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Show 'lbe Hiflory of P L A N T S. I. Spergula foliis verticillatis, pedunculis dichotomis. The Spergula, with verticillated leaves, and dichotomous peduncles. The root is oblong, flender, and white. The ftalk is round, hollow, jointed, and eight or ten inches high, of a pale green colour, and, toward the top, ramofe. The leaves are half an inch, or more, long, very narrow, and hollowed underneath; they fiand in confiderable numbers round the .fi:alk, in a radiated manner, at every joint. The flowers are fmall and white; the anther~ yellow. It is common in corn-fields. C. Bauhine calls it, Alfine Spergula ditl:a major; others, nmply, Spergula. . 2. Spergula foliis oppojitis, p,edunculis Jimplicibus. Janottp 'lbe Spergula, with leaves in pairs, and with Jimple peduncles. <!J)tcltlbtell. The root is oblong, !lender, and white. The fi:alks are procumbent, round, jointed, ramofe, and five inches long. The leaves fi:and in pairs, two at every joint; the joints are frequent, and the leaves are oblong, narrow, and pointed. The flowers are large and milk-white; th~y ftand on the tops of the fi:alks, and in the divarications of the branches. It is frequent in damp places, in moll: parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Alfine nodofa Germanica; Ruppius, Arenaria palufl:ris. L 1 C E R A S T I U M. T HE calyx is a per~anent perianthium, compofed of five ovato-lanceolated, acute, and patent leaves: the corolla confifl:s of five obtufe, bifid, eretl:o-patent petals, of the fize of the leaves of the cup: the ftamina are ten filiform filaments, fhorter than the corolla: the anther~ are roundilh; the germe~ is oval: the .fi:yles are five, capil- 1ary, eretl:, and of the length of the .fi:amina; the fi:igmata are obtufe : the fruit is a capfule, of an ovate-cylindric figure, very long, obtufe, crooked, in part covered, containing only one cell, and opening in five places at the top: the feeds are numerous and roundl£11. This genus comprehends the Myofotjs of Tournefort. There is a fpecies which, infiead of ten, has only five, fiarhina in eacp flower. I. Cerajlium foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtufis, corollis calyce majoribus. 'Ibe lineari-lanceolate, obtufi-leaved Cerajtium, with corollce larger tban tbe cup. rLarge:;flollleteb, tttouft~ tar <lb tchlll~ell. The root is oblong and c~eeping. The fialks are round, weak, in part procumbent, and. grow to about fix or etght inches lo~g. The leav6S ftand in pairs, and have no p~d.Icles.; they are oblong, n~rrow, obtufe, and hairy. The fi:alk about it's middle dtvtdes mto t~o parts, t.hef: I{lt9 ~wo IflOre each, and fo on to the extremities. The Jlo~ers fi:and m thefe diVancations, and oa the tops of the fi:alks ; they are large and whtte. It is .~o\md in dry, hilly pafiur{is. C. Bauhip.~ calls it; Caryophyllus arveniis hirfutus flore maJore. . 2. Cerafiium ereElum villofo-viftqfum. i'_he ere~, ~ai7, mzd v!fcous Cerqftium. ~~oan:;Itaben, tnouft:: ear ctbtcklllttb. The root-is fi.brous; the .fi:alks are round, erect, hairy, and five or fix inches high. The lea!es are ~lac~d two at every Join~; they are of an oval figure, broad, £11ort, and obtufe at tpeir e~ds.- The flower$ are fmall and white. The whole plant is hairy, and bas fornewhat 'Vtfcona about it. It is c?mrrion in dr-y plac'es. R.ay calls it, AHine hirfuta myofotis latifolia prrecocior ; C. Bauhme, Alfine hirfuta altera vifcofa. 1.. \:. The The l1iflory of P L A N T S. 439 The other fpecies are, t. The long-leaved Cerafi:ium, with larger flowers. 2. The [mall-flowered, little Cerafi:ium, with only five .fi:amina. 3· The Alpine Cerafl:ium with procumbent fi:alks, and a large, fnow-white flower. 4· The large, membrana~ ceous-flowered, hairy, Alpine Cerafl:ium. 5· The perfoliate, lychnis-leaved, oriental Ceraftium. 6. The woolly, linaria-leaved Cerafi:ium. 7· The creeping, hoary Ceraftium. 8. The corniculate Cerafl:ium, or horned Chickweed of Clufius. 9· The broader and pointed-leaved Cerafiium. ro. The narrow, rigid-leaved Cerafiium. 1 1. The polygonum-leaved Cerafiium. A G R 0 S T E M M A. T HE calyx is a one-leaved perianthium; it's tube is ovate-oblong, coriaceous, and marked with ten ftrire ; it's limb is of the length of the corolla,and 'tis divided)nto five flender,permanent fegments: the corolla confifi:s of five petals; their ungues are of the length of the tube of the cup; the limb is patent, obtufe, and n1orter than the cup, or, at the mo.fi:, does not exceed it: the fiamina are ten fubulated filaments : the anthe r~ are fimple: the germen is oval; the fiyles are five, filiform, erect, and of the length of the fiamina: the fiigmata are fimple : the fruit is a capfule of an oblong, oval figure, covered, formed of five valves, and containing only a fingle cell : the feeds are numerous, kidney-fhaped, and puntl:ated: the receptacles are free, as many as the feeds, and the interior ones the longer. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies. A G R 0 s T E M M A. <!oclilt~ The root is oblong and white. The fialk is round, erect, hairy, of a whitilh-green, and two feet high. The leaves .fi:and in pairs, without pedicles, and furround the ftalk at their bafe; they are three inches long, very narrow, and covered with long, white hairs. The flowers .fi:and at the tops of the branches) and are very large, and of a beautiful deep purple colour. It is common in our corn-fields. C. Bauhine calls it, Lychnis fegetum major; others, Nigellafirum. C 0 R 0 N ARIA. T HE calyx is a permanent, coriaceous perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, of a quinquangular figure, divided into five fegments, with finaller angles between : the corolla confifts of five petals ; their ungues are of the length of the cup, and increafed by a margin; their bratl:e~ are cordated, and the limb is plane; the nectarium confifi:s of two den tides in the neck of every petal: the il:amina are ten filaments, of the length of the tube of the corolla; the anther:E are incumbent: the germen is of a fubcylindric figure; the .fi:yles are five, diftant, and of the length of the ftamina; the fiigmata are fimple: the fruit is a cylindric capfule, containing one cell, and opening at the top; the feeds are numerous and roundifh. I. Coronaria tomentqfa, J~liis ovato-lanceolatis. The woolly Coronaria, with ovato-lanceolated leaves. ll\ofe ~antpton. The root is oblong, flender, white, and fibrated; the ftalks are ro~nd, robufl-, jointed, woolly, white in colour, and three feet high: the leaves ftand in pairs; they are large, broad, of an oval figure, and have no pedicles; they are alfo white and woolly : the flowers are large, and of a beautiful purple, and they fiand in great abundance on the tops of the branches. It is a native of Italy ; with us it is common in gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Lychnis Coronaria Diofcoridis fativa. 2. Coronaria glabra foliis lineari-lanceolatis. The fmooth Coronaria, with lineari-lanceolate leaves. ~mootJJ <trocklt. . The root is oblong, flender, white, and woody ; the. fi:alk is erect, ram of~, ro~nd, JOinted, fmooth, of a pale green, and a foot and half htgh: the leaves fiand m pairs; they |
