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Show 444- The Hijlory of P L A N 'r S. Clafs tbe Eleve?Ztb. D 0 D E C A N D R I A. P la1tts which have in every flower twelve flamina. 0 F thefe fome have only one fiyle, others have two, and others numerous ones in each flowe r. According to this obvious and e!fential di!l:inction, they are ar .. ranged into three orders. · Clafs the Eleventh. Order the Firfl. DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Plants which have in every .flower twelve .flamina and only one jlyle. GETHYLLIS. T HE calyx is an inflated, membranaceous fpatha, of a lanceolated figure, compofed of a fingle leaf, and containing only one flower : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal ; the tube is extreamly long and filiform: the limb is plane, divided into fix equal fegments, of a lanceolated figure, and but of about a third part the length of the tube : the fiamina are twelve, fometimes eighteen fetaceous filaments, il1ort, erect, and fianding on the tube : the antherre are oblong ; the germen is oblong, and fiands feffile within the fpatha, under the receptacle of the corolla: the fiyle is filiform, and of the length of the fiamina; the fiigma is trifid ,and obtufe; the fruit is ·an oblong, ventricofe, triangular capfule, with three cells; the feeds are nu-merous. ASARUM. T HE calyx is a coriaceous, coloured, campanulated, and permanent perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, and lightly divided into three erect fegments, with their extremities reflex ; there is no corolla: the fiamina are twelve fubu]ated filam ents, of about half the length of the cup; the antherce are oblong, and grow to the middle of the fides of the fiamina : the germen is buried within the fubflance of the cup ; the fiyle is cylindric, and of the length of the ftamina; the fligma is fiellated, and divided into fix reflex fegments : the fruit is a coriaceous capfule, immerfed in the fub ll:ance of the cup, and contains fix cells; the feeds are numerous and oval. This genus comprehends the Afarum and the Hypocifiis of Tournefort and others; the Hypocifiis only adds a third part to the number, of all the organs of the fruCtification. I. Afarum Joliis Jubcordatis petiolatis. The fubcordated and petiolated-leaved Afarum. ~rarabncca. The root is oblong, angular, nodofe, flender, and creeping; the leaves are of a roundiih figure, auriculated, thick, rigid, and of a deep green colour ; they are an inch, or more, in diameter, and fiand on long and moderately thick pedicles: the .flowers are fmall ; they fiand on very ihort pedicles, rifing immediately from the root, and have a purpli(h tinge. . It is a native of many parts of Europe ; we keep it in gardens. It is a vomit, but lS rarely ufed. 2. Afarum folio/is fef!ilibus acuminatis. The fe.f!ile and acuminated-leaved .Afarum . ~ppoctft. . The b~fe of this plant adheres to the root of fome of the ciflus's ; from this it rifes Wtth a thtck, fle01y, juicy, yet tough fialk three or four inches high and of a red- ) ) J di{h, Pl. 10 Pa. 444 10 Jenyt~r v tvtWJI J-1. /0~./ca~t . |