OCR Text |
Show 546 The Hiflory .if P L A N T. S. fllvery ~ytifus. 1 3. Tbe dwarf, vifcaus Cytifus. 14 .. ~he !.flax-leaved . Cybifas.· 5 The clufiered-p0dded Cytifus. 16. The taU, aLlagyns-lea-ved, dufter-1lower00. by~ifus. 17• The filvery-leaved, white-fiowere~ Cytifus. ~ 8. The .narrow-leavo:J, hairy, African Cytifus .. 19. Tllif y~llow, prJckly, Amenpan Cyt1fus. 20. Th~ filky-ihrub American Cyt1fus. ' G L Y C I N E. ,, ~, T H E calyx is bilabiated ~ the carina of the. fl?wer bends back the vexillum at it's top: the pod con tams tWCi> cells. · This genus comprehends the Apios of Boerl}aave. . . . . . ·- .' f • Glyci~e foliis pjnnqti1 conjugatis, folio/is owto-oblongi~ ()btujis. ~Cittltt The conjugate, pinnated-leaved Glycine, with obtufe foliola. 10ta. The root is fibrous : the fialks are weak and procumbent, unlefs fupported; they grow to two feet, .or mo:e, in length : t?e lea~es t:o~fift of eight or nine, or more, pairs of oblon,g, o\>tu[~ pmn,re, f~t Qn, a tmddle rib, with no odd 1~~ at the end : t~e flowers are large, and fiand feveral on the fame pedicle : the frUit IS a lhort pod, IR which are feveral hard, fcarlet feeds, fpotted with black. It is a native of Egypt, and the Eaft Indies. Vefling~us calls it, Abrus; V~n Rheede, Konni; C. BauQ.ine, .Pi{um minus cocc.ine\1m. The other fpecies are, I. The tuberous-rooted, a!h-Ie~ved cl,cine. 2. Tlle larger-. flowered Glycine. · It' A.R A CHIS. T. HE calyx is divided into two parts~ th~ pod .i$ cylindric, coriaceous, knotty,· and contains two feeds. ' This genus comprehends the Arachidna and the Arachidnoides of author~. - • , ' .. I Arachis quadrijolia. The four-leaved Arachis. The root is oblong, thick, and fibrated: the plant rifes to a foot and a half high; · the fialks are fquare, firiated, hairy, and ramo{e; the leaves ftand four together, ill two pairs ; they are an inch long, and three quarters of an inch broad, and {omewhat hoary underneath : the flowers are moderately large and yellow ; they ftand on 1hott pedicles, arifing from the alre of the leaves. It is a native of Peru and the Brafils ; it's pods are ufually buried in the ground. .. G L Y C Y R R H I Z A . . T H E calyx is bilabiate; the pod is of an oval figure, and cororreffed. . .• i ; I • G(yC:Jrrbiza /egU.miniiJus eehinatis. · •.l , The. echinated--podded GlycyN'hizCA · 1 • . · 3aougb4ltt~ntn 1LtQtttnict. Tb~ r.oot is long, and o~ten an inch and a half in diameter : the plant grows to fir feet h1gh; the leaves are pmn11ted and long; the pinnules are fbort and obtufe, and vif.. . c~us t<;) t~e touch : the flowers are fmall and blue; tliey ftand in dufters on thort pe-_ dtcles, anfing from the alre of the leaves · the pods. are lhort and echimated and ftand: in clu;fters, f? as ~o form a cqmpaB: head., , 1 · It~ a native of Tartary. C. Bauhine calls it, Glycyrrhiza capite echinatq. Thls was the true Glycyrrhiza or Liquorice of the Greeks, a 'J !I : . i '. - ,r' gl!J~ Hiftory ·of P L A N T s. 2. Glyc.yrrhi:p_a legurnini6us glabris. , The fmoot'h-podded Liquorice. ~ 547 <!toutnton 1Ltquouce. The root is a yard long, and as thick as a fua)i.'s thumb t the plant grows to four feet high: the ftalk is round, firm, hairy, and vifcous; the leaves are pinnated, and the folioia ~btufe: ,the flowet·s are• frfiaii "\\ntl purplflh., or blui{h; they :£land 'in duf- · ters : th(t pods are iliott and fmooth. ·. . It is a native of Germany. C. Bauhine calls it, Glycyrrhiza iiliquofa five Germa .. nica. It's root is a famous pectoral, ufed in the ihops, in decoCtions, in the infpi1fated juice, &c. , lE S C I-I Y N 0 M E N E. THE calyx is bilabiate · the pQd i~ artic~lated, firait, and compreffed. · ./Eft!Jynomene cau/e fiabro, folio inftmo quai1ripinni. The roughj}alhed /Efchynomene, with the lower leaf quadripinnate. -· The root is oblongJ divaricated, and fibrated, woody, ahd of a yellowifu colour 2 the fhdk is roJ:mft, round, hairy, ,and four feet high: the leaves are compofed of lhort, obtufe pinnules: the flowers ate fmall; the pods rbugh and articulated. ~ It -is a native of ~~ylorl; Tournefort calls it~ Hedyfarum annuum majus mimofce foliis. Breynius, Mimofa non fpinofa major Zeylonica. r The orher fpeCitfs tlre; 1. Tlie fmaller, Ihort-leaved"lEfchynomene. 2. The larger .. il@We.re(t/E~bynomentt~ . CORONILLA. "" . ' \ r;,r HE calyx is bilabi.ate; the upper denticulations grow together: the ·vexillum ,of ]: the corolla Is ffanse kinger thari the al~. _ ';fhis -gen?~ ~mpreher:~s. the Coronilla, Emerus, a~d Securidaca of authors. ::~\ I. Cotqni//a }rutico}a leguminibus teretibus, pedunculis multijloris. t r •• I T!Je ntti?iy-j/owered, jhrubby Coronilla, with C:Jlindric pods. . The root is long7 hard, and woody; the plant is ilirubby, but very low; the twigs are green and tou'gh: the leaves ftand four or five pairs on a rib; they are of a bluiih gr~el'l,- and fhort : the flowers· are moderately large and yellow, and ftand in clufiers d .. tf1e tqps of th~ bra!lches. _ , . _ Cltifius calls it, Pol ygala Valentina; C. Bauhine, Poly gala altera. It is a native of Italy. 2. Coronilla herbacea leguminibus Ja!cato-gladiatis. 71Je lr#f;acer;us Corr;l!illa,. · with·Jaloato-gladiatecf pods. ~tlloUl ~atcb~ et i1ttcl). The root is long and tough; the fialks are numerous, procumbent, and grow to two feet long : th~ lea<Ve~ are pinnated : tfie- pinnce are" fix or eight pairs on each ; they are broad, fmooth, and Hwrt: the flowers fiand in clufters like umbels; they are fmall and yellow. ' It is a native .of Spain. C. Bauhine calls it, Securidaca lutea major. < 'the other fpec.ies f!re, r. The fungous-fialked Coror1illa. 2. The bluilh-leaved, tParitime-.Cor<>!lilla. :3· Thee thick.-=podqed, Coronilla. 4· The Cretic, filvery Coronilla ~... The' leafi . Coro13il~a, with-cluftered pods. Of tllofe ~aU&:! Emeru-s are, 1. The great Emerus. z. The le1fer fcorpioide Bme~ rus. 3· The crooked ... poddtd- Emerus. 1. '· |