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Show 20 The Hijlory of p L A N T S. ~omprell"cd, acuminated, diftant at the tops, and formed of two valves: the feeds are numerous and turbinated. . Of this genus there is only one known fpectes. DIcTA M Nus. JFra~tntna. · . and white . the ftalk is round, hairy, glutinous to the The root is perenmal, lon.g, 1 . th.e leaves are pinnated and large ; they fiand touch, and often of a purp~ili co our· fc d each of three or four pairs of oval, pointed alternately on the ftalks, ~7 ~~e co~lo e odd leaf at the end. The tops of the fialks pinnre, annexed to .a mid e .n ' w~t 1 an and very beautiful flowers; they are ufually are formed into a kmd of fihptkesd,. 0 1 argehairy and covered wit·h a foft, refinous mat-re d, 1r. omet•tm es white • T. fle. pe tc bels arteh at if ' a candle be broug1 1 t near 1. t, t h e wh o1 e ter, very fragrant, and fo m am~a e, . fl: ' upper part of the plant is on ~re~n an 10 a~~d is frequent in our gardens. It's root is It is a native of France an ermany h recommended as a cephalic. C. Bauhine the radix _fraxinellre of tfihe ~ops_, ~u~ others only Fraxinella. The D1ctamnus Cre· calls it, DtCl:amnus albus tve raxme a , ticus is of another clafs. Clafs the Tenth. Order the Second. Divifion the Second. Decandria Monogynia, with the Jlamina ereCI. TOLUIFERA. T HE calyx is a perianthium of a campanulated figure, compofed ~f a fngle ~eaf, divided into five nearly equal fegments, one only more remote t an t 1e ot er~. The corolla confifis of five petals inferted into the receptacl~; f~ur o~ them ahe ~~~:~s a~~;!~;e~r, :;~~~~e::;t i~?sn~~g~i:n i:h~f c~6e; l~~~t~ft~/st~:~:Pa: th~~;~~n~ are te~ ver ili~rt filamen~s ; the antherre are longer than the calyx : t~e _ger~en lS ob· 1o ng ; t h erye ·1 s 1r. carce any vifible ftyle ,. the ftigma is acute ; the frmt 1s bttherto un-kn~~ n;his enus there is only-one known fpecies, which is the tree that produces the balfam of ~olu of the {hops, and is fufficiently difiingui(hed by thefe charaClers, without a farther defcription. MONOTROPA. T HE R E is no calyx. The corolla confi.fl:s of ten oblong, ~eciduous petal~btfo}; rallello-erect and ferrated at their tops; the alternately exter~or ones have g (! bafes hollowed 0~ their fides, and full of a honey juice : t~e fiamt?a are ten, er~et, t bula;ed filaments; the anthem! are fimple : the germen 1s ro~nd1fh. and acum mat~ : the fl:yle is cylindric, and of the length of the flower; the fttgma 1s obtuf~lyhcaf:!ds ted: the fruit is an oval, pentagonal, obtufe capfule, formed of five vfllves . t b:t the are numerous and paleaceous. Such is the ftate of the termmatory ower, lateral ones if there be any, have a fifth lefs of all the parts. . of This ge~us comprehends the Orobanchoides of Tourn~fort, and the Hypopltys Dillenius. 1 • Mo11otropa Jlorz'bus lateralibus oEiandris, terminatrici decandra. , The Monotropa, with the lateral flowers, with eight flamina, the tenm-natory one ten.· The root is extreamly long, and moderately thick ~ the ftalk !s as thick. as a man'~ finger when in it's full vigour · it is yellow, contorted, and, as It were, hkedafcropea,l there a' re no leaves on it but 'o nly fome iiquammo1r.e rema·m s; at t h e t op ftan. . evefr a flower~, fmall, and of a' wbitiih yellow i when the p1a nt be gm· s to fl. ower, It lS 0p ale'" 'Ibe Hijlory of P L A N T S. pate yellow, afterwards it becomes blackifh ; it's utmofi height is not more than ten inches; it's fmell very remarkable, like that of primrofe roots, efpecially when it is paft flowering. , It is a native of England, but is fcarce; I have only met with it in the Weft riding of Charlton-for.efi, Suffex. Plot calls it, Hypopitys lutea verbafculi odore; others limply, Hypop1tys. 2. Monotropa caule unijloro decandro. The Monotropa, wz'th one flower on the .ftalk, with ten ./lamina. The root is oblong and thick; the ftalk flender, fucculent, and brown ; the height of the whole plant fix inches; the flower is larger than in the other fpecies, and of a brownifh yellow. It. is a native of Virginia, and fome other parts of North America. Z Y G 0 P H Y L L U M. T HE calyx is a perianthium, compofed of five oval, obtufe, ereCl:, hollow leaves: the corolla is compofed of five petals, broadefi at the top, obtufe, emarginated, and larger than the cup: the nectarium cqnfifl:s of ten convergent leaves, and includes the germen : the ftamina are ten fubulated filaments, {horter than the corolla; the antherre are oblong and incumbent: the germen is oblong, and attenuated at the bafe : the ftyle is fubulated, and of the length of the fiamina; the fiigma is fimple: the fruit is an oval, pentagonal capfule, formed of .five valves, containing five cells, with fepta adhering to the valves : the feeds are numerous, roundilh, and compreffed: the figure of the fi·uit is fubjeB: to variation; and there is a fpecies, in which the parts of fructification are a fifth lefs. · This genus comprehends the Fabago of Tournefort. Zygophyllum capfulis prifmatz'co-pentaedrz's. The Zygopbyllum, with prifmatic, pentaedral capfules. The root is long, thick, perennial, and white; the ftalks are numerous, firm round, fm~oth, green, jointed, and fucculent. At every jo~nt fiand two pedicles: thick, an 1nch long, and membranated: the leaves are round1fh, fucculent, of a bluiili- green, and grow too from the fame bafe; they are two inches and a half long, and two inches broad: the flowers fiand on fhort pedicles, which rife in pairs from the alee of the leaves; they are moderately large and white. It is a native of Syria ; but we have it in our gardens. Dodonreus calls it, Capparis Fabago ; C. Bauhine, Capparis portulacre folio. A D E N A N THE R A. T HE calyx is an extreamly fmall perianthium, compofed of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments at the top; the corolla is of a campanulated form, and confifts of five petals, feffile, lanceolated, convex inwardly, and concave below : the fiamina are ten, erect, fubulated filaments, fomewhat fhorter than the corolla : the anther::e are roundiili, incumbent, and have at their exterior extremity a globofe glandule: the germen is oblorrg, and gibbous in it's lower part; the .ftyle is fubulated, and of the length of the ftamina: the fiigma is fimple; the fruit is a long comprelfed legumen : the feeds are numerous and roundiili. It is an oriental, defcribed in the Hort. Mal. 6. 14. H 1£ M A T 0 X Y L 0 N. T H E calyx is a perianthium, compofed of a fingle leaf, divided into five oval, permanent fegments : the corolla confifts of five oval, equal petals, fomewhat larger than the cup: the ftamina are ten fubulated filaments, fomewhat longer than the S P corolla |