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Show The Hiflory of P LA N T S. 3· Juncus Joliis nodqfo-articulatis. The Ju?tcus, with no4ofo-articulated leaves. The root is a dufte.r of long, tough fibres, ~hich 'fpread every way u,nder . t~e fU!:face. The fialk is nodofe, fomewhat compreffed, fungous, rafllo~e, and finated; tt grows fometimes a foot and a half high, oftener only t~ four or five mches ... The leaves fiand fiqgly at the joints; they are Ion~, narrow? pomted at the extrem1t1es! and all the way beautifully articulated. The flowers grow five or fix together, on {hart pedicles, 0 , 0 I I 'f") h' 11 ' a· • It is a native of England, and IS common 1~ boggy places .. c. nau 1ne ~a s.Jt, r~men junceum folio articulata aquaticum ; 1. Bauhme, 1 upcus fohaceus capfuhs tnquetns. The other fpecies of this genus are very nume~ous. The more pngular are, 1. !he pungent, or fh;lrp-pointed J uncus. 2 • .The foJ)ac;eous Jpn.cu~, Wit~ a fpa~fe9 pamc]e. ;\ The great reflex-P,eaded Jun~us. 4· ?;lw fmall, tnfid ]uncus. y. The, pfyl- 1.1~m;-be~qed juncq~. p. ';fhe broad-leaved, J unFus-. 7 ~ '!he d w~rf, erect 1 uncus. B. l;he fmall, round-fruited Juncu~. 9· Tpe narrpw~ .halrYz w~1t~-fiowered ]uncus. 10. The leaft foliaceous Juncus. Authors have d1vtdep thefe mt~ what they caJl Rulhes, and Rt#h-graife~, f~om their hav~ng1 qr wantin~, lea.ves, 9ut the fru<fifications are the fame ; whence this is a diftinClion ot no foundatiOn in nature. !I d r ; c·r~c{ Ji. I C ~ , A :J:} jp I ~.. ,j • J T. H E calyx is a perianthium, formed 'of one leaf, di~i~ed into fix .Parts1 ere.tt,' acuminated, and of about half the length of fhe corolla: the corolla 1s of a cylmdraceo- infundibuliform fhape; it is compofe9 of a fingle petri · the limb is divided in• to 6" parts, erect ahd acute: the: jl!unjn~ ~~re fix f<;arce vifib~~ ;~laments: the an therre are roundifh, fmall, and plaoed m the dtvtfiorls of th~ cbrdlla : the getmen fiands below the receptacle: the fiyle is filiform, of the length of the fiamina, and divided in· to three parts at the top : the fiigmata are obtufe : there is no pericarpium : the feeds are three, roundilh, angular on one fide, broade!l: upward, and gibbous. It is an American, deferibed by IJou(lj9n. , . .1 ,_ ) . 1 • 1 hu i B ' E R B E R i S. 1 • 1 .. ' . .. . , : 'J I I ' T H E calyJJ is a pedanthium, formed of fix QVl\1, hollow leav~$, narrow at the bafe, altemately fmaller, colouted, an..d. deci¢uo»S :: tl}e corolla · confifl:s of fix: roundi£h, h<:>llow, ereClo-f\aten.t pe~al~; . .Jll'ld is fcar~e~py l11rger tptljji the cup ,; the m~ctarium confifts of two roundi!h, eolpu,red co..rpuf<Uiles, a{]h~dng J'0 ~ bafe . of every petal : the fiamina are fix ereCl, compreffed filaments : the antherce are bifid and adnate: the germen is cylindric, aud or the 1engclrof. 'rile Ramin~ ~~ the fiyle is "not vifible: the fiigma is orbiculated, ,and broad<:r t~l\\1 the gq~en : the fruit is a cylindric, obtufe, . umbilicated berry, containing only one cell : the feeds are two~ oblong, ' cylindric, and obtufe. ' , 1 ; • Berbef,is Jpi?jj;' trf11icibus. 'Ihe Berberi~, wltb triple fpines. 'I I' The root is multilid, woody, and yellow. ,The fur~'b is ufually t~n or twelve feet high, fometimes it is coiHiderably more, and emulates the form of a tree: the £pines are very fharp; they grow ufually three or four from the fame fpot, and, with them, the leaves ; they are of a pale green colour an inch and a half long, more than an inch broad, narrow a~ the bafe, .and grow gradually wider ; they are ferrated round the edges, and armed wtth weak fpmes. The flowers are fmall and yellow; they fiand in long clufters, on pedicles : the berries are red. . · It is wild with