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Show The Hiflory of P L A N T S. 1 • Statice caule nudo fimpli~ifimo capitato. '3tbrift. The fimple and naked Jlalked Statice, wtth a capttated head. . · · k blon and fibrated. The radical leaves are three or four mches The root ts thtc , ~ g~arance and pointed at the ends ; they are of a dulky green long, narrow, gra~y m. a~~ fts The fialks are numerous; they are round, five or col~ur, and. grow ~edg~:~d u at .the top, have a roundi!h head, or clufier of flowers, fix mche~ hJgh, of the b fna ' ' The :flowers are of a pale red colourJ and moderately 1gnefs o a nutmeg. large.. . r. ails and in fame places fufficiently di!tant from fea; we It JS common on out lea-co a' 11 . S . C B 1. · f · d s Tournefort and others ca tt, tattce; . au 1me, have tt lal((lol requ~~t m gaor eMn ~ntanus flore globofo . Morifon, Limonium flare glo- Caryop 1y us manumus, r . ' d h h · · boiro . 1t grows 1r. ome t'1m. es la.r ger , fometimes fmaller, an aut ors ave very InJU-dicioufiy made two fpectes of H. 2. Statice caule nudo ramofo. The Statice, with a naked, ramofe Jlalk. ~omnton ~ea JLabenner. The root is oblong, divaricated, and of a reddilh colour. !he radic.aldltaves ~re ~wo or three inches long, and an inch and a half broad, ~roadeft tn the ftmtd ~ /Olnte fiat the end and affixed to long pedicles. The ftalk IS round, ~obu , na e , ramo e, and a fo~t, or more, in height; the ramifications of the top of It bend b~ckward? and fiand very feparate from one another ; they are all along ornamented wtth a fenes of flowers of a beautiful pale blue colour, and fmall. . . . . It is 'very frequent 0? our fea-.coafis. C. Bauhine calls it, L1momum manttmum majus; others, Limonmm vulgauus. 3• Statice foliis lanceolatis mucronatis radicali6us, caule ancipiti dicbotomo, ftipulis Jimplicibus. . . The lanceolated, mucronated, radical-leaved Stattce, wztb )Jalks alated, and Jimple Jlipulce. The root is oblong, thick, and reddi!h ; the. leaves .are nun:er~u~, obtong,. of a bright green colour, large and broad, and terminate m a pomt th~t ts ngtd and pnckly; t.hey are in part erecr, and in part lie on the ground. The ftalk IS round, ramofe a foot h1gh, and alated on each fide by a fiiff membrane. Tpe :flowers are ve~y num~r.?us, la~ge, and form a kind of umbels; they are of a fine filvery white colour, wtth fomeumes a ltttlc tinge of blue among it; the whole clufi.er of them, as there are ufually a great number together, makes an extremely beautiful appearance. . . . It is a native of Greece, and of fome parts of Europe. Ray c.al~s tt, !--tmo~mm flofculis elegantiffimis; Tournefort, Limonium orientale plantagmts foho flonbus umbellatis. The common Limonium varies extremely in it's manner of growth, as well as fize, and from thefe varieties many imaginary fpecies have been made by too many authors, fuch as Limonium minus, Limonium minimum, and the like. The more certainly difiincr fpecies, befide thefe, are, I. The decurrent-leaved Sta· tice or Rawwolf's elegant Ljmonium. 2. The daify-leaved Statice. 3· The cordat~ d-leaved Statice. 4· The afple~ium-=leaved Statice. 5· The reticulated-leaved Statice. 6. The auricula-leaved Statice. 7· The hairy-leaved Statice. 8. The plantain-leaved Statice. 9· The multifid-leaved Statice •. I o. The fcorzone~a-leaved Statice. 11. The !hrubby, great-flowered, graffy Statl~e.. 12. The cap~llaceous· leaved Statice. 13. The bafil-leaved Statice. I4· The JUmpet"-leaved Stauce. IS· The purple, ihort-fialked Statice. 16. The fpiked, narrow-leaved Statice. 