OCR Text |
Show 522 The Hiflory of P L A N T S. The other fpecies are, 1. The broader-leaved, ~bite-flowered Lunaria. 2. T?e narrower-leaved, long-podded Lunaria. 3 .. The .leucomm-leaved, long-po~ded ~unana. 4· The [mall-podded, leucoium-leaved Lunana; and, 5. The Lunana, wtth the wreathen pod . DRAB A. T HE pod is of an oval, oblong figure; the valves are equal to the difiipimen .. tum: there is no fiyle. Draba caulibus nudis, foliis incijis. The nahed-.ftalked, cut-leaved Draba. The root is oblong, flender, fibrated, and white: the leaves are fmall, of an oblong figure, jagged at the edges, and of a du!ky -green colour: th~ ftalks are round, naked, and four inches high : the flowers fiand in a kind of {hort fptkes, at the tops, and are fmall and white. It is a native of France. C. Bauhine calls it, Burfa pafioris minor loculo oblongo, foliis laciniatis. The other fpecies are, I. The long-leaved, hairy Draba. 2. The fmooth, lhorterleaved Draba. VELLA. T HE pod has a diffipimentum of ~":'ice the.bi.gne~s of ~he v~lves, and of an oval figure. This charatl:er alone fuffictently dtLlmgmfhes tt, wnhout a farther defcription. There is but one fpecies of this genus. C. l3auhine calls it, Nafiurtium fylvefire erucre affine. Clqfs the Fifteenth. Divijion the Second. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQ_UO. SA. Plants which have four efficacious .flami?ta in the flower, and long pods. BUN I AS. T HE pod is of a fquare figure, and the angles are unequal and acuminated. This genus comprehends the Erinago of Tournefort and others. Bunias foliis antror:fum Jinuatis. The Bunias,. with leaves Jinuated forwards. The root is oblong, white, and fibrated ; the fialks are round, fmooth, often reddfh, and two feet high: the leaves are narrow, finuated, and hairy; there are very few of them on the fialks : the flowers are moderately large and yellow : the pods are .lhort, and terminate in a lharp point. It is a native of France. Tournefort calls it, Erucago fegetum; C. Bauhine, Eruca filiqua quadrangula echinata. 'fhe other fpecies are, I. The tall, oriental, dandelion-leaved Bunias. 2. The finallleaved Bunias. C H E I R A N T H U 9. T H E germen in the flower has, on each fide, a little denticular protuberance: the leaves of the calyx are two, and are gibbous at the bafe : the feeds are plane. This genus comprehends the JLeucoium of Tournefort and others. Cheirantlms The Hijlory of P L A N T s. Cheiranthtts Joliis lanceolatis o!Jtujis incanis, Jiliquis trttncatis. 7be obttife, lanceolated-leaved Cheiranthus, w·itli truttcated pods. ,§Dtoclt aotl~ J.p;:fiolber. The root is oblong, white, tortuous, and fibrated : the plant rifes to two or three feet high : the fialk is round, thick, h9ary, and ramofe : the leaves are three inches . long, an inch and a half broad, obtufely pointed, and white: the flowers .il:and in fpike~, at th~ tops of the fialk, and are al~o whit~ :. the pods are long. It lS a nattve of the fea-coafis of Arab1a, but ts mtroduced in~o our gardens almofi: every-where, . and has fuffered firange variations by culture. C. Bauhine calls it, Leuc~ ium incanum majus. The. varieties of o~r purple and white double and fingle Stockgtlly- flowers are all from thts fingle fpec1es; tho' authors have defcribed them as diftinet ones. The other fpecies really diil:intl: are, I. The narrower areen-leaved white-flowered C:heira~thus .. 2. The [mall-flowered, white, perennial Cheiranthus.' 3· The hefpens- leaved Che1ranthus. 4· The eruca-leaved Cheiranthus. 5· The finuated-leaved, fea Cheiranthus. 6. The white, long-leaved, fea Cheiranthus. 7. The com mort, yell~w Cheiranthus, or Wall-flower. 8. The larger-flowered, tuberculous, yellow Che1ranthus. 9· The large-flowered, ferrated-leaved Cheiranthus. 10. The narrowleaved, pale yellow-flowered, Alpine Cheiranthus. HE S P E R I S. T HE petals of the corolla are bent obliquely: the pod is ilender; the bafe of the ftigma is bifurcated, and it's apex connivent., Hefperis caule fimplici, foliis ovato-lanceolatis _denticulatis. IDctntt.S The jimple-jlalked Ho/peris, with ovato-lanceolate, denticulated . 11111 toll'ft ... leaves. ~ "' ... The root is oblong, white, woody, and fibrated: the fialks are hairy, robufi, and three feet high: the leaves are of a dufky green colour, hairy, ferrated, and pointed at the ends, two inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad : the flowers fiand at the tops of the branches; they are moderately large, and of a beautiful purple colour~ fometimes very pale, fometimes quite white. · It is a native of Italy. Dodonreus calls it, Viola rnatroi1alis; C. Bauhine, Hefperis hoi-tenfis, · The other fpecies are, 1. The pale, fcented, narrow~,r-leaved Hefperis. ·2. The common, fcentlefs, field Hefperis. 3· The Hefperis, with articulated pods. 4· The common; roundilh-leaved Hefperis, or Alliaria. 5· The very narrow, podded Hefperis. 6. The fquare, podded, leucoium-leaved Hefperis. 7· The corniculate Hefperis, with a dufky :flower. 8. The thick-leaved, procumbent, fea Hefperis. 9· The hairy, blue Hefperis. IO. The dentated-leaved, large-flowered Hefperis. 1 I. The laciniated-leaved Hefperis, with luna ted pods. 12. The .lhrubby Hefperis. 13. The coronopus-leaved Hefperis. I4._ The great, blue, African, coronopus-leaved Hefperis. RAPHANUS. T H E pod is rounded, torofe, and, as it were, articulated : there are four rnelliferous glands in the corolla; two of them between the fhort~r fiamina and the piLlil, and two betwe~n the longer fiamioa and the calyx. This genus comprehends the Raphanus, Rapbaniftrum, and Cakile of authors ... Raphanus |