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Show 2 g2 The Htfloty of P L A N T S. h b fe and ferrated round the edges. The flowers frand in clufrers, forming a kind ~/ih~rt: conic heads; they are fmall, and of a beautiful rellow ~olour. . This is a native of Virginia, and other parts of Amenca. S1r Hans Sloane calls 1t., Alni fruetu mori folio arbor, flore pentapetalo flavo. D IE R V I L L A. T HE calyx is a [mall perianthium, placed on the &ermen, and divided into five fubulated, permanent fegments. The corolla conf1fis of a fingle petal: the. tu~e is clavated, and gibbofe at the bafe, with a gufla it.~P~.effedfi beneat\: the hm1~ 1.s ~~vided into five fegments, and affumes a kind o bhJ .ahiathe g~dredl: t e uppehr ltp Is alvided into two parts, the lower into three, of w tc t e m1 e one IS t . e ongeu; all the fegments are of a lanceolated figure, and bent backward. The framma are .five fubulated filaments, of the length of the corolla: . the antherre are oblong and erect. Th germen is of an ovato-fubulated figure, and IS placed under the receptacle : the ft t ·s filiform and of the length of the framina: the fiigma is peltato-capitated, con-yxe 1 and holldw underneath. The fruit is a bivalve, bilocular capfule, of an ovato- ;:b~lated figure, and each cell contains feveral fmall, rDundilh feeds .. . There is but one known fpecies of this genus, and that fo nearly allted to the l~m~erre, that the generical charaCters only dill:inguilh it, fo that it needs no farther defcn~t10n. L 0 N I C E R A. THE calyx is a fmall perianthium, placed on the germen, and divided into five fegments : t?e c~roll.a .conlifl:s of a fingle petal: the tube .is o~lon g, and gibbofe downwards: the hmb Is dtvtded mto five fegments, one of whtch IS more deeply ferrated than the refr, and all turn backward. The ftamina are five fub ulated filaments, nearly of the length of the corolla: the an.ther~ are oblong : the germen is roundilh, and p\aced under the rece~tacle: -the fryle .1s .filiform, ~nd of th~ ~ength of the coroll.a : the fi:igma is obtufely capitated • . . The frmt IS a roundilh, umb1hcated berry, contaming two cells; the feeds are roundtlh, and compreifed. This genus comprehends the Caprifolium, Periclymenum, Chamrecerafus, Xylofreum, Triofteofpermum, and Symphoricarpos of authors. 1. In the Caprifolium the lower fegment of the corolla is twice as deeply feparated as the reft, and the berry placed fingle. 2. In the Periclymenum the fegrnents of the corollre are all nearly equally feparated, 3· In the Chamrecerafus the lower fegment of the the corolla is twice as deeply feparated as the others, and the berries are placed two together. 4· In the Xylofreum the fegments of the corolla are nearly equally feparated, and all deeply ; the berries fiand two together. 5. In the Triofieofpermum the fegments of the corolla are roundilh, and the feeds three in a berry, which is coronated with a large cup : and, finally, in the Symphoricarpus, the corolla is almofr campanulated, the fruit bilocular and femiquadrilocular, the feeds fingle. As the reft of the generical characters are perfectly the fame in all thefe, they are to be properly arranged together in the fame genus, and thefe difrinCtions to be confidered merely as fpecifical. I. Lonicera jloribus verticillatis, terminalibus, fe./Jilibus, foliis fummis connato-perfoliatis. The verticillate, /eflile, terminatory-flowered Lonicera, with perfoliate leaves. ~trfohntt ~oncpfuclt ~ ~. The root is woody, long, and creeping: the fialks are round, woody, and flender, not able to fupport themfelves erect; they are four, or more, feet, in length, and have, at every joint, two leaves; thefe are roundilh, and of a bluifh-green ; the lower ones ftand fepar~te, an.d, on fhort pedicJ_es; the ~pper ones grow together at their bafe, and t~e fialk pierces 1t s way through m the middle ; the top pair on every branch form a km? of hollow, from the center of which grows a dufier of very beautiful red flowers, an m~h and ~half in length, without pedicles, and very fweet to the fmell. It IS a native ~f Italy and the fouth of France, and is common with us in gardens. Tournefort calls It, Caprifolium Italicum; C. Bauhine, Caprifolium perfoliatum .. 