17. The ihrubby Statice, with narrow, prickly l~aves. L IN U M. T HE calyx is a permanent perianthium, formed of five fmall, erecr, acute, Janceolated leaves: the corolla is of an infundibuliform !hape; it is compofed of five oblong petals, broad and obtufe at the top, large and patent; the ftamina are five ereCt, tbe Hijlory of P L A N T S. 3.59 ereCt, fubulated filame.nts, of the length of the cu~ : the antherre are fimple, and fagittated ; the germen IS oval; the fiyles are five, filtform, ereCt, and of the length of the ftamina: the fiigmata are fimple and reflex: the fruit is a globofe, fornewhat pentagonal and, pointed capfule; it is formed of five valves, and contains ten cells : the feeds are fingle, ovated, flattiih, fmooth, and pointed. This genus comprehends the Linum, Radiola, Chamrelinum, and Li.l)ocarpon of authors. In one of the fpecies, the ftamina and petals are only four. Authors have madd a new genus of this ; but, as every thing elfe agrees; this is not allowable. 1. Linum Joliis alternis lanceolatis integerrimis, ca(ycibus acuminatis angulatis, capfulis mucronatis. The lanceolated, alternate-leaved Linum, with angular cups, and pointed capfules. The root is oblong and fiender; the fialk erect, round, hollow, fimple, and three feet high, fmooth, and divided at the top into three or four branches. The leaves fiand clofely and irregularly on it; they are two inches long, of the breadth of a fl:raw; and of a pale green, fmooth even at the edges, and pointed at the ends : the flowers are large and blue. It is cultivated in almofi all parts of Europe. We meet with it alfo wild, or from feeds cafually dropped ; and authors have made this another fpecies, under the name of Linum fylvefire. Boerhaave alfo defcribes what he calls a Linum fativum humilius flore magna ; and Tournefort, a Linum fativum latifolium Africanum frucru rnajeri, both which are varieties only of this fpecies. 2. Linum caule dichotomo, Joliis ovato-lanceolatis, corollis acutis. The dicbotomous-flalked Linum, witb ovato-lanceolate leaves, and acute corollce. 1Surgtng jfla~. The root is very fmall, oblong, and woody; the fialks are procumbent at bottom, for two or three inches; thence they rife erect, to fix or feven inches high ; they are very flender, round, and toward the top divided into many branches. The leaves are very fmall, of an oval figure, but pointed at the ends; they have no pedicles, and are of a duiky green ; the flowers fiand fingly on flender pedicles ; they are moderately large and white. The plant is common with us in dry paftures. C. Bauhine calls it, Linum pratenfe fiofculis exiguis; others, Linum catharticum. A decotl:ion of the whole plant is a ve ry rough purge, much ufed among the country people. 3· L inum caule dichotomo, jloribus tetrandris tetragynis. The dicbotomous-jlalked Linum, with four flamina, and four pi}Jils in each flower. 3tbe ltaft laupturt~ ruo~t~ ·or ~u~rern. The root is very fmall and oblong,; the fialk is round, fiender, and very ramofe : the plant grows to about an inch and a half high ; the branches are ufually reddi!h ; the leaves fiand in pairs ; they are extreamly fmall, of a fomewhat oval figure, and have no pedicles: the :flowers are very minute, and white; the feed-veffels large : the plant often expands into a kind of round tuft, and it's whole fuperficies feems covered with flowers and feed-veffek We have it in dry places not unfrequently. Ray calls it, Radiola vulgaris ferpyllifolia ; C. Bauhine, Polygonum minimum, five Millegrana minima ; Vaillant; Chama::linum vulgare; Micheli, Linocarpum ferpyllifoliq> multicaule. The other fpecies are, I. The perennial, large-flowered Linum. 2. The [mallheaded Linum. · 3· The broad-leaved, hairy Linum. 4· The !hrubby, white-flowered Linum. 5· The narrow-leaved, yellow-flowered Linum. 6. The roundi!h~ eaved, yellow Linum. 7. The broad-leaved, yellow Lin urn, flowering at the J~nts. 8. The !hrubby, yellow Linum. 9· The narrow-leaved, procumbent Li-num. |