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Show , ; e lo, r· · -1 -' E R I C A. T H E calyx is a perma~ent perianthium, compofed of four oval, erect, coloured leaves: larger·t~an the flower: the corolla confifis , of a fingle petal, eretl:, and divided into four f~gments at the edge: the fiamina are eight capillary filaments, affixed to the receptacle; the antbera~ are bicornate: the germen is roundiih; the fiyle is fillform, declinate, .a~d lo~ger than the fiamina: .t~e fiigma .is coronated, of a quadragonal figure, and divided mto four parts : the frmt ts a roundtih capfule, fmaller than the cup, covered, formed of four valves, and contains four cells: the feeds are numerous and very [mall. There are fame fpecies which have a double calyx. r. Erica foliis quadrifariam imbricatis, triquetris, glabris, ereEiis, corollis inequalibus ca(yce brevioribus. The quadrifarioujly imbricated-leaved Erica, with fo.r;rt ' l I l'T l ' I ftnnunon · ~ra tb. • 1 1 coro tee. · < I I f The root is woqdy and brachiated; the fiem woody, thin, and covered with a pale brown bark: it grows to about two feet high, and is very ramofe. The leaves are oblong and fiender, 1of a fquare figure, compofed of four feries of fmall leaves and green all the winter. The flowers are fmall, and of a bright red colour and fia~d in ~ beautiful order on the tops of the branches. , It it common every-where on heaths. C. Bauhine calls it, Erica vulg~ris glabra. I 2. Erica foliis fobulatis, ciliatis~ quaternis, corollfs glo~ofi- . ovatis, te'rminatridbus 'confertis: ·. , ' · 1JOtefout::: The fubulated, ciliated, four-leaved Erica, with globqfe jlowers \ li)tatp. · terminati1zg t~e branche~. . The ~oot is extremely long, divaricated, tough, and woody; the fiem isalfowoody, and is ufually m part ptocur;n~ent. ,The leaves are fomywhat b.road, f11ort, and of a dark colour; they (ta_nd four at ~ JOJOt, round the fialks, which ate a little hairy. 1 ·The flowers are large, of a fine bnght red colour, and of an oval figure approaching to roundnefs . they ~re placed in ~lufiers at the tops of ~be branches. d : , . ... ' I_t IS freq~ent WI~h us o,n heaths. C • .Sauhine calls it, E.rica ex rubro nigricans fcopana; Ruppius, Enca fpuria. The o~he: fpecies are, I. The t~ll, whit~ .Er~ca. 2. The long-leaved,. ,purple Erica. 3 · The JUntp~r-leav~d, many- flowered Errca. , 4- The gt·eeniil1-flowered Erica. S· The great Enca, With deciduous leaves . . &. The arbutus flqwered· Erica. 7. The ternate-leaved, p:ocumbent Erica. 8. The procumbent, herbaceous Erica. 9. The myrtle-leaved Enca. I o. The great, ihort-leaved Erica 1 1. The ih.oi:t, capillaceous.- leaved Erica. · . DAPHNE: · I. THERE is no calyx: three flowers ufuallyproceed from the fame germ en :the germen . confi~s of .a fi.n~le le~f: the tube is cylindric, imperforated, and la rger than the lunb .: tbe ltmb ts d1v1ded mto four oval, acute, plane, patent fegments: the ftamina are eight very fl:ort .filaments, inferted into the tube, the alternate ones lower : the antherce .are ro~mdilh, eretl:, and. contain t~·o cells: t4e germen. is oval; there is no ftyle; the fbgma IS depreifed, .plane, and capttated: the fruit is 'a roundiih berry, !i=Ontaining only one cell; the feed IS fingle, round, and fleihy. I· Daphne floribus fejjilib;,s infra [oiia elliptico-lanc,eolata. . The fe./file-jlowered Daphne, with elliptico-/anceolate leaves. ,®C)ttCOtt. ThT~s is ~ ~rub of three or four feet high. The root is long thick and divaricated. e em 15 mall and tough; it's bark thin, greyifh, and tough 'and u~der this there is a green one. The flowers appear before the leaves; they are' fmali 1 and of a beautiful pale The Hiflory of P L A N T S. pale red colour, very numerous, and make a very beautiful appearance. The leaves grow feveral from the fame tubercle; they are long, narrow, foft, and of a pale green colour; the berries are red. It is a native of many parts of Europe, but not of England. C. Bauhine calls it» Laureola folio decidua, flare purpureo, officinis !aureola fremina ; others, Chamcelea and Mezereon. 2. Daphne jloribus racemojis lateralibus, Jolz'is lanceolatis integris. 'Ihe racemous, lateral-flowered Daphne, with undivided, lanceolated leaves. ~purge 1Latn·et. This rifes to a ilirub of four feet high ; it's leaves remain greeh all winter; it's root is long and divaricated; the fiem as thick as a man's thumb, and covered with a fmooth bark; toward the top it divides into feveral branches, and, on the upper parts of thefe, ftand clufiers of long, narrow, thick, gloify, dark green leaves and flowers; thefe are fmall1 and of a yellowi01-green colour. . . . . .. It is common in our woods. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Laureola femper vtrens flare vmdi; others, Laureola and Laureola mas. Both thefe fpecies are flrong cathartics, but they are too rough to be given with fafety. <i ~ I I) I ~. T H E calyx is a coloured perianthium, of an in~undibuliform. fha~e, ~n~ for?'led of a fingle leaf: the tube is very long, and filiform : the l1mb IS dtv1ded Intb four parts, and plane: the corolla confifts of four plain, fef1ile petals, ihorter than the cup, and inferted into it : the fiamina are eight erect, fetaceous ~lament~, about th.e length of the flower, and their antherce are fimple: the germen IS oval ; the fiyle IS filiform, of the length of the ftamina, inferted into the fide of. the germ en : the ftigma is capitated, and hifpid ; there is no pericarpium : the feed 1s fingle, oval, and obliquely acute, and is retained in the bottom of the cup. This comprehends the Struthia of Van Royen. LA C H N .it A. T HE calyx is a permanent, one-leaved perianthium: the tub~ is long and fiender; the limb di'llided into four unequal parts; the upper fegment IS erect and fmall, the other three are reflex, and the intermediate one the largeft : there is no corolla ; the ftamina are eight fetaceous filaments, erecr, and of about the length of the corolla : the antherre are fimple; the germen is oval; the ilyle is filiform, of the length of the ftamina, inferted into the fide of the germen, and it's fiigma capitated and hifpid : there is no pericarpium; but the feed, which is fingle, oval, and obliquely acute, remains in the bottom of the cup. - Thefe characters fufficie.ntly diftinguiih the Lachncea, without a farther defcription . PASS E R IN A. T HE calyx is wanting; the corolla is of very f11ort duration; it is compofed of a fingle petal: the tube is cylindric, £lender, and ventricofe below the middle: the limb is patent, and divided into four parts ; the fegments ar.e oval and obtufe : the fiamina are eight fetaceous filaments, of the length of the ltmb, and are inferted into the top of the tube : the antherce are of an ova-l · figure, . and . eretl:; the germen is oval, and fiands within the tube of the corolla; the fiyle IS fil~form, and grows from one fide of the top part of t~e germen, .an~ is of the _le~gth of. the tube of the corolla : the fiigma is capitated, and IS all over hifpi~ : the frult IS a c~naceous capfule, of an oval figure, with only one cell : the feed IS fingle, oval, pomted at each end, with oblique extremities. Thefe charad.ers fufficiently difiinguiih the Pafferina, without a farther defcription. 5 K STELLERA. |