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Show s86 The Hijlory of p LA N T S. The oblong-headed Cyanus. 6. The fill:ulous-ftowered, oriental Cyanus. 7· The exotic C 5· 11 d Amberbot' 8 The hienH:hium-lea\'ed Cyanus. 9· The long-leaved, yanuc; ca e . . . - Th . . f h' 1 fi r. • 11.. b c-' The common blue-corn Cyan us. e vanetles o t IS a 1pectes wru yanus. l o. ' · f h are. very numerous; _authors make .n¢ar twenty 1fpecies o t em • .. Of. thofe called Centaureum there are, 1. The common,. lacm1ated-leaved Centau-reum. 2 • The undivided-leaved Ccntaureum.. 3: Thde 1artichdokAe-fil~aved CCentaureum. 4 . The yellow, Alpine Centaureum. 5· The Jagge -eave , ncan entaureum. 6 The hoary, elecampane-leaved Centaureu11_1. 7· The narrow-leaved, great Cen. · . there two laft are called Rhaponttcs. 8. The low, hoary Centaureum. taureum ' Jl - • Th 1 . . d 11 Tl ,.eat rimllein-leaved fhort-fialked Centaureum. I c. e ac1mate , woo y- 9· le g. ' , d C t I leaved Centaureum.' 11. The coronopus-leave entau eum.. ~~ Clafi the Nineteenth-. Order the Fourth. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA. Syngenejia, in which the flowers of the di/k are hermaphrodites but wa.nt the fligma, and therefore produce no feeds ; and the flowers of the radrus are female, and produce feeds. S I L .P H I U M. T H E receptacle is. p~leac~ous ;. the pappus of the feeds is emarginated or bicor· nate.: the calyx 1s 1mbncated and fquam~ofe: . . · This genus comprehends the Afi:~ri!cus of D1llemus. The charaCters fuffic1ently d1-_ :ftinguiili it, without a farther defcnptwn. C H R Y S 0 G 0 N U M. T HE receptacle is paleaceous 1 the pappus of the feeds is compofed of ~ fingle leaf, and is tridentated : the calyx confifis of five leaves; the feeds are mclofed in a little cup, formed of four leaves. Thefe characters fufficiently difiinguifh the Chryfogonum, without a farther de-: fcription. M E L A M P 0 D I U M. ·THE receptacle is pa1eaceous; the pappus of the feeds is compofed of a fingle leaf, hollowed with an oblong furrow : the calyx confifis of five leaves ; the receptacle is conic. Thefe charaCters fufficiently difiinguiili the Melampodium. MICROPUS. -T H E receptacle is paleaceous : ·there is no pappus to the feeqs : the calyx is caly..; culated ; and the corolla is of the naked kind, or has no radius.. . This genus comprehends the Gnaphalodes of Tournefort. Of this genus there 15 -but one known fpecies. M I c R 0 p u s. The root is oblong, flender, white, and tough: the plant is procumbent, and the fialks round, white, and woolly: the leaves are oblong, foft to the touch, and of a whitilh colour: the flowers are fmall, and fiand at the extremities of the branches. . It is a native of the fea-coafts of Portugal. Tournefort and others call it, Gnapha-: lodes Lufitanica. ERIOCE~ n~ Hi}Jory of P L A N T s. 'E R 1 0 C E P It A t U S. T HE receptacle is fomewhat hairy; there is no down to the feeds_\: the calyx is compofed of ten equal leaves : the radii of the flower are five. Thefe characters fufficiently difiinguilh the Eriocaphalus, without a farther defcription ." ARCTOTlS, T HE receptacle is fetofe; t~c::. pappus is of an ovated figure: the calyx is imbri. cated, and the fquammre 1t 1s compofed of are lax and gloffy at the bafe. This genus comprehends the Arctotheca of Vaillant, and the Anemonofpermos of Commelin. ArElotis foliis pinnatijido-laciniatis. The ArE/otis, with pinnatifido-laciniated leaves. The root is: fibrous arld white: the plant grows to two feet high; the ftalk is round, firiated, -and weak; the leaves are three inches long, an inch, or more, in breadth) aeeply divided into fegments to the middle rib, and thofe fegments laciniated: the flowers fiand at the extremities of the branches; they are large, and of a flefh colour. . It is a native of Africa. Commelin calls it, Anemonofpermos J acobrere folio. The other fpecies are, I. The large-leaved Artlotis. 2. The procumbent, dividedleaved ArClotis. 3· The great-flowered, laciniated...:leaved Arttotis. 4· The rigidfialked, fmaller-flowered ArClotis. 0 S T E 0 S P E R M U M. · T H-E receptacle is naked ; there is no pappus to the feeds : the calyx is com.: pofed of many leaves: the feeds are globofe, coloured, and of a bony hardnefs. . _ This genus comprehends the Chryfanthemoides of Tournefort, and the Monilifera of_Vaillant. Thefe cparatlers fufficiently diftinguilh it, without a farther defcription. it • • j ' • I • C A· L E N D U L A . •J c.· . l: ·. J .. ,, .... ·T H E receptacle is naked ; there is no pappus to the feeds : the calyx is compofed of numerous leaves, and is equal: the feeds of the difk are membranaceous. This genus comprehends the Caltha of Tournefort, and the Demorphotheca of Vaillant. 1c. • r -r Calendula fo/iis ovatis obtujis dentatis. The oval~ · obittfe-leaved Calendula. The roo't.is whjte and fib'rous: the plant is procumbent or oblique, very rarely quite erect: the fialk is round and ftriated, of a pale green, and tender : the leaves are oblong, broad, dentated, and obtufe :_ the flqwers ftand on the tops of the branches; they are moderately large, and are of a violet colour on the outfide, and white within. It is a native of. AfricJI. Tournefort calls it, Caltha Africana flore intus alba. The other f.pecies are, I. The common garden Marygold. .2. The larger, many• &wered Calendula. · 3· The1 dwarf, fieid Calendula. 4· The wool)y, Portugal Ca-lenclula. 5· 'f.~e ~it,tle-flpwef:d.11 ~r:eet;, Atri~7~ Calendula. ,: • " > •• 1 i"'' ., ) , qj r' .. OTHONNA. T H E receptacle is naked : the pappus of the feeds is plumofe : the calyx is of a fubcylindric figure, and is compofed of one leaf, divided into many fegments. · · This genus comprehends the Jacobreaftrum of Vaillant. Othonna 3 |