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Show 'Ibe Hiflory of P L A N T S, DRYAS" HE 1 · pe ianthium formed of a fingle leaf, divided into eight patent,· T linearc' a oybxt uISf ea fegmr ents, equ' al in fize, an d a 11· tt1 e {h ort~r t h an t.h e cora ll a : t he ll fi~ f · ht oblong emargt'nated patent petals, mferted mto the calyx : c;oro a con tns o etg ' • ' · d · h 1 h h fi · merous fuort capillary filaments, mferte mto t e ca yx: t e an-t e amma are nn ' ' d fi d · 1 a h therre are fmall : the germina are fmaU, numerous, .an or me fi mto 1 a c hu er : t e ft 1 ·n nd inferted into their fides~ the fi1gmata are 1mp e : t ere IS no peYn~ csa rapr~m cmap :i t~!' f:eds are numerous , roundiili, compreffed, and furnifhed with ex-tremely long and lanigerous fiyles. . The only known fpecies of this genus has been confounded by mofl: authors wuh the Caryophyllatre. D R y A s. The root is long, thick, woody, creeping, and of a reddifh-black co~our .. The ftalks are round> woody, diffufe, and procumbent; they grow to fix or eight mches long. they are reddifh. The leaves ftand alternately, and are fimple, oblong, ferra-te d , 'r ugafce , a nd hoary underneath '· they are of a du:lky green colour on the furface. 1 h · d' 1 The flowers are large and white ; they fi:and fingly_ on ong,_ atry pe tc es. . . . It is a native of Sweden and Lapland. C. Bauh_me calls 1t, Cham.edrys Alpma c1!h flare j Ray, Caryophyllata Alpina chamredryos foho. Cltffs the Thirteenth. P 0 L Y A N D R I A. P /ants which have in every flower very numerous Jlamina. 0 F the Polyandria fame have only one ftyle, fome have two, fame three, fome four, fame five, fame fix, and, finally, fome v_ery nume:ou~, ~yl~s. !he genera of this dafs will, therefore, be arranged, accordmg to th1s d1fbnt'hon, mto 1even orders. Order the Fir.fl. P 0 L Y A N D R I A M 0 N 0 G Y N I A. Plants which have numerous flamina and only a Jingle .ftyle in the flower. 0 F thefe fome have the fiyle fcarc~ vi~ble, others ~ave it very long: the _genera of each kind are numerous, and 1t w1ll be convement to arrange them m two divifions, according to this obvious difiinction. Clajs the Thirteenth. Order the Firfl. Divijion the Firfl. Po!Jandria Monogynia, with the Jlyle fcarce vijible. M A R C G R A V I A. T HE calyx is a perianthinm, compofed of fix fquammcc, difpofed in pairs opp~fitely, and the inferior ones the fma1ler : the corolla confi( s of a fingle petal; 1t is of a conico-oval figure, and entire, and is every-where ihut, and feparates from the parts of frutlification at it's bafe: the fiamina are numerous, fhorr, fubulated filaments, deciduous, as the corolla, and patent: the anthera~ are large, of an oblong oval ~g~re, and eretl: the germen is oval; there is no fiyle; the fiigma is obfolete : the fru1t IS a ~lobofe berry, with a .fingle cell: the feeds are numerous, nidulant, and very fmall. h T e The Hijlory of P L A N. T s. The flowers in this genus form a kind of umbel, and, in the midll: of it there ftand certain large feffile. bodies, of a firange_figure; they are fo~med each of ~ fingle leaf, and are clavated, nngent, hollow in their lower par.t, and. open at the bafe, they have ten acute, prominent labia before, and much refemble the upper pa.rt ~f the aconite flower; thefe have ufually been called flowers, but they are not fo; they are only excretory veffels, or glands. MORISONA. T HE calyx is a fading perianthium, formed of a Lingle leaf vent~icofe tightly divided into two parts, patent at the mouth, dentated at the' neck, and, obtufe : the corolla confifi:s of four oblong, obtufe petals, patent beyond the cup : the fiamina are numerous . filam~nts :. the ap herre are fitnple: the germ en is oval; the fiyle is fimple; the fitgma IS capltated, and plano-convex:. th.e fn,l~t is a globofe berry, with a hard, fmooth rind, fupported on the fiyle, and containing only one cell : the feeds are numerous, reniform, and nidulant. It is an American, defcribed by Plumier, 23. BREYNIA, T HE calyx is a very fmall perianthium, compofed Qf a fingle leaf, deciduous, and divided into four oval, coriaceous, patent fegments: the corolla conGfis of four oval, patent petals, and is fomewhat larger than the cup: the fiamina are very numerous, capillary filaments, longer than the corolla : the antberre are erect and ~blong: the germen is very long, very flender, clavated, and obtufe: the .fl:yle is fca rce vifible; the fiigma is obtufe: th~ fruit is a. very loog, fleiliy, clavated, foft pod, formed of two valves, and containing only one cell: th~ feeds are numerous, kidney .. fhaped, fleihy, and arranged longitudinally in the pod, It is an American, defcribed by Plumier, 16. [ (j CRATJEVA. T HE calyx is a deciduous perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, plane at the bafe, and lightly divided into four patent, oval fegments: the corol~a confifi:s of four oval petals, bent upwards toward the fame fide, and furnifhed with narrow ungues, of the length of the cup : the fiamina are about fixteen feta'ceous filaments, 1horter than the corolla, and placed in a declinatory pofi:ure, oppofite to the petals : the antherre are erect and oblong: the germen is of an oval figure, and is fupported on a very long filament: the fiigma is feffi.Je and capitated : the fruit js a very large, globofe, flefhy berry, ~ontaining one cell, and ftanding on a thick fl:ylus: the feeds are numerous, roundifh, emarginated. and nidulatory. This genus comprehends the Tapia of Plumier. C A P P A R I S. T HE calyx is a perianthium, compofed of four oval, hollow, and gibbous leaves : the corolla confifts of four very large, patent, roundifh, emarginated petals: the ftamina are numerous, filiform capill~ments, of the length of the corolla : the antherre are fimple; the germen is oval, and is fupported on a fiylus of the length of the ftamina : the fiigma is obtufe ana feffile: the fruit is a flelhy, turbinated capfule, with a fingle cell: the feeds are numerous, kidney-lhaped, and nidulatory. r. Capparii caudice fpinqfo, foliis fu!Jrotundis. The roundijh-leaved, prickly Capparis. 1rbt Qtaptr.s ~btup. The root is long, divaricated, and fpreading; the fiems are numerous, three quarters of an inch thick, or more, and armed with iharp, robuft, and crooked fpine s, like thofe of the bramble. The leaves fiand alternately, and are of a roundifh figure, fometimcs oblong and pointed ; they are about two inches broad. The ~owers fiand fingly, |