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Show The Hiflory of P L_ A N T S. 3· Herniaria flifculorum glomerulis ovatis. The Herniaria, with. oval clujlers of flowers. The root is fibrous; the fialks are procumbent, round, fmooth, and eight inches long. The leaves frand in pairs, and are a third of an inch ·long, and a quarter of an inch broad pointed at the ends, and of a pale green colour. The clufrers of flowers are thort 'and oval, and not very compaCt : the flowers are .white. . . . It is a native of Spain and Italy. Tournefort calls 1t, Paronych1~ ;H1fpamca. fupina alfine-folia capitulis minus compaCtis. 1 ' • The other fpecies of Herniaria are, I. The narrow-leav~; ereCt Hermaria. 2. The broad-leaved, procumbent Herniaria. 3· The il1rubby, myrtle-leaved , Herniaria. 4· The echinated-leaved Herniaria. S A L S 0 L A. · · T H E calyx is a perianthium, compofed of five oval, peltato-obtufe, permanent leaves: there is no corolla. The fiamina are five very iliort filaments, ari fi ng from the leaves of the ,calyx: the germen is globofe: the fiyle is iliort,. and divided into two parts: the fiigmata are crooked. The fruit is a globofe, unilocular capfule, covered with the cup : the feed is fingle, large, and fpiral, like a !hail. This genus comprehends the Kali of Tournefort and others. - • 'J 1. Sa!fola inermis foliis lanceolatis. ~tflOOtb The Janceoiated-leaved Sa!fola, without prick.les. , <!Dlaf.Sll.JO~t. J ) ( j .,. ', The root is fibroUS !; the fralks are round, thick, and, fucculent, ,[and ufually 9f a purpliili colour; toward the tops they are divided into a •multitude iof branches. The leaves are large toward the bottom, but very fmall toward. tho ,tops, . broad. at .the bafe, and growing fmaller to the point. The flowers are fmall and greenilh ; the feeds beau-tifully contorted, or twified in a fpiral manner. . 1 -> , • It is common OQ the fea-coafrs in· many parts of EuroP.e, ·apd ·~s , cultivated alfo in many places for m~king a k_ind of pot-afh. C. Bauhine calls it, Kali majus femine cochleato ; J. Bauhme, Kah vulgare. · 2. Sa!fola foliis lineari-lanceolatis pung~nti6ut. · The Satfola, with lineari-lanceolate, }t;tngent le~v~s. , The root confifi:s of a clufier of fibres : the fialk is rouHd ~hick fucculent and of dfk l . , ) ' ~ u y green co our ; It grows to eight or ten inches, fo~etimes more, in length, and !s ufually very much branched.: th~ leaves fiand at fmall difi:ances; they are an inch m length, narrow, and of a lmean-lanceolate figure, terminating with a iliarp fpine. The whole leaf,. ~s well as the fialk, is full of juice, and thick, only the fpine is dry, and fomewhat ngtd. The flowers are fmall and green; they fiand in the alre of the leaves.= ~he feed is beautifully fpiral, the cup prickly. . Tins 1.s frequent o~ the coafts of the Mediterranean, . and is .culthrated in fame places for makmg an Alkah fait. C. Bauhine calls it Kali fpinofum cochleatum . Matthio-lus, Fragus fpinofus. ' . · ' · '!'he other fpecies ar~, I: The procumbent, Q1ort-lea·ved :Salfola, fmm which the ban rea, or finefi:. pot-a!h, 1S made. 2. The thick, thort-leaved Sal.lbla.· 3· The woody Salfola, With membran.aceous flowers. 4· The furubby, tafmariik-leaved Salfola. 5· The il1rubby, Spant!h, broom-leaved Salfola. 6. The capillaceous-leaved, Chru~bby Salfola. 7· The trifid-leaved, prickly Salfola. 8. The large-flowered, iJ1rubby, Sillfola. . 9· The woolly-iluub Salfola. 