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Show The Hijlory of P L A N T S. 4. Allium caule planijtJlio, umbelliJ.ero,. t'adice tunicata, Jlaminibus tricufpzdatzs. 'll:Je planifolious-jJa!Red Allium, with. a tunicated root, and tricufpidate Jlamtna. The root is a large bulb, compaCt, but tunicated, and fibrated at the bottom. The 1e aves ilre Ia rge, ha l f an .;.n... cb broad ' and a foot long; they fiand ahlt'e rhn ately ho n 1th e young fialks and furround them at the bafe ; when the fialk grows 1g er, t e eaves. are narrow' er,., an d can·n a ted . The fialk is thick. ' fucculent, an,d ftihfrt ee ohr four f.fei et 11h 1gh; at the top ftands a duller of flowers, of the b1gnefs of a man s ; t ey are rna , and of a purplilh colour. ~ h · 11 k' h The Leek and Onion are both natives . or · Italy; we have t em m a our 1tc en gardens. 5· Allium Jcapo nudo folia adcequante, foliis teretibus ventricofis. The low, ventricofe-leaved, nakedjlalke~ Allium. J .. J I • J 3tbe !Long ilDnton. '' -The lengtlr or roundnetS of the root we have already obferved mak~s no fpecific dif .. t'intti<)p in.t}le Onion; the root of this is, indeed, always oblong, but It has other more effendal differences from the common kind. It's fialk i.s no~ above a ~oat and a half high, and the fiamina, in it's flowers, are fimple, not tncu~p~date, ~s m t.he common Onion ;1 it's leaves are hollow; and roun~ed; it's' ~owers whttl~, with a tmge of pur; pte; the root is fothhimes white, f~metunes. redd1lh; . . It is ~ native of Spain. C. Bauhme calls It, Cepa radtce longa. , . . , The other more fin gular fpecies of this genus are, I. The convoluted-ftalked Album, or Ophiofcordon. a. The fmaller, rounded-heade~ Alli~m. 3· T~e leek-leaved Allium, with purple flowers: 4· The broa?-Ieaved, w.1ld All.mm, called Ra~fons. 5· The narrower, thin-leaved Alhum. 6. The bicornate, w,tld ~llmm. 7· The finated-flo~ered Allium. 8. 1\e rulhy:..Ieaved, yellow Allium. 9· The purpl~, fy:enean· Allmm. Jo. The narci!fus-leaved Allium. 1 I. The long-rooted., mountam Alhum. I 2. The liliaceous Allium. 13. The purple, A~rican Allium.· '14. The narrow-l~aved Allium, with yellow fl.Qwers. I 5· The gr.affy Allmm . .1 6. The crenat~~-leaved Album. J7· The rulh-leaved AUiu11J,·. ¥'~h ~ fwee~ f~cll. Of ,tho~e ~al~ed On~pps and Leeks are, I. T?e Afcaloni~. Allium; or- ~~allions. 2. The fidile ,A.llmm, or. Chtpou~e 3· The perenmal feCl:ile A.lliutn.,, w~~h rullzy,leaves. 4· The five-leaved, pprpl~ .Allmm. 5· The doublehead~ AlliulJl. 6. !fhe narro\,\f-leaved, foliaceous-.ll:alked Allium, called ,narrow Leek, 7· The (>urpl~, Jwe~t-f~ented, oriental AJlium .. . ~ , "'- .... ..., ••• <I t .. • 1(1 1 I. L ~1 ~ L .I U M . t , f ~ • ' ) J ., .. J T HERE is no calyx: the corolla has a narrow, campanulated bafe; from this proceed fix ereC:to-incumbent petals, obtufely carinated at the bafe, growing gradually widet, anti more ·patent, and with their .extremities ~Hick, ohtufe, ari<l reclinate ; the neB:ariwn is -a lbngitudi.halline in each petal, near the bafe =' the ftamina ~re fix fubulated, erect filaments, lhorter than the corolla : the anther::e are oblong and Incumbent: the germen is oblong, cyl.indtic, aQd marked with fix firi::e : the ftyle !s cyllntlrk, land of the length of the corolla: the fiigma is thick and triangular : the fru1t is an oblong eapfule, furrowed with fix deep lines ; it's top is hollow' trigonal, and ()Mufe ; it is cotnpofed. of lihree valves; it contains three cells, and the feeds are very nubieroos, -and ftand in double rows; they are fiat, and femiorbiculated external~y: fll~ne<!tar11im in fome fpecies is plain, in others bar bated ; and the petals in fome are mtitely revolute, in others not; t. Liliut~ Tbe Hi/lory