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Show 354 The Hi.flory of P L A N T S. Tamarix pedunculis nudis, Jloribus pentandribus. The nak.ed pedunculed Tamarix, with five .ftamina i?z tbe '3tantatizk. .flower. This ufually gr~ws to but ten or twelve feet ~igh, with the appearance of a iluub; fometimes it is met with much taller, and with all the appearance of a tree. The bark of the trunk is pale brown, and rough ; that of the young branches fmooth and red. The leaves are very nauow, and fomewhat refemble thofe of the cyprefs, but are of a paler green colour. The flowers fiand in clufters, at the extremities of the branches; they have long, ilender, naked pedicles, and are fmall, of a purpli(h colour on the ouliide, before opened, but white within. It is a native of France and Italy, and grows mofily m;ar the fea. J. Bauhine calls it, Tamarix major, five Arborea Narbonenfis. STAPHYLJEA. T HE calyx is a perianthium, divided into five roundHh, hoHow fegments; it is nearly of the fi~e of the flower, and is coloured : the corolla confifls of five oblong, t:retl retals, and much refembles the cup : the fiamina are five oblong, erect, filaments, of the length of the cup : the anther~ are fimple : the germen is thick and tripartite : the fiyles are three; they are fimple, and a little longer than the fl arnina ; the 11igmata are obtufe, and contiguous: the fruit is cornpofed of three inflated, flaccid capfules, affixed together longitudinally, by a future pointed at the tops, and opening on the in fides : the feeds are two, oifeous, fubglobofe, with oblique points, and an orbicular hole at the fide of the apex : in [ome fpecies the ftyles are only two and then the fruit alfo confifl.s of only two capfules. ' I. Staphylcea Joliis pi11natis. The pinnated-leaved Staphylcea. . ( This grows fometitnt:s to the height and bt~lk of a tn~e, more ufually it is a lh rub ten or fifteen fe@t ~igh; it's bark, is dark br~wn on the trunk; the young !hoots are green: and have a larg~ pnh. The leaves are pmnated and large; two or three pair of oblong, large, pomtc~, and ~r~nated pinr.1re fiand on a flalk, terminated by a fin gle one. The flowers gro~, m a verticillate manner, round certain long, pendulous pedicles, the dufiers arc at a dtfl.ance from ~ne another; they are fmall, white with a caft of reddiili, before they open, and frnell hke thofe of elder; the veficles are long, lar.ge, inflated, and green. It is a native of England, but not common with us· I have met with it in woods in Kent. J. Bauhine calls it, Stap,hylodendron; others: Nux veficaria. 2. Staphy!cea foliis ternatis, ovato-act,tminatis. The Staphylcea, with ternate, ov~to-acttminated leaves. ~rtfoltatt 215tag:u:oer:;tutt. T~e trunk is large, and covered with a brown bark; the branches are brittle, anq greemlb. ~he leaves ftand on pedicl~s, three together ; they are two or three inches long, broade!l: near the bafe, but running to a long point at the end, and of a pale gre~n. colour. Th: flowers are of a greenifh-white colour, frnall, and in c1ufiers; the fruit IS very large, mflated, and of a brownifh colour. It is a native of North America, and has been often fent over from Penfylvania. TUR,NERA. T .II E calyx is a ~e~ianthiu.m, f~rrned of one leaf, f an infundibuliform i11ape, . and deq1~u?us:. Its tub IS cylmdraceo·angulated, oblong, and erect: the limb lS ercCl:, and d1v1d~d uHo five lanccolated fegmeuts., of the leng~h of the tube : the cor 1 11a conf1Lls of five pet~ls, of an obverfely-c~rdated .figure, wi!h a point; they ar(( e ane, ereC.to·patent, and have narrow ungues lnferted into the ube : t)le .ftamjna are hve fubulated filamcn.ts, of half the length of the corolla, and in le ted in o the cup: h anth er~ 11.re acummated and erect: the germen is conic; the fiyles are three, filiform, The Hi}Jory of P L A N. T s. ass