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Show The Hi.flory of P L A N T S. l11zpatiens pedunculis ztni.Jloris aggregatis, Joliis lanceolatis, neElariis jlore brevioribus. The aggregate,pedunculed Impatiens, with lanceolated leaves. The root is compofed of a tuft of fibres: the plant rifes to two feet high : the fi:a1k is round, hollow, tender, fucculent, and remarkably thick: the leaves are three inches long, and an inch broad, ferrated, and of a pale green colour: the flowers ftand on flcnder, drooping pedicles, arifing from the alee of the leaves; they are numerous and large, of a pale red, or whitiili, colour: the fruit is a large, rough, pointed capfule, which, on the 1ea£l: touch, when dpe, budl:s, and throws out it's feed to a great dif-tanIcte .i s a native of Ceylon, but is frequent in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Balf.1- mina fcemina. It's flowers are very different in colour, variegation, and fize; and hence authors have made feveral fpecies frum this one. The other really di!Hntt fpecies of the Impatiens are, I. The [mall-flowered, nar-· row, crenated-leaved Impatiens. 2. The narrow, undivided-leaved, [mall-flowered Impatiens. 3· The yellow-flowered Impatiens, called podded Arfmart, and Noli-metangere. 4· The broader-leaved, purple-flowered Impatiens. 5· The great, narrowleaved, Virginian Impatiens, with variegated red and yellow flowers. C lafs the Twe1ztieth. G Y NAND RIA. P !ants whife flamiJza are placed either on the flyle, or on the receptacle, . which is elongated into the form of a jlyle, and carries on it both the · pi.flil and jlamina. 0 F the fever~.l genera of this clafs fome have two !lamina to each flower, fome have three, fome four, fome five, fome fix, fome ten, feme an indeterminate larger number. They may hence, therefore, be naturally arranged into feveral dif-tinct orders. Clafs the Twentieth. Order the Firft. GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. P !ants which have two flamina growing 011- the jlyle. 0 R CHIS. I • T HE neB:arium of the corolla is of a corniculated form and is fituated at the hinder part of the flower. ' Orchis bulbis indivijis, neElarii labio quadrifido crenulato, cornu obtufo. The undivided, bulbed Orchis, with the lip of the neElariu11z crenulated and quadrijid. jfo ol'~::: fton e,S. ~~e root is compofed of two oblong, roundifh bulbs connetled together· they are whn1fh, full of a mucilaginous juice, and fibrated: the leaves are £x indhes long, and two broad, narrow at the bafe, and terminated by an obtufe point of a deep green ~olour, and often fpotted with black : the fialk is round fucculent ~nd a foot high : It h~s two or th~ee leaves like the radical ones, but [maher, and, 'at it's top, ftands a rl~e, of tWO I?ches long, of purple flowers, moderately large, and beautiful. t 1s common m our meadows. C. Bauhine calls it, Orchis mario mas. This fJbe Hijkry of P t A N T S. 5t)t ~His ,fpecies· va·ties extreanily it1 the fize' and colotu· of the flower · 't·; h · ht d · h . . f h 1 , m I s eJg an m t e vanegauons o t e eaves: authors have hence made no lefs than r0 t r. ·' f · d h f . . 11 ur een 1pecies o It un er t e names o Orchis mono procerior maiore flare Orchis mo · fi · ' 0 h . . c . . :~ ' no cemma parva rc iS mono 1cemma vulgans, Orchis ferotina angufto folio flore niveo roi( ' variegate, &c. ' ' eo, cameo, 0 Thh. e other Treha lly1 difi:inc.1t. fpeci0es of. Orchis are , r.. The open-flowered , or great , m1'l 't t ary rc iS. 2: e ow, m1 Itary rchts. 3· The green-flowered ftrong-fmelling Orch' . 4· !he whtte-flowered, bifoliate Orchis. 5· The conglomerated, fpiked, mountain o1:~ chis. 6. The .broad-leaved, palmated Orchis, with long fpurs. 7· The Orchis, with fa~db.ulated,. filiform roots, called purple Bird's-neft. 8. The broad-leaved, compacrfpike~ Orchis._ 9· The fweet~ purple~ mountain Orchis. 1 o. The globofe-flowered Orchts. I I. T,he ~raffy-leaved Orch1s. I 2. The man Orchis. I 3· The fmallerflowered, m.an Orchis. 1 4· The fmall, purple, ftinking Orchis. I 5· The trifoliate, purple Orchis. 16. The fly Orchis. 17. The variegated, larger-flowered, fly Orchis. l 8. The fmall, yellow-flowered, fly Or~his. 19. The ~road-leaved, butterfly Orchis. 20. The narrow-leaved, butterfly Orchis. 21. The fpider Orchis. 22. The longtongued, ltalia? Orchis. -23. The :ommon, palmated, pale-flowered Orchis. 24• The tall, ga~enculate, palmate.d Orchis. 2 5· The narrow-leaved, fweet-fcented, palmated Orchis. 26. The whtte, palmated, ftrong-fcented Orchis. 27. The blackflowered, narrow-leaved, palmated Orchis. SATYR I U M. T HE nettariur:n is of the form of a fcrotum, or inflated and didymous and is fituated behind the flower. ' Satyrium bulbis indivijis, neElarii labio trijido, joliis lanceolatis. 'Ibe undivided'-bulbed Satyrium., with lanceolated leaves, and with the lip of the neEJarium trifid. I The root is compofed of two large bulbs, each of the fize of a walnut: the leaves are large, oblong, broad, and obtufely pointed: the ftalk grows to three feet high; it is fucculent, tender, and firiated: the flowers are numerous, and form a fpike at the top; they are variegated with green, purple, and white, and have an extremely long beard hanging from each of them. It is a native of Engbnd, but i& very rare. C. Bauhine calls it, Orchis barbata o-dore hirci breviore latioreque folio; others, Trago-orchis. The other fpecies are, 1. The palma ted Batrachite, or Frog Orchis. 2. The broader-leaved, [mall-flowered Satyrium. 3. The dufky-coloured- flowered Satyrium. S E R A P I A S. T HE nectarium is oval and gibbous, a:nd the labium is of an oval figure. This genus includes the Helleborine of Tournefort. Serapias bulbis Jibrojis, neElarii labia obtufo petalis breviore. The jibrous-bulbed Serapias, _with the lip of the ~:oan~teabe1l, baftatll ~tUtbo~e. neElarium jhorter than the petals. 'the root is tompofed of compaCt clufl:ers of fibres: the leaves are oblon.g, b~oad, obtufely pointed, and nervous : the ftalk rifes to .a foot ~nd a half, ?r more, m hetght, and is fimple, round, and hoary; the leaves on 1t are hke the radical ones, and have no pedicles; they are three inches long, and two broad : the flo~ers are [mall, a~d of a green and purple colour; they form a kind of lax fpike, reachlllg from the m1ddle to Itht ei st onpo to fu tnhceo mftamlko.n with us in woods. C. Bauhine calls it, Helleborine latifqlia moTnthanea .o. ther fpecies are, I. The fmaller-flov:ered, broad-leaved Serapias. 2. The ~ng and na.rJ;QW-leaved, . purple-flowered Serapias. 3· The long-leaved, mar01 Speiraas. |