of :P L A N .1' S. 1. Lilium /lori6us JParjis obiongis,· torollis campanulatis, intus glabris. The Jpaifed-j/owered Lilium, with oblong, campanulated corollce, fmooth within. · The root "is bulbous, corppofite, ahd white. The fialk is very thick, four feet high, and full of leaves; thefe are oblong, moderately broad, fmooth, and of a pale green colour: the flowers fiand fingly, on lhort pedicles, forming a large clu.ll:er at the top of the fialk; they are very large, of a fnow-white colour, and very fragrant. It is a native of Syria, where it is found plentifully wild in damp places; we have it in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Lilium album flore ereC:to vulgare; others, only Lilium album. It's root and it's flowers have been efieemed emollients externally ufed, but they are at prefent much negleCted. 2. Lilium foliis Jparjis, coral/is campanulatls ereEiis, intus fia!Jris. The Jpaifed-leaved Lily, with ereEI, .campanulated flowers, . rough within. . The root is a fquammofe bulb; the fialk is thick and round; it rifes to four or five feet high; the leaves .ll:and lefs frequent on it than in the white Lily, ahd are narrower, oblong, rigid, and of a ihining blackilh-green colour. The flowers refemble thofe of the common white Lily, but are of a fine reddiih-yellow colour, and fcabrous within. It is a native of Italy and Spain, and of Rurtia; it is common in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Lilium purpureo-croceum rnajus, and Lilium bulbiferum afterwards, as if of another fpecies. 3· [.~ilium foliis Jjarjis-, flotribus riflexis, cora/lis revolutis. The Jpaifed-kaved Lil~um, with riflex· flowers and revolute corollce. The root is a fquammofe bulb : the fialk rifes to two feet high. The leaves are ob~ long, and very narrow, of a pale green colour, rigid and nervous. The flowers are large ; they ftand in confiderable clufiers, and are of a deep bloody purple ; they hang downwards, and the petals turn back. It is a native of_Afia; we have it in gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Lilium floribus reflex is angufiifolium; Clufius, Lilium rubrum pr::ecox. The other fpecies of the Lily are very numerous, and culture has mad.e fo many varieties frQm each, that the apparent number is much greater. The principal and more certainly difiinC:t are, I. The great, pendent-flowered, broad-leaved Lilium. 2. The plantain- leaved, bloody Liliurn. 3· The hoary-leaved, bloody Lilium. 4· The great, nutantflowered Lilium, called the great Martagon. 5· The hoary Martagon. 6. The bright, red, many-flowered Lilium. 7· The early, narrow-leaved Lihum. 8. The graffy-leaved Lilium. 9· The yellow, nutant Lilium. 10. The broad-fialked, Syrian Lilium. I r~ The long-fpiked and reflex flowered Lilium. I 2. The bright red, Byzantine Lilium. 13. The pyramidal, muik Lilium, 14. The fhort and very narrow-leaved Lilium. F R I T I L L A R I A. T HERE is no cup: the corolla is compofed of fix petals, and is of a campanulated form, with a broad bafe : the petals are pblong, and parallel : the neC:tarium is a cavity, hollowed near the bafe of every petal: the .ftamina are fix fubulated filaments, preffing upon the fiyle : the anther::e are quadrangular, oblong, and erect: the germen is oblong, trigonal, and obtufe: the fiyle is fimple, and longer than the ftamina: the ftigma is triple, patent, and obtufe : the fruit is an oblong, obtufe, trilobate capfule, formed of three valves, an~ containing three cells: the feeds are numerous, plane, femiorbiculated externally, and placed in a double row. This genus comprehends the Fr.itillary, Petiliurn; and Corona Imperialis of Tournefort, ·and the Liliofritillaria of Boerhaaye. In the FritiHarja of authors the neetarium is |