us in many places.' C. Bauhine anU others call ;it, Berberis dumeto~ rum. It"s toot is an aperient ; it's ltuit a grateful, cooling acid. . ··I CORDIA. rbe Ei}lory if P ~ A N' 't s. COR.biA. I T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of a fihgle leaf; tuhuiated, tridentated, arid permanent : the corolla is formed of a fing1e petal, bf an infundibuliform fhape: the tube is of the length of the cup : the limb is ereCl:o-patent; ~nd divided irregularly into four, five~ or fix.feg{llents: ~h~ f!amipa ~r~ a num~er of fu)>u~a~g filaments, equal to that of the fegments of the corolla: the anthercc are fitnple; and of the length of the tube: the germen is roundi01 and acuminated: th)e fiy1e is fimple; df the length of the ftamina, and bifid ; the two fegments of it are aifo bifid : the fiigmata are obtufe : the frt-\it js. :; d ~}f, glgqofe, ~cumi11~te_d drt,~pe, covered with t,ht; cup: the fe~d is a fqkated put, 'coqtain.ing two cells , It is an A11~ican, d,efcribeq by P-lumier. ' } r, 'rl P .R: t N 0 s. ~ H ~ cafyx is ~ perianthium"' fprmed of one leaf, light1y divided into fix lobes, .. 1 · plane, fmallj and p~rtnanent : the corolla confi~s of ~ fingle petal, and is of a totat~d fPrrq: tpere is no tube : the limb is plane, and is divided into fix oval fegmc: nts s the fiamina are fix erect, fubulated .filaments, ihorter. th11n the corolta : ~he antherce are oblong and obtufe : the germe!l }~ ,ov~l, a~4 t~rminates in a fiyle ilwrtelthan the ftamina: the ftigma is obtufe t the fruit is a Foundifh berry, much larger than the cup, and containing fix cells : the fe ds ate fingle; offeous, obtufe, convex on one fide, and angulated on the other. }t i~ an America~1 fipured by Plu,kenet,, 4f2• i . 1 -~ ~ORANTHUS. j I. .J • T H :E: ~patianthium of the fruit is a hollt>w and ul)divided tim 1 the perianthium of the flower is 'an undivided~ hollow ma~gin: crowping the germen : the corona is formoa of a fingle leaf, ·and is of a fexangular figure, and divided into fix nearly equal, linear, revolute fegments z the fiamina are fix fubulated filaments, alternately fhorter, but about the length of th~ corptla: the gerrpen }s rourtdifh, and ftands between the two cups: th~ fiyle is fimple, of the length 9f tpe fia~ina: th~ fiigma is obtufe -! the fruit is a roundifP, · unilocular berry : the feeds are fix, convex on one fide, and an&ular on the other. It js an A~erican, defcribe~ by Plumier, 31· t ) • • f '( ·p ~ -P I} I S. T HE calyx is a campanuiated, permanent perianthium, very large, and divided into twelve fegments at the rim, which are alternate}y reflex : the corolla confifis of fix oval and very minute petals, inferted into the calyx near the verge: the fiamina are fix iliort, fubulated filaments: the antherre are roundiili: the germen is oval, the fiyle very fhort, the .fii~ma orb~cular : the frl}it is a ~ordated c~pfule, containing two cells : the feeds are numerous, very fmall, and triquetrous : the corolla is fometimes entirely WMting. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies. p E P L I S. mater ~urfiane. The roqt is ,fibrous; the fi_alks are very ilender, t~ ee or four inches long, and in grc;at part procumpent, and t~k.~ root .at the joints; they are ufually reddilh : the leaves ftand two at every joint; they are narrQW ~t the bafe, and terminate in an obtufe extremity; they are fmooth, ~ven at the edges, and of a pale yellowifh-green colour. The fiowqs are very fmall, and of a pur,Plifh colour; they ftand fingly in the ~\a: of the leaves, and have .no pedicles. It is common with us about watery places. Dillenius calls it, Portula; Ruppius, Portulaca aquatica fp~r·a; C.)3i;tu.hine1 Alfine palufiris minor ferpyllifolia . Clafs |