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Show 53° The Hijlory of P LA N T S. · 1. Geranium pedunculis Jimplicibus unijloris. . . llelOOb'!' 'Ibe Geranium, with jimple, jingle-flowered pedtder. ctttnttt' S:::btlL The root is oblong and flender; the plant grow's to· Ave or fix inFhes high; the fialks are flender, weak-jointed, and. often, in part, procumh:n.t : . t~e leaves a~e an inch in diameter, roundifh in their cHcumference, but deeply divided mto a multitude of narrow, oblong fegments : the flowers are very large, a~d of a b!ood-red .. It is a native of England, but is not comm.on. C. Bauhme calls lt, Geramum fan~ guineum maximo flare. 2. Geranium calycibus monophyllis Joliis cordato-orbiculatis, incijis, zona notatis. The Geranium, with one-leaved cups, and with cordato-orbiculated, edged leaves. This fpecies grows to a kind of fhrubby form; the fiem is thick, brown, and woody : the plant five feet high : the leaves are two inches and a. half in diameter, roundi(h, cordated at the bafe, hairy, foft to the touch, of a pale green, furrounded with a zone or rim of reddifh, of white, or of a dark colour at their edges, and finuated : the flowers are large, and of a beautiful red; they fiand in a kind of umbels, on long pedicles. . It is a native of Africa. Commelin calls it, Geranium Africanum arborefcens al-chemillre foliis, floribus rubris. . > The other fpecies of this genus are very numerous; they are, 1. The batrachoide; or aconite-leaved Geranium. 2. The fmall-flowered, aconite-leaved Geranium. 3· The great, broad, aconite-leaved Geranium. 4· The little, purple- flowerej, aconiteleaved Geranium. . 5· The variegated-flowered Geranium. 6. The black-flowered Geranium. 7· The grurnous-rooted Geranium. 8. The great, tuberous Geranium. 9· The filvery, Alpine Geratlium. 1 o. The grey-leaved, thick rooted Geranium. I I. The D1ining, round-leaved Geranium. 12. The lhining, divided-leaved Geranium. 13. The mallow-leaved Geranium, or dove's foot. 14.' The {mall-flowered, dove's foot Geranium. I 5. The divided-leaved, -dove's foot Geranium. 1 6. The great, divided-leaved, dove's foot Geranium. 17. The divided-leaved, dove's foot Geranium, ~ith long pedicles. 18. The marfl1mallow-leaved Geranium. 1 9· The thick, rugofe-leaved Geranium. 20. The little, betony-leaved Geranium. 2 r. The herb Robert, or divided-leaved Geranium. 22. The tall, hemloc-leaved Geranium. 23. The hemloc-leaved mufk Geranium. 24. The fcentlefs, hemloc-leaved Geranium. 25. The chryfanthemum-leaved Geranium. 26. The Cretic Geranium, with long beaks. 27. The .botrys-leaved Geranium. 28. The woolly, thin-leaved Geranium. 29. The cham::edrys-leaved Geranium. 3 o. The thick-rooted, fiinking Geranium. 3 I. The fine-leaved Geranium. Thefe are the European Gerania: the African fhrubby ones wear quite a different face ; they are, I. The mallow-leaved, fweet Geranium. 2. The marfhmallowleaved Geranium. 3. The mallow-leaved, foft, hairy, fcentlefs Geranium. 4· The deeply, finuated, mallow-leaved Geranium. 5· The alchemilla-leaved, hoary Geranium. 6. The betony-leaved Geranium. 7• The larger-leaved, hairy Geranium. 8. The fmooth, large-leaved Geranium. The Afi·ican Gerania, with dilfetted leaves, make another feries yet q~ite different from the former. Of thefe are, I. The columbine-leaved tuberous and knotty Geranium. 2. The fmaller, columbine-leaved, red Geranium'. ·3· Th~ qnemone-leaved Geranlum. 4· The narrower, anemone-leaved Geranium. 5· The little red flowered, goofeberry-leaved Geranium. 6. The coriander-leaved Geranium. 7· The largerflowered, cori~nder-leaved Geranium. 8. The 11ight-f~nted, or dufky Geranium. 9·. The myr:his-leaved, African Geranium. I o. The narrower, myrrhis-leaved, A-. fncan Geramum. I 1. The fine, divided-leaved, African Geraniuq:t. Clafi Tbe Hijlory of P LA N T s. 53 I Clafs the Sixteenth. Order the Third. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Plants with v~ry numerous ftamina conneEled into one 6ody at the bafi. P E N T A P E T E S. T HE calyx is fimple: the fiamina are twenty in number; five of them arc very long and fteril : the cups all contain five cells, and in each a number of membranaceous feeds. !~efe characters fufficiently dill:inguilh the Pentapetes, without any farther de .. fcnptton. STEWART I A. T ~ E calyx is fimple ; the 11yle is fingle, and it's fiigma is quinquifid : the fru it IS a dry apple, confifiing of five lobes, and having in each a fingle feed. The characters fufficiently difiinguHh this alfo, without a farther defcription. S I D A. T HE calyx is fimple, angulated, and plicated: the flyle is divided into feveral parts : the capfules are numerous. This genus comprehends the Malvinda and Abutilon of authors. Sida foliis fo6rotundo-cordatis acuminatis. The roundijh, cordated-leaved Sida. The root is fmall, white, oblong, and fi.brated; the fialks are round, thick, robutt, and covered with a thick, woolly down, feeling unctuous and fattifh : the leaves are large, roundifh but pointed, and hoary, very foft and whitifh ; the flowers are moderately large, and of ~ beautiful yellow. It is a native of Ceylon, and alfo of North America. C. Bauhine calls it, Alth~a Theophrafii flore luteo; others, Abutilon. The other fpecies of Sid a are, I. The_ maple-leaved, white Sid a. 2. The haftated"' leaved Sida. 3· The carpinus-leaved, ihrubby Sida. 4· The yellow, fmall-flowered , carpinus-leaved Sida. 5· The fiellated, alder-leaved Sida. 6. The vine-leaved Sida. 7· The rough-fialked Sida. 8. The hoary-podded Sida. 9· The prickly-fruited, ilirubby Sida. 10. The pyramidal-fpiked Sida. N A P lE A. T HE calyx is fimple, and of an urceolated figure ,; the fiyle is divided i~to fev~ral parts: the fruit is compofed of five cap~ules. Tl~e characters fufficien.tly. difiinguilh the Naprea from all the other plants of th1s clafs, Without a farther defcnpuon. LAVA T ERA . . T HE calyx is double; the exterior one is divided in,to three fegments; the fruit is compofed of numerous capfules. Lavatera foliis glabris, caule fcabro, JruElibus or!Jiculo teElis. The }mooth-leaved, rough-Jlalked Lavatera, with frui~s covered with an orbiculum. Tho root is white and long; the fialks are hardly erect, ramofe, rough, and thick : the 1 w~r eav s are roundi!h nd cordated 1 the upper ones fomewhat hafrated or angulated f. |