1 o. The toad-flax-leaved Salfola. I 1. The pnckly, cap1llaceous-!eaved, furubby Salfola. · ' GOMPHRENA. T H E calyx is a perianthium.' formed ?f three leaves, and of a compreffed figure ; . two of t.he leaves are navicular, cannated on the outfide, and have their intenor edges conmvent; the third is fmall and incumbent; fide wife they are all coloured and The Hifiory of P L A N T S. and permanent. The corolla is divided into five parts, and erect ; the petals are fubul~ t~d an~ permanent : the nectarium is a cylindric tube, of the length of the corolla, d1v1ded mto five iliort, patulous fegments at the mouth : the framina are five fcarce vifible filaments, placed in the mouth of the neetarium ; the antherre cover the mouth of it : the germen is oval with a point; the !lyles are two and fmall: the frigmata are fimple, an~ ?f the length of the fiamina : the fruit is a thi'n, roundiih crufi:, with one cell, contammg a fingle, large, roundiili feed, with an oblique end. This genus comprehends the Amaranthoides of Tournefort and others. 1. Gomphrena caule ereEio, Joliis ovato-lanceolatis, capi~ ulis Jo.litariis, pedunculis diphyllis. The ereEI, ovato-lanceolate-leaved Gomphrena, with Jingle heads on two-leaved peduncles. 10urplt tbtr::: lafttng fiolber. The root confifis of a clufter of whit~. fibres : t?~ fl:alk is round, hairy, ereCt, rigid, and b:anched. Ic grows to two feet h1gh ; the JOmts are protuberant, and two inches difrant : the leaves ~a nd on fuort pedicles; they are two inches long, an inch and a quarter broad, and pomted at the ends, of a pale greyilh-green and hoary. On the tops of the branches frand th~ heads of flowers ; they are roundilh, of the bignefs of a nutmeg, and of a beautiful ~:urple colour, fometimes white: the pedicles have two leaves on them ufually, fomeumes four : the heads are compofed of a multitude of loofe fquammul<£. The plant ~sa native of b?th the Eaft and Weft Indies; we h~ve it in our gardens. Herman calls xt, Amaranth01des lndicum foliis ocymafrri capitulis purpureis. 2. Gomphrena caulibus procumbenti6us, foliis lineari-lanceolatis. The procumbent Gomphrena, with lineari-lanceolate leaves. The root ~s fibrous : the fialk gr~ws to eight or ten inches long ; it lies on the gr?und, and IS much branched: the leaves are half an inch long, very narrow, and pomt~d at t~e ends. T?e heads are fmall, and of a beautiful filvery white. . It IS a nauve of Amenca, and is found about the fea-coafis. Plumier calls it Ama-ranthoides maritima repens. , CHENOPODIUM. T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of five oval, hollow leaves, with membra· . naceous edges; the whole hollow and permanent : there is no corolla. The fiamma are five fu~ulated filaments, placed oppofite to the leaves of the cup, and of the. fame length With ~hem : the ant~e~re ar~ roundiih and didymous ; the germen is orb1cu!ate; th~ fiy!e IS fuort, and d1V1ded mto two parts; the fiigmata are obtufe: there 1s no pencarpmm.. T~e cup becomes lhut, of a pentagonal figure, with .five compreifed angles, and IS dectduous : the feed is fingle orbicular and depreffed · the fryle is, in fome fpecies, divided into three parts ; but' the fuape ~f the cup con.tain-ing the feed, difi:inguiihes it from all other genera. ' 1. Chenopodium foliis triangularifogittatis integerrimis. The triangular, fogittated-leaved Chenopodium. EngltUJ ®trcurp. The root is large, oblong, yellowiili, and furni!hed with a number of fibres. The ftalks are thick, . hollow, firiated, and ?f a pale g~een colour, purpliili toward the ~afe ; they are, m part, procumbent ; m part, obhquely ereCt : the leaves are three mches long,. and two. broad at th.e bafe; triangular? and fagittated; of a pale green, and covered m part with a quanuty of loofe, grey1ili globules, fattiili to the touch : th~ top of the fialks terminate in long fpikes, of little yellowHh-green flowers, very ~h1ck fet together. , The plant is common ":ith us in uncul.tivated places. C: Bauhine calls it, Lapathnm uneluofum; J. Bauhme, Bonus Henncus. The tops of 1t are eaten boiled . and a decoction of the leaves ufed in emollient clyfi:ers. ' , 4 L 2. Cheno- |