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Show The Hijlory of P L A N T S. Anona Joliis fineari-lanceolatis. The lineari-lanceolated-leaved Anona. The tree grows to a confiderable height ; . the. bark is rough and brown ; the branches numerous and thick; the leaves are e1ght mches long, and. abou t two and a half broad, pointed at the ends, and of a firm texture ; the flower 1s fmall ; the fru it is of the fize of the largefl: orange, and covered with a ~caly coat: It is a native of the Eafl: and Weft Indies. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Guanabanus Oviedi fructu fquammato. HEPATIC A. T HE calyx is a permanent perianthium, formed of three oval leaves, and remote from the receptacle of t?e corolla=. the corolla confifl:s of two or thre~ feries of petals; there are three petals 111 .each fenes, and they are longer. than the cup, and of an ovate-oblong figure: the fiamma a.re numerous filaments, th1r ty ~ or mo!'l.:, of the length of the cup; the anthera~ are d1dymous. and erect : the germma are numerous, twenty, or more; they are ob.long and.acu~111ated; there are n? fl:yles: the fiigmata are obtufely capitated; there IS .no .Pe.ncarpmm: the receptacle 1s very fmall and obtufe ; and the feeds are arranged 111 1t 111 a globular, form : they are numerous, oval, but pointed at both ends, and flightly ha!ry. Of this genus there is but one known fpec1es; but authors have made feveral, by defcribing it's varieties as fuch, under the names of the double blue-·flowercd Hepatica; the double red Hepatica, and the like. P U L S A T I L L A. T HE calyx is a uniflorous involucrum, placed remote, but proper, and compofed of a fingle leaf, divided into a number of fine narrow fegments : the corolla confifts of fix plane, erect, acuminated, long petals : the !lamina are a ~reat number of filiform filaments, of about half the length of the flower: the extenor ones fi and lowe!l: ; the antherce are didymous and ereCt : the germina are numerpus ; the fl yles are capillary, .longer than the fl:am~na, at:d permanent: the fiigmata are .fimple; there is no pericarpmm : the receptacle 1s capttated, oblong, tophous, and hatry : the feeds are numerous, compreffed, and hairy, and have the ftyles adhering to them, very long and hairy. The involucrum is the character which difiingui(hes this genus from the Ane-mone. Pu!fatilla foliis decompojitis ternatis. 7he Pu!fatilla, with ternate, decompound leaves. The root is fibrous ; the leaves are divided into a multitude of long and narrow fegments, in a ternate order;. they are of a duiky green, and not glairy: the fl:alk rifes to iix or eight inches high, and the flower is large and beautiful; fometimes blue, fametimes red, fometimes white. It was originally brought from the Eafi into our gardens, where culture has produced a great many varieties of it, which have been defcribed by too many authors, under the names of diftinct fpecies, and called Anemone tenui folio, flare dupl ice, and the like. C. Bauhine calls this, Anemone tenui folio, fimplici fiore; Van Royen, Pulfatilla foliis ternatis. The other fpecies are, I. The thicker-leaved, large-flowered Pulfa tilla, or common Pafque flower. 2. The fmaller-flowered, thinner-leaved Pulfatilla. 3. The fma\la geleaved Pulfatilla. 4· The broad-leaved, yellow Pulfatilla. ANE MON E. The 1-liflory of P L A N 'r 8. AN EM 0 N E. T H E R E is no calyx : the corolla confifts of two or three orders of petals, three in each order or feries; they are of an oval figure, and erecto-patent: the ftamina are numerous, capillary filaments, of about half the length of the corolla t the antherce are didymons and ereCt ; the germina are numerous, and collected into a head; the ftyles are acuminated, and very iliort ; the ftigmata are obtufe; there is no pericarpium : the receptacle is globofe or oblong, and attenuated and punctated : the feeds are numerous, acuminated, and have the fiyles affixed to them. This genus comprehends the Anemone, Anemonoides, and Anomone-Ranunculus of authors; they have endeavoured to difl:inguiih thefe by the feeds, but there is no fuch difi.inClion in nature. 1. Anemone foliis fubrotundis et ladniatis, cattle unifloro. · ~t:UOlb . The roundijh and laciniated-leaved, yellow-jlowered A nemone. ~nt:tttOnt. The root is tuberous and oblong ; the radical leaves are roundifh, large, ferrated at the edges, of a deep green on the upper part, and · ~urpli{h un?erneath_: they fiand on long pedides, and are of a firm texture: tae fl:alk nfes to fix mches h1gh, an~ has on it three laciniated leaves ; and from the origin of thefe riCes alfo a pedicle, whtch fup-ports a large, fingle, yellow flower. . . . . It is a native of Portugal. C. Bauhme calls It, Anemone cyclam1111S five malvoe folio lutea ; J. Bauhine, Anemone latifolia flare flavo. 2~ Anemone feminibus acutis, folio/is incijis, caule unifloro. The acute-feeded, divided-leaved, Jingle-jlowered Anemone. ~lf)itt;;: llJOOb :{lnentont. The root is tuberous, oblong, and oblique; the leav~s ftan.d on lo~g pedicles, and are divided into fi ne and numerous fegm elits: the fl:alk 1s fix mches htgh, and weak; the leaves on it are three, all growing from the fame part, and like _thofe of t?e root~ the flower is fingle ; on the fummit of the ~alk, it is _large, and wh1te or redd11b. It is common in our woods. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Anemone nemorofa flore albo majore. The other really difl:inCI: fpecies are, I. The yellow, wood Anemone, called Wood Ranunculus. 2. The trifoliate, oval-leaved Anemone. 3· T he broad-leaved, red Anemone. 4· The rounder, geranium-leaved, large-flowered Anemone. 5· The upright, white, wild Anemone. 6. The large-flowered, fiv e- leaved Anemone. Culture has made an infi ni te number of varieties in the colour and firu 8:ure of the flowers of thefe fpecics, and too many authors have defcribed thofe varieties as fpecies. Tournefort has no lefs than a hundred and fifty Anemonics. AT RAGEN E. T H E calyx confifl:s of four leaves ; the corolla is formc_d of twelve petals ; the fiamina are very numerous; the fl:yles fhort; the fi1gmata fmall ; the feeds are caudated. T hcfe fho rt charaCters fut1iciently difl:inguifh the Atragene from all the other plants of this clafs. C L E MATIS. T HERE is no calyx; the corolla confifis of four lax, oblong petals, of an uncertain lhape : the fiamina are numerous, fubulated filaments, {barter than the corolla: the anther:!! adhere to the fides of them ; the germina are numerous, roundifl1, comprelfed, and terminate in fubulated_ fiyl~s, which are a Ionge~· than. the fiamina; the fiigmata are fimple; there is no pencarpmm; the receptacle IS capltat.ed and fmall ; the feeds are numerous, roundiili, comprelfed, and have the ilyle adhenng to them. 6 I This |