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Show The Hijlory of P L A N T S. P H A R N A C E U M. T II E calyx is a perianthium, formed of five fuboval, concave, patent, equal, and permanent leaves : there is no cor~lla, but the ~alyx refembles one, being coloured on the infide, and it's edges very thm: the fiamma are five fubulated filaments, of the length of the cup : the anthem~ are bifid at the bafe.; the gern:en is oval and trigonal ; the fl:yles are three, and of the len~th of t?e fiamma : the ibgmata are obtufe: the fruit is an oval capfule, obfcurely tr.tgonal, m part covered by the cup; it is formed of three valves, and contains three cells: the feeds are numerous, nitid .. orbiculated, dcpreffed, and furrounded with a margin. BASEL LA. T HE Bafella has no calyx; the corolla is compofed of a fingle leaf, deeply divided into fix fegments, the two oppofite ones being broader than the others, and, finally, it becomes baccated: the fiamina are five ilender filaments: the antherre are ftnall ; the germen is roundifh; the fiyles are three, and ihort; the fl:igmata are fimplc ; the feed is fingle. . Thefe charaCters fufficiently diflinguifh the Bafella from all the plants of this dafs, without a farther defcription. Clqfs the F~fth. Order the Fourth. P E N T A N D R I A T E T R A G Y N I A. Plants which have in each flower five ftamina and four }lyles. 0./ tbis Order there is on!J one Genus, and of that Genus on!J one known JPecies. P A RNA S S I A. T HE calyx is a perianthium, divided into five oblong, acute, patent, and permanent fegments ; the corolla confifl:s of five roundi{h, emarginated, ftriated, l101lowed, and patent petals; the nectaria are five ; each is compofed of a c01·dated fquamma, hollowed, and furniilied round it's edge with thirteen filaments, gradually taller, and each having a globular body at it's head: the ftamina are five fubulated filaments, of the length of the corolla: the antherre are depreifed and incumbent; the germen is oval and large; there are no fiyles; the fiigmata are four, obtufe and perm. a~ent; the frui t is a capfule of a tetragono-oval figure, formed of four valves, contammg one cell, and havjng a quadruple receptacle affixed to the valves; the feeds are numerous and oblong. . p A R N A S S I A, ~h e root is fibro.us, of a reddilh-white colour, and aftringent, and of a fomewhat acnd tafie : the radical. leave~ ftand ~ngly on long pedicles; they are roundifh, cordated at the bafe, and termmate m a pomt, of a pale green colour fmooth and about half an inch in diam.eter. ~he fialks are numerous; they are ilender, ang~lated, and grow to fix or fev?n mches l?1gh; each has one leaf, near it's bottom, furrounding it at the bafe, and like the radical ones ; at it's top fl:ands a fingle, large, beautiful, white flower. yve have it in many boggy places in England. Tournefort calls it, Parnaffia vulgans et palufiris ; others, Gramen Parnaffi. Clafi Tbe Hijlory of P L A N T S. 357 Clafs th~ Fifth. Order the Fifth. PENT ANDRIA P E N T A G Y N I A. Plants which have in every flower jive }lamina, and jive flyles, or jligmatao ARALIA. T H E flowers of the Aralia are colletl:ed into an umbel of a globofe figure, with a very fmall involucrum : the perianthium is very fmall, divided into five parts, and placed on the germen : the corolla confifts of five ova to-acute, feffile, reflex petals : the fiamina are five fubulated filaments, of the length of the corolla : the antherre are roundifh; the germen is roundifh; the fl:yles are five, v~ry fhort, and permanent; the ftigmata are fimple; the fruit is a roundifh, coronated, ftriated berry, having five cells ; the feeds are fingle, hard, and oblong. Aralia caule foliofo inermi. The Aralia, with a weak, foliqfe .ftalk. l5errp:::beartng ~ngettca. The root is whitifh, a foot long, and an inch in diameter. The fl:alk is round, thick, jointed, ramofe, of a purpliih colour, oftener than green, filled with a white pith, and five or fix feet high. The leaves are very large, and compofed of a number of large, oval, and acuminated pinnre, placed at diftances, and are of a duiky green, and ferrated at the edges. The umbels are fmall, and rife from the alee of the leaves i the flowers are fmall, greenifl1 at firft, and afterwards white. The berries are large, red, ·and extremely fweet to the tafie. It is a native of North America. Tournefort calls it, Aralia Canadenfis; Ray and others, Angelica baccifera. BARRE RIA. T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of one leaf, of a turbinated figure, erec:t, divided into five flight fegments at the edge, and permanent: the corolla is compofed of five oval petals, with very long, filiform ungues : the fl:amina are five fubulated filaments, longer than the cup: the antherre are fimple: the germen is rude1 immerfed in the cup, and quinquifid: the ftyles are five; ' they are filiform, and of the length of the fiamina : the fl:igmata are obtufe. STATICE. T HE common perianthium is of a very different figure in the different fpecies: ' the proper perianthium is formed of one leaf, of an infundibuliform fhape : the tube is narrow, the limb entire, not plica ted: the corolla is infundibuliform; it is formed of five petals, narrow at the bottom, broad and obtufe at the top, and patent : the fl:amina are five fubulated filaments, ihorter than the corolla: the antherre are intumbent :· the germen is extremely fmall : the fl:yles are five, filiform and difiant : the ftigmata are acn e: there is nq pericarpium: the cup becomes confiringed about the neck, and it's limb is expanded;· and in this fiate it retains the feed, which is fingle, very fmall, and roundilh. This genus comprehends the Statice and the Limonium of authors. The Statice of authors has a common triple tup, and the flowers are arranged into a roundifh head. The Limonium of authors has a common, imbricated cup, and the flowers are arranged into oblong feries. There is a fpecies in which the corolla is monopetalous, but this is not a generical diflinttion ; in the others the fl:amina adhere to the ungues of the petals. · 4 Y I . Statice |