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Show • The Hiflory of P L AN T S . KLEINIA. THE receptac1 e 1· s na ked ; the down is fimple ,· the calyx is calyculate and cy-lind ric. Kleinia caule herbaceo, Joliis hajlato-Jagittatis, petioli~ Juperne dilatati~. The J{leinia, with an herbaceous Jlalk, and hajlato-Jagzttated leaves, thezr pedicles dilated upwards. The root is fibrated and perennial ; the plant rifes to fix feet high : the ft~l k is .fi ri-ate d , erel-.nL. , an d no t ra morl.'e .• the leaves are broadeft at tdh eh b afed, and the rm mda' te1 m a po·m t; tl1 ey are o f a r.ag1'•tated figure and dentated roun t e e ges ; t e pe 1c es are 1; ~ , d h ' h fi d · alated at the upper part : the flowers are moderately large an w lte ; t ey an m clufters like umbels at the extremities of the fialk and branches. .. . . It is a native of Virginia. Gronovius calls it, Porophyllum folus delt01d1bus angu-lat~ he other fpecies are, 1• The {horter-leaved Kleinia. 2. The fmaller-flow~red Kleinia. E U P A T 0 R I U M. T HE receptacle is naked; the down is plumofe; the calyx is oblong and imbricated ; the fiyle is femibifid. Eupatorium foliis digitatis. The digitated-leaved Eupatorium. ·<!tonutton ~entp ~gtilltOU!'• The root is oblique, creeping, and fibrated : the plant rifes to four or five feet high ; the fialk is round, erect, woolly, and of a purplilh green; the leaves are placed three on a pedicle ufually, and are oblong, dentated, a_nd rough, and of a pale green: the flowers are fmall, and of a pale red ; they ftand m very large clufters at the tops of the ftalk and branches. . It is common by waters. C. Bauhine calls it, Eupa_torium cannabinu~. The other fpecies are, 1. The nettle-leaved Eupatonum: 2 . The ~hlte-flowered, betony-leaved Eupatorium. 3· The fage-leaved, perfohate Eupator~um. 4· T he mullein-leaved Eupatorium. 5· The woolly, nettle-leaved Eupa.tonurn. 6. The atriplex-leaved lhrubby Eupatorium. 7· ~he purple-flowered, ~oph1a-leaved Eu~atorium. 8. The ground-ivy-leaved Eupatonum. 9· The petafitts-leaved Eupatonum. 1 o. The long, rugofe-leaved, purple-ftalked Eupatorium. Clafi the Nineteenth. Order the Second. S Y N G E N E S I A P 0 L Y G A M I A S U P E R F L U A. Plants in which the flowers of the dift are hermaphrodites, and have Jligmata, and produce feeds; and thqfe of the radius are f emales, and produce feeds a!fo. 1~ H E plants called Herbre flore flofculofo, and Flore radiato of T ournefort, are of this order of the Syngenefia ; the genera may therefore be properly arranged, according to that obvious difiinction, into two divifions. Clafi The _Hiftory of P LAN T s. 573 Clqfs tbe Nineteenth. Order tbe Second. Divijion tbe FirjJ. Syngenejia Polyga~ia Superjlua, with jlrfculous flowers. ART EM I S I A. T~E ~eceptacle i~ ;omewhat hairy; there is no down to the feeds: the calyx is . 1mbncated, and H s fquammre are rounded and connivent. This genus comprehends the Abrotanum and Abfynthium of authors. Artemijia foliis pinnatifidis planis laciniatis,jloribus erec!is. 17:Je Artemijia, 'with pinnatifid, plane, laciniated leaves, and erea flowers. G!tontnton !]JBugllJo~t. • The root .is long, thick, and fi?rated : the plant grows to four feet high ; the fralk 1s round, ftnated, and often purphlh : the leaves are divided into a multitude of oblong and n_arrow fegments, and are of ~ dark, blackiil1-green on the upper fide, and hoary underneath : the flowers grow m long clufiers about the tops of the il:alks and branc?es, and are finall, and whitilh, or purplilh. . It 1s common by way-fides. C. Bauhine calls it, Artemifia vulgaris major caule et fiore purpurafcent1bus. It has Qeen efieemed a deobfiruent and uterine, but is not ufed much at prefent. The other fpecies are, I. The lanceolato-linear-Ieaved Artemifia called Dracunculus and T arragon. 2. The ereCt ArtemiGa, wirh ramofe, fetaceous le~ves, called Abroto~ um Mas, or common Southernwood. 3· The five-leaved, hoary Artemifia, called Pontic W ormwood. 4· The tanzy-leaved, firong-fcented Artemifia. 5· The narrowerleaved Abrotanum. 6. The great, hoary Abrotanum. 7· The little, narrow-leaved Abrotanum. 8. The fine -leaved, mugwort, or field Abrotanum. 9· The yellowflowered, dwarf Abrotanum. 10. The thick, rigid, lhining-leaved, fea Abrotanum. I I. The hoary, foft Abrotanum. 12. The fpiked Abrotanum. 13. ·The common, large Wormwood. 1 4· The broad-leaved, lhrubby Wormwood. 1 5· The narrow-leaved, hoary Wormwood. 16. The Wormwood, with leaves hoary underneath. 17. The very, fine-leaved Wormwood. 18. The lavender-leaved Wormwood. 19. The common, fea Wormwood. 20. The broader-leaved, fea Wormwood. 21. The .long-le~ved Wormwood. 22. The hoary, mountain Wormwood. 23. The dwarf, mountam Wormwood. 24 .. The Abrotanum-leaved, corymbiferous Wormwood. 25. The long-flowered, Spamlh Wormwood. 26. The round-flowered, Spanilh Wormwood. 27. The hoary, arborefcent, vermiculated-leaved, Afl·ican Wormwood. The ~ormwoods are all ftomachics, and are ufed in tinCtures and.infufions. G N A P H A L I U M. T HE R E is no receptacle ; the down is plumofe: .the calyx is imbricated and the marginal fquammre are roundilh and membranaceous. ' This genus comprehends the Gnaphalium, Elychryfum, and Filago of authors. Gnaphalium jloribus JParjis per caulem Jimplicijjimum. The Jimple-jlalked Gnaphalium, with flattered flowers. C!fngltfiJ <tunruceb. The root is compofed of a few hard, blackilh fibres: the fialk is round, white, flender, ereCt, and a foot, or more, in height ; it has no branches : the leaves are an inch and half long, of the breadth of a firaw, white, hoary, and foft to the touch : the flowers ftand in the alre of the leaves, all up the ftalk, in roundilh heads of a duik.y colour. It is common in our woods. C. Bauhine calls it, Gnaphalium majus angufio oblongo folio alterum; others, Gnaphalium Anglicum. 7 G The |