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Show The Hi.ftory of P L A N T . s. APHYLLANTHES. • • I ~ T HE calyx is compofed of a number of imbricated, lanceolated fpath::e ; the cd-rolla cqnfifis of fix petals, of ap. obverfe~y ov,al figure, t_eqninating at the bafe in very narrow ungues, and f>t~:tent a )the limo, for.dlJng a kind.of tu~e below it. The ftamina are fix fetaceous filaments, lhorter than the corolla; the anther::e are oblong : the germen is trigonal, and ulrbinateo; t_he fiyle is filiform,' and 6£ the length of the ftamina : the fiigmata are three, and are oblong: the fruit is a tdrbj,nated capfule. of a triangular figure, and contains three cel1s; the feeds ate oval. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies, . 1 · 1 I • ' I ) I I ; ,I(I; ~~ 'J A p ti y L ~~ J A 'k 'r H 1i d. Pf '.'11 l The root confifis of a number of flender, hard; woody, lobg, aha ~orltor'ted' fibre's; the radical leaves are very num,erous, two inc~es long, 'extremely ·ncirrow, and very quickly withering. The fialk' is round, fmooth, _without a jdint, or ~rl~t, nak~d, r nd 'tdlepibly firm j at it'S top fiands a fiog e ana 1very beautifufl blue floWer, arifing 1 frotn a kind of compound, imbricated cup. '. ··~ 1 1 • "~·I · 1 J1 '. . .r 1 It is a native of France. C. Bfluhine'calls it, Caryorhyllus creruleus M6rtfpelienfium. I' I I • 't f I,,\ (l t ( J l ; 'I' ' - • ' • F L A G E L L A R I A. T HE calyx is a perianthium, divi ed into lfix fegmei1ts: there is no corolla : the fiamina; are fix cap,illary ·filalll:t;nts: the antherre are tumid;. tpe germen i~ reund; the fiyle is rt?O~er~tely t~~ck?. apd the, fijgp1a gi~iqeq , : , ~he fru~t "~s a ro11~di!P berry, containing a fingle feed. 1 , · , The perianth!~m and tlw frui_r~ wi,th t!Ie w~nt fl a ~or~I1a,1 • cf}r.~a~er~fe's this gen,us fo fufficiently, as to leayt; flO nJec~ffity,fqr a:.further ,qe;fo{IRt op .> . ,t! 11 , • ,, ., 1 • 1.. ;1 t, · ,Jt o r'J' · !.. • • · • :·I J 1 '- l< I : I ~ ] , T.l~ $ ~. P_' u s. rl J T HE calyx is a bivalve glume, fometimes fervlt1g in common to tnany flowers, fometimes peculiar to one only : the perianthium is compofed of fix oblong, acuminated, permanent leaves: there is no corolla, but the perianthium, when frefh and coloured, greatly imitates one: the fiamina are fix very fhort, ~apillary filaments : the antherre are oblong, erect, and of the length ~f the perianthium : _the germen is triquetrous and acuminated : the fiyle is lhort and filiform : the fiigmata are three, long, filiform, villofe, and crooked : the ~ruit is a covered, capfule, of a triquetlous figure, formed of three valves, containing on'ly one cell, ih"which are a few round feeQ!sj ,· i J II• I I fJ ; 1. Jancus culmo •nudo rflriEto capite laterali. ., , lllounn·::IltabtJ) The naked, jlender-.flalhed Juncus., with a lateral head. ·lRutl:). I • 1 ~r • 1 The root is compofed of a number of long and thick, brown fibres. The fialk .rifes to t.wo or three feet high; it is round, fien4er, and fomewhat ftriated, of a deep green colour, and filled with a very lax and fpungy ~i'th :\ tf]ree or four inches below the top burfis out the head, or cluil:er of fl,owers; it 1s compact and clofe, formed of a multitude of flowers, regularly arranged, and, when ripe, is of a pale brown colour. ~t is common with us in wet places. C. Ba'uhine calls i~, Juncus lrevis panicula non fparfa. : • 1 l' · 1 ( r • , f , ) > I , I ; f r • o 2. ]uncus culmo nudo jlriElo panioula laterali. , 1 • • .§Doft, ~he naked, jlender-.flalked Juncits, with a lateral panicle. ~UflJ • • .; • .. ,/ J I H H ,. • ' • f The root is compofed of a number of thick, brown fibres. The fialks grow,to two ()r• thr.ee fee't high; they are fmooth; rfaked, .iliining, foft to the "touch, and are filled with a firm and comp~Cl: pith : fix or eight inches from their top burft forth- th<: flowers ; they are formed into a lax panicle," not clufiered into a head, as in the former, and are of a deep brown colour. It is common about waters. C. Bauhine calls it, Juncus l:£vis panicula fparfa major. 5 F 3· Juncus |