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Show . - The Hijlory of P L A N T S. fingly, on moderately long pedicles, arifing from the alee of the leaves.; they are large, white, and beautiful. It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Capparis fpinofa, fruetu minore, folio ro- .tundo; others, only Capparis. The buds make the pickled Capers, ufed in our fauces. · The other fpecies are, I. The acute-leaved Capparis, with double fpines. 2. The large-fruited Capparis, without fpines. 3· The bay-leaved, arborefcent Capparis of America. CAM B 0 G I A. T HE calyx is compofed of four leaves; the corolla confifis of four petals; the fruit is an apple, containing eight cells. 1. Cambogia fruEiu fulcato. The Cambogia, with a fulcated fruit. The root is very large, divaricated, and fpreading; the tree very large, tall, and ramofe; it's trunk often three feet in diameter. The leaves fiand in pairs, and have fhort pedicles; they are thick, firm, and of an ovato-lanceolate figure. The flowers ftand in clufiers, at the extremities of the branches ; they have iliort pedicles, and are of a pale red, fometimes of a yellow, colour. The fruit is of the bigne[s of an orange, roundilh, but marked deeply with eight or nine furrows, with high ridges between them; it has a little kind of head at it's top, and is, at firft, green, afterwards yellow, and, when ripe, white. It is a native of the Eafl Indies. Acofta calls it, Carea pulli ; Van Rheede, Caddam pulli ; Hermans, Ghoraka. 2. Cambogia fruEiu glabro. The Jmooth-Jruited Cambogia. The root is large and fpreading; the tree grows to fixty feet high. The leaves fiand in pairs, and are of a lanceolated figure. The flowers fiand on !hort pedicles, in little clufiers, at the tops of the branches. The fruit is of the bignefs of J. nutmeg, and is of a reddi!h-yellow, when ripe, which is alfo the colour of the flowers. It is a native of Ceylon and Malabar. HerlT).an calls it, Kanna ghoraka. Both thefe trees, on wounding their bark, afford the Gambogium of the !hops, a violent cathartic. ACT 1E A. T HE calyx is a fpathaceous perianthium, compofed of four roundiil1, obtufe, hoi, low, deciduous leaves: the corolla confifis of four deciduous petals, larger than the calyx, and of a quadrangulari-acuminated figure at each end : the fiamina are about ·thirty capillary filaments, broadefi at the top: the antherre are round ia1, didymous, and ereCl: the gennen is oval; there is no fiyle : the ftigma is thick, and obliquely depre!red: the fruit is a fmooth, unilocular berry, of a figure approaching to oval, and with one furrow: the feeds are numerous, femicircular, truncated, and arranged in a double feries. This genus comprehends the Chrifiophoriana of authors; there is but one known fpecies of it. AcT JE A. The root is oblong, thick, black without, yellowilh within, and furnilhed with n?merous fibres. The fialk is round, flender, ftriated, jointed, and about two feet htg? •. The leaves are large; they fiand in a ternate. order, on pedicles, which divide agam mto three parts, and, finally, the leaves are fometimes fo divided as to feem each compofed of three ~thers; they are oblong, of a deep green colour, ferrated at the edges, and the termmatory leaf is ufually divided at leafi into three lobes : the flowers are fmall, white, and fiand in clufiers : the berries are fmall and black. It is a native of moft parts of Europe, in woods. C. Bauhine calls it, Aconitum ra~ em?fum; other auth~rs, in general, Chrillophoriana. It varies in the colour of the bernes; the-y are fomeumes white, fometimes reddi!h ; it is eHeemed poifonous. BOCCO NIA. 'lbe Hijlory of P L A N T S. ·B 0 C C 0 N I A. THE calyx is a deciduous, oval, obtufe, hollow fpatha, compofed of two leaves: the corolla confifis of four very narrow petals: the fiamina are ufually twelve very iliort fil~me~ts: the antherre are ereCt, and of the length of the cup: the germen is large,. rounddl1, and contraCted _on. each fide: the fiyle is fimple, and flightly ,bifid: the !hgmata are fimple; the frmt IS of an oval figure, but contraCted on each fide long, compre!fed, containing only one cell, and filled with pulp; the feed is fingl~ and globofe. It is an American, defcribed by Plumier, 2 5· MUNTINGIA .. T H.~ cal~x is a perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, hollowed at the bafe, and d1v1ded mto ~ve large, permanent, and lanceolato-acu.te fegments: the corolla confills. of five round1lh petals, of the length of the cup; thty are patent, and are inferred mto the cup: the ftamina are numerous, capill.uy, and very fhort filaments : the ~nther.ce are fimple ; the germen is globo[e and hairy; there is no ftyle; the fiigPl~ IS captt~t~d and pentagonal: the fruit is a r9und, unilocular berry, umbilicated wtth the fbgma: the feeds arc qumerous, roundifh, and iinall. It is an American1 deicribed by Plumier, 6. C H E L I D 0 N ~ U M. T HE calyx is a roundifh fpatha, compofed of two oval, concave, obtufe, deciduous leaves: the corolla confill:s of four roundia1, plane, patent petals, large, and narrow at the bafe: the fiamina are numerous, plane filam ents, about thirty, broadeft at the top, and iliorter than the corolla: the anther<E are oblong, comprcffed, ereCt obtufe, and didymous : the germen is cylindric, and of the length of the fiamina ~ there is no fiyle; the fiigma is capitated and bifid: the fi·uit · is a cylindric pod, formed of two valves, and containing only one cell : the feeds are numerous, oval, and fmooth : the receptacle is linear between the valves, in form of a future, and not opening. This genus comprehends the Chelidonium and the Glaucium of Tournefoz<t. Chelidonium glabrum peclun~ulis unifloris. Tbe fmooth Chelidonium, with flowers, one on a peduncle. I • !Qeuoru, boJttttl 10oppp. The root is long, robufi, and ~hite. The plant grows to two feet high, and ·is robufi and branched. The fialks are round, of a pale greyilh-green colour; the leaves are .large, laciniated at their edges, and of a bluia1-green. The flowers !land on fingle pedtcles, at the tops of the ftalks; they are very large, and of a beautiful yellow colour. It is a native of our fea-coafis, Tournefort calls it, Glaucium flare luteo. T~e other fp~cies are, I. The rough-leaved, purple-flowered Cel~ondine; this is alfo called a horned Poppy. 2. The great Celandine, with the leavds finely divided. 3· The common, gt·eat Chelidoniu.m. PAPAVER. T HE calyx is an oval, emarginated fpatha, compofed of two oval, hollow, de_. ciduous leaves: the corolla confifl:s of four large, ronndia1, plane, patent petals, narroweft at the bafe, and alternately fmaller : the fiamina are numerous, capill~ ry filaments, much iliorter than the corolla :· the ·anthe~CE are compreffed, oblong, erec:t, and obtufe : the germen is roundi!h and large : there is no ftyle"t.; the fiigma is peltated, plane, and radiated: the fruit. is a capfule, containing one cell, coronated with a large, plane ftigma, and opening with feveral foramina under it : the feeds are numerous and very fcnall; the receptacles are longitudinal plic~, of the fame number with the rays of the fiigmata ; they grow to the· fides of the fruit, or capfule. 6D J'apa'TJ~r |