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Show '!be Hiftory of p L A N T S. G L Aux. h'te fibres The fialks are numerous, and grow to The root is a duller of fllort, w 1 mbe~t in part and fend out many fibres from four or five inches long; theh a~e procund The lea;es are fmal1, oblong, and ftand their join~s,, whe~e they tod~cl t. ~hrfl~w;rs are fmall, of a purplilh colour, and ftand two at a JO!Ot Without pe IC es . in the alre of the leaves. b fea coall:s C Bauhine calls it, Glaux maritima; T he plant is frequent a out our - . . . h' r. . fi . t d thers Glaux exigua maritima. The flowers .are fometlmes w lte, lOmeumes na e ~ith ;ed, the ground colour being a duiky white. ILLECEBERUM. HE calyx is a permanent, pentangular perianthium! compo~ed of five ~h~k, e~e~, T £fc d 1 aves each terminating in a hair, the1r tops di~ant, an t e w ~o e co~pre e e h '. . ll The !lamina are five capillary filaments withhollowed mward : there IS noficorol a. the germen is ovated and acute, and terminates 1• 0 th cup . the ant erre are tmp e ; h' d'{} 1. 0 {e} rt f' iyle . t h e fi'I gma I·S b'tf id .• the fruit is a capfule , ap•p r•o ac mg to a ro1u1 n 1 d1 a 10 figure but pO•i n•t e d at eac h en d., formed of five valves,. contadm mg. ondly one che , da n cove're' d b y t h e ca 1y x. TI1e feed is fingle ' large , round1fl1, an pomte at eac en . Illecebrum caulibus procumbentibus. The procumbent-}lalhed Illecebrum. The root is oblong, flender, white, and furni~ed with a number of fibres. The fi lk e round jointed procumbent, of a reddilh colour, and fpread every way on ~ s ar nd . th; leaves a;e placed two at a joint ; they are iliort, of an oval figur:, fom~~~ arl~~e the leaves of the ferpyllum, and hollow. The joints are about ~n mch ~Ifiant from each other; and, befide thefe two leaves, there ~re a number of little white fl s fianding in a kind of verticillate clufters furroundmg the fialks. . ~~e~s 'frequent in Cornwal and Devonlhire, in wet places. C. B~u~ine calls It, Polygala ~e'pens nivea ; J. Bauhine, Pol ygonum parvum flore alba vertlCillato. Clafs the Fifth. Order the Firjl. Divijion the Eighth. Pentandria Mo11ogynia, with the figments of the corolla bent obliquely to the right. CERBERA. T H E calyx is a fmall, erect, acuminated perianthium, formed of a fin~le leaf, divided into five fegments at the edge: the c~rolla confifis ~f.a finple, mfundtbuliform petal, and the tube is elevated : the limb 1s larg~,· and d1v1ded I~to fi~e fegments ; they are lanceolated in figure, and bent to the nght : the nectarmm IS pen: tangular , divided into five parts, ereClo-fiellate, and placed at .the mouth of the tube· the fiam'ina are five fubulated filaments, placed in the middl~ of ~he tube; the anthem~ are ereCt: and connivent; the germen is globofe; the fiyle IS fihform, and. iliort; t~e fiigma is capitated; the fruit is a large, roundiili, fle~y drupe, mar~ed. With a longt· tudinal furrow on the fide, and containing two cells, m each of which IS a fingle feed. of an oval figure. . This genus comprehends the Cerbera and the Thevetia of Linnreus, for the cha· ntters are the fame ; and the Ahovai of Tournefort. I. Gerber a foliis lanceolatis. The lanceolated-leaved Cerbera. r· Th'e root is large and brachiated; the tree grows to thirty feet high, or more : it's trunk is often two feet in diameter: the bark is of a pale, whitilh colour, and fmootlh1 .i t e The Hi.ftory of P L A N T S. the wood moderately firm : when the young branches are cut, they emit a milky juice, and both this and the dry wood fiink fo intolerably, that the natives cannot ufe the wood fo much as to burn ; the fmell is much like that of human excrement : the leaves remain green all the year; they are three inches long, two broad, and of a Ianceolated iliape. The flower is moderately large ; the fruit poifonous. It is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indies. Tournefort calls it, Ahovai Theveti. R AU V 0 L F I A. 1., HE calyx is a very fmall, permanent perianthium, divided into five fegments : the corolla is a fingle petal, of an infundibuliform iliape : the tube is cylindricoglobofe : the limb is plane, and is divided into five roundiih, truncated fegments: the ftamina are five filaments, ihorter than the tube ; the antherre are erect and fimple : the germen is roundilh ; the ftyle is very iliort ; the fiigma capitated : the fruit is a large, globofe berry, lactefcent, containing only one cell, and iri it two compreffed, cordated feeds. It is an American, defcribed by Plumier, 40. VINCA. T HE calyx is an erect, acute, permanent perianthium, formed of one leaf, divided into five fegments : the corolla confifis of a lingle, hypocrateriform petal : the tube is longer than the cup, and is cylindric at the bottom ; broader toward the top, marked with five lines, and has a pentagonal mouth. The limb is horizontal, and divided into five fegments, growing to the top of the tube, broader upwards, and obliquely truncated at the top : the fiamina are five very fl1ort, inflex, and retroflex filaments: the antherre are membranaceous, obtufe, erect, crooked, and loaded with farina at each fide: the germina are two, and roundiih, and at the~r fides lie two other roundilh bodies : the fiyle is fingle, common to both; it is cylindric, and of the length of the fiamina : the fiigmata are two, and perpendicular ; the lower one is orbicular and plane ; the upper one is capitated and hollowed. The pericarpium confifts of two erect, cylindric, long folliculi, formed of one valve, and opening longitudinally : the feeds are numerous, oblong, cylindric, and fulcated. Vinca foliis ovatis. The oval-leaved Vinca. tZ:onunon t0cri..: rutnltle. The root is fibrous ; the fialks are procumbent, and take root, as they run along the ground, often growing thus to a great length: the leaves fiand in pairs; they have ihort pedicles, and are of an oval figure, about an inch long, of a dark green colour, :lhining, even at the edges, and thick and rigid. The flowers fi:and fingly on pedicles of three inches long, arifing from the alre of the leaves ,; they are large, and of a beautiful blue. It is common in England, but probably only as it has efcaped from gardens ; in Germany it is native. C. Bauhine calls it, Clematis daphnoides minor ; Dodonreus, Clematis daphnoides. Tournefort has made eight or ten fpecies out of this, differing in fize, and in the colour of the flower, as the red, white, &c. N E R I U M. 1" HE calyx is a very fmall, acute, permanent perianthinm, divided into five fegments at the top; the corolla confifis of a fingle, infundibuliform petal : the tube is cylindric, and fhorter than the cup; the limb very large, and divided into five broad, obtufe, oblique fegments : the neClarium is .lhort, and torn, as it were, into a number of capillary fegments ; it forms a corona, terminating the tube : the fi:amina are five very fl10rt ft laments, in the tube of the corolla: the antherre are f.:1gittated, conniven t, and terminated by a long filament : the germen is roundiih and bifid ; the fiyles are very ihort; the fiigmata fimple : the fruit confins of two cylindric, acuminated, long, ereCl: follicles, formed each of one valve, and opening longitudinally : the feeds 4 I ue |