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Show The Hiflory of P L A N T S. 2. Cratcegus foliis ovatis incequaliter ferratis. The Cratcegus, with oval, unequal!J ferrated leaves. ~be lllilll ~et~ btce:::tree. The root is brachiated ; the tree not very tall, but fpreading, often affuming the form of a lbrub: the trunk is covered with a brown bark; the young fl1oots with a dufiy white one : the leaves are broad, and fomewhat oval; the flowers are fmall, and of a greenilh colour; the fruit is of a pear-falhioned ihape, and efculent, but not very pleafant to the tafie. . . . The tree is wild in the North of England. Ray calls 1t, Sorbus Anghca fylveftns. The other fpecies are, I. The common white Thor~. 2. The oblong-leaved ~ratregus. 3. The broad-leaved Cratregus. 4· The roundt!h-leaved Cratregus, or Ana of Theophrafius. 5· The long, ferrated-leave? . Cratregus, called the Cotonafter. 6. The arbutus-leaved Cratregus. 7· The lacm1ated-leaved Cratregus. 8. The greatleaved Cratregus, with robufi fpines. Clafs the Twelfth. Order the Third. I C 0 S A N D R I A T R I G Y N I A. P /ants which have hollow, monophyllous cups, with the petals affixed by their ungues to the fides of them, and have about twenty .flamina i?zfirted either into the corolla, or into the fides of the cup, and in every }lower three )lyles. S 0 R B US. T HE calyx is a per.q1anent, concavo-patent perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments: the corolla confifis of five hollow, roundifh petals, inferted into the calyx ; the fiamina are twenty fubulated fihments, inferted into the calyx : the antherre are roundi!h : the gennen fiands below the receptacle ; the ftyles are three, filiform and erect; the fiigmata are capitated ; the fruit i~ .1 foft, globofe, umbilicated berry ; the feeds are three, oblong, difl:incr, and cartilaginous. I. Sorbus foliis pinnatis, glabris. The pinnated, fmooth-leaved Sorbus. 3tbt £lrlutctten::: ttee. The root is very long and divaricated; the tree grows to thirty feet high ; it's tru.nk is fir. it and even; it's branches numerous: the leaves are pinnated and large; the pmnre are fmooth, of an oblong figure, ferrated at the edges, and whiti!h underneath: the flowers are white, moderately large, and fiand in umbels: the fruit is moderately large, and of a fine b ·ight red, with an admixture of yellow in it. . It is a native of many parts of England. J. Bauhine calls it, Sorbus aucupana; C. Bauhine, Sorbus fylve!his foliis domeftic~ fimilis. 2. Sorbus foliis pinnatis incanis. The Sorbus, with pinnated, hoary leaves. 1Cbt trut ~rr;: lltce~trec. The root is fimpl~ and perpendicular ; the tree is large ; it's branches numerous and long ; the leaves are pinnated, each confifting of eight or nine pairs of pin nre, of an inch in 1 ngth, and half an inch in breadth, fianding on long pedicles, hai:y .and fer· rated at the edges : the flowers are white, and fiand in umbels : the fru1t 1s large, oblong, turbinated, and fle(hy. · ' It is common, wild, in Italy and Germany. C. Bauhine calls it, Sorbus fativa; others, Sorbus legitima. The other fpecies are, I. The oval-fruited Sorbus. 2. The fmall-fruited Sorbus. Clafi .. The Hi}Jory of P L A N T S. 457 · · Clajs the Twelfth. Order the Fourth. ICOSANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. Plants with hollow, monophyllous cups, ·with the petals ajjixed & theit< ungues to the fides of them, with about twenty ftamina infirted either into the corolla, or the fides of the cup, and with four }lyles. I I TETRAGONIA. rr HE calyx is a permanent perianthium, formed. of four oval, deflexo-plane, C04 loured petals, revolute at the edge, and ftandmg on the germen : there is no corolla: the fiamina are twenty capillary filaments, ihorter than the cup; the antherre are oblong and incumbent: the germen is roundilh, quadrangular, and placed under the receptacle ; the fiyles are four, fubulated, crooked, and of the length of the fiamina: the ftigmata are longitudinal and hoary : the fruit is a coriaceous crufi, formed into a ki~d of fquare figure, by fou~ longitudinal alre : the oppofite angles narrower ; the feed ts fingle, offeous, and contams four cells : the nuclei are oblong; four is the proper and natural number of the fiyles in the t1ower, but only two are fometimes vifible. Of this genus there is only one known fpecies, which is fufficiently difiinguiihed by thefe characters. Clafs the Twelfth. Order the Fifth. ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Plants which have monophyllous, hollow cups, with corol!ce a.!Jixed 6y their ungues to the fides of them, with about twenty }lamina inferted into the corolla or the cup, and with jive }lyles. A I Z 0 0 N. T HE calyx is a permanent perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, divided into five lanceolated fegments ; there is no corolla : the ftamina are numerous, capillary filaments, inferted in feveral feries into the finus of the cup, and not equally difiributed by the receptacle: the antherre are fimple; the germen is pentagonal; the fiyles are five, and fimple ; the fiigmata are fimple : the fruit is a ventricofe capfule, of a pentar-onal figure, and formed of five cells : the feeds are numerous and roundilh ; the fiamina are in general placed three in a divifure of the calyx. This genus comprehends the Ficoidea of Niffole. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM H E calyx is a permanent perianthium, divided into five acute, patent, iliort fegments : the corolla confifis of a multitude of petals, of a lanceolated figure, narrow, formed into feveral feries a little longer than the cup, and cohering jufi at the bafe by their ungues : the fiamina are numerous, capillary filaments, of the length of the cup ; the anthera:: are incumbent : the germen fiands below the receptacle, and is coronated, with five obtufe angles: the fiyles are five, ufually fubulated, and ereB:oreflex ; the fl:igmata are fimple: the fruit is a flelhy, roundifl1 capfule, with a radiated umbilicus, and with a number of cells equal to that of the fiyles: the feeds are numerous and roundifh . This genus comprehends the Ficoides of Tournefort. The number of the fiyles is fometimes ten; fometimes they, and the fegments of the calyx, are only four. 6 A I. Mefem- |