2 , Lomcera 7be Hijlory of P L A N 'F & Sg 2. Lonicera j/oribus verticillatis, fol{is rotundiQribus. 7/;e rounder-leaved, verticillate-flowered Lonicera. <rebtc~g:etn ll)onevruckle. The root is long, creeping, and woody : the llalks are very ilender and weak ; they feldom grow to more th~n four or five feet high : the l eav~s ftand in pairs ; they are [mall roundiih, of a bluiih-green colour, fmooth and ihimng, on the upper fur face, hoary underneath, often joined at the bafe. The flowers fi and in tufts round the ftalks; they are of a fine high crimfon colour, but of no great fmell. T he lhrub is an ever-green, and flowers the greateft part of the year. , . It is a native 0f Virginia, but is not uncommon in our gardens.: Tournefort calJs it, Peridymenmn perfoliatum Virginianum, femper virens et :tlorens. 3· Lonicera pedunculis ·bif!oris, baccis dijlinEiis; foliis integerrimis. '' The two-jlowered Lonicera, wi.th dijlinEI berrie$ and undj- . vided !~aves. .1 The root is long, fibrous, and ~reeping : the ftem is round and firm, fl:anding erect~ and growing to twq or three feet hig-lrl ; the leaves fl:and in pai~s ; they qre large, broad, ·and hairy, an inch and a half in length, and more than an inch m breadth. The flowers are fmall and yellowifh, oblong, and divided at the extremity ; tl;l.ey qlway~ grow two on a peclide1 wh.i,ch, rifes from the ala of a leaf. The berries grow \ike a, pair of tefiicles on the fralk, and are red, when ripe, and of a very naufeous tafie. It is frequent in the woods and hedges, in Germany. Tournefort calls i t, Chamrecerafus dumetorum fructu gemino rubro; Dodonreus, Xylofi:eum; and Linnreus, Lonicera foliis ova tis obtufis integris. , , 4· Lr;nicera ~oro/lee laciniif cequaliter profunde .feEtis. The Lonicera, with the· figments of .the flower equally deep cut in. The root is long, woody, flnd creeping : the fralks are round, brittle, and covered with a greyilh-brown bark, with a white pith within: they grow to three, four, or more feet high. The leaves ftand ,in pairs; they are moderately large, obtufe, hairy, .efpecially underneath, and not at all ferrated at the edges. The flowers fl:and ' in clufters, at the tops qf , the branches, and are large, long, and of a pale red colour, and fweet fmelJ. They fl:and two together, on long pedicles, arifing from the alre of the leaves: thefe are fucceeded by two berries, large, red, when ripe, and of an unpleafant tafte. This is frequent about the Pyrenrean mountains, and in other places. Tournefort calls it, Xylofreum; J. Bauhine, Chamrecerafus Gefneri, Chamrepericlymenum Alpinum quorundam. The other fpecies are, r. The common Honey.fuckle of our hedges. 2 . The late, German, red Lonicera. 3· The early, Italian Lonicera. 4· The finuated, hairyleaved Lonicera. 5· The yellow-flowered, Italian Lonicera. 6. The black-fi·uited Lonicera. 7· The great-leaved, low Lonicera, called, Triofteofpermum: and, 8. The Symphoricarpos, or campanulated-flowered Lonicera. MUSS.lENDA. THE calyx is a fmall perianthium, fitu ated on the germen, and divided into five fegments at the edge : the corolla is compofed of a fingle petal, and is of a funnel- like lhape: the framina are five flender, long filaments : the antherre are tumid : the germen is roundilh ; the fryle lhort : the frigmata are two. The fruit is an oblong berry, and the feeds in it are difpofed in four feries. · The charaCters are fo peculiar, that they render a farther defcription unneceifary. Clifs |