form, and of the length of the fiamina : the fiigma is capillaceo-multifide : the fruit is an oval capfule, with one cell, formed of three valves : the receptacles are linear and are annexed longitudinally to the valves : the feeds are numerous, oblong, and ohtufe • It is an American, defcribed by Plumier. TELEPHIUM. T a E perianthium COf\fiCl:s of five oblong, obtufe, permanent leaves, of the length of the corolla : the corolla confifls of five ereCt, oblong, obtufe petals, narrowell: at the bafe: the fiamina are five fubulated filaments, i110rter than the corolla; the antherre are incumbent ; the germen is triquetrous and acute : there are no ftyles, but the fiigmata are thr~e, acute and patent: the fi·uit is a 01orr, triquetrous capfule, formed of three valve~, and having only one cell; the receptacle is free, and of about half the length of the capfule : the feeds are numerous and roundifh. Of this genus there is only one fpecies; it is called by many authors a fpecies of Ciftus. TEL E p HI u M. The root is three or four inches long, and as thick as one's finger, yellowifh on the outiide, white within, hard, perennial, and furni(h ed with a few long and thick fibres. The radical leaves are oblong and narrow; the fialks are numerous and procumbent, or, at heft, but oblique; they are fix or eight inches long, round, flender, and green : the leaves fiand altern ately on them ; they are fmall, of an oblong figure, approaching to an oval, abou t half an inch in length, and of a yellowiG1 green. The flowers fiand in long clufiers, at the extremities of the branches, and the ends of the dufler turn pack; they are while and fmall. It is a native of France. Imperatus calls it, T elephium legitimum; C. Bauhine, Telephium repens folio non decidua. Morifon makes it a fpecies of polygonum. Authors have made other fpecies out of the varieties of this plant, and have defcribed fome Qthers a~ of this genus, which belong to others. C 0 R R I G I 0 L A. T HE perianthium confifis of five oval, concave, patent, permanent leaves, of th~ fize of the corolla : the corolla confifl.s of five oval, patent petalg : the fta. ndna are five [mall, fimple filamen ts : the antherre are fimple; the germen is ovatcd and trigonal; there are no fiyles ; the ftigm ata are three, and obtufe : there is no fruit but the calyx, which, cl.G>fing, ierves in the place of one : the feed is fingle, and ovatetriquetrous. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies. C 0 R R I G I 0 L A. The root is oblong and flender; the radical leaves are oblong, narrow, and pointed. The fta]ks are numerous and procumbent; they are four or five inches long, round, flender, and ramofe ; the leaves on thefe are lhorter than the radical ones, and refemble thofe of the fmaller knot-grafs ; they ftand clolely and irregularly, and are of a bluiq1~"" green c9lopr; at the t~ps of the fialks fiand fpiked, thick clufiers of flowe rs; they ar~ fmall, reddifh, before they open, afterwards white; before the fpikes have fJowered all over, t}leir ends are turned back. It is a native of France and Germany. Ray calls it, Polygoni-folia per terram fparfa flare fcorpioidis; P~rkinfon, Polygonum minus Monfpelienfe. I-I 0 L 0 S T E U M. T HE perianthium is permanent, and compofed of five leaves: the corolla is compofed of five petals, broadefi toward the ends, plane, patent, and tridentated : the ftamina are five fimple filaments: the antherre are roundj{h.; the germen is oval; th6 fiyles are three, and rc:pandous; the ftigm ata are fimple: the fruit is a cylindracco-conic capfule, with one cell ; the receptacle is free, obfoletely trigonal, and has very D1ort );lairs, which ferve to fix the feeds : the feeds are numerous, and triquetrous : there is a fpecies of this genus in which the fiamina, and other parts, are only four, in11ead ef five. PHARN ACEUM. • |