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Show • The Hijlory of P L A N T S • p 0 N T E D E R I A. 1 · bl g fipatha opening fideways : the corolla is form- T H E ca yx ts an ° on ' d · th 1' · ed of a fin le etal, divided into two parts, an rmgent : ~ ~pper 1p ~s . nd i~'s t! divided into three equal fegments: the lower hp ~s reflex,. dt-fi. ralt, . plan~ a rts a~d thefe alfo equal: the fiamina are fix filaments, mferted mto Vlded mto t ree pa f' h is ver ibort and two are longer than the other : the anthe corolla.; onebo tt· et~e germ~n is ~blong and placed above the receptacle; the therre are meum en ' , . . t: 1 h f . . fl a · fi 1 11... t and declinate · the fi1gma IS nmp e : t e nut IS a e 1y fiyle ts tmp e, very wor ' ' d · h l fi · d f 1 fi r0 mewhat triangular marke Wlt t 1ree urrows, an con-capfule o an ova gure, 11 ' '{h fi · · 'three cells . the feeds are numerous, and of a round1 gure. tat~~~~ a native bo~h of the Ea!l: and Weft Indies, and is defcribed by Houfl:on under the name of Michelia. Clafs the Sixth. Order the Fir fl. Divijion the Third. Hexandria Monogynia, with nahed flowers, conjijling of fix petals. C R IN U M. · T HE calyx is a fpathiform, general involucrum, compofed of tW_? oblo~g leaves, which bend downward, after it opens, and expofe to light a kmd of_lmle umbel : the corolla is infundibuliform, and confifis of a lingle petal; the tube IS oblong, cylindric, and bent; the limb is divided into fi~ !anc~olato-lmear, ob_tufe, concave, reflex fegments, three · of which alternately a~e dtfimgmibed by an uncma~ed appendage. The fiamina are fix fubulated filaments, anfing from the bafe of th.e hm~ ; they are of the length of the limb, ~nd conniv~nt: the antherre are oblong, hnear, mc~mbent, and affurgent : the germen 1s pla~ed m the ~otto~ of. the corolla; the !l:yle IS fubu.lated, and iborter than the 'fiamma ; the fi1gma 1s tnfid, and very fmall : the frmt is a capfule of a fuboval figure, with three c~lls ; the fe~ds are numerous. . Of this genus there is only one known fpec1es, and th1s has been ufually called a LI-lioafphodelus by authors. C R IN- U M. The root is a large tunicated bulb ; the lea~es are fix or eight ~nches long, half a~ inch broad, and of a bluifh-green, and remam green all .the wtnter. The fialk IS round, green, fucculen t, thick, naked, and . near a foot htgh : the flowers are large and white, and fiand ten or fifteen together m a clufter, at the top of the ftalk. It is a native of America. Commelin calls it, Lilioafphodelus Americanus fempervirens minor alb us. We have it in fome of our gardens. B U L B 0 C 0 D I U M. T HERE is no calyx; the corolla is of a funnel-like ihape, and is formed of fix petals. The ungues are very long and linear ; the bractere are connec:ted at the mouth, and the limb is erect and formed of the braClere, become of a lanceolated figure, and concave. The fiamina are fix fubulated filaments, of but half the .length of the limb; they are inferted into the neck of the corolla: the antherre are J~cu~bent: the germen is in figure ovato-fubulated, · and obtufely trigonal : the ftyle IS fillform, of the length of the ftamina : the fiigmata are three, oblong, ereCl, and furrowed: the fruit is a triangular, acuminated capfule, containing three cells : the feeds are numerous. A L LIUM. Tbe Hiflory of P L A N T S. AtLIUM. T H E calyx is a common fpatha, of a roundifh figure, terminating in a long point, and deciduous·: the coroll~ confifts of .fix oblqng, narrow, comato-ereet petals : the fiamina are fix fubulated filaments, of the length of the corolla : the an. therre are oblong and erec:t; the germen is lbo(t and trigohal, with a line on .every· angle : the fiyle is fimple ; the fiigma is acute : the fruit is a very lhor't, broad capfule, of a trilobated figure, confifting of three valves, and containihg three cells : thb feeds are numerous, and of a roundiih figure. · This genus comprehends the Allium and the Moly of authors, and the Cepa and Porrum of Linn~us, in his Genera Plantarum. 1. Allium caule planifolio bulbifero, radice compojita, .ftami-nibus tricufpidatis. €:onuuoti The planifolious, bulbiferous-.ftalhed Allium, with a compound <IDatlttk. root, and three-pointed jlamina. 1 • The root is a com polite bulb, of the bignefs of a l;en's egg, formed of a number of fmaller bulbs, furtounded by a common membrane, acrid to the tafie, and of a very ftrong fmell. The leaves are numerous, a foot and a half long, narrow and thin. The fialk is round, fmooth, naked, hollow, and two or three feet high. The flowers are fmall and whitiih, but they fiand in a very large clufier, at the top of the fialk. . , It is a :native of Sicily ; we have it in all our gardens. C. Bauhinr and otqers call it, Allium fativum. It's root is ufed in the lhops as an aperient and diuretic; a fyrup of it is excellent in afthma's,. anp other diforders of the breafi, arifing from a tough; Jifcid phlegm~ , · ~ . Allium· fcapo., nudQ) foliis lanceolatofe.J!ilibus, . uflibella .· fajtigiata. · , The nakedflalhed, lanceolato-fif!ile-leaved Allium, , .wit/J a.fqp · tigiated umbel. ' · ~tllolb ®olp. The r<1ot is a bulD, fometimes fingle; fometi~es double, and refembling that of art orchis: The leaves !l:and·two together, furrounding one another at· the bafe ; they are len inches long, an inch and· a Half broad, erec:t, firm; fomewhat· hollowed toward the bafe,. of a bluifh-gt'een colour, and of the fmell of garlic.~(. The ftalk is round, finooth, ilender, but firdi, and· a foot, or more, 'in height. The flowers are fmall, of a pale whitiih-yellow on the outfide, and' ·of a deep yellow within :· each has ifs feparate pedicle, an inch long, or more; and a clufter of thirty, or more, of them, , fiand together, at the fummit of the: ftalk, in a kind of globular form. It is a native of Hungary, and 'offome parts of France. C. Bauhine calls it, Moly latifoliurn luteum odore allii. . . l • ' r ' . . 3. Allium flapo nudb, in ferne ventricofo, kmgiore, foliis teretib~s. 'lrbt The nahed a1id·ven'tricqfe-jlalhed Allium, witli ·cylindric leaves. 1Dnton. I I I d ' I J I T he root is a large, tunica ted bulb, acrid, anti' irregular ih lhape, fom~times per .. fectly round, fometimes oblong, fometimes deprefi'ed. , The· leaves are a· f9ot long, hollow, rounded, and of a !l:rong green colour. The fl:alk is naked, thick, :firait, and hollow; toward the middle it [wells into a. kind of belly,, ahd is four or fiv¢ feet high: at the top ftands a large, round dufter, of little, , ~e·eniih; ' white' fl.qwers. Cui- . ture makes a va!l: nu.mber of varietiels in this fpecies, i11.dhe :colour, lhape, 1ah.<;l tafie 9{ the roots, &c. and thefe varieties have been defcribed under, the pames ,ofJ ditfeteGt fpecies) but the plant is the fame in all .. S B· 4- .Allium |
