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Show 594 Sifyrinchium cattle et foliis ancipitibus. The S!fyrinchium, with edged j}alhs and leaves. The root is fibrated and creeping: the leaves are long, narrow, gralfy, of a deep green colour, and edged both ways: the fialk is of the fame lhape with the leaves, and edged in the fatne manner, like a fword: the flowers are fma~l and blue .. It is a native of Virginia. Dillenius calls it, Bermudiana grammea flore mmore; Cla/s the· Twentieth. Order the Third. G Y N A N D R I A T E T R A N D R I A. P /ants which have four }lamina growing upon the )lyle. NEPENTHES, T HE fiigma is fingle i the calyx is divide.d into four parts; there is no corolla; the fruit is a capfule, containing four ceH~. Thefe charaCters fufficiently diftinguilh the Nepenthes from all the other genera of this dafs, without a farther defcription. Clajs the Twentieth. Order the Fourth. GYNANDRIA PENT'ANDRI A. P !ants which have four )lamina growing upon the /lyle. P A S S I F L 0 R A. T HE ilyles carrying the fiigmata are. three: the calyx is formed of five .leaves ~ the corolla confifi:s of five petals: the nectarium is a corona, furroundmg the fiyle within the petals : the fruit is a berry> fupported on a pedicl~. . This genus comprehends the Granadilla, Murucuia, and Clematis of authors. Pa.!Jijlora foliis integerrimis ovato lanceolatis. Tbe P af!tj/ora, with undivided, oval leaves. 1Long~ Ieaten 10rtffton::;fiolber. The root is brachiated and fpreading: the fiem is ilender, tough, woody, and brown: the leaves fiand alternately, at fix inches difiance; they are three or four inches long, half as much in breadth, and pointed at the end; they are foft to the touch, and of a fine bright green : the tendrils are numerous, long, and of a bright green: the flowers fiand fingly on long pedicles, arifing from the alre of the leaves; they are of a rnix t white, purple, and blue colour, in the feveral parts, and are two inches in diameter, and very beautiful. It is a native of America. Plumier calls it, Clematitis Indica Bore clavato 1 foliis oblongis, fructu citriformi: we have it iq our fl:oves. The other fpecies are, 1. The common Paffion-flower. 2. The tricufpidate-leaved, blackifh-flowered P~ffion-flower. 3· The tricufpidate-leaved Paffion- flower, ~ith fmall, yellow flowers. 4· The large, tricufpidate-leaved Paffion-flower, with ohvethaped fruits. 5· The olive-fruited, narrower, tricufpidate-leaved Paffion -flower. 6. The narrow, tricufpidate-leaved Paffion-flower, with little, green flowers. 7· The little-flowered, ivy-leaved Paffion-flower. 8. The ftinking, tricufpidate, hairy-leaved, white-flowered Paffion-flower. 9· The oval-fruited, many-leaved Paffion.:flower. I o. The colocynth-fruited, many-leaved Paffion-flower. I 1. The curled-flowered, manyleaved Paffion-flower. 12. The round, hairy-fruited, ivy-leaved Paffion-flower. 13· The. elm-leaved Paffion-flower. 14. The oblong, ferrated-leaved Pafi1on -flower. I 5· The bicornate-leaved, bright red flowered Paffion-flower. 16.' The broad-leaved, applelike- fruited Paffion-Sower. 17. The fweet-fcented, many-flowered Paffion-flower. 18. The androf:£mum-leaved Pafilon· flower. 1 9· The lunated-leaved, fcarlet Paffion flower, called Murucuia. 3 C/afs Th~ Hi.ftory of P L A N T S; 595 Clajs the Twentieth. Order the Fifth. G Y N A N D R I A H E X A N D R I A~ Plant that have fix .ftamina flanding on the j}yle. A R I S T 0 L 0 C H I A. T HE fiigma is divided into fix parts t there is no calyx : the coroila condrts of a fingle petal, and is entire, and of a ligulated form : the capfule contains fix cells, ' and is fituated under the corolla. Arijlolochia foliis cordatis, caule eteElo, jloribus axillaribus conf ertis. ':/be ereEl, cordated-leaved Ariflolochia, with cluj}ered, axillary flowers. <!Ientatrtt l/5tttblbo~t. The root is compofed of a great numbe·r of thick fibres, which fpread every way : the plant rifes to two or three feet high: the fialk is firiate~, firm, and jointed, and fupports itfelf tolerably well erect: the leaves are . ~hree inches long, two and a half broad, cordated at the bare, and fixed on long pedicles ; , they il:and alternately, one at a joint: the flowers are oblong, and of a pale colour; there fiand feveral of them to.:. gether, at the alee of the leaves: the fruit is large and round, as. bi~ a~ a fmall apple .. '· It is a native of England, but not common; I have met wtth It m fame woods Ifi Kent. C. Bauhine calls it, Ariftolochia clematitis recta; others, Ariftolochia clematitis. The other fpecies are; I. The b.lackifh~flowered, round-rooted Arifl:o]~chia. .2 . The pale-flowered, narrow-leaved Anfl:olochia .. 3· The true, long-rooted Anfl:oloch~a. 4· The Iargert..leaved, Spanilh, long Ar.iftoloch.Ia. 5· Th~ fmall~r-lea~ed, clem.atlte Ariftolochia. 6. ~rhe many-rooted Anfl:olochta, called Ptfl:olochta. 7· The ltttle; hoary Ariflolochia. 8. The auriculated-leaved, Vir~inian ~rifl:olochia, or Virginian Snakeroot. 9· The knotty-fialked, many-rooted Anftolochia. 1.o. Th~ lanceolatedleaved oriental Ariftolochia. I 1. The {mall-leaved, ever-green Anllolochia. I 2 . The white~ flowered, clerpatite Arifl:olochia. t 3· The horfe-fhoe-leaved Ariftolochia, 14. The oblong-leaved, creeping-rooted, clemati~e Arifiol.ochia. 15. T~e very l?ng-flowered, cordated-leaved Ariftolochia. 16. The tnfid, or Ivy-leaved Anftolochm. 17. The great-flowered, trifid-leaved Arifiolochia. 18. The afarum-leaved Arifiolochia. P 1 S T I A. T HE fiigma is marked with fix deprefilons, and feems divided .into fo many parts,: there is no calyx: the corolla is formed of a . fingle petal, ltgulated, and undivided : the fruit is a capfule1 with five ce~ls, place~ m the bottom. of the corolla. This genus comprehends the Kadda Pad o.f the. Hortus M~labancus. . . There is but one known fpecies of it, which, m many thmgs, agrees With tne anftolochice. p I S T 1 A. The root is cotnpofed of a number of oblong, flender, fibrated tuberofiti<;s: it has no ftalk : the .1eaves are ten inches long, and five broad; they have ?o pedicles, but are ·~radually broader from th~ bafe to th~ top,. and a:re ~here ~eeply i1nuated and undulated : the flowers grow without ped1c}es,. m the mtdft ot the leaves; they are oblortg; whitifh, moderately large, and l~atry m the lower part. . . It is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indres. Van Rheede calls It, Kadda Pad. - , I. • C! i I J) T , ' •• t ,J f .,.f 'r . ' Clafi |