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Show 300 The Hi.ftory of P L A N T S. 2. Ribes inerme jloribus oblongis. The long-flowered Ribes, without prickles. 3tbt ll5lack <turrnnt. The root is woody, ramofe, and £brated; the fiems numerous, round, flender three feet high, and covered with a pale bark; the leaves are large, palmated, and fi. nuated, hairy underneath, and of a bad fmell : the flowers. are oblong and hollow; the berries black, and as big as a large pea; they ~re of a difagr~eable tafie. It is a native of England, but is not co~mon wtth us, except m gardens. J. Bauhine calls it, Ribes nigrum vulgo diCtum folio olente. 3· Ribes ramis fubaculeatis reclinatis. The reclinated and fomewhat prickly-branched Ribes. The root is woody, and divaricated; the fiem an inch thick; the branches droop downwards, and have a fmooth, pale bark; the leaves are lhort, broad, laciniated, and of a dark green: the fquammre of the buds, when they burfi, have a number of capitated hairs round the edge : the fruit fiands on fingle lhort pedicles, and is la.rge, and of a blackilh purple: the flowers are fmall and green. · This is a native of Germany, and is common' in our gardens. Clufius calls it, Groffularia frutl:u obfcure purpurafcente. · The varieties of the Currant and Goofeberry are endlefs. Of the number of the certainly diftinet fpecies are, I. The more prickly, narrow-leaved Ribes. 2. The lefs-prickly, fmaller-leaved Ribes. 3· The broader, undivided-leaved , American Ribes. 4· The narrower, pndivided-leaved, American Ribes. CUPANIA. T HE calyx is a plane, permanent perianthium, formed of three oval, acute leaves, exceeding ~he petals in fize: the corolla confifis of five fmall, roundilh, patent petals : the ftamina are five fuibulated filaments, • of the length of the corolla; the anthera~ are roundifh ; the germen is oval ; the ftyle is very fmall and bifid : the ftig~ mata are obtufe ; the fruit is a coriaceous capfule, of a turbinato-oval figure, formed of three valves, and containing only one cell : the feeds are fix in num her, and roundilh; each has a proper receptacle of a campanulated figure, crenated, and furrounding it. It is an American, defcribed by ,Plumier. I T E A. THE calyx is a very fmall, ereCt, acuminateo, permanent perianthium, formed of one leaf, and divided into five fegments at top. The corolla is compofed of five long, lanceolated, acute, patent petals: the ftamina are five, fubulated, erect, filaments, of the length of the corolla : the ahtherre are roundi!h ; the gertnen is oval ; the ftyle cylindtic, and of the length of the fiatniha, and permanent : the ftigma is obtufe; the fruit is an oval capfule, of many times the length of the cup, mucronated with the fiyle, and formed of two valves cohering at the points : the cell is fingle ; the feeds are numerous and fmall. It is a native of North America, and is defcribed by Gronovius, in his Flora Virginica. The charaCters fufficiently difiingui{h it. C E LA 8 T R US. T H E calyx is a very fmall, plane perianthium, formed of one leaf, divided into five uneq?al, o~tufe fegments : the corolla confifis of five e'qual, oval, patent, feffile petals, wnh their ends turned back: the fiamina are five fubulated filaments, of !he length ~f the corolla; the anth<i!rre very frnall; the germen is alfo very fmall, and is 1mmerfed m a large plane receptacle, marked with ten ftrire : the fiyle is fubu lated, and fhorter than the fiamina; the fiigma is obtufe and trifid ; the fruit is a coloured oval capfule, obtufely trigonal, gibbous, formed of three valves, and containing three cells, The Hi.ftory of P L A N T S. 30 1 cells in each of which are fame oval, coloured feeds, fmooth, and half covered by a calyptra, which is alfo coloured, and has an unequal rim divided into four parts. There is a fpecies with a tripl~ !ligma, and no ftyle. C E AN 0 T H U 8. T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments at the edge: the corolla is compof!!d of a number of arched petals, of a hollowed figure. the fiamina are five filiform filaments ; the germ en is oblong ; the ftyle iliort and fl;nder ; the fiigma large; the fruit is an oblong, dry berry, with three cells in it, and three feeds in each. Ceanothus corymbis folio longioribus. The Ceanothus, with the corymbi longer than the leaves. The root is woody and divaricated; ~he fiem is a third of an inch in diameter, rarely more; the bark is of a pale brown: the branches ar~ not ~umerous; the!r bark is reddilh. The leaves fiand irregularly; they have reddt01 pedtcles, half an mch long, and are themfelves three inches long, an inch and half broad, and terminate in a point. They are of a pale green colour, a'nd crenated at the edge : the flowers fiand in large umbels, on the extremities of th~ branches ; they are fmall, white, and without fmell ; the fruit is fmall, and of a btowni!h red. The fh.rub is a native of Virginia and Carolina. Plukenet calls it, Euonymus jujubinis foliis Carolinienfis, fi-uetu parvo· fere umbellate. Ifnard, Euonymoides Zizyphi foliis. . r . 1 • • .J D I 0 8 M A. THE calyx is a perianthium, divided into five ~arrow, acute, permanent fegments and with a flat bafe: the corolla confifis of five oval, obtufe, feffile, ereCto-patul~us petals, of ~he length of the cup : th~ ~eeta~ium fiands on the germ~n, in form of a corona, and IS hollowed, obt!lfe, and dtvtded mto five parts: the ftamma are five fubulated filaments: the antherre are oval and ereCt: the germen is covered by the neetarium : the ftyle is fimple, of the length of the ftamina ; and the ftigma is obfolete. The fruit confifts of five compreifed, ovate-acuminated capfules, joined together by their inner edges with the points, diftant from one another, and all opening at the upper part by a future : the fee~s are fiQgle, ~blong, ?f ~ depreifed,. oval figure, and pointed at the top; and each'ls wrapped up m a carulagmous, elaft1c membrane. It is obfervable, the fruit of this Diofma agrees with the fruit called Anifum fiellatum, not only in iliape and ftruCture, but in fmell. Commelin and others have defcribed the Diofma under the name of Spirrea ; but the difference is fufficiently evident from the charatl:ers. LAG' OECIA. T HE univerfal involucrum is formed of eight leaves, which are pennata-dentated, ciliated, and reflex; this furrounds a number of pedicles, each of which has a fingle flower on it, and the whole are colleCled into a head by it. The proper involucrum confifis of four capillaceo-pennated leaves, and furrounds a fingle peduncle, which is very fhort. The proper perianthium ftands on the germen, and is formed of five capillaceo-multifid leaves : the corolla co.ofifis of five petals, very iliort and bicornate : the fiamina are five capillary filaments, of the length of the corolla ; the antherre are roundilh ; the germen is roundilh: the fiyle is o~ ~h9 length of the fiami~a: the fiigma is fimple: there is no per~anthium : tl e feeds ar~ lingle, of an ovato-oblong figure, and coronated with the perianthium. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies. ,., 4H |