gh; 1t IS ftnated, hollow, flen~er, and bn~tle : the leaves grow two at a joint, and the joints ftand very clofe; the leaves are an mch and a quarter long, three quarters of an inch ~road? and of a pale green : f~om the ~Ire of thefe grow pedicles, :fiender, and about an mch m length, on the fumm1t of wh~ch .ftand round~fh, or oval? clufters of fmall, yellow flowers, the whole clufter of the bignefs of a nutmeg. It is frequent about lakes and rivers, in Denmark; we have it al(o in England, but v~ry rare. C. Bauhine calls it, Lyfimachia bifoli~ flo:e &lobofo; Linnreus, Lyfimachia ex alis foliorum thyrfifera ; Rudbeck, Ly:fimach1a fahcana. 2. Lyjimachia foliis fubrotundis, jloribus Jolitariis, caule repente. · Th~ creepi-!!g, rounri-learqed, jingle-flowered Lyjimachia. ~tllolb ®o::: n tplllo~t. The root is compofed of a few white fibres: the ftalks trail upon the grou~d, and take frelh root at every joint; they are a foot, or more, in length : the leaves ftand in pairs; they are roundilh, of a bright green, and very thin : the flowers grow from the al::e of the leaves f ,they are very large~ and yellow. The who1e plal)t ma~es a beautiful appea.t;an~, and is common with us in damp places. Tournefor.t calls _it, Lyfimachia pumifufa rotunqiory folio, flore luteo; C. Bauhine, N ummularia £lore lutf1o. The principal fpecie:;~, belide t~efe, are, r. The wi)low-leaved, white-flowered Lyfimachia. 2. The great, broad-leav~d, C~napa Lyfimachia. 3· The little, purple Moneywort of authors. 4· The pointed-leaved :lyfimachia. 5· The narrowleaved Lyfimachia, called Linum ftellatum. 6. The oriental, purple-fpiked Lyfi-: machia, AN A G A L L I S. T HE calyx is a permanent petianthium, divided into five carinated fegments: the corolla confiil:s of a fingle petal; there is no tube; the limb is plane, and is divided into five fegments, of an ovato-orbicular figure, with convex ungues : the fl:amina are five erect filaments, lhorter than the corolla, and hairy in the lower part; the anther::e are fimple; the germen is globofe; the ftyle is filiform, and lightly dec;linate; the fiigma is capitate ; the fi·uit is a globofe capfule, containing only Qne cell, and dividing horizontally into two hemifph~res ; th<:i feeds are numerous, and angular ; the receptacle globofe and large. 1. Anagallis faliis ovatis, indivijis. The ov~l, undivided-leaf Anagallis. llttn ~tnt::: pttncl. The root is f'?all, oblong, whit~, and furnifhed with a few fibres; the ftalks grow to four or five mches long) fom~t1mes to ten or twelve; they are not erect, but trail ?n th_e ground, and are fqu~re, finooth, of a pale green, and hollow: the leaves Hand m pam ; they have no ped1cles, but are an inch long, and more than half as much broad, of a duiky green on the furface, and fpotted with red underneath. T he flowers ftand on flender pedicles, of an inch long, growing out of the alre of the leaves ; they are fmall and red, with us, fometimes white; in many other parts of Europe they are blue. · The pla~t is comi?on in our corn-fie.lds and. gardens. ~- Bauhine calls it, Anagallis flare Phcemceo. It 1s efteemed an alex1pharm1c and fudonfic, but is little ufed. 2. Anagallis 7be Hijlory of P L A N T s. 2. Anagallis foliis lanceolatiJ. Lanr;eo!ate-leaved Anagallis. The root is a clufter of white fibres; the ftalks are a foot, or more, in length, of a pale green, and hollow : the leaves ftand ufually two, fometimes three, fometimes, but rarely, more, at a joint; they are oblong, very narrow, and lanceolated. The .flowers ftand pn long pedicles, produced from the al<l! of the leaves, ufually one from each ; the flowers are larger than thofe of the former fpecies, and of a beautiful blue. The place whence this plant originally came is unknown; Monell us fent Clufius fome feeds of it from Cadiz, and, from the plants raifed from them, the ftock has been ever fince kept up in our garclens . DIAPENSIA. T HE calyx is a perianthium, compofed of eight leaves; the five interior ones difpofed in a circle, the other three laid in an imbricated manner, all of them equal in fize, of an oval figure, obtufe, erect, and permanent: ·the corolla confiil:s of a lingle petal, and is 6f the hypocrateriform kind; the tube is cylindric, open, and of the length of the cup; the limb is divided into five fegments, obtufe and plane; the ftamina are five erect, linear, compreffed filaments, 1hort, and placed at the fegments of the petal; the anther::e are fimple; the germen is roundi{h; the ftyle is cylindric, and of the length of the ftamina ; the ftigma obtufe : the fruit is a capfu]e, formed of three valves, containing three cells, and the feeds are numerous and round. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. D I A p E N s I A. The root confifts of a number of white fibres, and is perennial: the radical leaves are very numerous, very narrow, obtufe, and linear, extremely thin, and of a pale green colour: the ftalk is procumbent, an inch or two long, and ramofe, producing tufts of leaves, and clufters of fibres at every joint; the peduncles which fupport the flowers are flender, naked, fcarce an inch in length, and of a pale green colour; every peduncle fuftains only a fingle flower, which is large and white. It is a native of Denmark, Sweden, and Lapland, and we have it on fome of the Northern mountains in our own kingdom. C. Bauhine calls it, Sedum Alpinum gramineo folio, lacteo fiore. Tournefort, Androface Alpina perennis flore fingulari. HYDROPHYLLUM. T HE calyx is a perianthium, divided into five fubulated fegments, patent, permanent, and nearly as long as the corolla: the corolla confifts of a fingle, campanulated petal, lightly divided into five erect, obtufe, emarginated fegments : the nectarium is a fiffure, clofed by two longitudinal, connivent lamell::e, fituate between the fegments, and below the middle of the petal: the ftamina are five fubulated filaments, longer than the corolla; the anther::e are incumbent, and oblong; the germen is of an ovate-acuminated figure: the ftyle is fubulated, and of the length of the fiamina : the ftigma is bifid, acute, and patent. The fruit is a globofe capfule, formed of two valves, and having only one cell: the feed is fingle, round, and large. This genus comprehends the Hydrophyllum of Tournefort, and the Dentarire facie of Morifon. There is only one known fpecies of it. H y D R 0 p H y L L u M. The root is oblong, moderately thick, and of. a reddi01 colour: the radical leaves are pinnated, fmall, but like thofe of the dentaria, confiil:ing of two or three pair of oblong pinn::e, and a long, terminatory one, or rather of fo many deep fegments,. refembling pinna-, for they are not divided quite to the rib: the ftalk is round, fiender, and of a pale green colour; it grows to fix inches high, and has on it's top five or |