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Show 528 The Hijlory of P L A N T S. Cleoffle pentaphyllea .ftoribus gynandris.' · · · The Jive-leaved Cleome, with gynandrous flowers. The root is oblong and white; the ftalk is round, finooth, and two feet, or more, in height : the leaves ftand on long pedicles, five on each; they are oblong, narrow, and pointed at the ends; thofe toward the upper parts of ~he ftalk are oft~n only three on each pedicle : the flowers are moderately large and white ; they ftand m clnfte rs at the tops of the branches: the pods are an inch long. . . . . It is a native of Africa, and the Eaft: and Weft Ind1es. • C. Baulune calls 1t, ~m-quefolium lupini folio. . . . The other fpecies are, 1. The tnfoltate Cleome, wHh crooked pods. ~· !he narrower- leaved, reddiili-flowered, cinquefoil Cleom~. 3· "The lhrubby, tnfohate Cleome; and 4· The trifoliate, Portugal Cleome, wtth cormculated pods. Clajs the Sixteenth. MONADELPHIA. P /ants which have uniform }lamina growing together at their bife. I N this, as in the two former claffes, it will be moll: convenient to give the general daffical charaCl:er here, and to refer to it from every genus, only mentioning, as generical characters, the eifential and diftinctive ones. Claj)ical charaC!ers of the Monadelphia. The calyx is a perianthium, it is never wanting; it is permanent, and in many genera double. The corolla confifis of five petals, vertically cordated, and one of their fides always embraces that of the next petal, the contrary way to the fun's motion . The ftamina are filaments cohering at the bafe, and dift:inct at their tops : if numerous, the exterior ones are the lhorter. The receptacle of the fructifications is prominent in the center of the corolla : the germina are erect, and rotato-articulately furround the top of the receptacle: the ftyles all cohere together at the bottom and form one body with the receptacle; in their upper part they are dift:inct, and are as numerous as the germina, forming fo many filaments; the fiigmata are patent and fl~nder. The pericarpium is a capfule, divided into as many cells as there were pillils; thefe are of various figures in the different genera : the feeds are kidney-lhaped. Of the Monadelphia, fame have five ft:amina, others ten, others a great number, according to this obvious diil:inClion ; they are to be arranged into three orders. Clafs the Sixteenth. Order the Firfl. M 0 N A D E L P H I A P E N T A N D R I A. Plants, with the jlamina, five in number, and cohering together, at their bafe, into one body. WALTHER I A. T HE fiy!e is fingle; the c;pfule is formed of two ~alves, and contains a lingle cell, Wtth one feed. It approaches to the althcea m appearance, but the charaCters fufficiently dift:inguifh it. HERM _ANNIA. T H E ftyle is fingle ; the capfule contains five ceiis : the petals are femitubular at the bafe. · Hermamzia The Hijlory oj' P L A N 'r S. Hermannia foliis lanceolatis obtujis firratis. The Her111annia, with lanceolated, obtvfe, ferrated , ; leaves. ~ftican i119arfiJ .\®(lUOlllS. The root is long, thick, ~bite, and .6brated ; the plant grows up to the form of a little fhrub; the llalks are brbwn; the leaves large, obtufely pointed, oblong, of a pale greyiil1-greenJ and ferrated at the edges : the flowers are {mall, yellow, and pendulous. . . It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Tournefort calls it, I-Iermannia frutefcens folio oblongo ferrato. MEL 0 CHI A. THE fiyles are five in numbe~, and the capfule contains five cells. Melochia jloribus umbellatis, capfulis pyramidatis pentagonis. . The Melochia, ·with umbellated flowers, and pyramidal, pentagonal capfules. The root is very thick, oblong, and white,; the plant rifes to fix feet high ; the ft:alk is round, green, and not very thick; the leaves are of an oval figure, lanceolated and ferrated, and fiand on pedicles : the flowers fiand four or five together, in a kind of umbel, on pedicles arifing oppofite to the leaves ; they are large and red. It is a native of the Brafils, but is preferved in our gardens. Clafs the Sixteenth. Order the Second. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. P !ants with .ftamina ten in 1 number, and cohering together at their bafl. HUGONIA. T HE fl:yles are three it~ number: the fruit is. a berry containing only one feed . Of this genus there IS but one known fpec1es. H u G 0 N I A. The Hugonia is a: il1rub of eight or ten fee~ in ~1~ight, ; the root is brachiate?, and . it's bark 'yellowi!h: the bark of the branches IS g~eytfh, and they are armed wah robuft thorns : the leaves are obverfely oval, two mches long, and even at the edges : the flowers are yellow, moderately largeJ and fiand three or four together at the tops of the branches. It is a native of the Eaft Indies. Van Rheede calls it, Madera Canni. CANNA R US. T H E fiyle is .tingle; the fiigma is. fimple; the capfule is formed of two valves; but it contams only one cell, and m that but one f~ed. . . Thefe characters fufficiently diftinguilh the Cannarus, without any farther defcnptJOn, GERANIUM. T HE ft:yle is fimple, but it has .five fiigmata: the capfule is of the form of a bird's beak. It contains .five cells, and in each of them a fingle feed. 6 T Geranium .. |