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Show The Hiflory of P L A N T S. This genus comprehends the Clematitis, ~Iammul~, and Vitic~lla of au thors. T he Clematis has lanceolated petals and feeds, wwged With long, hatry fe t~.; the Flammula has eight pHlils, orbiculated feeds, and a very long plume ; the Vtttcelb. has dcltoide petals, and feeds with naked and crooked pomts: fome have five petals, Clematis foliis pinnatis folio/is ovato -lanceolatis integerrimis. ~rect The pinnated-leaved Clematis, with ovato-lanceolated folio/a. jflanttltUhl. The root is fibrous and white; the ftalks are woody, but very ilemler; they rife to three feet ·or more, in height, and fupport themfelves ereCt; they are h ollow and jointed : the leaves are compofed of oval, but pointed, pinnules, and are of a ?lackifh green on the upper fide, and hoary underneath : the flowers are large and white. It is a native of Germany. C. Bauhine calls it, Flam mula recta ; others, f lammula alba ereeta. The other fpecies are, I. The fimple, lanceolated -leaved, blue Clematis.· 2. The wild Clematis, . caJled Traveller's Joy and Viorna. 3. The pear-leaved Clematis. 4· The five-leaved, creeping Clematis. 5· The ferrated-leaved Clematis. 6. The dwarf Clematis. 7· The blue, ereCt, larger-leaved Clematis. T' H A L I C T R U M. T HERE is no calyx; the corolla confifis of four roundHh, hollow, obtufe, deciduo'us petals: the fiamina are numerous filaments, broadeft in their upper part, compreffed, and longer than the corolla: the anther::c are oblong and didymous : the .ilyles are numerous and very ibort; the germina roundiib, one on every fiyle: the ftigmata thick; the pericarpium confifis of a carinated, fulcated bark, containing only one cell : the feed is fingle and oblong. This genus varies greatly in the feveral fpecies. In fome the corolla has five leaves; in [orne the fi:amina and pifiils are only twelve each: the fiyles, which are placed under the germina, are in fome long, in others lhort; and in fome the cortex of the feed has three longitudinal alee. ThaliEirum caule Joliofo Julcato, ereEia. panicula mttltiplici The foliqfo, fulcated-.flalked ThaliEirum, with a multiple, ereEt panicle. <!onunon $Jlf)ea:; noru 1\uc. The root is compofed of a number of long, brown fibres : the plant r ifes to four feet high; the .fi:alk is hollow, fmooth, and ramofe; the leaves are divided into a great number of broad and fhort fegments: the flowers are of a mixture of a blackia1 purple and white ; they are fmall, and fi:and in grea~ clufiers on the tops of the 1lalks. The plant is common in our meadows. Authors call it, Thalietrum vulgare. The other fpecies are, 1. The rugofe, trifid-leaved Thalidrum. z. The glaucous- leaved, yellow Thalietrum. 3· The purple, columbine-leaved T hal ietrum. 4· The white, aquilegia-leaved Thalichum, 5· The dwarf, American ThaliClrum. 6. The great, yellow-flowered Thalietrum. 7· The afphodel-rooted Thalitl:rum. 8. The early, dwarf Thalietrum. 9· The narrow-leaved Thalic:trum. 10. The fmall, broad-leaved ThaliCl:rum. I r. The great, red-leaved Thalitl:rum. I 2. The fretid Thalietrum. AD 0 N IS. T HE calyx is a perianthium, compofed of five obtufe, hollow, fomewhat co. loured, and. deciduous leaves : the corolla confifis of five oblong, obtufe , beautiful petals, fomeumes there are more than five : the fiamina are numerous, very iliort, fubulated· filaments: the antherce are oblong and inflected ; the germ ina are numerous, and collected into a head; there are no ftyles,; the ftigmata are acute and r~flex; there is no pericarpium: the receptacle is oblong, fpicated, and holds five fenes of feeds: the feeds are numerous irregular and angular gibbous at the bafe, d h . , J J an t eu· apex reflex and prominen•. .lid011is The Hiflory · of P L A N T s~ 491 Adonis radice a?tnua. Annual-rooted Adonis. The root is fibrous and white; the ftalk is erect thick, and firm, and grows to eighteen inches high. The leaves are divided into fide, long, narrow fegments. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches; they are moderately large, and of a very beautiful fcadet colour. It is a native of moft parts of Europe. Authors call it, Flos Adonis and Eranthew mum. Culture makes the flower larger and deeper-coloured. RANUNCULUS. T HE calyx confifis of_ five oval, hollow, coloured leaves : the corolla confifis of five obtufe petals, with [mall ungues: the neetarium is a cavity in each petal above the unguis: the fiamina are numerous filaments, of about half the length of the flower: the antherce. are ereCt, oblong, obtufe, and didymous : the germina are numerous, and colleCted mto a head : there are no fi:yles ; the fbgmata are reflex, and very f~all; there is no pericarpium; the receptacle conneCts the feeds by means of very mmute peduncles: the feeds are numerous, irregular, and have reflex apices. The eifential charaCl:er of this genus coofifis in the neetarium, which is in [orne a fimple hollow; in others it is furrounded with a membranaceous edge, and, in fome; it is ilmt up with an emarginated fquammula ; the other parts of the fructification vary greatly . This genus comprehends the Ranunculus, Ficaria, and Ranunculoides of authors~ In the Ficaria the calyx has but three leaves, and the petals are numerous; m one fpecies there are but five fi:amina. Ranunculus joliis lanceolatis, caule ereE!o. The upright-.flalked, lanceolate-leaved Ranunculus. The root is compofed of a clufier of white fibres. The plant rifes to three or four feet high. The fialk is round, fmooth, thick, and branched. The leaves are a foot long, and abmH an inch broad, thick, fmooth, and pointed. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches; they are yellow, beautiful, and of three quarters of an inch in diameter. It is frequent in ditches in the Iile of Ely, and other fenny places. C. Bauhine calls it, Ranunculus longifolius palufiris major; others, Flarnmeus major. The other fpecies of Ranunculus are very numerous; thofe wild in our fields and waters are, .l. The common creeping R anunculus. 2. The bulbous-rooted Ranunculus. 3· The ereCt, pale-leaved Ranunculus. 4· The ereCt, aconite-leaved Ranunculus. 5· The little-flowered, annual, field Ranunculus. 6. The fmall-flowered, wood Ranunculus. 7· The echinated-feeded, field Ranunculus. 8. The round-leaved, water Ranunculus. 9· The ivy-leaved, water Ranunculus. 1 o. The various leaved, water Ranunculus. r r. The fi.ne-leaved, water Ranunculus. I 2. The circinnated-leaved, water Ranunculus. I 3. The fennel-leaved, water Ranunculus. 14. The Ieifer Spearwort. I 5· The plantain-leaved Ranunculus. I 6. The Ranunculus, called little Celandine, or Pilewort. The wild Ranunculi of other parts of the world are, r. The graffy-leaved Ranunculus. z. The large-leaved, Apennine Ranunculus. 3· The [mall-flowered, {oftleaved Ranunculus. 4· The afphodel-rooted, cyclamen-leaved Ranunculus, or Thora. 5· The parnaffia -leaved Ranunculus. 6. The water-caltrop-leaved Ranunculus. 7· 'I'he afarum-leaved, nodofe Ranunculus. 8. The apium-leaved Ranunculus. 9· The fiellated, echiP-ated, Cretic Ranunculus. 1 o. The broad-leaved, bullated, tuberousrooted Ranunculus. 1 I. The purple-flowered, grumofe-rooted, Afiatic Ranunculus. I 2. The broader-leaved, yc:llow-flowered, grumofe-rooted, Afiatic Ranunculus. 13 . The rue-leaved, yellow R anunculus. 14. The broaJ-leaved, Cretic, tuberous-rooted Ranunculus. I 5· T he [mall-flowered, dwarf, round-leaved Ranunculu~. 16. The tall, white, hairy Ranunculus. 17. The aconite-leaved, white Ranunculus. r8. The very broad .. leaved, hairy, mountain Ranunculus. r 9· The fine-leav ed, mountain Ra-nunculus. |